Author: Novels

Kallon direction din daki yayi kafin ya kalli Shureim yace “Je ka dauko min wayar Anty a daki” yaron na wucewa ya mike ya dawo gefenta ya xauna ta d’an matsa ta dauke kai, a hankali yana kallonta yace “Don Allah kiyi hakuri Khadijah, I wasn’t happy with what happened also, and… Plss forgive Jawahir for the sake of….” Katse sa tayi tace “Toh ni nace na riketa a rai ne? Not at all, don bata min komai ba” Ya lumshe ido ya bude yace “Don Allah kiyi hakuri Khadijah” tace “Wllh nayi, Kuma komai ya wuce a wajena, ita ma xan sameta idan na taba mata wani abun ta yafe min” Shiru yayi bai iya yace komai ba, mikewa tayi xai rikota tayi saurin barin wajen tana hararansa tace “Meye haka?” Kallonta kawai yake, ta tabe baki tace “Am coming now” daga haka ta wuce ciki sai ga ta ta fito da kati ta iso kusa da shi ta mika masa, Bai karba ba yace “Meye wannan?” Tace “Ka amsa ka duba mana” da kamar baxai karba ba sai kuma ya karba yana kallon katin, a hankali ya dago kai yana kallonta, ta rungume hannayenta tace “Xa ka samu xuwa kuwa duk da baka gayyaceni naka ba?” Ya sauke idonsa bayan few seconds yace “Why not” ta koma ta xauna a hankali tace “Toh nagode” Jujjuya card din kawai yake bai ce komai ba, can ya dago yana kallonta cikin sanyin murya yace “Ur happiness is mine khadijah, since this will make u happy, this is what u want for ur self, I am wishing you the best in it, Allah ya kai mu lokacin yasa ayi a sa’a” kasa cewa komai tayi tana kallonsa, yace “But I am happy for a reason, soon xan maki abinda xai sa ki farin ciki na har abada in sha Allah” daga haka ya mike yace “Kice ma Umma na tafi” har ya nufi kofa ya fita bata samu bakin magana ba, ta sauke idonta a hankali taji xuciyarta ya mata rauni. Tun ana biki saura kwana shidda Umma da Nanny suka fara shirye shirye ba ji ba gani, da kanta ta kai ma Kawun Khadijah katin bikin, kusan guda ashirin ta tafi da domin ya ba sauran yan uwansu can, Bata tsaya ta sauraresa ba balle matan sa da yanxu suka xama abun tausayi don miji ba shi da shi, ga yayansu duk aure ya mutu ana xaune gida, duk da bakaken maganganun da suka dinga jifanta da shi ita dai bata tanka su ba ta fita, wai don ma basu san da kaddarar da ta afka ma Khadijah ba kenan wannan, gidansu sadeeq ta shiga ta ba Mahaifiyarsa ma katin bikin sannan ta juyo xuwa kano. Tun da bikin ya gabato kullum sai baby ta xo gidan da close frnds dinta uku ganin da gaske khadijah bata da kawaye kamar yanda ta ce, tare suke shirin komai da xuwa kasuwa, babu wanda bai yaba kayan lefen da Sudais ya hada ma khadijah ba, as in abun ba a cewa komai, ya kashe mata kudi ba na wasa ba, Umma ta xuba kudi me yawa ta sa aka fara gyara khadijah, xuwa yanxu kam khadijah ta kara xama wani silent har da rama, hakan bai wani damu Umma ba sanin ko wace Amarya na experiencing haka, tun da bikin ya karato Sudais bai wani cika xuwa ba sai dai su yi waya, hakan yasa hankalin khadijah ya kwanta don ko ya xo bata jin ma xata iya fita gun sa. Mumy ta gama hada gudunmawarta gaba daya tana kallon Aliyu dake xaune yana danna waya dakin nata tace “Abuturrab ko kai xaka taimaka ka kai don Allah” sai a sannan ya dago yana kallonta, Mumy ta xauna gefen gado tace “Na fa ce ka cire ma kanka damuwa Abuturrab, you are never destined to be married to khadijah, ba kadarraku ba kenan kuma baka isa ka ja da Allah ba, ga mijinta nan ka gani so plss take her off ur mind, ka samu mace kayi aure…” Ya sauke idonsa kasa cikin sanyin murya yace “But I have never for once complained Mum, kina gani har kiranta nayi na mata Allah ya sanya alkhairi” Mumy tace “You are not complaining but ur mind is, gashi nan duk ka fita hayyacin ka, ga shi nan kana neman jefa kanka cikin wani hali, dama mutum na auren matar da ba tasa ba Aliyu? Why not behave like a good Muslims and be happy with Allah’s plan?” Wani murmushi yayi yace “I am not complaining Mumy, am telling you the fact, but the thing is that don Allah ki taimaka ki mata magana ta bar min yaron, tayi hakuri ta bar sa gun ma, anytime she wants to see him xa a iya dinga kai mata shi, ko kuma yaje ya dinga hutu gunta, I know baxan iya rabata da Dan ta ba, but I just want to save him some humiliations, har duniya ta nade a gidan nan babu mai masa gori, babu mai masa kallon a child gotten out of wedlock, sannan babu mai takura masa, in da tayi aure fa, ko xai samu abubuwan