She took a deep breathe before she finally open the door for him , she had rushed to lock the door as soon as she heard his car drove into the compound, she had been avoiding him for two weeks, she would not let him in to the house not even when it was her turn for the night, he didn’t want her to create a scenes , so he always go back to Sadiqah's place, and sometimes he wonder if the women staying in the same compound is a great decision after all. She seem to have blocked his number from calling him, he could not reach her and when he does use another number , she pick up and as soon as she heard his voice , she drop the call, she is twenty two weeks or was it twenty three weeks gone and she haven’t start her ante natal … they haven’t even discuss about the baby …and he was worried … Even though he always takes his son to school and bring him home but he will just not see her, every morning, the boy would come out of the house himself and no matter how much he knock at the door, s
“Aziza are you there?” Her sister asked when there was silence from her end. “Do you want me to come over?” Her sister asked her and there was silence again. “Okay, then I will there tomorrow morning Ins sha Allah, I am booking a flight right now.” Her sister said “Hang in there … okay…” her sister said to her and the call got disconnected back in Umm Salmah’s house , as soon as her husband got back from work, she challenged him…“What is your friend doing to my sister, she is been crying.” She said to him as soon as he enter the house. “Is that a reply to my teslim?” He asked her and she replied then pose the question again. “she is crying so hard… why will be just do that to her… their marriage is so young… and I thought he is a good man.” She said “They will be fine…” was all Daud could say. “Do you say fine… ? Your friend married a second wife and you say they will be fine?” She said to her. “My sister virtually serve him all her life …do you think she will ever forgive h
As soon as the call got connected, he said his teslim.“Adunni, is it Vanilla you want or strawberry you want?” He asked her“Okay… is there anything you need?” he asked further. “Alright dear.” He said and disconnected the call and looked at her. “You said you want chocolate too, so you get two large bowls of ice cream and you can get what you want as well.” He said to her and gave her some money. .“Am I the one that supposed to get this?” She asked not collecting the money from her. “What are you talking about?” He asked, they were on their way home and he stopped by the eatery to get Aziza her bowl of ice cream, most times he usually buy the ice cream before he branched to Sadiqah’s store to pick her up but that day, he went to her store early and stayed until she was ready to close for the day and thus he had to get the bowl of ice cream on their way home. “Do I have to get it?” She said to him. “You wanted one too, don’t you?” he asked her and she nodded. “Then what is wro
“So you mean you eat at place when you know I will cook for you?” She asked him “I didn’t eat, I only took ice cream.” He corrected “It was just a little cup.” He added when he saw the look on her face. “And you can’t eat my food after the little cup, this is so unfair musadiq.. you just keep cheating me…first it was you always going to her place everyday …”She said “I did the same for you too, stop blackmailing me.” He defended himself “You barely touched my food.” She said to him.“I ate almost half , what is it Sadiqah.. why do you just like looking for trouble where there is none. When am I going to have peace with you …?” he asked her “We are newly wedded for Allah sake and we have this much argument already.” He said to her “You always cause this all the time , if only you had not eaten from her …” she said “I said I didn’t …” he said“All I know is that I can’t bare injustice, I dislike it.” She said and he looked at her for a while .. “Hummm, I just can’t believe you
“Why won’t she just call me?” He keep asking himself these questions , he sat down and stood up as soon as he did Why have the doctors not come out? Is she okay? Is the baby okay... “Sir, he heard the doctor called as he moved closer to him, his heart was beating faster as he move closer to him hoping to hear a good news. “Congratulations sir, it is a baby girl... The baby is tired and she is to be placed at the intensive care right now .... “ The doctor explained “And my wife?” He asked “She is fine too but you can’t see them both for now... Both mother and child are tired and we want to placed them on proper medical watch for now ... You brought them so late... It was a close call... If you have not come earlier .. anyways the mother has been sedated and so she is resting too.” the doctor explained to him. “Alihamdulilah...” He said and went down on his knees and further to a sujud state to observe his Sujud al shukr. (Prostration of gratitude) “You should be able to see the
You know you can always do whatever you want to do in my presence… I want to see all sides of you… it is funny that in our six years of being together, there are still so many sides of you that I didn’t even know and yet I know you can write a whole book about me.” He said to her calmly to her and she swallowed hard, she know that was true. She know almost all about him.“Where is Habeebullah?” she asked him and he told her he is in school. “He wants to tell all his friends about his new sister.” He said to her and she could not help smiling.“I have paid the nurses to get you some food, any food of your choice. I will call Mami soon ins sha Allah. You know she woke up late because of her health.” He said and she nodded, she know about her mother in law health and hope calling her to come and tend to her would not worn the old woman out. “Cant we just manage..? I don’t want to inconvenience her, you know the last time I went for a visits, she was complaining about her left leg. You
“Your food ma’am.” Mrs. Issac said and gave her a plate of food, “Oh, thank you so much ma’am… “ Aziza said to the woman and started to devour the food, to say she is hungry is an understatement, she was so hungry and had only had tea since she delivered, she just could not wait to eat a proper food and she was glad she has it now. “Ma sha Allah, this is so nice.” Aziza said after the food. “Or, did you want some more?” The woman asked her and she nodded and watched the woman dished out another food for her. “I eat a lot too after delivery.” The woman said and gave her the food and she finished it in no time. “Thanks for this ma’am, I so much appreciate, this food is a life saver. The food we ordered was not great at all.” Aziza said and returned the plate. “You are welcome ma’am, you deserve more.” Mrs. Isaac said to her and Aziza smiled.The Isaac family were the first tenant they have and even though everyone seem to mind their business in the compound, they seem to get along
She hissed as soon as he drove out of the compound, that day was so hectic for her especially being the fact that she had not taken a public transport since she got married months ago, he always drop her to work and come pick her up. “I am sorry not have gotten you a car yet but I will do so as soon as I can ins sha Allah.” He had said to her one day and had even suggested she enrol into a driving school. She know it would have been so easy for her if she had a car, it was Monday and the traffic was usually crazy in the morning and she spent ninety minutes on her way to the store and it was just a thirty minutes distance from the house but she spent almost two hours, people go to work the same time so it was understandable, most time she enjoy the ride because she would be in the car with her husband discussion and teasing and sometimes they leave early to beat the traffic especially on Mondays and Wednesdays . Returning back from work was worse, she could not get a cab on time and