I called Amin as early as I could considering the fact that I barely got any sleep last night as my mind wasn't at rest, I kept thinking about how to come about this issue how to really bring Minal out of the dark on this situation.

I couldn't bare seeing her miserable and broken, I promise I will wipe away her tears, what I can I would and what I can't I will try.... What ever it take to see her happy again.

The phone rang twice before he answered, not waiting to answer his greetings I started telling him about the incident, and asked for his advice on how to tackle the issue.

"Don't tell me you are at work?" I asked surprisingly considering the fact that the office has been closed for the holiday break.

"Ohh yeah! I came in just now to walk on something but I am almost through" he replied.

"Fine workaholic!... What do you think we should do about this issue" I asked impatiently.

"What do you think about hiring private investigators to find out who he really is and things we can actually use against him" he suggested.

"That's a brilliant idea, find the best private investigators we have and pay them in advance" I ordered.

"I am on it Inshaa Allah" he said before I hung the call.

I spent the entire day anxious of what the investigators might find, it was like waiting for the result of an examination to come online but nothing came it took days and I was growing more impatient so I kept calling Amin to make inquiries but he wouldn't tell me anything saying that I should be patient until the investigators were through with their investigation. 

I was finally called three days later to be informed that there was a lot of findings so I ordered Amin along with the investigators to come to the house so that Minal and the entire family would find out the truth about who Nazeer really is.

I informed everyone that there was going to be a gathering but I wouldn't tell them the purpose of the gathering. We were all seated together in Abbah's living room when the door bell rang. I quickly got up to open the door ushering in the gentlemen.

We all exchanged pleasantries before moving to the reason we were all seated together.

Minal

We have been sitting there for nearly an hour before Amin and some other men arrived and during that time I was running deep in thoughts before I heard Nazeer's name being called which brought me back form my reverie

"Sir! The person you asked us to look for goes by the name Naziru Balarabe not Nazeer Makama as we were told that was why the investigation had to take long" the older man said.

"Are you sure you have the same person" I heard Mahmud ask.

The man brought out a file from his brief case bringing out a photo of Nazeer to show Mahmud before replying his question "is this not the person you seek for" he asked pointing the picture towards everyone.

My heart began to skip beats as Nazeer's photo was shown to everyone. " Its him" I muttered looking at Mahmud.

"That's good! His real name is Naziru Balarabe, he is from Nasarawa state" the man paused a bit " his first wife is in Nasarawa along with three children " he added.

"Wait! What?" I asked overwhelmed with shock. They all turned their attention on me.

"We have pictures as proof in case you have any doubts" the younger investigator said handing over a few photographs which were taken unaware. It felt like a movie playing before my eyes... Slowly tears began to fill my eyes as I stared at the photos.

"He got married to professor Aliyu's daughter Aisha two years ago.... The marriage was dissolved after finding out the truth about him and was asked to return the money given to him by the wife as an investment in his business which the court found no evidence of".

He was arrested a few days before his third marriage to the daughter of a business tycoon Alhaji Abubakar Mansur in Abuja. He was arrested for property fraud and car theft..... He got out of jail a few weeks ago and from the look of things he is back to his old ways as he is desperately in need of money" the investigators concluded.

Before he ended his statement I was in a position where I couldn't even cry, I couldn't say a word or move from where I was seated as everything that was going on was too much for me to take in.

I felt hatred for myself for being too stupid to see, for making up excuses for him... Ohh Allah! I would have been the wife of a thief.. A criminal...

"Minali" I heard Mamie's voice as she hugged me from behind " You will be okay my dear... Inshaa Allah " Mamie kept whispering in my ear for a while before she took me to her room and covered me with a warm comforter stroking my hair until I was fast asleep.

Mahmud

I haven't been this happy in a while.... I got to save her from the kind of life Aisha Aliyu went through, and the fact that Allah made everything easy for her and me as well.

For a while everyone was gloomy and feeling sorry for Minal so I tried as much as possible to cheer them up.

I went to check up on her a few times in Mamie's room but she was still sleeping, I felt pity for the innocent girl sleeping peacefully in Mamie's bed as I moved closer to move her messy hair back so I could have a better look at my beautiful wife.

She opened her eyes gently staring at me but didn't say a word her beautiful eyes would flutter from time to time while she stared, she looked hopeless as if she had given up on everything.

"I'm sorry love... I never meant to hurt you, I never wanted this to happen... But you needed to learn the truth...I am sorr...." She grabbed my hands before I could end the statement.

"No! I am sorry" she muttered under her breath as tears rolled to the side.

"Shh" I placed my finger on her lips before holding her close almost like a cuddle.

"Emm emn" Mamie cleared her throat from behind "move it to your chamber" she said snapping her fingers.

I carried her in my arms as she buried her face in my chest and walked towards the door " shameless boy" I heard Mamie mutter before I left the room.

"Put me down" she wiggled her legs but I ignored her until I reached the edge of my bed.

"Ohhh God! What have you done" she started to panic

"Mamie asked me to bring you here so I did" I stated winking at her.

"She didn't really mean it... Now how am I going to face her.... What have you done" she kept ranting.

She quickly got up babbling God knows what and left the room, all I could think of was how adorable she was looking.