da nayi mentioning a nan wllh it won’t be 100% don haka plss Mumy ki nusar da ita ta bar sa gidan nan” Mumy ta sauke ajiyar xuciya a hankali ta kasa cewa komai. Duk yanda Mumy ta so fadi ma khadijah sakon Aliyu da taje gidan kasawa tayi saboda kunya, she don’t even know where to start from, haka ta koma gida daga karshe, da Aliyu ya bukaci feedback din khadijah, ta kwantar da murya tace “Abuturrab ka bari kawai bayan bikin, it will look as if we are not happy with her marriage, xa a ga kamar mun so kan mu da yawa, kaga bayan biki sai ayi masu bayani, Ina ga xai fi” yace “Toh shkkn mum, nagode” tace “Hope ka ci abinci” yace “Sure mum” daga haka ya mike ya nufi kofa ta bi sa da kallo cike da tausayinsa har ya fita, she know he is just trying his best to be okay, Kuma taji dadin yanda yake harkokinsa duk da kana ganinsa kasan akwai damuwa sosai tattare da shi, addu’a tayi masa na cewar Allah ya fiddo masa da mace soon shi ma yayi auren nan. Ana gobe daurin aure aka xo har gida aka ma Khadijah gyaran gashi da lalle, all this while baby da kawayenta na tare da ita, Yanxu kam shirun nata ya fara isan Umma ga rashin cin abinci duk tayi mugun rama, Khadijah na son sanin ko Khaleel ya koma ko bai koma ba amma bata san ta ya ba, har lkcn maganar sa na karshe ya tsaya mata, Wai xai mata abinda xai sa ta farin ciki na har abada to meye wannan bayan xuwa gobe tana gidan Sudais, she will like talking to him before tomorrow amma ta kasa kiransa duk da ta ma kashe wayar kar Sudais ya kirata, a haka ta kwanta ranan cike da tunaninsa, tun daga ranan da ta fara ganinsa har xuwa yanxu, tayi wani murmushi ta gyara kwanciyar ta ta lumshe ido tana fatan bacci ya dauketa ko xata samu saukin ciwon kan da take ji. Washegari tun da Sudais ya tashi yake ta kiran layin khadijah a kashe gashi ba shi da number baby, shi kuma baxai iya kiran Umma ba, yana xaune gefen gado misalin karfe takwas Jiddah ta shigo dakin, tsaye tayi bakin kofa tana kallonsa tana murmushi tace “Happy married life in Advance Aliyu” ya dauke kai daga kallonta bai ce komai ba, wani murmushin ta kuma yi ta juya ta fita dakin, mikewa yayi ya fita parlor jin kamar kanninsa da few relatives da suka xo tun shekaranjiya sun fito parlorn, Kamar yanda yayi xata haka ne suna kitchen suna nema ma kansu abinda xa su ci don tun da suka xo ko ruwa jiddah bata taba debowa ta kawo masu ba, sai ma idan sun girka ta tafi ta diba ta ci, komawa daki yayi ya kwanta don sai bayan an sauko juma’ah daurin auren. Tun da khadijah ta tashi take kukan da bata san dalilinsa ba, baby tayi lallashin har ta gaji, Umma tun da ta tambayeta kukan me take taki bata amsa ta fita harkanta, gida ya cika fal da abokan arxikin Umma da yan uwanta da mutan garinsu, Babu Wanda xai ce ba ita ta haifi khadijah ba, yau dai Nanny har da yan uwanta a gidan, Mumy ma tun safe ta xo gidan da kawayenta biyu, Hajiyarsu Sadeeq ma da safe ta shigo gidan, da kyar khadijah ta mike ta shirya bayan Umma ta mata Jan ido taki ko da shafa kwalli a ido. Karfe sha biyu wata kawar Umma ta fita bayan gidan kiran Umma, ba a dau lkci ba Umma ta shigo parlorn don ce mata tayi wasu baki sun shigo kuma cewa suka yi uwar amarya suke nema, kallon Jiddah da kawayenta su kusan biyar kawai Umma keyi don bata taba ganinsu ba, Jiddah na murmushi tace “Ke ce uwar Amaryar Mama” Umma tace “Nice daga Ina haka?” Jiddah tace “Kawayenta ne mu mun taba islamiyya daya mama” Da mamaki Umma ke kallonsu don Khadijah bata taba bata labarin tayi kawaye a islamiyya ba, sannan ga wani irin daurin dankwali na ture ka ga fitina da suka yi gaba daya, sun cakare cikin ankon super wax gaba daya, ita jiddah irin make up din da tayi sai ka rantse ita ce Amaryar, Umma tayi karfin halin cewa “Toh sannun ku da xuwa” Jiddah na murmushi har da ritsinawa tace “Mun gode mama, Toh ina amaryar take” Umma ta sa yar wata kawarta ta kai su dakin da su khadijah su ke, yarinyar na gaba suna biye da ita har suka shiga dakin, khadijah na xaune tare da Baby da kawayenta sai jujjuya wainar shinkafar da Mumy ta kawo mata ta ci ganin bata ci komai ba tun safe take, Su kuma su baby suna ta make up tunda ita har rantsuwa tayi baxa tayi ba, tun da su jiddah suka shigo Khadijah da su baby ke kallonsu, Jiddah na murmushi tana kallon baby tace “Amarya Sannu….” Baby na masu wani kallo ta nuna Khadijah tace “You are mistaken, ga amaryar can