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CHAPTER THIRTY EIGHT
"What? Innalillahi wainna ilaihi rajiun. Is she okay? Were you contacted?" She threw one question after another.
"I'm... driving. I'm on my way home." And he hang up. She squeezed her phone in her hand as she muttered several duas under her breath. What should she do? Should she just sit down and wait for his arrival? Should she tell someone? Who would she tell? Ya Allah! How did the day turn out from better to worse? After thirty minutes of pacing to and fro, the bedroom door creaked open, revealing a distraught Ismail. She immediately rushed to him.
"Ismail how did this happen? Who are the kidnappers? Did they contact you?"
He sighed as he sat on an armchair, his hands holding his head.
"The kidnapper called me. He threatened that if we don't get her married to him in the next 48 hours he would do some unspeakable things to her. He's her ex. He's obsessed with her."
"Ya salaam!
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