Chapter Forty Seven

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Meeting Ahmad has been wonderful for Safaa though Zarah was like an intruder and she spoiled their happy reunion by her constant nagging.

"Sweetheart Abidah's food is so peppery" She whined playing with her spoon.

Ahmad was so indulged in tending to Safaa that he did not even look her way. That irritated Zarah so she kept hitting the spoon on her plate until they all stopped what they were doing and began staring at her.

"Ahmad you can't bring me here and ignore me,how dare you!" She snapped glaring at Safaa.

"Easy there dearest co wife" Safaa smirked seeing the look on Zarah's face.

"Non of your business you idiot..."

"Zarah don't you ever call her that" Ahmad cut her off with a warning tone.

Abidah and Ma'aruf shared a look and decided to leave Ahmad alone with his two wives.

"Err Ummu Shuraim let us go and bring the dessert" Ma'aruf told Abidah and she stealthily followed him.

Safaa smiled at Zarah and continued eating her meal but Zarah was not through so she proceeded to nag again about the food.

"Ahmad I said I cannot eat this food" She mumbled.

"Zarah can you please leave me alone? What kind of a woman are you eh? You don't even cook but you are here complaining about the food" He snapped.

"Habibi listen" Safaa held his palms and placed it on her tummy.

"So you were saying the truth the baby really kicks,Are we giving birth to a soldier?" He asked grinning like a person who has won a lottery.

Zarah stood up and abruptly left the table feeling ignored and cheated.She took her bag and furiously left the house and Ahmad did not even try stopping her.

Hailing a cab,Zarah gave the driver Hajiya Turai's residence and told him to drive as fast as he could.

She alighted the car and ran into Hajiya Turai's apartment wailing like she has lost her mother.

"Mama I am tired,I cannot live with Ahmad anymore,Ahmad hates me!!" She shouted making Hajiya Turai rush out of her room.

"Ke Zara'u calm down,what is wrong with you" She adjusted her headtie holding Zarah's hand and guiding her to the sofa.

"IamtiredheiswithSafaarightnow" Zarah said between muffled sobs.

"I did not get a thing Zarah,calm down and tell me what happened"

It took Zarah minutes to stop sobbing and when she was a bit calm Hajiya Turai probed her to talk.She narrated all that occurred embellishing it with some of her lies.

"So you mean my son is with that wretched girl right now? Nikam anya haka suka barshi kuwa? Ahmadu is such a heartless person,I doubt if he is really my son,maybe the nurses made a mistake" Hajiya Turai ranted.

"He is your son ofcourse but he just doesn't love me" Zarah sniffed.

"How can he not? Just look at you,You have got all it takes,Ahmadu will regret humiliating you,just don't worry,Now what does my real jikalle want to eat?"

"A nice peppered soup made by the dearest grandmama" Zarah smiled.

"That's my girl,now keep that smile,You look much more beautiful with it" Hajiya Turai caressed Zarah's cheeks and left for the kitchen.

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After their sumptuous meal,Ahmad insisted that he would be the one to drive Safaa home,remembering what her father told her about never meeting Ahmad until he says so,Safaa refused at first but when Abidah suggested she should go with Ahmad and that they would follow them behind,she agreed.

It was planned that Ahmad would let Safaa switch to Ma'aruf's car before they reach the lane leading to her parent's house so no one would suspect a thing.

Ahmad and Safaa's ride was quite due to the underlying tension each of them was in.Unable to take the silence anymore,Ahmad parked his car by the road and began a conversation.

"Darling are we staying like this forever? Do you think Kawu Abubakar will ever let you go back to my house?"

Safaa turned her gaze away from him and whispered.

"I don't know Yaa Ahmad"

"Do not turn your face away from me Babe,We need to talk"

"I don't know what to tell you Habibi,You have no idea how unbearable it is for me to stay at home knowing our marriage is about hitting the rocks" She sniffled.

He engulfed her into a warm hug and listened as she sob quitely on his chest.

"Shh that's enough now" He let go of her and wiped her tears away.

"You know what? Zarah is pregnant too" He looked into Safaa's eyes to see her reaction.

Safaa ignored the pang and embraced him yet again.

"Well congratulations,You will be a father of two children in the same year" She said but her voice betrayed her.

Several thoughts were going through her mind.

What if her child never gets the love and care of staying with both parents?

What if she will be the only one who would see their child's first baby steps all alone?

What if there will be no father to handle her child's tantrum and help her with its upbringing?

"Hey it's okay,I will always be here for you darling,In shaa Allah,You don't have to worry,Baba will calm down" He said as if reading her thoughts.

"What If he does not?" She croaked.

"Shush,I told you to stop crying,You will hurt my baby" He let go of her and smiled trying to lighten up the situation.

"Our baby" She corrected him.

"Yeah okay,our baby,let us get you home now" He started the car and they drove off.

When he parked the car at the lane they planned to say goodbye and asked her to go to Ma'aruf's car,Safaa began shedding new set of tears making them all emotional.

