Chapter 48
Recap
"Is okay Mina cry no more please. Everything is already in the past and insha Allah, better things are on the way. Let it all go mudasir is in a better place and insha Allah you will find someone worthy to called your husband in future."deejah assure.
"Now come, you need to wash your face let me retouch your make up, but before then come and eat first okay" she said and drag her to the dinning room.
She serve her with tuwo rice and egusi soup garnish with dry fish and meat.
"Wow deejah, you cook all this?" Mina asked surprisedly."
"Of course I do, now eat let me inform Alamin of your arrival, he has been disturbing me since."
"Please do, and the twins I can't wait to see them too."
"Sure"
She return back with the twins and Alamin who ran to hugged his aunt with so much happiness. He didn't let go of her until Mina request to pick the twins.
The twins heard the car honk of their father and quickly ran out of the living room while Alamin went back to his aunty's lap.
"Oh that my beautiful princess, where is your brother" Yushraf asked.
"His wich aunty" samirah said with her baby tongue.
"Awwn we have visitor inside?" He asked and the twins nodded.
"Okay, come and greet uncle jibrin" he said to the twins and they both ran to the visitor that came back with their father.
"Welcome to our house uncle jibrin "deejah greeted and hug her husband." Please come inside" she gesture.
They all went inside and deejah quickly serve them with different varieties" thank you madam. I can see that you're surely taking good care of us very well" jibrin complimented and she smile and adjusted her veil.
"Hey Mrs or miss you shy of us?"jibrin teased.
"And why should I" Mina asked.
"It obvious, because you're not even eating again or should I come and feed you?"
Mina laugh heartily and whisper thank you.
"Jibo will never change, you're always flirting with every lady you see, you better let her be.
"Cmon man don't embarrassed me did you know maybe she's going to be my wife" he said making Mina to choke on her food.
"While she's out of your league, by the way she's Mrs" Yushraf said feigning to be serious.
"Don't tell me you're serious please I like her" he said on a serious note after the ladies excuse their self from the dinning room to the bedroom to continue with their chit chat.
"Honestly I don't know her much but I will try and confirm about her from my wife and give you the detail. I hope you're serious this time around." Yushraf asked again to be sure.
"Walahi I'm serious, my mum too will be happy and insha Allah I will keep praying for her to be mine" he said
Uncle jay how are you feeling now?" Reedah asked after dropping the food flat.
"Alhamdullilah, I'm feeling much better riri. How is your husband?" He asked and gently stood up from the bed. "His here but I think his making a call, he will be coming in now.
"Alright, Please have a seat. Maryam has already package my stuff, since have already been discharge today" Alhaji jafar said.
"Oh that great masha Allah, and I think is high time you meet with Yushraf one on one. I still didn't tell him anything about meeting you yet" she said.
"Uhm, I'm scared, will he ever accept me back again? Will he ever forgive me just has you did now" he asked worriedly.
"Uncle, Yushraf will accept you back again and will surely forgive you. He always love you dearly, and do remember you every single day of his life. But what you did to us is still something that hurt him very well because he never expected it. No matter what, he still see you has our uncle and will forever love you again."
Uncle jaafar couldn't take it and burst into a series of tears again " I'm so sorry riri, I'm sorry please find it in your heart to forgive me" he beseech.
"Uncle please stop crying, is not good for your health and you need to let everything out that why I said you should come and see Yushraf so your heart will heal faster." Reedah said.
"Insha Allah, I will do that riri. Perhaps we should make it tomorrow I will tell bashar to book us a flight all." He said and rest his head on the pillow.
"Assalamu'alaikum " khalid said before entering inside the room.
"Walaykum-salam, please come in my son" Alhaji jafar gesture.
He went inside and sat down beside his wife. " Thank you uncle. How are you feeling now?" He asked calmly.
"Alhamdullilah I'm feeling much better."
"I heard you've been discharge today, May Allah grant you quick recovery and strength to get back on your feet again" he pray.
"Aamin Amin, thank you very much " He said.
"We shall be taking flight to kano tomorrow insha Allah and from their I will be returning back to Lagos with my family. I hope you don't mind following us please.
"Sure I don't mind uncle, everything shall be fine soon." Khalid assure.
