speak to each other for a long time. He hadn’t come home; I had presumed he was with his family. Things were frosty between us for a while, till I decided to go back to Egypt and try to settle our situation face to face. This was a marriage after all not a brief relationship and a marriage required work; it needed dedication and working on your issues and to try to resolve them; together.

How wrong I would end up being…

For a while thing improved between us although my heart had been cracked wide open with severe pain. It was difficult to remain happy, my body began to suffer. My hair had started to fall out and I had gained severe weight.

I struggled to sleep, to function, and to do anything.

My face looked withered and worn. I didn’t