Chapter 71

71

I really can't believe I'm back to Nigeria. Mansur thought as he take a look around for a moment. "Now is the time to mend the wrong deeds of the past Mansur" he told himself with a small sigh

Mansur has been keeping a very deep secret from someone dear to him. He can't cope with the way everything was going on,he has to correct his mistakes. The mistakes he once started without bothering to end. The mistake he thought he will be free from, not knowing that it will only cause hatred between the woman he loved and his friend. He really needs to let Kareem knows about the truth and then he will make sure to find his love and make her his

Mansur was about to take a step away from where he was standing when he recalled that he has been a big jerk to Maryam,when he left that very day believing that he was suppose to be angry, later on wards he realised that his heart still belongs to the one and only girl Safeenah. Of all people he was the only person who knew that Safeenah is not dead but never disclose the truth to anyone. He kept it all to him self. The only problem left is that,he doesn't know where to look for her

Mansur has always been blaming and scolding himself for not picking up Maryam's call. She tried all her possible best to reach him but he never picked up, and as times goes by he added her number to the blacklists. He doesn't know what he's going say to her. First, he was ashamed of himself because he knew he has done terrible things to Kareem who was once his best friend. Not putting an end to that, he also tried his best to make Maryam his girlfriend when in fact he knew that her heart belongs to Kareem

After so many thought, he finally decide to leave for his friend house but all of a sudden something caught his attention, he spot someone. The very poisonous lady 'Hafsa'  "what is she doing here at the airport? And why does she have a persistent gaze? The hafsa he has come to know never had this side. Could something be wrong? Probably with her?" He thought

For a moment he thought he should leave to go and accomplish what he came to aim for but stop on his toes as he remembered that she once saved him when he was also in a difficult moment some years back. Slowly Mansur was walking closer to her with his bag on his hand

"Ha-" he stopped when he heard the name 'Kareem' coming out from her mouth

"Yes Safeenah where are you? Yeah I'm there already! I can't see you! Yes yes...we have a problem! Kareem find out already! Yes! He knew that we kidnapped that witch Maryam"

"What?!" Mansur thought widening his eyes in shock

"OK OK... Yeah yeah...oh! Thank goodness I've seen you... Yeah yeah... I'm coming now"

"What? Maryam is kidnapped? But how and why? Could it be that Safeenah was still holding unto what I told her? Revenge? Shit! She's taking revenge on Kareem,but Kareem is not at fault! In fact I was the one at fault!....I need to act fast! I need to! Mansur do something! Come on, do something!" He told himself worryingly

Mansur Immediately went closer to where his car was parked,he opened the car door and entered the passenger sit

"Sir, should we leave now?" His driver asked him softly

"Idiot! can't you see that I was trying to wait for someone!" He yell angrily at him

"I'm sorry sir" he beg just to calm him down. What has come over the boss? He really looks scary right now,lemme not anger him more before he tells me that my job is over. I can't bear to loose my job, this is the job that keeps I and my family alive up till date" the driver thought to him self

"Sorry for yourself. Idiot!" He looked at him and eyed him

Taking his eyes away from the driver he spot Safeenah and Hafsa entering a car "you see that black car in front of us?" He asked the driver pointing his finger at it, while the driver only nod his head

"Good,I want you to follow that car and don't... I repeat don't make them knows that we are trailing them..OK?" He said in a sternly voice

"Yes boss"

"Good"

The driver ignite the engine as they started to trail Safeenah's car. After a long forty minute drive,their car come to a stop. Safeenah walk down from the car and so was Hafsa,after the two both look carefully to make sure no one has followed them,they both went in. Unknowingly to them that Mansur saw them already

"Definitely this is where she has brought Maryam to,I need to follow them and rescue her" He thought. Mansur was about to take off his seatbelt when he realise that this can't be done by him alone,he needs cops and most of all Kareem needs to know where his wife is. "He have to do this " that's what he thought, at least for making up for the mistakes he has done in the past

"Let drive back to my house " he told the driver which he only answered with "yes sir"

As Safeenah and Hafsa entered the room Maryam was held captive in,Safeenah wide her face in anger. What the hell is this two doing? This is not what they agreed on. As much as she enjoys to see Kareem suffer she can't bear to see this kind of a thing happening to Maryam. Truth be told,it was Kareem she was angry with not with Maryam,but it seems like Maryam was blocking her ways and that's why she is getting furious and furious everyday "Back off!" She said glaring at Jacob

"You don't give me orders,I only follow what my boss said" he stubbornly replied her while he continued with what he intended to do with Maryam.