xaune” daga haka ta dauke kai ta ci gaba da shafa powder dinta don ko kadan ji tayi gaba daya jiddah da kawayen nata basu mata ba, Khadijah dai sai kallonsu take ko kiftawa babu, Jiddah ta iso kusa da ita tace “Ke ce Khadijah, Amira, Kuma Ummu Shureim koh?” Khadijah taji gabanta yayi mugun faduwa bata dai ce komai ba tana ta kallonta, Jiddah tayi wani dariya tana kallonta da kyau tace “Ke ce ke Shirin shigowa gidan Barrister a matsayin matarsa ta biyu Koh?” Khadijah ta hadiya abu da kyar still ta kasa ce mata komai, xuwa lkcn kam ta fara dago wacece ke tsaye gabanta ko tantama babu matar Barrister ce, Baby ta mike tace “Ke malama ance maki gidan radio ne nan wannan tambayoyin da kike jefo mata?” Jiddah ta mata wani matsiyacin kallo ta daga mata hannu tace “Dakata Hajiya ban yi da ke ba, ki xama yar kallo a nan, ja gefe ki tsaya kawai” daga haka ta mayar da dubanta kan Khadijah tana mata mugun kallo tace “Wato tsaurin idon ki yakai har ki rasa wanda xaki makale ma wa ya aure ki sai mijina Barrister Aliyu Sudais?” Tuni hawaye ya kawo idon Khadijah duk jikinta yayi sanyi, Jiddah ta fashe da dariya ta juya tana kallon kawayenta tana nuna Khadijah tace “Don Allah wacece xaune nan?” Kamar hadin baki suka ce “karuwa” Jiddah tace “Da ta yi me?” A tare suka kara cewa “Cikin shege….” Tuni duk mutanen dake parlor suka yo daki da sauri jin hayaniya a daki, Jiddah na kallon Khadijah da kyau tace “Toh don kaza kazan ki in har kin haifi cikin uwar ki da ubanki ki yi kuskuren shigowa gidan Aliyu yau, ke don fitsara ki gama yawan karuwancin a gidan aiki ki haifi tagwaye sannan daga mijina ya taimake ki sai ki makale masa, daga taimako???? Har yana ikirarin tausayin ki da yake kadai yasa xai aure ki ba wani abu ba, kin xata badan uban tausayin da Allah ya xuba masa ba xai ce xai aure ki bayan yasan ke wacece? Toh bari ki ji, babu komai naki da ban sani ba, duk sirrin ki na tafin hannuna, babu abinda Aliyu ya boye min game da ke, tunda mijina ne shi din baya komai sai yayi shawara da ni, da farko na xata abun arxiki ne bayan ya bani labarin ki na amince ya aure ki don ya rufa ma ke da shegun ki asiri amma kawai daga baya tun baki shigo gidan ba na fara ganin canji, wato kin fara shanye min miji sai yanda kika yi da shi daga na amince masa ya aure ki ya rufa maki asiri koh? To wllh kinyi kadan, yau xan ga ta yanda xa ayi auren nan da kaxa kaxan ki sai dai ki koma ki ci gaba da karuwancin….” Baby bata san lkcn da ta mike ta cakumota ba ta makure ta….. Kan kace me fada ya kauraye tsakanin jiddah, baby, da kawayen jiddah, frnds din baby su ma suka shiga, da kyar mutanen da suka yi mutuwar tsaye parlorn suka raba fadan, Khadijah ta hade kai da gwiwa jin numfashinta na sama, ko kwakkwaran motsi ta kasa daga gun da take xaune, Jiddah ba irin xagi, cin mutunci da gorin da bata mata ba kawayenta na taya ta, har Umma sai da suka xaga, Baby ma bakinta bai mutu ba, da kyar aka fidda su dakin ana Allah wadaran Jiddah, sai a sannan hawaye ya dinga xubo ma baby taji tausayin Khadijah sosai duk jikinta yayi sanyi, Umma kam xaunawa tayi ita ma hawayen na sakko mata ta kasa cewa komai, Mumy kanta tsaye tayi ta rasa abin cewa duk jikinta yayi sanyi, Wata kawar Umma ta durkusa ta dago kan Khadijah a hankali cike da tausayinta, hawaye ne ke xuba idonta kamar an bude pampo, Baby ta durkusa kusa da ita ita ma hawayen na xubo mata ta rasa abinda xata ce mata, Khadijah ta kamo hannunta cikin rawar murya tace “is it my fault that I was raped baby? Is it my fault that I am an orphan, is it my fault that I had kids out of wedlock? Dama maraici….” kasa ci gaba tayi ta fashe da kuka sosai tana girgixa kai a raunane tace “Alhamdulillah for my fate… irin tawa kaddarar kenan kuma na amsa hannu bibbiyu, Amma me yasa mutane baxa su yi considering dina ba, ni ban so ma kai na haka ba, Allah ne ya kaddara min, but ya xan yi baby, dole in gode masa, ban taba karuwanci ba amma sun ce min karuwa, ban san Sudais baxai iya rike min sirrina ba he betrayed….” Mikewa Baby tayi ta dau wayar Khadijah ta fice daga dakin, Ta kunna ta shiga neman layin Sudais, Bata yi wahalan ganin number ba don Barrister tayi masa save as, tana dialing ba a dau lkci ba ya dauka cike da damuwa yace “Why did you switch off ur phone Amira…” Baby ta katse sa a xuciyarta na tafarfasa tace “Malam dama ka san baka iya rike sirri ba ka nace sai ka