Lahat ng Kabanata ng Ice-Cold Heart: Kabanata 21 - Kabanata 30

She broke into smiles as soon as he saw her walk towards her, she was sitting in front of the house studying. The exchanged teslim and he sat down on the bench not to far away from her. “How are you ...” He asked her and she nodded then said Alihamdulilah. “Ma sha Allah.” he said to her and watched her put the book in her hand aside. “I can see that you are studying so hard for your forthcomings exam.” He said to her. “Na'am, I don’t want to discourage our sponsor and you haven’t been around for a few weeks now.” She asked and was told that he travelled home to see his parents. “Oh, Ma sha Allah, so how is your Tahfidh?” He asked. “We will be starting with the Murajah... as soon as the new term begins ins sha Allah, I have started mine though.” She said to him and he nodded. “Ma Sha Allah.” He said “So , I am coming from Imam’s place , he said we will be going to see your Uncles his weekend ins Sha Allah.” He said to her and she nodded slowly. “Will you be going with us?” She

She met her getting ready to leave the house for Halqah, his red eyes showed it that he must have had sleepless night, her sister was closely behind him. His mother stared at him and know he was fuming with anger. “And what is it?” She asked in defensive. “Ummu, please I am begging you, don’t go see Yasminah like that again. Haba, she is too young for this ... She is not even of the same age as Fatimah...” He said calmly. “Then can’t you see she is too young for you?” His mother indicted and he sighed then smiled. “Too young .. you have changed your concern about her?” He asked her. “Everything is too wrong with that girl, she is too young, an orphan , no family , no proper upbringing ... What type of family will abandon their brother and sister daughter like that? How can she be a good wife...?” she asked him. “Ummu, ... Any of that does not matter, she is a good muslimah, she had good behaviour and she is my choice, that is all that matters. And so please stop threatening ...

She entered his office and took her seat after her Teslim, it was his first time of seeing her in two weeks, she is hardly at work due to school, now at her second year first semester, he realised how much effort she is putting to excel and to say he is proud of both of them is understatement. “Yusrah... I hope no problem ... Your face look gloomy.” He said to her, she was not smiling at all, unlike Ashabi who is friendlier and outspoken, Shade keep more to herself. “I am here to see you sir.” She said to him and he nodded. Of course, that was what she said when she called him that morning. “What is it? Is there something you need?” He asked her “It is about my sister.” She said to him. “Okay, what about her?” He asked her. “What do you want from her?” She asked him sharply and his heart missed a beat at the question. It was the least question that he expected. “I know you understand what I am talking about ...what exactly do you want from her ...she is the only one I have and

And they heard Adnan drove in to the compound, he entered the building a few minutes later, Ashabi came to the living room to welcome him and then returned back to the kitchen, she returned with a bottled water and a cup , served him and was about to return back to the kitchen when Hikmah stopped her. “Ashabi oya come and pack these cups to the kitchen too.” She ordered and that shocked Adnan, Ashabi sighed and moved to the cups and jug , take them and went back to the kitchen. “Hikmah, what is the meaning of that nonsense you just did now?” He asked losing his temper and Fatimah gave her friend “I told you so look”.“I don’t take nonsense and you know me , don’t ever talk to my wife in that manner again... If you can’t control that, don’t ever come to my house again.” He said to her and she swallowed hard. She was not expecting him to react that way. “So why are you here? It is almost time for Maghreb.” He said to them. “Bro, are you sending us away?” Fatimah said to her brother.

Heart racing She could not sleep, but keep staring at the ceiling all through the night, she could not concentrate on anything, she was glad he didn’t even bother to press her, they eat out before going home that night and she only pick on her food, he got her some drugs on their way home and even forced her to take them and she felt bad to see him worry so much about her. “Could it be something you ate?” He keep asking and she realised she just had to keep playing along, when they got home that night, she had a shower and fell on the bed , they observe their Salah on the way and thus, they got nothing to do but to sleep. He just let her sleep and it didn’t take him long to sleep as well. It was stressful driving. She keep sighing deeply and keep rolling from one side of the bed to the other, she was scared and confused and she felt like a bad person, a liar and very dirty, while she was in the shower, she keep trying to wash off the dirt in her and she cried so much as she recalle