"I hope so too, please put me in your prayer let Yushraf forgive me__ for I know I'm unforgivable.
"Uncle stop saying that please, insha Allah he will forgive you too just has my wife here did." He said.
"Thank you son, I really appreciate your understanding." He said.
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"Babe come here" He said and pulled her to his lap. " Have missed you a lot" he said and snuggle into her holding her waist tightly.
"Thank you for everything, thank you for being my wife, for being the mother of my kids, I love you so much Babe! You're my life and my everything, without you I'm nothing. You're my reason for staying alive." He said and kiss her lips.
"You know you complete me too, you cast a spell on me, light up my life. You're a dream come true to me, I never expected to be yours even in my widest dream but fate still brought us together. You're my perfect match, the one I always wishes for and I love you so much love. I'm always thankful to Almighty Allah for having a husband like you love! You're my life and my heart desire." Deejah express, tears welled up in her eyes because of how emotional she was.
I love you too!" Yushraf said, and hugged her, sealing the night with a peaceful kiss.
* * *
You're already in Kano?" He asked. " yeah and remember the surprise I have for you." Reedah said over the phone.
"Yeah I remember since you refuse to give me a hint about it, will patiently wait. Any way my babe has already prepare a lot for you and the surprise visitors" Yushraf said.
"Awwwn that our wifey, my regard to everyone especially my Alamin. Tell him am just an inch away from him" she said and end the call.
"Babe is Reedah, she send her regard. They've arrive Kano and will soon be on their way here. Hope everything is set?" he asked.
"Yeah everything is set, I just need to re shower and dress up for our surprised visitors" She said removing her cloth.
"Then we will shower together and dress up as you said"
"Love! You're too naughty"
And you love me that way" he said and wink at her before helping her to undress.
* * *
Watching the kids play inside parlour including Alamin was a joyful sight to behold. They saw how Alamin was so protective around the twins and was been careful.
A knock was heard at the door and before any of them could get up to open the door Reedah already enter inside with her husband khalid.
"She went forward and hug deejah before doing the same to her twin brother. While khalid and Yushraf exchange brotherly hug before greeting his wife too.
"You're both welcome, it such a long time you both came to kano. Dr. Reedah how is work and the stress?" Deejah asked after settling down on sofa.
"Walahi kam is not easy, but Alhamdullilah we are getting use to it you know it already a part of me.
"Yeah same as fatima, she always complain she don't have much time, unlike us me and hafsat we are always available, just go to company and check around and do must of my work at home with the help of your brother." She said enthusiastically.
"That nice, I hope is not always lazy?" she asked and they all laugh.
"We are my kids?" She asked checking everywhere for them.
"They just enter that play room now let me called them."deejah said and left to the play room.
"She gave Alamin a sign hand gesture and he quickly ran to Reedah leaving the twins to tailed behind.
"Ayyy! My baby is now a big boy. I miss you so much" she said and peck him on his cheeks before collecting the twins too.
"What mammy feeding you all with you're all growing fast" she said and press their cheeks making them to giggle.
"So were is the surprise visitor? Or you just try to suffer my wife" he asked jokily.
Reedah face drop and she asked the kids to return back to their playroom.
"Immediately the kids left she started " Yushraf you know a lot of things happened in the past and we were still able to over come it, life throw to us it worst. Everything is an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep. Yushraf what ever happen was our fate and even the one to come is still a fate. Please find it in your heart to forgive no matter what" Reedah said.
"What happening Reedah? Why are talking you like this? I still don't get you I'm confuse" he said confusingly.
"Let me bring them in" she said and stood up and came back with uncle jaafar, Hajiya Maryam, bashar and his wife with two kids.
"Is this the surprise you have been telling me about? Or the reason for your speech?" He asked angrily.
"Yushraf calm down" Khalid said.
"I'm calm you know, but this is my house and I don't want to have anything to do with this people standing here, they should quietly leave this minute please." He said and storm out of the living room.
"Yushraf, Yushraf" Reedah called but he turn deaf ear. Deejah stood up and follow him upstairs.
"Swthrt!" She called wrapping her hand around him.
"Please keep calm and look into my eyes"she whisper.