auri Khadijah??? dama kai din mijin ta ce ne sai yanda mahaukaciyar jahilar matar ka tayi da kai?” Kasa cewa komai Sudais yyi da farko don gaba daya he was lost, can cike da karfin hali yace “Wacece wannan?” A mugun fusace tace “Ba Lallai ka ji wacece ba, wllh ka ci amanar Khadijah, ka xalunce ta, and am advicing you ka janye batun auren ta kaje jahilar matar ka ta ishe ka, Kuma sai Allah ya saka mata” tana kai wa nan ta fashe da kuka sosai taci gaba “Naga ba ita ta ta xabar ma kanta wannan kaddarar ba har xaka xaunar da warce xa su xauna a matsayin kishiyoyi ka tsara mata komai na rayuwarta daga farko har karshe ta xo har gidan biki ta mata tonan silili ta gaya mata son ranta, tayi mata cin mutunci da cin fuska, tayi mata gori” katse wayar Sudais yyi kansa na juya masa ya mike daga xaunen da yake ya fito parlor, ya kusa minti sha biyar tsaye sai ga jiddah da kawayenta sun shigo parlorn, ya taka har gabanta ya sauke mata tagwayen mari, yana kallonta da jajayen idanuwansa yace “Na sake ki saki daya jiddah”

Khadijah tace “Ya dangartakar ku da su Deejah?” Ya d’an yi shiru yana tunani kafin yace “Wacece Deejah kuma?” Ta kallesa tace “Deejah ce baka sani ba?” Buda ido yyi yace “Ohh wai warce kika tarar gida ranan da na kai ki kike nufi, kawar Maryam” Khadijah tace “Ehh” yace “I think, noo they are just family frnds kawai, Dad din Maryam da dad dinsu are just good frnds, childhood frnds if I am not mistaken, that’s just it” Khadijah tace “Toh Maryam fa?” Ya shafa kansa yace “Her mum kanwar Abbana ce, dad dinta kuma was once under my dad, so Maryam is my cousin” Khadijah tace “Ohk” yana kallonta yace “But why did you ask?” Wani kallo tayi masa tace “Is there anything wrong with me asking?” Murmushi yayi yace “Not at all, yaushe xa ku fara exams?” Tace “Nan da 3wks” yace “Ohk Allah ya kai mu” tace “Ameen” daga haka ta kama hannun Shureim dake tsinkar flowers ta nufi cikin gida, Aliyu ya bi su da kallo Shureim na daga masa hannu har suka shiga cikin gidan. Da daddare Khadijah na bedroom tana karatu bayan Shureim yayi bacci taji an danna bell, sosai gabanta ya fadi ta kalli agogo, a lokacin ma takwas yayi, ta mike a hankali ta isa gun kofar ta tsaya tace “Waye?” Jin muryar mace ta bude kofar, Safeenah ce tsaye bakin kofar tace “Khadijah I want to spend the nigh here if it’s ok by you” Khadijah tace “Oh you are welcm” daga haka ta bata hanya ta shigo parlorn tana cewa “Su Anty Deejah na takura ni shi sa na yo nan, da dare bai yi ba gidansu Maryam dama xan tafi” Khadijah tayi murmushi tace “To mu shiga ciki” bin bayanta Safeenah tayi har suka isa bedroom dinta, Safeenah na kallon Shureim dake bacci tace Woaw brothern ki ne wannan” Murmushi Khadijah tayi bata ce komai ba, can kuma tace “Ki hau saman gadon” Safeenah ta hau kan gadon xuwa daya side din tace “Hope baxan takura ku ba” Khadijah ta xauna gefen gadon tace “Haba dai ba wani takura” Safeenah tace “Kin san har na fara ba Abban mu labarin ki” Khadijah tayi dariya tace “Haba dai” Safeenah tace “Ehh mana, Ko mijin Jawahir Dr Ayman ya din ga kallona jiya da muka xo, da yake bai san ni ba dama tunda ba gida daya muke da jawahir ba, she is my cousin, My father and her mother are having same parent” Khadijah tace “Ayya that’s nyc” Safeenah tace “Ke karatu kawai ya kawo ki kasar nan kenan” Khadijah ta gyada kai tace “Na ma kusa gama wa” Safeenah tace “Ayya, a Nigeria wani state ku ke da parent din ki?” Khadijah tace “Kaduna” Safeenah ta gyada kai tace “Su jawahir ne ke kaduna mu a Abuja muke” Wayar Safeenah ya fara ring ta duba, mike tayi ta koma can karshen gado tace “Let me answer my call Khadijah” daga haka tayi picking call din, murmushi Khadijah tayi ta mike don dauko masu rigar sanyi, har ranta taji tana son Safeenah, she’s just free minded, daya side din gadon ta tafi ta kwanta bayan ta ajiye ma Safeenah rigar sanyin, ta lumshe ido nan da nan bacci ya dauke ta. Da asuba bayan sun idar da sllh Safeenah ta koma ta kwanta, Khadijah ta fita xuwa kitchen tana tunanin abinda xata yi na breakfast ta kai ma su Deejah, Irish tayi deciding ta soya da kwai ta dafa masu ruwan shayi don ita iyakar abinda take ci kenan gidan sai indomie ko shinkafa… Gaba daya cimar kasar bai dameta ba shi yasa ko siya bata yi, ta fi ga abincin Nigeria, har ta gama abinda take a kitchen Safeenah bacci take, daukan Shureim tayi ta fita daga dakin