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Behind You 7
Y A S M I NFinding myself in front of Marwan building, I mentally scold myself for what I'm about to do. I inhale a sharp breath before pressing the doorbell. After standing for almost 30min, Marwan appeared with a scowl on his face.What's wrong with this man?"Hey?" I find myself saying and it came out as a question but got silence in return. He left the door for me and walked away leaving me uncomfortable.The silence of the room hung low which made me feel some uneasiness inside me. I need to get this over with and get myself out of this uncomfortable house."Can we get this done hastily, I have somewhere to be." I started. He placed a cup of coffee and lean himself on the Couch folding his hands across his chest. "As you can see this is a serious thing also regarding my son so there are some rules to abide by." My brows creased in confusion."What rules?"He excused himself disappearing to one of the doors which I assumed must be his study room within a minute he came back wit
Behind You 8
|Y A S M I N|"Good morning Yasmin." Matilda greeted."Morning matilda how was your weekend." And that's when she started blabbering about what she did during the weekend."How was yours?" She inquired in return. My mind wandered back to the events of yesterday.**I gasped catching the sight of Marwan struggling with his breath. My legs went on it accord towards the direction he's sitting."Mr. Marwan are you okay?" His eyes were red and swollen. Seeing him in this condition made me frightened. I don't know what to do."Let me call the ambulance you need to be taken to the hospital" I was about to stand up when a hand touches my arm, shock shot through my body, this is not good."You don't need to call an ambulance check the drawer from my desk, my medication is there." He mumbled letting out a hiss. I did as I was told. I gave him not finding any water nearby, I rushed to the kitchen and fetched a glass of water."Here's the water..." I tailed off finding him splattered on the floo
Behind You 9
Y A S M I NMarwan's words had been bugging me throughout, I know what he said shouldn't bother me but I still have it hard to let it out of my head."Umm... Matilda, can I ask you something?" I whirled my chair facing her. "Sure what is it?" She replied back with a hint of curiosity in her voice."How do I look?" Her brows squinted in confusion. "I mean do I look okay, you know my appearance," I added almost immediately."God Yasmin! I thought it's something serious. Why do you even have to ask? You're a beautiful woman, I like how you keep your natural face and how you cover your head as a Muslima. I don't know much about Islam but I like how they dress," folding her arms across her chest she whispered. "Did someone told you you're ugly? Tell me and I will break his/her legs." She pulled her hands in a fake fist."No one I'm just curious." For some reason, I didn't want to tell Matilda about it just in case."Now let's get back to work," I said changing the topic.**During luncht
Behind You 10
Y A S M I NI was pacing around my room thinking of a way to tell Aunt about the issue. Should I just tell her the truth? After contemplating for a while an idea popped up in my head.Okay let's do thisI spot Aunt sitting on the two sitter couch knitting. I inhale a sharp breath to calm my beating heart."Um... Aunt, I want to speak to you." I started my eyes darting from her knitting to the floor."What is it?" She asked."Um... There is this my friend at work, she has a son and she asked if I can take care of him as she's traveling out of the country due to some problem and she has no one to take care of him, so she asked me and I agreed, it is okay with you?"What a flat lie!"How long is she staying there?" She inquired. "2-3days." I watched her hoping she won't raise another question. I hope my lie will work.After a little while, she releases a deep breath stopping her knitting for a bit."Okay, No problem." I didn't know when my face broke in a smile."Thank you Aunt, he's c
Behind You 11
Y A S M I N It was 3 days since Marwan traveled and I didn't hear from him. He didn't call or text and I too will not call, if he's so full of himself so do i.I dropped Amir in school, glaring at his teacher as usual. Seriously I'm waiting for the right time to give her a piece of my mind.It didn't take me long to reach the office, as usual, I was greeted with a grinning Matilda. "Hey girl, I see you're smiling ear to ear what's the occasion," I asked placing my bag on the desk. The smile didn't leave her face, in fact, her grinning increases."You won't believe what happened to me today." She whispered yell. My brows cringe in question. She moved closer."I came together with the boss." She whispered just enough for me to hear."You what?""Didn't you hear what I just said? Mr. Sa'ad offered me a lift, so we came together." She said the last part with a squill."Oh.. I'm sure you're very happy right now." "Of course I am." "You are what?" A voice interrupts us. It was Max."O
Behind You 12
Y A S M I NI kept chanting hasbinallahu wa ni'imal wakeel. I know by now my face is all over the news. I heard the sound of my phone which had been continuously ringing for the past 5 minutes but knowing exactly what the call is about, I decided not to pick.What should I do?I know Mr. Marwan must be cursing at me right now. It is not entirely my fault.My phone rang again for the 6th time, I let out a small hiss. Mom's name flashed across the screen. I held the phone tightly my heart beating fast."Assalamu Alaikum mo-" before I could finish my greetings she caught me off."Yasmin what I'm I seeing on the news,""Is that what I sent you there to do.""Mom-""I'm really disappointed in you, this is not how I brought you up" before I could utter another word the line went dead. I felt my throat tightening up. My body became weak, I slouched down on the floor not believing my ears.I'm disappointed in you.This is not how I brought you up.For the first time in a while, I felt weak,
Behind You 13
Y A S M I N "Marriage." We both said at the same time."You're joking right?" I managed to say after accessing the man for some time. A small smile appears on his lips. "Do I look like I'm joking right now, it's the only option for you guys." He said as if it's something small."Papa, this is not something to joke about, it's about my reputation I tried to maintain all these years." He said the last part slowly glancing in my direction.Wait what's with the look."I hope it's not what I'm thinking right Marwan?" I turn towards him with a look of curiousness."Mind your tongue, it's Mr. Marwan for you." He gritted clenching his jaw. Do I care?"That is not the answer to my question, I hope you're not blaming me for this, it's equally both our fault. It's not that I expect such thing to happen, and besides who is the one that hired me to work for him knowing very well you're a popular man." It seems like I don't have control of my mouth.The look he gave me almost made me think maybe
Behind You 14
Y A S M I NI glanced at my wristwatch for the nth time 7:30 pm. Marwan texted me that he's coming by 8:00 pm that's after he's done with his office work.He has the courage to go to work in this situation.And why can't he? You also went to work. Probably with me disguising myself like some sort of thief on run.I can't begin to think about what happened in the office today. First people looking at me weirdly of course who wouldn't by the way I covered my face completely my eyes only visible. And second, the look I received from the staff inside the office. I can't work with my face covered I had to uncover it.Matilda tried squeezing some explanation out of me but I said nothing. I'm not sure about this whole thing yet. And the boss who is always smiling unlike his brother "I didn't know you have an interest in my brother" he had said.And after work, I had to cover my face again to avoid getting recognized.Ya AllahI realised out a breath I didn't know I was holding."Yasmin Mar
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