The moment Maryam heard the voice she was so happy that at least someone has saved her from this disgusted man in front of her but got worried more as her eyes came in contact with Safeenah. She thought she wasn't aware of this but instead she was the master mind? And Hafsa was with her too? The tears flowing down from Maryam eyes down to her cheek didn't go unnoticed by Safeenah,she felt the pain she was going through,as tears keep flowing down her face she wanted to help her,to end everything but she quickly mask it off her mind as she remembers what Kareem has done to her. She can never forgive him,he has to pay for his crimes and since she wasn't able to accomplish her mission she had to use Maryam to get Kareem. Without this method she won't be able get Kareem

"I..said...back...off" Safeenah said through greeted teeth

"Jacab back off for now" Mr Shu'aibu said,Jacob turn to look at him if he was for real and as he saw the signal he gave him, Slowly with anger boiling inside of him,he withdrew back "fuck!" He muttered under his breath

"My lovely daughter is here" Shu'aibu said smirking

"We already agreed on this,why are you letting him touch her?" Safeenah asked

"Is that what we're here for? My baby,why don't we just go straight to the business" he said smiling a little while they both shifted their gaze to Maryam. Already she is shivering on the floor,cold was engulfing her and so was fear too. She was feeling cold because of her condition and was fear because she don't know what this people might do to her,she wouldn't have care of it was for her alone but because of the baby inside her

"I hope you haven't call him yet?"

"No dear"

"Why....why are you doing this? You could be jail for doing this! Don't you have some humanity left in you? I'm pregnant you psycho woman!" Maryam yell the last part glaring at Safeenah. She moved closer to her and make her right hand land on Maryam's cheek. It hurt Maryam a lot but she tries to suck in the pain. She concluded that she won't let fear take over her,she will make sure to fight for her baby,she won't easily give up

"How dare you! How dare you call me a psycho?!  I'm not the psycho one! your husband is! That beast you called a husband is the psycho one!! And I swear I won't back off,I won't stop not until I make sure I give him what he rightfully deserve! I...promise you...Maryam" Safeenah said with so much rage in her face

"What has Kareem done to this crazy girl for her to hate to him this much?" Maryam thought as the tears keep flowing down her cheeks. She can't just bear this pain,it's getting much everyday. Or is she not destined to be with Kareem? Is this a sign for her? A sign to leave Kareem? Come to think of it, she has never been happy with him ever since the day they've known each other. Could it be that this is a sign to leave Kareem for good? But how? When she's even trapped in Safeenah's cage here

"Jacob" Safeenah called him and he answered moving closer to her

"The phone please" she said stretching out her hand to him. He placed Maryam's phone on her hand. After collecting the phone from him,she swipe the screen and it unlock automatically,it wasn't hard for her because Maryam never set any pass code in her phone. Safeenah entered her call history and she smirk as she saw what Maryam saved her husband's number with 'My Hero'

"My Hero" she couldn't help but to say it out loud "well let see if he's truly a hero,let see if he can save you from us" she said as she dial his number

At the first ring Kareem immediately pick up as he saw the number that called him "Lo...love where are you?" Kareem asked with a weak,worried and concern voice

"Hello lover boy!" Safeenah mocked  "This is not your wife speaking but your fiancee"

"Safeenah how dare you! How dare you kidnap my wife!" Kareem yell angrily through the phone,if only he could see her in real, he wouldn't have think twice before strangling her to death

"Why don't you just save the yelling for later? I mean when we see. Well you have just 2 hours to show up here, else consider your wife dead Kareem Abdulazeez!...and you might want to play smart with me,you just try and inform the police. I promise you that she'll be gone before you and the cops reach here" She said to him and hang up the call without waiting for his reply

"Hello!....hello....hello!....fuck!" Kareem muttered angrily

Kareem what did she say?

Son what does she want?

Kareem what happened?

Everyone keeps asking Kareem their question and he told them exactly what she want but the problem now is "how will Kareem find the place? How will be able to get the location? She didn't even give him the chance to speak as she immediately hang up the call" this thought was still going on in Kareem's head when his phone puzzle,showing that he has a message. He quickly check it and saw that the address was sent to him

"I need to go now" he told them

"But son, why don't we just call the police men,this is not right. What if something bad happens to you too" Maryam's Mom spoke out of fear

"Mom please don't worry and please non of you should inform the police. I'll bring back my wife home I promise" Kareem said as he quickly went out of the house

His Dad and Maryam's Dad followed too asking Faruq and Khalid to stay behind

"But-" they wanted to protest but the two Dad gave them warning and went out. Just as the three men drove out Mansur's car drove into the compound