20. In Trouble

" Hajiya we're here. But it seems like the gate is closed and there is no one by the gate. I've honked at the gate twice yet no response. " Hajjo's driver says breaking her out of her train of thoughts. She has been wondering why Halima hasn't called her for the past two days. It's not like her at all. She always calls her everyday, no matter how late or early. And to make matters worse, Hajjo has called Halima's phone which has been ringing without response, Sa'eed's is switched off.

" Ask one of the kiosks around if they know about their whereabouts. " Hajjo says absentmindedly. She's tired, she just came back from Bulgaria where she planned a get together for an affluent business man only to be met with the news of her best friend being hospitalized, and now this.

The driver walks out and comes back minutes later.

"What did they say?"

" One man said he's never seen them come outside except when a