"I promise I will come and get you soon Safaa,I love you" He pecked her making her sit in the car.

"I hope so" She nodded sniffling.

"I promise,take care of yourself and the baby for me" He closed the car and waved at her.

"Take care of yourself too" She waved with tears streaming down her cheeks.

When Ma'aruf and Abidah dropped her off at her father's house,she felt lost and empty.Safaa managed to drag her legs inside but the look her mother gave her when she salaamed and entered the leaving room almost made her turn and run back to the place she came back from.

"Come sit" Her Mama patted the sofa and Safaa slowly walked there and sat down.

"I am here Mama,Sannu da gida" Safaa trembled.

"Yawwa Sannu,Why do you look scared? Uhm?"

"Me? Scared? Ah it's nothing Maa" Safaa laughed nervously.

"You're still that stubborn Safaa aren't you?"

"Stubborn? Maa what did I do again?"

"I am calm a bit because your so called mother inlaw did not do the mistake of calling your father,she called me,how dare you defy our orders Safaa?"

"Maa,I am..."

"Shut up Safaa,just shut up,akan ki aka fara soyayya ne wai?" Her Mama cut her off.

"Mama I swear I had no idea I would meet Yaa Ahmad at Abidah's house,please try and understand"

"Kiyi min shiru,You guys planned everything and now that woman has the audacity to call me and rain insults on me,calling me and the daughter I raised with so much esteem with names"

Safaa flinched seeing how angry her Mama was,she has never seen her so aggressive like she has been concerning the issue of her marriage.

"Maa please calm down,I am so sorry" Safaa pleaded allowing her tears to fall freely.

"Be sorry for yourself Safaa because now I know I gave birth to a numb daughter,all those pain and maltreatments and you are still willing to go back to that house? A place you are seen as wretched and worthless? What sort of love do you have for Ahmad?"

"His mother is like that Maa not my husband,he loves me and whatever fight we had in the past was as a result of misunderstandings,nothing else" Safaa explained carefully trying her best not to let her voice be absorbed by sobs.

"Just shut up Safaa,Say a word and I promise I would give you a sound slap because you need one,this is not a fairytale,it is not a movie either,wake up" Her mother roared storming out of the living room.

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"Where should we start?" Asiyah's husband asked her nervously.

Asiyah had managed to console him and they have began planning how to confront Safaa,for he needs to confess to her what actually made him do such an outrageous thing to her some years ago. The money given to him by the one who made him carry out that was the reason why he got back to school and became successful.He met Asiyah in his first place of work and while getting to know each other, he told her everything about his kind of life and his wish to change.She helped him through all of it and made him a better man.

And two years after knowing each other,Asiyah and Moudu tied the knot.

Asiyah is a beautiful shuwa Arab from Borno, she's exquisitely rare both in looks and attitude eventhough she grew up overseas,she's an epitome of a well mannered lady.Though Moudu told her about his actual source of finance and that all the money he gets is from that, she did not judge him and she accepted him wholeheartedly.

After getting married to Moudu Asiyah made him promise that he would work hard enough to return back to Hajiya Turai the exact amount of money she gave him years ago.

The death of his mother made him devastated because the old woman beforeΒ  her demise kept pleading with him to take her to Safaa so she could ask her for forgiveness.He tried locating Safaa in Sydney but all his effort was in vain and at last his Mama died leaving him a wasiyya that he should keep looking for Safaa no matter what it takes him to.

He was told that Safaa relocated to Nigeria by his PI so he rushed back too with his family and fortunately for him they saw Safaa and his personal assistant was able to trace her parent's house.

"Habibi calm down okay? You are not going,I am" Asiyah said trying to calm her nervous husband.

"What? Why you? What do you mean?" He asked regarding her with his eyes wide open.

"She's in her parent's house,I just feel like its somewhat for a man to go looking for her"

"Oh Ya Allah,Asiyah do you think she is still having marital problems because of what I did?" He kept pacing their bedroom running his fingers on his beard.

"No do not say that,It was not your fault okay,You should be glad that you have realised your mistakes on time and now you have become a wonderful person" She said embracing him in a warm hug.

"Thank you sweetheart,for everything" He mouthed burying his face in the crook of her neck.

"Stop thanking me" She smiled releasing him.

"So when do you intend to go?" He asked returning her smile.

"When am ready to confess my husband's ex crush" She chuckled trying to tease him.

"Yeah whatever, I wish I could know what is going on in that head of yours Ya Habibtee" He pecked her lips and sauntered out of the room.

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I was lying down doing nothing at 5pm today, Yes I was not in school πŸ˜‡πŸ˜‡πŸ˜‡

Safaa knocked on my brain and she was like *Kalthumm I miss you so much,why did you abandon my story like that?*

I felt guilty my people,irin sosai dinnan.

Then I apologised to her and ideas began popping oh.

But unfortunately it hasn't reached 3000words.

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