Chapter 35

Finally Yushraf is done with school. His now a graduate and just a year left for his twin sister to finish too. He can't really believe it. But just as said every minute worth it time. He his finally free, and will now go back to his hustling he hate to depend on someone, it just never his Passion ever since their uncle disgrace them.

He took a last glance at the surrounding of the school before they left the school compound to take their flight back to kano.

Immediately they arrive, they came down from the plane. Khalid and his sisters were not hard to find they were just right on clue. A single called from khalid was all it take for them to turn and saw him, hawwy and halima. They both rush toward Reedah and hug her. The hug was crush bounding it was so unexpected.

"Ya Reedah we miss you" hawwy said. "Yes we do" halima chirp in. Mean while Yushraf and Khalid was long lost into their brotherly conversation.

Ya Yushraf, congratulation! You're finally done with stress and TDB. unlike us that just started" halima said immediately they got into the car.

"Don't worry you all will be done very soon insha Allah is just time. " Yushraf assured.

"Yeah right, and then go to service. Omg! I can't wait to go to camp a lot of people said it fun there" hawwy said dreamily.

"You all making me to feel like I have more than a year to spend" Reedah said. Feigning to be sad.

"C' Mon is even less than a year and before you knew it you're you've become a professional doctor everybody want around the world. Trust me" Khalid winked at her and it make blush. It fluster her stomach. just a wink from him send a lot of message to her.

There relationship is getting stronger with every passing day. The feelings, love and affection, they grow to make it stronger. Khalid feelings for her is just so overwhelming, it scared him too, how he fall for her easily it was a love at first sight. He always get scared that perhaps one day Reedah will leave him for someone and that thought was enough to just make him to be scared to the core. He always visit on most weekend in school. He can't just wait to marry her! And cherish her for the rest of his life__ for she means a lot to him. Without her his life will be incomplete. Forever!

They alighted out of the car and Hajiya was already at the door step waiting to welcome them back. Everything just sound too good.

Reedah came forward and hug her" Mummy I miss you" she said placing her head on her chest. "I miss you too dear. How was your exams? I hope it was not so bad." She asked.

"Yeah it wasn't so bad. Alhamdulillah!

"Yushraf why are you standing there? C' Mon give this old woman a hugged" she said spreading her arms open while Yushraf came forward and did as she said. " Please be free, this is your home too. We can never afford this if not for your father. Congratulations on your graduation! We shall celebrate it within the family insha Allah." She said enthusiastically.

"Thank you hajiya, I shall look forward to it." He respond.

"Please let go in" Hajiya gesture opening the door widely.

"What about Fatima? I haven't seen her" Reedah asked no one in particular as she climb the stairs.

"Is she the only one you missed? Khalid whisper to her.

"Yeah, she's the only person I miss again apart from mum" Reedah teased.

"Well she went out with her friend. She will be back soon so don't miss her much okay.

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"Ya Yushraf" hawwy called.

"We promise to go on outing with you after your graduation, And the payment is on both of us" Hawwy announced happily.

"So this girls has money to take someone out on a date? Uhm" their mum teased and everyone laugh.

Now you're trying to embarrassed us mum, we use to save from our daily alert from daddy."halima said shyly.

"Oh that nice! I can't believe you grown up so well to save. Is very good keep it up. So when is the outing commenced?

"Today mum" hawwy was quick to reply.

"Today? He just came back fa and he might be tired. Can't you guys wait maybe till tomorrow?

"No mum. Please don't crash our plan. Ya Yushraf are you that tired?" Hawwy asked facing Yushraf who was sitting at the other side of the couch.

"Don't worry, I will be fine. I'm not so tired to reject your offers you know" he said smiling at them. He was so tired but couldn't reject the offer. It was so overwhelming to see people thinking of you in a different way and trying to make you happy. In reality they don't have a family but in present this was more than a family to them. Every minute spend with them worth it. Their forever indebted to them.

"Yeahhhh so that a yes! mum his coming with us today. Let hurry up and change halima" hawwy said happily and sashayed out of the living room.

Khalid only nod his head while Hajiya retire to her room.

