Alhaji was going through some documents when a knock on the door interrupted.
" Come in" he said and the person behind the door went in.
As the person went in, with wrinkled brows he asked " what's with your knocking today?. I have always known you to always barge into the office "
Rahama shrugged and have her seat " I thought you might be having a meeting coz last I could remember you told me you're going to be having a meeting with your new investors"
" oh yes, they've gone already " he replied
With a surprise expression " they left so quick? "
" yeah"
" but I hope everything went as planned? " she queried
" Hm, well I can't say it went too well but it was fair though "
This got her alarmed " so, what now? Are they not going to invest here again? "
" They demanded for more interest after all I tried explaining to them"
She felt bad for him." so sorry dad. More investor would come, in shaa Allah" she touched his hand
***The two couples sat comfortable,waiting for the remaining duo who are yet to arrive" I wonder what could be keeping Ram this late?" Said Sakeena" why don't you give her a call while I also call my friend sadiq" Jafar suggested and Sakeena agreed with him.Jafar brought out his phone from His trouser's pocket and Dialled sadiq's number ." Hello,sadiq"" hey man,am on my way. Just give me some few minutes please""OK then,hurry up"They hung up.Sakeena also called rahama and their conversation went like this" I'm so sorry Sana. The old up is too much over here but I will be there in 10min."" OK,don't take too long"+" I won't "They hung up" so? What did she say?" Asked jafar with a brow raised" she said she would be here
***Lunch was going smoothly for the four. They shared a lot of jokes and story as they ate their food. To be note specific, Jafar and Sakeena were the story teller as the other two refuses to say anything only to nod at what is being said. Sakeena notice the tension between the two." OK ,I'm sick and tired of this . Do you two by any chance know each other? " she asked this particular question which was eating her up.yes ""no"They answered the same time . Rahama was the one with the negative response. She glare at sadiq and then roll her eyes with folded arms.Sakeena knew something was wrong somewhere and she just couldn't wait to hear all the details from Rahama but that would be another day." OK,I don't know who to believe " she said with a brow raised." yes,we've met before" said sadiq emphasis
Mansir came downstairs to join the rest on the dinning table. He look over disheveled for his own good and that didn't go unnoticed by his parents, and even his sister badiyya. They've never seen him look worse as this for a control freak like him. He spent most of his night hourscalling and messaging rahama who in turn wasn't picking upor even replying any of his messages.He greeted both his parent and avoid all their curious faces." I hope all is well? " asked his mother in concern as he drag a seat to sit on.He knew even if his father doesn't ask him what the problem was, his mother would never let it slide . He responded with a nod " All is well, mama"" but your face and everything about you looks sluggish dear"" please just let it slide. It's just an ordinary headache " he exhale slowly" OK then , if you say so" she shrugged.All these while ,Alhaji Ringim wasn't even fazed with their conversation.Badiyya had a hint that it
***The room was now left with a bed and their single couch. They've gifted out most of their things as they will be vacating the room. All little things they needed is already well packed in their boxes." are you sure you've packed all your things? " asked aunty yasira for the tenth time today" of course we have" Jafar answered while sadiq roll his eyes" Good"Aunty yasira, Badiyya and Sakeena were all around to help them prepare. The two young ladies hit it up nicely and wouldn't stop talking about their experiences in UK . Although they didn't attend the same school but they still had so many thing to share. Like the food and so on.After a long time of preparing, the time was finally 12:30pm. Aunty yasirah volunteer to take the guys to the airport in her car while the girls will follow them in each of their cars.The car ride was quiet, all deep in their thou
After lots of effort to calm down , Rahama took a deep breath and checks herself in her front mirror. She wiped up the dried tears with an handkerchief and sighed before coming out of the car. She swore that she wouldn't allow anyone to know about what happened and even if they find out ,it makes no different. He was gone for good.She took her time to walk into the house cooking some excuses in her head. Excuses which she was going to tell her dad about her sudden rush out of the house and not even waiting to listen to her dadwhen he called her name.FlashbackShe woke up as usual around 6 am which has become her daily routine. She performed ablution and finally perform her fajr prayer. She call unto the Lord seeking for mercy, she really wants to change but is finding it hard to ,but why? She doesn't know. She knew the answer to all her problems can be answered by her alone, she hold the key to her problems. If she could just let go of the past,
***" welcome, welcome. Come in" Hajiya Gimbiya ushered badiyya and her mom in. She directed them to the sitting room . " it's so nice to meet you"They all have their seat" thanks Gimbiya, meet my daughter badiyya"Gimbiya's eyes sparkle like someone who has just found the treasure she had been looking for." Good afternoon ma" badiyya greeted shyly" wow! such a beautiful and lovely girl. My dear, how are you?"" I'm fine thank you ma"" I never knew you have such beautiful daughter like this . Don't tell me you always lock her up in her room from the eyes of lustful men" she joked and Hajiya maimuna laughed. Even badiyya found it funny. At first glance, she already likes the woman. So far to say she is so different from her mom's other friends." no, we don't lock her up. In fact she also works in her dad
UNITED KINGDOM, 2019Two months laterThe two friends sat and listen attentively at what the chairman of the organization was saying. He gave all the new recruiting member a lot of words of advise to follow, if they surely wants to be who they claim they want to become. The only noise that could be heard was the chairman's and that was it. Most of the members are from other African countries like South Africa and so on. It's so surprising for sadiq and Jafar that they were the only Nigerian's there.Nevertheless, there are some who actually have half Nigerian blood but because they grew up abroad, they claim that they aren't originated from Nigeria." I hope all what I have lectured is well taken " the chairman saidAlot of 'yes' and 'absolutely' went round among the participants. They smile in determination ,couldn't wait for their success ." Good .As of now more lecture will be given to you by other big business ow
***Six months laterThe three friends gathered around in the sitting room playing video games. No one wants to give up for the other. No one wants to lose. But unfortunately one of them actually did lose because of a heavy knock on the door." Who the hell is that" khalil murmured annoyingly and stood up to check who that was . He check the survallian camera but found that the person was hiding away from the camera. He already knew who loves doing that.His twin sisterHe shook his head and finally press in the pin to the door before it finally opens. The first thing khalil was welcome with before he could talk was a punch on the chest" how dear you?. You left home without telling me" she yelled" ouch" khalil held his chest in pain " your hand is too painful sis. " she hissed and entered inside." if you had told me I wouldn't h