Later that evening my mother in law says we need to go the supermarket to purchase a few items, luckily my husband is home so I ask if he will take us, "no"! he replies.
"But we need to get some items" I say
"Well why don't you bloody walk, you have legs don't you" he replies
"Yes, but mama wishes to come too, I cant make her walk that would be wrong" I smile and look for a positive answer
"Acha (ok) quick then as I need to go out with my friends later".
We go to the supermarket, its so big and takes us some time to walk around, my mother in law purchases a few more items. "I bet you have never seen supermarkets like this in Pakistan, have you Mehreen hmmmmm?" she says picking the bread from the shelf. "Actually, mama we do, there are a lot of shopping centres that have been built". She looks at me suddenly and ushers me on, "Don't answer back". "No mama please don't think i was answering back, I respect you dearly" I hug her and she moans "hmmm ok".
After we pay for the items, we take the trolley back to the car, my husband is talking to a female in another car next to his and laughing.
She looks at me from the steering wheel and smirks " So you are Mehreen", "Asalam o alaikum, yes I am" I say nervously, she looks me up and down and then looks at Hassan. "You coming to the party later then?" She asks him
My husband looks at me and his mother, "I'll call you later yeah" he says to her and smiles
"What you looking at?" he says to me and opens the car boot
I turn around and see my mother in law shouting at him and him waving her hands around, all I hear is "Hassan, stop this nonsense or else" and he says "And what mama, what are you going to do, I did what you said" and looks over at me "let me do what i want now too".
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