In the end, Aisha gave the Branch of Life back to Moon.
Moon was surprised by this and even tried to give the Branch of Life back to Aisha, but she said, "There's no need for me to take this from you. He was the one that gave it to you in the first place."
Then turning to me, she said, "I don't take gifts from other women. He'll give me something on his own."
Moon had a bit of a complicated look in her eyes when she heard this, but she eventually nodded in agreement.
Though it didn't seem like either of them were interested in what I was thinking.
That just put a bitter smile on my face.
But I knew that this wasn't even the worst part yet.
…
"You even lay your hands on the mothers of your wives?"
I was sitting on my knees with my hands up above my head.
This wasn't something that anyone was making me do, but I knew that it was better to do this now than to be made to do this later. Doing it ahead of time would actually help make them less angry.
