MRS BUGAJI CHAPTER 1
MRS BUGAJI CHAPTER 1 KATSINA, NIGERIA. 33 MAY, 2007 She’d chosen it for the acceptance. It wasn’t perfect, but to her, it was the best. The best dress to wear when she met him, her mother had said. 10 “Marriage” she tested the word with distaste on her lips, she clutched the dress to her chest and stood in front of her tall frameless mirror, and tried it with a little chivalry. “Wedding,” she whispered faking a grin.15 She covered her head with her veil, trying a coy “Nikaah”. 13 Nope, nothing was working. No sparkles, or butterflies, no rumbling fear or excitement; like it always happened to her. She flung the pink dress carelessly over her bed. 4 Pink, it was supposed to bring out the beauty of her dark skin. Her mother said pink did that to her. It brightened her complexion and made her glow. But Maryam loved black more. She didn’t know what was wrong with black. Or what was wrong with her relationship status that her parents wanted to courier her to a world afar all de…