xuwa wani dakin tayi masa wanka ta dauko Uniform dinsa ta shiryasa ta sa masa kayan sanyin sa sannan ta basa Breakfast, wankan tayi ita ma kafin ya gama ta shirya cikin abaya ta yafa mayafinsa ganin da sauran lokaci yasa bata kai masu breakfast din ba ta tafi kai Shureim makaranta, tana dawowa ta tarar da Safeenah a parlor, Tace “Har kin tashi?” Safeenah tace “Wllh Dr Ayman ne ya tashe ni yanxu shi ya xo neman ki” Khadijah tace “Nema na kuma?” Safeenah tace “Noo xai fita ne yace xai yi dropping brother dinki a schl sai nace kilan kin je kai sa” Khadijah tace “Ayya ai daga can nake ma, akwai ruwan xafi bathroom idan xaki yi wanka” Safeenah ta mike tace “A’a bari in je can inyi tunda kayana na can din, dama jira nake ki dawo” daga haka ta nufi kofa Khadijah tace “Toh shkkn, Amma xa ki dawo?” Safeenah tayi dariya tace “Eh xan dawo” Khadijah tace “in bar maki breakfast din ki a nan kenan” Safeenah tace “Da safen nan fa xa mu wuce Khadijah” Khadijah tace “Da gaske” Safeenah tace “Ehh amma can gidansu Maryam xa mu je, Mum dinmu na can anjima da yamma sai mu dau hanyar Naija” Khadijah tace “Ayya to shikenan, idan na fito lectures da yamma kila in taho gidansu Maryam sai muyi sallama” Safeenah tace “Ba wani kila, kawai ki taho ku gaisa da Ammin mu tana can gidan ai, plss ki xo wllh ni dai ina son ki fa Khadijah I want us to be frnds” dariya Khadijah tayi tace “Toh in sha Allah xan xo” daga haka Safeenah ta wuce, Khadijah ta dau breakfast da ta masu a kitchen ta kai masu, a hankali ta bude kofar dake bude ta shiga parlorn, babu kowa parlorn sai ac dake kunne duk da sanyin garin, a hankali ta durkusa nan tsakiyar parlorn ta ajiye abubuwan hannunta, tana tunanin shiga daki wata xuciyar na ce mata kawai ta yi wucewarta idan sun fito xa su gani, har xata mike sai ga Khaleel ya fito, ya shigo parlorn yana kallonta, dai dai nan Safeenah ta fito daga daki ita ma ganin Khadijah tace “Yauwa Khadijah na bar wayata bedroom din ki” Khadijah ta mike da sauri tace “Lah to bari in dauko maki, dama xan taho da flask yanxu” Daga haka ta fita Khaleel ya dinga kallon safeenah da bata yarda ta kallesa ba tace “Ina kwana Doctor” yace “Lafiya lau” juyawa yayi ya wuce bedroom dinsa ya xauna kujera yana kallon jawahir da shigowar ta dakin kenan ita ma, atamfa ne jikinta ta yafe jikinta da mayafi tayi kyau sosai, a hankali tace “Ina kwana” yace “Lafiya qlau dear, I want to ask you something, shud i?” tana kallonsa tace “Ina jin ka” yace “Safeenah naji kamar ake kiran ta koh?” Jawahir na kallonsa tace “Ehh, what about her?” yace “Ya ku ke da ita pls?” Jawahir tace “She is my cousin sis, My mum and her father are having same parent, me ya faru?” Kallonta ya dinga yi kafin yace “Where do they stay?” Tace “Abuja” yace “Ohk sorry I’m asking this dear, bayan Dad din Safeenah, da Umman ku, da Uncle din ki na Lagos, akwai wasu kawun nan ki da ban sani ba ko aunt din ki? ta bangaren mumy fa nake tambayar ki” jawahir ta d’an yi shiru, sai kuma tace “Dama su biyar ne kawai gun maternal grand parent dina, kawun mu na Lagos ne babba, sai Abbansu Safeenah, sannan kawu Abdul, sai Ummata da kuma autarsu, but she is late, ta rasu” Khaleel dake ta kallonta yace “Since when?” Ta girgixa kai tace “I really don’t know don Umma tace min muna yara lokacin, she is always talking about her younger sis til date, seems tana sonta sosai” Khaleel na kallonta har lkcn yace “Kuma tayi aure kafin ta rasu?” Jawahir tace “Gaskiya ban sani ba” Khaleel ya dawo kusa da ita yace “Plss do me a favor of asking Umma to tell you more about her” da mamaki Jawahir ke kallonsa tace “But why?” Ya shafa kansa yace “Ke dai ki tambayar min ita plss wife” d’an murmushi tayi tace “Toh xan tambayar maka in sha Allah” yace “Yauwa nagode sosai” Khadijah na komawa apartment dinta ta dauko wayar Safeenah da flask na Lipton da ta dafa ta dawo apartment din Dr Ayman, har lkcn Safeenah na parlor tana jiranta, bayan ta karbi wayar tace “Thanks much Khadijah, baxa ki shigo ku gaisa da su Deejah da jawahir ba?” Khadijah tayi murmushi tace “Toh ina xuwa, xan dawo yanxu” daga haka ta fita, tana shiga apartment dinta jakar makarantar ta kawai ta dauka ta bar gidan don bata son sake jamming da khaleel, she just can’t withstand the sight of him. Kamar yanda tace ma Safeenah suna gama lectures karfe uku da yan mintuna ta tafi gidansu Maryam tunda ta mata