Previously on My Name is....
AMIRA
You are pregnant
AISHA
What?
NIMAH
You are four months pregnant
EPISODE 18
INT. LUNA’S COURTYARD- LATE AFTERNOON
As usual the Luna’s courtyard is buzzing with different activities, women cooking, men pounding and children playing. In the midst of this, AMIRA, AISHA and NIMAH sit in one corner of the courtyard doing needlework. Amira and Nimah work on the baby clothes while Aisha looks into the air with abject sadness written all over her face.
AMIRA
Aisha, Aisha
Aisha gives no response, Amira and Nimah looks at each other in confusion. Then Nimah taps Aisha
NIMAH
Aisha
AISHA
Yes
NIMAH
Where were you? Amira has been calling you
AISHA
What is it?
AMIRA
Are you okay?
AISHA
Of course, why did you call me?
Amira points to the courtyard
AMIRA
Your court will be like this one day, children running around, women cooking. There may be a setback now but I promise you, I will give you that
AISHA
I don’t care about having my own court
AMIRA
I know but I will still give it to you
AISHA
I don’t want to have this baby
Amirs looks confused
AMIRA
What?
NIMAH
Aisha we talked about this
AMIRA
What did you guys talk about?
AISHA
Nimah is a local doctor, I am sure she know drugs that can abort a baby, if you ask her to g….
NIMAH
Aisha… (In an angry loud voice)
Amira looks surprise to see Nimah angry
AMIRA
Nimah!
NIMAH
Even if she ask me to give you I won’t. That child is innocent and I won’t be part of the people killing him or her
Nimah storms out angry, Amira faces sad Aisha smiling
AMIRA
I understand what is going on in your mind
AISHA
You do?
AMIRA
You are nervous and I totally understand that
AISHA
No you don’t understand
AMIRA
When this little one comes, he or she will be your world. Trust me on that
AISHA
Can I get the calming tea then?
AMIRA
We talked about this Aisha, the tea is no longer available in the village
AISHA
You have been telling me that since I got pregnant and between now and then, there have been at least three delivery of girls, why can’t you send one of the men to get the tea
AMIRA
Of course they have tried to get the tea but it is scare. Let me get you the freshly squeezed juice
AISHA
Save it, what I need is that calming tea and not some wack-ass juice
All of a sudden, Aisha touches her stomach and feels the baby moves
AMIRA
The baby is moving
Aisha nods, then Amira quickly goes to Aisha and puts her hand on her big belly with smile on her face
AMIRA
I love to feel the baby’s movement
Aisha slaps Amira’s hand away angrily as she stands up. She wipes the tear that flow down her face as she throw the clothes she is working on to Amira
AISHA
Since you care more about the baby than I do, how about you make the clothes yourself
Aisha walks out of the room as Amira watches her walk away with a surprise look on her face
BACK TO PRESENT
INT.AISHA’S OFFICE-LATE MORNING
Aisha stands next to the window as she talks
AISHA
I loathed the baby’s movement
ROSE
Why?
AISHA
First of all, having a child in that place means I am settling down and I don’t want that. Secondly, the thought that I might give birth to a child that will rule those barbarians scares the shit out of me
ROSE
The child might be a girl, did you think of that
AISHA
Oh I did, if the child is girl, she will be confined to the four walls of that place with limited access to educational opportunities and end up as another man’s property like the Luna will say and if the child is a boy, he will be raised by barbarian. He will rape women too, I could not let that happen, not on my watch so I did what I had to do
ROSE
What you had to do?
FLASHBACK
INT. AISHA’S BEDROOM-MIDNIGHT
Tears flows down Aisha’s eyes as she looks at the rope hanging down the ceiling fan
BACK TO PRESENT
INT. AISHA’S OFFICE-LATE MORNING
Rose stands up in shock
ROSE
You tried to commit suicide...and that was what you had to do
AISHA
I felt I was protecting the women he will end up raping if the child turns out to be a boy
ROSE
You are here now, that means you must have changed your mind
AISHA
Oh I did not
ROSE
Then what happened?
AISHA
Amira happened as usual, she saved me from myself again
Next on My Name is....
AMIRA
You tried to kill yourself
AISHA
I was trying to kill the baby
AMIRA
Even the fact that you want nothing to do with your own baby is a cry of help to me which is why we are leaving before you do more serious harm to yourself
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