Chapter 20
20
Maryam's POV
"Khalid, thank you so much. I love the dress".
"You're welcome beautiful, anything for you" . he replied winking.
"But Khalid, I can't keep secret from Kareem. Can...can I tell him before I put on the cloth?" .
"I don't mind beautiful... After all, he's your husband" .
"Thank you"
****End of Flashback****
"Wow! I wished you had gotten married to him instead".
"Hey!". I warned.
"Fine! I'm sorry". She muttered. I couldn't help it but to smile. I can't believe that I had a twin sister and we're both acting as if we've been together for a very long time.
"So sis, what do we do now?" She asked.
"Make a call to Dad". I answered.
"Daddy?".
"Erm.... I mean uncle, I had been calling him Dad since my childhood. "Hand me your phone" I told her.
She passed me her phone and I type Dad's digit as I dial his number. He picks up at the second ring.
"Hello"
"Dad?".
"Maryam?!".
"Yes, Daddy".
"Where have you been my dear? Your husband and everyone have been in search for you. Where are you?".
"It all happened so sudden Dad, I had no other option but to leave. Please Das don't blame Kareem, it wasn't his fault. Actually....Dad there's something important I need to tell you-".
"Maryam, you have to come back home. Your aunty has been hospitalized".
"What?! What happened to aunty? Is she alright? Where..... I mean, which hospital is she admitted to?".
"Salamatu Hospital".
"Okay Dad. I'll be there in a jiffy". I said and hang up the call.
"What happened sis?". She asked once I hang up the call.
"It's Aunty... Dad's wife, she's been hospitalized. I don't know what had happened to her".
"Huh?! Hospitalized? Isn't she dead yet?". She sarcastically asked.
"Sister!". I exclaimed, shocked.
"What?". She shrug off her shoulder as if it's nothing. "I'm just stating the fact. I can never like that woman, she treated you like a trash!".
"Remember, she and her husband had provided me a shelter from my childhood. She's done so many things to me, either in a bad or good way. She had made me who I'm today. Sister, no matter what obstacle would have come my way, I would be able to deal with it and it's all because of the upbringing she had given me".
She sighed before replying me. "Okay, fine sister. I've heard you but don't have high expectations from me because, I'll never be nice to her. I don't like that woman for a bit".
"Yes ma'am". I saluted and we both burst into a laughter. My smile slowly drown down as my mind went back to Kareem. I'm sure his family would have been very worried sick about me".
"Sister, stop day dreaming...". My sister whoose name I've come to know as Muneerah snapped her finger in front of me.
"I'm sorry, I can't just help it. I don't know how everyone is doing".
"Well, why don't we just get dressed and leave for the hospital?".
"Yes, you're right".
"Mommy! mommy!! is aunty okay now?". A little cute girl ran into the room and asked in her cute tiny voice.
"Yes baby, she's fine and better than earlier".
"Good morning Aunty, my name is Yusrah Faruq, and I'm your niece".
"Allahu Akbar! (God is great). You're such a brilliant girl...Nice to meet you" I said to her smiling.
"Nice to meet you aunty, I'm so happy the first day I saw you. You look so much like my mommy, mommy then told me you two are twin, can I be a twins too?".
I burst into a hard laughter. "You only can be a twins, if mommy give birth to two of you, but guess you're the only kid of your mommy".
"I'm sad" she said pouting.
"Come on, don't be. I'm sure your mommy will give you twins soon".
"Really mommy?! Is aunty right?". She asked.
"Erm...yeah... yeah baby, I'll".
"Yaay!". She squealed running out of the room.
"Hey Sis, don't play such expensive joke again".
"What? What's expensive? I was only making the kid feel better".
"Yeah, whatever".
"Hey, now I remembered something. What about your husband? Were you cheating on him? You know, it was your conversation between you and that guy that had led to the misunderstanding between I and Kareem".
"Sister, I'm not cheating on my husband, I can never do that. I was helping him, the person your husband heard my conversation with was my real husband,someone betrayed him at his own company and was ask to step down from his position as the Chief Executive Officer, so, I'm spying on that person in other to help him get his position back".
She told me everything and I open my mouth in shock.
"So, shall we get ready..are you better now?".
"Never been better as today".
"Good!".
*****
"Hey, here is your cloth".
"We're putting on same cloth?!".
"Yes Sis, we're twins so we need to dress like one".
"But....we're no more kids".
"That's why I'm doing this, we didn't get to do all of this when we were kids so why not now? ....I love you sister, so so much".
"I love you too"
We dressed in same cloth,shoe,veil and bag. "I would want to see how how will identify us". She said in a satisfactory tone.
"Of course they will. I mean, I'm an introvert type while you dear sister was more than an extrovert". I told her honestly rolling my eyes whilst she laugh.
"You're definitely right sis, I wonder whom I took after, was it Dad or Mom? You got the chance to live with Dad, at least you studied him".
"Well to me, I think you took after mom because Dad is a very gentle type while you're the opposite".
"Hmmmm". She hummed as we both laugh before leaving the house but not leaving the part where she had given a Stern order to her maid to take care of our little princess before we return.
*****
Muneerah (Maryam Twin sister) POV
We arrived at the hospital twenty minutes later and we both hopped down from the car. Then, my beautiful sister told me she needed to pee. What was I even saying? We're both beautiful right, I mean we got the same look.
"Okay, you can go, I will try to look for the ward"
"Thank you" she told me and left.
I walk into the hospital and sauntered towards the nurse sitting at the reception and greeted her. "Hello... good morning. I'm here to see a patient who was admitted here, Nana Jawad".
She went through the system and said. "Oh yes Ma'am, just go straight then turn to your right".
"Thank you". I said in an attempt to leave but a guy from no where came and engulf me in a tight hug.
"Maryam, it's really you!..." He said.
"I'm so sorry for everything, I really am! I'm sorry for judging you without knowing the whole truth. I should have known that you're innocent, I'm such a fool for doubting you,I'm sorry please". He said.
I broke the hug and look into his handsome face. I could tell from the way he sound, he's my sister's husband. And behind him were a group of family, they smiled at us lovingly.
Get ready to pay for all what you've done to my sister, jerk!
"You're sorry?". I asked raising my eyebrow.
"Yes Maryam, I'm truly sorry. I swear, I never knew. If I had, I wouldn't have reacted that way. She looks just exactly like you, Maryam I think you have a twin sister".
"Well, aren't you smart?". I sarcastically said before kicking him were the sun shine.
"Maryam". The old lady tried to stop me.
"Ouch!". He yelp holding the place where I had hitted him.
I pretend to hit him as i ask again. "How does it feel? Do you want me to give you more? Does it pain? Do you feel the pain comparing to the one you had given my-". I wasn't able to finish my sentence when I heard my sister's hard voice calling out my name. Rolling my eyes, I turned to her only to meet her angry face.
"Well, I don't care and he deserves it!".