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After an hour they were all ready to leave. They split there self into two different car. Hawwy and halima ride with Yushraf, while Khalid and Reedah ride in the other car.

Along the way they kept booming the car with different music and Yushraf only smile and listen to each without complaining.

"That why I miss riding with ya Yushraf wallahi, always cooperative. ya Khalid could have threatened to just take us back home. His no fun to us.

"I wonder who will marry him" halima chirp in.

"I just remember that his ex girlfriend, that one that is very rude and mannerless. Keep wondering what ya Khalid saw in her, apart from her beauty." Halima said. "

"Me too I just don't like her, she's so full of herself and also a spoiled brat. But honestly she's very beautiful, perhaps that what make her to be so rude.

"Yes exactly. Who knows maybe she's the one ya Fatima visited today, she never see that lady's fault at all. " hawwy said.

They alighted down from the car immediately they reach their destination. It was a bakery shop called exclusive bakery. It is a new shop open last month.

They walk in, with each of their hand join with Yushraf own. The scent of different bakery welcome them, the place was just so awe! Going round the glasses they were all speechless on the once to choose. Everything inside the shop was just mind glowing, it was so perfect the arranging,designs, and Flowers were so neat.

After a lot of contemplating, they end up buying almost every snacks their eyes catches. They wanted to taste every of the cake they saw.

While they were going round looking for a different cake, Khalid and Reedah order for a table and waited for them to be done.

"Why ain't you looking at any of the snack over there" Khalid asked.

"I'm not a fan of cakes, but rather a big fan of ice cream and creamy chocolate." Reedah reply. " oh really?" Khalid asked in surprise.

"Yeah! But I'm learning how to bake different snack back in school.

"Then why wasting your time in baking different snack when you don't like it?

"Yushraf love snacks, and my mum love baking when she was still alive. Only through baking I get to inherit something from her. I never got the chance to be close to her, I'm always a daddy's girl you know." She said, and a tears slide down her cheeks.

"Is okay! Is good you learn that. Never said that again please just pray for them okay!" He advised.

Sometimes we don't always get what we want or perhaps we try to select not knowing we have a limited time only to spend with that thing we choosing over!

Yushraf walk toward them and sat on the opposite seat while the girls sat down too. "I hope we are not missing anything" Yushraf teased.

"Not really. And I hope this two parrot haven't finish embarrassing me inside that car?" He asked.

"Only if you knew, you could have pity yourself" Yushraf said leaning on the seat while laughing as he remember every bit if it.

"Hmmm" Khalid uhm starring at his sisters.

"Haba ya Khalid stop looking at us as if we committed murderer crime now. " halima said biting on her snacks.

"You better start explaining yourself now" he said feigning to be serious.

"We only gist ya Yushraf a little bit of how your ex girlfriend was a spoil brat and mannerless." Hawwy said nonchalantly.

"Wow interesting, I wish to know more about Khalid too" Reedah tease.

"And how she use to..." Halima trailed off immediately Khalid glare at her.

Can we start going please, we need to branch ice cream and chocolate shop on our way home. And remember we are going for shopping again. Now let start going." Khalid mutter, and stood up helping Reedah too by holding her hand to stand. He can't endure to see that two embarrassed him more in front of Reedah again.

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"Please just come with us, I promise it will be fun." hafsat said.

"Yeah just trust us." Fatima try convincing her too.

"Okay! okay!! I'm coming with you guys. Happy huh!"

"Yeah" and they both hugged her." You don't really know how this means to us wallahi.

"Now hurry up and change let go before it get late" Fatima said checking her wrist watch.

"Okay I will be right back. Make sure I'm not left out on anything" she beam and left.

"Trust me, you won't".

Immediately she was out of sight Fatima let out a long sigh. Hafsat realise a long breath she never never knew she was holding too. " I pity her a lot" hafsat whisper.

"Me too. I can't even start imaging all this happen to her within few month and she's still strong to hold on."

"Yeah she's. She has even change a lot , I can't believe is deejah of all people been herself like this. Indeed life is full of wonders. I hope her father get his things back, wallahi I feel sorry for her mum the most." Fatima said sadly.