Taking a deep breath, Yushraf look into her eyes just as she said and everything he ever need was in there. She was surely the coolness of his eyes and he don't have to say it twice. If loving this woman in front of him was a crime then he will surely spend the rest of his life in jailed.
"Swthrt! You don't have to react, I know I don't have the right to tell you this because I didn't go through the pain you went to. But life is short, very short to hold grudges. We do offend our creator and he do forgive us no matter how big our sin are then who are we not to forgive each other? Just see how our path crosses and here we are with three kids with each other. Just imagine you never forgive me did you think we will come this far? Of course we won't. Mina offend me, she betrayed me in a way I never expected it but we both come to pass that already and I forgive her wholehearted too. Please swthrt, I beg you in the name of god forgive him no matter what he did to you" deejah said and Yushraf couldn't hold it and cry onto her shoulder. "Didi he despised us, he said it and chase us out of his house" he said sadly.
His regretting, please forgive him"deejah beseech.
"Thank you very much didi, you're my strength and my desired. Have forgiven him" He said.
"Thank you too swthrt, now let go see them" she said raising his hand.
They both amble downstairs and everyone watch their movement until Yushraf shock them all by hugging uncle jaafar.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry please forgive me" Alhaji jaafar kept repeating before they break the hug.
"Is okay uncle jay, please stop apologising have forgiven you" he said.
He greeted his wife and gave bashar a brotherly hug before crouching to Hanif level.
Alamin came toward his father and tap him. "Daddy who are they" he asked using a hand sign signature with his father.
He reply him back using the same hand sign." Is your grandfather "his dad said and he ran toward him.
"He can't talk?" Uncle jaafar asked surprisedly.
"Yes uncle that how he was born" Yushraf explain.
"Masha Allah, Allah is wonderful" he said and a tears stream down his eyes.
"How are you" he asked and Alamin answer using his hand too.
"Your great grandfather is like this too and we love him dearly, be happy always you're not a burden" his grandfather said to him using a hand and Alamin nodded boldly and hug him again.
Everyone was surprise seeing how uncle jaafar was communicating with Alamin. He hardly understand others strangers communication with him but he understood his grandpa and kept smiling not leaving his sight again.
"Uncle jay" Yushraf called." What did you tell Alamin? He hardly go near strangers, unless you asked him too. How are you even able to understand his language very well.
"That how our father, your grandfather was too, he couldn't hear and nor talk too. That how we learn to understand the language. That was the reason I asked." He explain.
Everyone was astounded with the history.
"Let go to the dinning room and eat please" Yushraf said and they all happily went to the dinning while deejah and Aisha serve everyone and Reedah feed all the kids.
Being around your family and happy is a gold.
Deejah phone started ringing and she pick it immediately" deejah we are on our way to your house" Mina inform from the other end of the phone.
"Oh! Really" she asked.
"Yeah we almost at the gate "she said and ended the called.
Deejah return back to the dinning and sat beside her husband having fun with her husband family. Seeing them unite together was a blessing to her.
A knock came through the door and deejah quickly stood and get the door open only to see jibrin behind Mina.
She let them in and after exchanging pleasantries with everyone deejah drag Mina to the guess room
"Babe you need to spill the beans, tell me something" she said happily "is it what am thinking" she asked.
"Uhm I guess" Mina said and they both burst into a series of laughter. "He proposed yesterday and the date for our wedding has also been fix.
"Oh my God! Congratulations dear, I'm so much happy for you walahi"
"I know, thank you. I'm forever indebted to you deejah.
"C'mon" deejah said waving her hand into air.
"Deejah, have wanted to asked you about shafiu, it been long, I haven't seen him again though I was able to meet sheriff again. We met in Abdulbasit shopping center and I was able to apologise to him too. Has he married? "She asked.
"Oh yeah sheriff got married last two years his wife name is Hauwa Muhammad. And Shafiu got married a year after ours to Nusayba.
"You mean Nusaiba from BUK" Mina asked surprisedly.
"Exactly you remember her, their good too but shafiu told me they travel out of the country for a vacation with their 2 kids.
"Masha Allah, I'm so much happy everyone is happy again."Mina said.
"Yeah everyone is, you know life move on"deejah said.
Alhamdullilah!
The End