alkawari, Hajiya Mariya taji dadin ganinta haka mahaifiyarsu Safeenah, Khadijah na ganinta ta ganeta don ita ce suka yi vid call kwanaki, Safeenah tace “Ammi kin ganta koh” Ammi tayi murmushi tace “Ae kam na ganta, ya iyayen naki Khadijah” Khadijah tace “suna lafiya…” Ammi tace “A kaduna ku ke da xama?” Khadijah ta gyada kai tace “Ehh” Hajiya Mariya tace “Ina Shureim din Khadijah?” Khadijah tace “Yana schl Mumy” shirye shiryen wucewa Airport suke, Khadijah dai na ta xaune parlor tare da Hajiya Mariya da Ammin su Safeenah, gaba daya hankalinta yayi kan Shureim sanin sun tashi amma ta rasa me yasa ta kasa masu sallama ta wuce, wayar ta ne yyi ring ta kalli Deejah dake kusa da ita tayi excusing kanta ta fita, kasa daukar wayar tayi duk jikinta yayi sanyi, gaba daya ta mance ita yake jira, ganin xai tsinke ta dauka daga karshe ta kai kunne a hankali tayi masa sallama, amsawa yayi yace “Uhnn it seems…. Amira ni kadai nake hauka na koh?” Da damuwa tace “Am very sorry barrister, I wanted calling you na mance, but kasan me duk wanda kaga ya maka kyau Wallahi ina so, I want ur choice” jin yayi shiru a hankali tace “Ka yi shiru barrister” yace “Ohk then…” Marairaicewa tayi tace “You are still angry koh?” Yace “Sure” tace “But nace fa kayi hakuri” yace “Amira if I am important to you baxa ki ce kin manta ba, am still in dubai because of you but kuma kice min kin mance” jikinta yayi sanyi tace “Don Allah kayi hakuri…” Yace “Nayi” daga haka yayi mata sallama ya katse wayarsa, tana ta tsaye duk bata ji dadi ba don tasan bata kyauta masa ba aka shigo gidan da mota, bin motar tayi da kallo har yayi parking ya fito, kallonta ya dinga yi sai kuma ya karaso inda take yace “Iman, when did you come?” Tace “Yanxu” yace “Good evening” tace “Same, pls kace ma su mumy na tafi Shureim yana schl har yanxu” ya kalli agogon wrist dinsa yace “Har yanxu? This is after 4” tace “Na xo sallama da su Safeenah ne” ya kara kallon agogo yace “Ohk to mu je ki daukesa in kai ku gida dama airport xan kai su…” Tace “A’a don’t worry ka kai su airport din, tnxx” daga haka ta juya ta fita gidan, tana isa makarantar su Shureim ya samu an xo an daukesa, wucewa gida tayi, tana bedroom ta cire kaya ta daura towel xata shiga wanka aka bude kofa da sauri ta juya shureim ya shigo da sallama ya wara ido yace “Anty yau ma na riga ki dawo wa” Tace “Wa ya dawo da kai?” Yace “Uncle mana” jawosa tayi ta xauna gefen gado tace “Da kuka dawo mai Antyn dake gidan tace maka?” Yace “Nothing, she only gave me food with juice, shine yanxu tace in xo in cire uniform” Khadijah ta tabe baki tace “Shi uncle din me yake?” Ya buda ido yace “Yana daki…” Ta kuma tabe baki ta cire masa uniform dinsa ta fara yi masa wanka tasa yayi alwala suka fito ta shirya sa sannan tace yayi sallah, wanka ta shiga tayi ta fito ita ma ta shirya, Shureim na assignment dinsa kan gado ta dau wayarta, text ta shiga rubuta ma Barrister na ban hakuri tana gama rubutun ta tura masa, dai dai nan aka danna bell ta mike ta dau gyalenta ta fita.

Khadijah ta hade kanta da gwiwa a hankali ta ki cewa komai, ya fi minti biyu yana kallonta, can ya shafa kansa murya can kasa yace “Talk Iman…” lkci daya ta dago kanta ya dinga kallon jajayen idanuwanta, ta hadiye abu da kyar ta make kafada tace “I think I’ve changed my mind” muryar ta na rawa ta fadi haka, ya dinga kallonta a sanyaye yace “Why Iman??” k’in cewa komai tayi, wasu sabbin hawayen suka shiga xubo mata, da damuwa sosai yace “Why did u change ur mind Iman, am I not trustworthy” goge idonta tayi tana kallonsa, ya jinginar da kansa da kujera ya lumshe idanuwansa, murya can kasa ya ji tace “Ina son xan wuce gida yanxu” Ya bude ido ya kalli agogon wrist dinsa a sanyaye yace “To mu je in kai ki” shi ya fara mikewa sannan ita ma ta tashi a hankali tana share idonta, har suka iso gun motarsa bai ce komai ba, sai da ya bude motar ya shiga sannan ita ma ta shiga, gaba daya she was absent-minded during the ride, idonta ne ya sauka kan wani karamin agogo mai kyau na yara cikin a cikin motar, ta kai hannu ta dauka tana kallon agogon ko kiftawa babu, agogon da khaleel ya taba siya ma su Shureim ne lkcn da suka xo hutu wajenta da xa su koma, ita dai ta san na Shureim na nan don da shi ma suka xo, Aliyu dai bai ce komai ba yana driving a nutse, ganin ta kallesa kafin tace komai murya can kasa yace “For little Aliyu….” Kasa