Few minute later deejah walk in and open her trolley searching for any random cloth she could just wear, not like she really care much about what people will said behind her back anymore. She brought out jalabiya that has red stone around the neck. She took out a red matching veil and dress up.

Deejah been her normal self brought out her makeup kit and did her make up causally. Make up is just something she can't do without, it help her hide her emotions, the concealer just has a good way of hiding everything. With make up plaster on her face nobody will believe what she's going through or perhaps she has ever gone through.

They bade her mother good bye and left together with her. Fatima rolled the car to life and drove into the city.

"There is this new bakery it called exclusive bakery. they open last month, every one I knows compliment their snacks to be the best in this whole kano and yet I haven't got to taste it, to know if really the compliment worth it." Hafsat said.

"So are you just indirectly telling us to go there" Fatima asked.

"Of course yes! Or what did you think deejah. I know you won't say No too because is your snacks are your favourite too right."

"We know just stop blackmailing her into this."

"Yes ma. Now will you kindly drove toward that street or did I need to drive myself.

"You won't kill me hafsat. I just pity Al-amin in future." Fatima tease.

"Hey I'm left out, Fatima just give me the full gist who is this al-amin of a guy?" Deejah chirp into their conversation.

"The lucky guy among the thousands, they've done the engagement and the wedding should be around December if I'm not mistaken." That made hafsat blush hard.

"Awwn! I'm hurt" deejah feign." So is this how you guys could have keep it away from me till after marriage and when she gave birth?" She asked. Her tone lacing with anger now.

"No no, that not through, have always try calling you but you were always not picking my call, and I asked Fatima not to tell you I will do that myself" hafsat explain.

"I'm sorry I thought wrong that why I never pick your call. Congratulation on your engagement! First to get marry among us right? Wow I can't wait. May Allah make us witness the day in good health." Deejah said and hug her immediately they came out of the car.

"Thank you, deejah you're the best." Hafsat mutter to her happily.

"And I'm the bad one right?" Fatima asked.

"I didn't mentioned anybody name. Now let go in" she said and hold deejah,while Fatima trailed behind.

Unlike Fatima, sisters halima and hawwy that couldn't come up with the once to choose. Hafsat and deejah were so good at picking the best. They went and sat down at the window side, and deejah enjoy starring at the out side of the building. "Indeed this place really deserve all the compliment is given" deejah said and hafsat nodded." Especially the snack their just too sweet honestly." She went back to her starring out looking at everyone droving in and out of the baking shop.

Like a magic, Yushraf and deejah eyes met from a far. While Yushraf was about to open the drive side of the car because the girls were already in he look toward a particular window and behold it was her. His worst nightmare.

She quickly stood up and excuse herself from the girls and practically ran toward the door only to stare at his car drove out of the building. She was still unable to move her leg from were she stand. If only she was able to reach him a tone tears cascaded down her cheeks and what she saw next almost make her fall to the ground " Her Ex Khalid open the car door for Reedah and also went into the driver seat. She blink her eyes to be sure she's not dreaming and before she open them they were gone too. " Noooo! She exclaim sadly. I need to find them. Tha..t that.. His sister, Reedah "she pointed toward the car as they drove out.

"I need to go home" she said, immediately she return back to the table.

"Why that all of a sudden?" Fatima asked.

"Mum just called, she asked me to return home now" She lied, hoping they fall for it.

"I hope everything is fine, why is your eyes so red?" Hafsat asked.

She wipe her eyes" You know how my eyes easily get red, a fly just got into my eyes so I try scratching it." She lied again.

"Oh sorry, let get going then" Fatima said and stood up with her bag.

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Immediately she step her leg inside the house. It was so quiet than usual. She became anxious as she step in to the small living room and saw her parent. Their emotion was easy to read. "Mum, dad what happened? what going on again? She asked. Though she was scared of the outcome.

"Hmmm" her mum uhm.

"Mum talk to me" She said as she reach for the white paper in her hand.

"You're wanted in court on 25th- August-2018. That on Monday." Her mum announced sadly in tears.

"What! Innalilahi wa'ina ilahi raji'un. For what again?" She asked as she collected the letter.

"Yushraf Sufyaan imam!" She stretches the name.