Chapter 30

Chapter 29

"Doctor Yasir,what happened?"

"I'm sorry Director, but I think we can loose her"

"NO!!!!!" Aunty Hauwa screamed. She made an attempt to go inside but luckily for Yusuf, he was able to stop her.

"Aunty no,please just calm down"

"Yusuf,what's the way out now? What can we do to save my girl?" For the past month, she and Zuwairah had developed a very strong bond.

"Yusuf took a very deep breath down before answering her "Aunty there's only one way out"

"Then what are you waiting for? Go do it,I don't care about anything, in as far as my my girl will be alright, then go do it"

"Aunty, at least hear me out first"

"Okay...go ahead"

"Since the situation has turn out like this,the only way out is for us to take her to the theatre room"

"Theatre room?" She asked and he nod his head "For what?"

"Operation,the only way out now is operation and due to her condition it will be 50/50"

"Cut that 50/50 out Yusuf. Just save her. In fact,if you can't save the baby, I don't care. She'll give birth to another one,just save her please"

"Okay Aunty, I'll make sure I try my best,I'll do all my possible best to try and save her with Allah's help"

"You should! This is all your fault!" She remark.

"My fault?!"

"Yes your fault! Aren't you two friends? How could she be like this and you wouldn't know anything. Are you suppose to let her brood over that stupid boy?"

"Walahi aunty I never knew anything coz whenever we're together, she's always happy,I've never for once see her in a brooding state"

"Just go save her, we'll talk about that later,once everything has settled down"

"Okay...excuse me"

•

"Hauwa! what happened to my daughter?"

She explained everything to them and before she could even finish her statement, Zuwairah's Mom had already burst into tears.

"My baby!" She said in tears.

"She'll be fine" her husband assured her.

"Don't tell me that! Don't tell me she'll be fine! Didn't you hear what she just said?! And I told you! I told you not to let this girl out of our sight, but you're so adamant! 'I'm going to do as I wish, no one will stop me' has coz your daughter's life now! This is all your fault Dauda!"

"Just pray to God that nothing happens to my daughter,if not, you won't like the other side of me I promise you that" she threatened.

•

"Yusuf!" All her family walk towards him.

They are no more shock to see him coz for the past months, they've known his relationship with their daughter,they now regard him as their son. In fact,he now calls Zuwairah's Dad 'Father and her Mom 'Mother'.

"Father,you're here. As salamu alaikum" he said.

"Wa alaikumu salam"

"Good afternoon Sir/Ma"

"Afternoon son,Yes we had to,Hauwa gave me a call 4 hours ago"

"How is she doing?......What happened?.....Any good news?......What of the operation? ......Was it successful? ......Why are you out already?" He bombarded him with so many questions.

"Well Dad, how will I say this....." he paused, but later continued "I don't even know how to put it"

"Just say it anyhow you can,we will understand"

"Okay father. In everything we do in life, we should always have faith in God, and no matter what the situation may be, we should always learn how to say Alhamdulillah......The operation we carried out was successful!!!" He scream with happiness laced in his voice and face.

"What?!!"

"Yes,both the Mom and Son are fine" he said with a wide grin.

"Alhamdulillah! Alhamdulillah!! Alhamdulillah Robbil Alameen....thank you so much for saving my daughter and my grandson" Zuwairah mom told him.

"We should always thank Allah"

"You mean both my daughter and grandson are fine and heathy?"

"Yes mother,though Zuwairah is still very weak. As a matter of fact,she can't leave this hospital in the next 7days,she needs to be here so we can take good care of her and then after that 7days, if we see any improvement in her, then we can discharge her"

"Thank you so much Yusuf, you don't know how much you've helped us a lot"

"My pleasure ma,I'm glad I was able to"

"Can we see her?"

"For now, it's only the baby you can see coz the Mom resting at the moment"

"Okay let see our grand child"

"How is she?" All heads turn to the owner of the voice.

"Yasmeen? You're here already?"

"Of course big mummy, I've done what you ask me to bring" she said raising up the flask in her hand.

Yusuf on the other hand couldn't take his eye off the beautiful lady. She wore a very long brown hijab. The only thing that one could see in her body is the leg, her hand and face. Every other thing is covered.

"Ehn! Ehn!" Yusuf came out from his day dreaming when Mr Dauda coughed. "I'm sorry" He muttered.

Yasmeen on the other hand,was shy to even raise her head up. The look Yusuf just gave her earlier made her body shiver in some weird feeling.