cewa komai tayi da farko, a sanyaye tace “Where did you get it from?” Ya d’an yi murmushi kamar baxai ce komai ba shi ma, sai kuma yace “When he had an accident that very day agogon na aljihunsa, da muka tafi asibiti na cire” Khadijah ta sauke idonta bata ce komai ba, a hankali ta xuge zip din jakarta xata sa a ciki ya karba a hannunta, da mamaki take kallonsa, yace “Nima ina so, shi yasa na bar shi ma a mota” ta hade rai tace “Toh nima ai ina so” A hankali yace “But ai Shureim ma na da shi” bata sake saurarensa ba ta kai hannu xata karbe, bai san lkcn da ya sake steering ba ta fasa ihu a tsorace, parking yayi daga karshe inda ya dace yayi, ta dinga kallonsa xuciyarta na bugawa, yayi kokarin ganin bai yi dariya ba, dauke hannunsa yyi wajen ganin xata kwace agogon, Tace “Bana so ka bani abun yarona” a hankali yace “Nima ai yarona ne Iman” wani kallo tayi masa tace “A tunanin ka??” Murmushi kawai yayi yana kara kallon agogon, Mika mata yayi yana kallonta a hankali yace “Toh na hakura” kasa amsa tayi, ya dinga kallonta yana mika mata, dauke kai tayi ta turo baki tace “Toh na ara maka, xaka ban watarana” Murmushin sa yayi mai kyau murya can kasa yace “Toh ina godiya Iman” Ya mayar da agogon inda yake ya ajiye, ya juya yana facing dinta yace “But why did you change ur mind Iman?” kallonsa tayi sai kuma ta dauke kai, kamar baxata ce komai ba bayan few minutes a sanyaye tace “It’s Dr Ayman, and it looks as if it’s of no use telling you….” sai da gabansa ya fadi sosai, ya dake cike da karfin hali yace “What about him” ta jinginar da kanta da kujerar da take xaune, ji tayi abun ya dawo mata sabo, muryar ta na rawa tace “Kawai don nayi masa magana shine ya min walakanci” Aliyu ya ji komai nasa ya tsaya, a hankali yace “May be…. may be he misunderstood you Iman….” Ta fashe da kuka tuna abinda Dr Khaleel yace mata, ya lumshe ido ya bude yace “Toh wani maganr kika masa?” Babu abinda ta boye masa a maganarsu da khaleel na jiya, jin yanda take kuka Aliyu ya lumshe ido yace “Look…. pls ki daina wanann kukan I really don’t like it, stop it now” a fusace yayi maganan ta hadiye kukan da take tana goge idonta, ya jinginar da kansa jikin kujerar motar a hankali cikin sanyi yace “He really misunderstood you, but ke ma ba haka ya kamata ki gaya masa ba” ta kallesa tace “Toh ya xan ce masa?” Ya d’an yi murmushin karfin hali yace “You where direct, which is not suppose to be so” turo baki tayi ta rungume hannunta tace “Ae shikenan” Aliyu ya shafa kai murya can kasa yace “You want me to talk to him?” Ta buda ido sosai tana kallonsa da sauri tace “Kace masa me?” Ba tare da ya kalleta ba yace “I will only explain to him what you meant by wat u said to him, kila…” ta hade rai ta katse sa tace “Noo, you don’t need to, ba ruwana da shi, and am wishing him d best also” Aliyu na kallonta da kyau yace “Then forget him, kuma kar ki sake xubda hawayen ki” Shiru tayi tana kallonsa, a hankali tace “But I can’t forget him just like that, yayi min hallacci a rayuwa” ba tare da Aliyu ya kalleta ba yace “Me ya maki?” Hararansa tayi da kamar baxata ce komai ba, sai kuma a takaice tace “He nursed my Heartache, he always made sure I was fine” Kallonta kawai Aliyu yake, “Wani irin heartache?” Tambayar da ya mata kenan har sannan yana kallonta sauke idonta tayi daga karshe tace “Ciwon xuciyata” da wani expression yake kallonta kafin yace “Kina nufin kina da ciwon xuciya?” Shiru tayi bata ce komai ba, jin hawayen talaici na xubo mata ta shiga gogewa, lkci daya jikinsa yayi sanyi, cike da karfin hali yace “I… i am the cause ko Iman?” Taki cewa komai, jin taki magana yace “Iman” sai a sannan ta juya tana kallonsa, sai ya rasa ma mai xai ce mata duk jikinsa ya mutu, tada motar sa yyi cike da karfin hali yace “Let me get you something to eat” Bata ce komai ba ya nufi wani gidan cin abinci da ita, suna isa bayan yayi parking ya juya yana kallonta a hankali yace “Mu je” daga haka ya bude motar ya fita ita ma ta fito, one side of the eatry khaleel ne xaune da cup din coffee gabansa ya jinginar da kansa da kujera har coffeen ya gama hucewa bai fara sha ba, kallonsu ya dinga yi ko kiftawa babu, ganin kujerar dake kallon nasa xa su zauna ya juya masu baya, Aliyu ya mika mata order list din da aka basa, kamar baxa ta karba ba da farko sai kuma ta amsa, ya dinga kallonta tunani iri iri a xuciyarsa, bata yi second talatin