Kamilah searched his face, he was keeping something from her, but his face revealed nothing. It was too early in the game to push him, she decided.
"The joining of two of the most powerful and influential families of Cairo. Looking back on it, they were only in it for the money. They didn't care what we thought. I swear I'm not getting married for at least another six or eight years, maybe even ten." she laughed. "If they'd had their way, we would have been married by 14!"
She sighed. She didn't mind Jaeke really, and back then, she would have thought it a fine thing to marry him, but she had grown up a bit, she realised what folly it would have been. They, neither of them were ready then. Maybe it was a good thing they had seperated, who knew?
"I wonder what they'd say if they saw us now, shocked I think. They wouldn't view so suitable a match now, I don't think" |