Chapter 11 Ahmad

As soon as I left Naziha in the room, I ordered for Pizza from Kumbashi Restaurant which was owned by my mother's friend, Halimah Kumbashi.

"Hello, this is Kumbashi Restaurant's hotline. What can we do for you?"

A girl's voice blew from the phone immediately I dialed the restaurant's hotline. The voice sounded somehow familiar, have I heard it before? I guess not!

"Ermm..." I cleared my throat while contemplating on what to order. "Pizza, please!" I finally concluded, after all it had been long since I last ate it.

"Pizza? Okay, your address please!" She said after wasting some seconds perhaps penning down the order.

"House number 57, Peace Garden!" I said and ended the call. My stomach was already rumbling. I was so hungry!

Minutes later, I was patiently waiting for my delivery to arrive when I started hearing some noise outside. It grew wider that I had to go and check what was going on. It was Mubarak and some people by the gate.

"What's going on here?" I queried moving closer to them.

"It's the delivery girl" Mubarak said.

"What?" I checked outside the gate and saw a young girl holding a Pizza box - mine! I was very hungry so I collected it from her and handed her the cash. "Thank you" I said and headed back inside.

Naziha was still in the room enjoying her chat with her friends, and that made me to wonder why she wasn't hungry. Or was she just pretending? "Hello dear, Pizza is here" I dropped the box on the bed close to her and quickly opened it. She smiled and huffed.

"Smells good" she said.

"Yeah, now get us some drinks let's eat"

"Alright, I'll be right back" She said as she stood and left the room. Seconds later she returned back. "Ta-da! It's the company's Lemon juice" she said as she handed a can to me and sat down.

"Thank you" I said.

"You are welcome" She beamed.

Thus, silence crept upon us as we began eating. A silence I later decided to break. "Naziha, I meant it when I said I am getting us a cook" I said chewing what was in my mouth.

"I am sorry for my response earlier, but you can do that. No offence. I just need some time alone. I wanted leaving to Hannatu's house for some time but I don't want you to feel different that's why" She huffed and continued. "I just need some time alone, Ahmad"

"I understand, my love" I held her hand. "I love you, Naziha"

"I love you too, Ahmad" She uttered.

And that was it, I made up my mind to get us a cook - but from where? Aunty Halimah's restaurant? Perfect! I would call her later, we really needed a cook!