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"And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquillity in them; and He placed between you affection and mercy. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought" [Quran 30:21]
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July, 2021.
Venice, Italy.
"I have a shift at the café today so I might be late" Kamilah said, coming out of her small room. She and her mother weren't well off. In fact, they have debts that they still need to pay off. So, that means they work all the time to pay the rent and the debts.
Her mother didn't like her working, but she knew she had to do it else they would barely have money to afford what to eat. And that includes Kamilah taking as much shifts as she can in the café she works in. She couldn't find a job anywhere else, her mother wouldn't let her so the café is the only option she has.
Hasmerh, her mother, who had come out of her room, all dressed up in the janitor's outfit of the school where she works in, smiled at her only daughter. "How many shifts do you have today?" She knows her daughter; the girl always takes more than necessary.
"Two"
Hasmerh nodded, "Come back as soon as you're done, okay?" She repeated the same sentence that she had been repeating to Kamilah every single day she leaves for work.
Kamilah chuckled. She had heard the sentence so many times that she's sure its engraved in her head somewhere. "Alright Maa" She leaned down and pecked her mother's forehead before she stepped out, fixing her hijab in the process. "I will be back soon so stop worrying! You're getting wrinkles that make you look old" She teased.
Hasmerh shook her head, swatting the girl's arm lightly. "I'm younger than you"
"Oh really?" Kamilah rose a brow, then nodded, "I see, that must be why you have more grey hair than I do. At this rate, you'll die before I do"