"Hi...you must be Ya Yusuf" She shyly uttered.

"Hi...yes I'm,I'm glad I got to meet the one and only Yasmeen in Zuwairah's life" he teased.

Alhamdulillah! Thank you Allah,for bringing me my soul mate.

In Yusuf's mind, he's going to marry Yasmeen and no one else. He might have thought he loved Zuwairah but after meeting Yasmeen, he realized she is the right woman for him.

"You two can chit chat later, but now,let's go and see our baby boy!" Aunty Hauwa said.

•

"Baby, you're awake?"

"Baby? Who's your baby?" Rasheed asked in an angry tone.

"What do you mean by who's your baby? Of course it's me Zulaiha, your wife"

"My wife?" He scoffed.

"Who married you? And what are you doing here in my house? Where's my wife?"

"If this is a joke please stop it! This is me Zulaiha your wife standing in front of you" she said as she place her hand on his shoulder.

"Get you filthy hands off me!" He pushed her roughly, making her hit her butt on the floor. She groaned out in pain.

"You! I'm coming back for you" he point his index finger at her warningly.

"What's happening?" Zulaiha thought.

"Mom! Mom!!" Rasheed calls his mother.

"What's it? I'm here in the kitchen" she irritatedly reply him. Ever since he married Zulaiha, his mother never loved him as she used to,she doesn't talk to him anymore and he himself didn't seem to bother by it. But was it his fault?

"Mom! Thank goodness you're here. Please what's that witch doing in our house? And she said something like my wife...how is she my wife? Where's my Zuwairah? Where's my wife?"

"His Mom had to off the gas so she could concentrate more on his son "Did you just ask about your wife? I mean Zuwairah?"

"Yes Mom,where's she? And why is that girl calling her self my wife?"

"I knew it! I knew it! I knew that girl charmed you! She charmed my son! I knew you can't just marry that girl!"

"Come take a sit,let me explain everything to you"

She lamented everything to him and Rasheed couldn't stop shedding tears "Mom please don't tell me I did all of that to my wife and her family?"

"In fact,you did worst than that, it's better I didn't dig into it"

"Mom, what do I do now? Where is Dad? The twins and the rest?"

"They all went out already but will be back soon"

"What do I do now?"

"You need to go to your in-laws house and talk to her Dad"

"But Mom,I...I've done a lot to them,do you think they will even want to see me not to talk of allowing me to explain my self to them"

"Just go first,then whatever the outcome may be, we'll then decide between I and your Dad if we are going to follow you there to their house"

"Okay Mom..thank you....lemme go freshen up and go"

"Okay my son, hurry"

Even after remembering everything, his mom still told him all what he did and all what he needed to know..

•

"Abdul! Why are you back so early?" His dad asked him.

"D..Dad" his voice cracked.

"You don't need to say anything,your mom explained everything already to me. What's the outcome?"

"Dad,they travelled this morning!"

"Who told you that?"

"A neighbor of them,that she saw all of them entering their car and it seems they'll be gone for some days"

"Okay...we can wait"

"But Dad?"

"Don't worry son, we're with you now. You'll get your wife back. Alhamdulillah that when you divorce your wife you weren't on your right mind so your marriage is still valid and you said it's only your wife that sign the divorce papers right?"

"Yes....."

"That's good, let just wait for them to return. Now, go deal with that girl in your room. She had lock her self up ever since you left"

Rasheed got inside his room and threatened her to leave his house first thing tomorrow morning,but she didn't even seem to comply at all. She also kept threatening him that there's nothing he could do even though she knew he was saying the truth. She called her Mallam earlier and he told her about Zuwairah's condition. She got angry with him accusing him that it was all his fault but instead he hang up the call on her.

"You can't do anything to me Rasheed, I'm your wife and will still remain your wife" she threatened back.

"Just thank God my Mom talk some sense into me and the fact that I hate hitting women. If not, I wouldn't have hesitate beating the shit out of you"

"It's a lie! You can do nothing to me! I won't leave this house and there's nothing you can do about it"

"Then we see whose word come to pass,insha Allah tomorrow morning"

"Yes we shall see"

•

"Hey get up! Get up and leave my house!"

"Hey!" Rasheed shook her but she didn't bulge.

"Is she pretending? He thought.

"Hey" he shook her vigorously and then he decide to call for help. He call out for his family and they all ran to his room.

"What happened?"

"I...I can't..I can't wake her up"