Kano.

Omar went to bed and woke up full of anger and frustration. Even his children, who saw him that morning, couldn’t greet him—he looked like someone who would explode at whoever came near him.

Early Sunday morning, he left for the company. When he arrived, work on the shoes was already in progress as usual, and on one side they were packing some into cartons to be sent to a certain town where they were needed.

When Bashir saw him sitting, he walked over and sat beside him.

“Welcome, Tiger. We’ve been waiting for you—there’s something that finished, and we urgently need more.”

Omar raised his eyes and looked at him. Bash immediately lowered his gaze; seeing the look in his boss's eyes, he knew Omar was not in a good mood at all.

Omar handed him his ATM card and said,

“Go and buy it. When you return, come find me at home.”

He got up and left while they continued working.

He went back home and just sat there without doing anything. Everything felt wrong—he felt no joy in anything, and he had no desire to do anything. His heart was unsettled; he felt empty, as if he had lost something important in his life.

He couldn’t stop thinking about the marriage. No matter how much he tried to push the thought aside, it always returned. Every single movement reminded him that he now had a wife. Even if he tried to ignore it, the thought would return moments later.

He let out a loud hiss.

Not even when Narma was in his life did he feel this heaviness in his chest. The annoyance the marriage brought him made him hiss again whenever the thought crossed his mind.

Bashir later came in, and after they discussed what they needed to, Omar sent him on an errand. Then Omar lay down on the couch, unable to find anything that could ease the discomfort in his mind.

Eventually, sleep overtook him until the call for the Zuhr prayer woke him. He got up, prayed, and began thinking of what he should eat.

He went into the kitchen, stared at everything inside, then hissed and walked back out. He grabbed a bottle of water and drank it angrily. Then he got up again, made tea, and drank it without adding milk or anything else.

After the Asr prayer, Bashir and Tk came into his sitting room. He was lying down, and when he saw them, he… (sentence continues)