tana kallo ba ta mayar masa a sanyaye tace “Just anything” ya karba yana gyada mata kai, abinci iri daya ya sa aka kawo masu, duk da gaba daya ya ji ba ya da appetite hakan bai hanasa dinga cin abincin a hankali ba, ita ma haka, gaba daya suka fada duniyar tunani kowa da wanda yake, ita tana ganin yan biyunta tare da shi barin late Sudais, kuma ta dalilin haka har ranta tasan she is now comfortable with him even if it’s not 100% unlike before, shi kuma yana tunanin in har bai auri Khadijah ba till the end of him baxai taba samun rest of mind ba, a hankali ya dago daga karshe yana kallon yanda take cin abincin kamar ana tilastata sai turo baki take, suka hada ido ta yi saurin sauke idonta, ya d’an yi murmushi yace “Naga bakya ci” a hankali tace “Ina ci mana” shi ya fara matsar da abincin gabansa jin ya ishesa gaba daya duk da ba da yawa ya ci ba, ta kalli abincin nasa tace “Ka koshi?” Ya gyada mata kai, yanda yayi da bakinsa kamar Shureim idon bai son cin abinci, tayi shiru tana kallonsa, yayi murmushi yana shafa kansa ya matsar mata da sauran abincin nasa yace “Ko xaki kara?” Wani Harara ta maka masa ta tura masa nata tace “Sai dai ma ka kara da nawa” sunkuyar da kansa yayi yana dariya, tayi murmushi a sanyaye tana kallonsa komai yayi wani lkcn sai ta ga exactly her kids, it’s just too obvious, ya dau tissue yana goge bakinsa a hankali yace “Ranan Aunt dita ke tambayar ki, coz I told her a nan kike karatu….” Khadijah ta sauke idonta kasa tace “Ina gaisheta” lumshe ido yyi ya bude yace “Or xa ki je ku gaisa yanxu, tana son ki sosai, anjima sae in mayar da ke gida then u face Ur Dr Ayman…. Sai ki masa bayanin abinda kike nufi ya daina fushi da ke” ta hade rai tace “Ni ba ruwana da shi, bana son sa kuma” tana fadin haka ta kife kanta da table ta fara rera kuka, Aliyu ya dinga kallonta ko kiftawa babu, can yyi kasa da murya yace “Toh kiyi hakuri kar ki sake kuka, am sure shi ma ba har ransa ya gaya maki haka ba fa” Bata sake cewa komai ba ya biya bill din yana kallonta yace “Tashi mu je” mikewa tayi ya mike shi ma, tana gaba yana biye da ita Dr Ayman ya bi su da kallo har suka fita, har suka iso gun motarsa bbu wanda yace komai, ya bude mata motar yana kallonta, a hankali ta karaso ta shiga, ya rufe sannan ya xaga ya shiga ya tada motar ya fita eatry din, sae da suka hau saman titi a hankali yace “Mu je ku gaisa da ita Iman?” Shiru tayi da farko kafin murya can kasa tace “Toh” yayi murmushi yace “Thanks Ummu Shureim” har suka iso gidan babu wanda yace komai cikin su, yanxu kam ta daina jin xugin da take ji a xuciyarta, yayi parking yana kallonta yace “Toh fito” ba musu ta fita shima ya fita, Yana gaba tana biye da shi har suka shiga parlorn gidan. Maryam kadai ce parlor tana rubutu a takarda, ganinsu ta mike da mamaki tace “Lahh Khadijah ce gidanmu yau, sannu da xuwa” Khadijah ta xauna tana kirkiran murmushi da kyar tace “Yauwa nagode” Aliyu ya wuce sama, Maryam ta bi sa da kallo, kamar yanda Khadijah ke kallonta, tashi tayi daga karshe ta dauko mata ruwa da drink ta ajiye gabanta tana tambayarta Shureim, a hankali Khadijah tace “Yana schl” Maryam ta xauna tace “Ayya, kin shiga schl kuwa yau?” Khadijah ta gyada kai tace “Daga can nake” Maryam tace “Nima kin ga yanxu na dawo, nama yi ta jiran ya Aliyun don ya ce min xae shigo shi ma amma ban gansa ba….” Fitowar Hajiya Mariya ya sa Maryam ta mike tace “Anty yau ga mum Shureim gidan mu” Da murna Hajiya Mariya ta karaso cikin parlorn tace “Wlh kuwa, maa Sha Allah, sannu da xuwa Khadijah” Khadijah ta sunkuyar da kanta da ladabi tace “Nagode mumy, Ina yini?” Hajiya Mariya tace “Lafiya lau Khadijah ya gidan?” Tace “Alhmdllh” Hajiya Mariya tace “Ya karatun fa?” Khadijah tana wasa da xobenta tace “Alhmdllh Mumy” Hajiya Mariya tace “Maa Sha Allah, Allahu ya baku sa’a, Ina Shureim din?” Aliyu da ya shigo parlorn yace “Yana schl Anty” tace “Allah sarki, ashe ya fara schl din a nan, Allah yayi masa albarka ya raya sa” Mikewa tayi daga haka tace “Mu je sama kiyi sallah ki ci abinci koh” kasa cewa komai Khadijah tayi ganin ta fara tafiya ta mike ta bi bayanta a sanyaye suka haura sama, Maryam na kallon Aliyu tace “Yaya shine ka shanya ni schl koh?” Ya shafa beard dinsa bai ce komai ba, Khadijah na haurawa sama tare da Mumy ta juya tana kallonsu, suna hada ido da Aliyu tayi saurin dauke kanta ta shiga dakin da Mumy ta shiga. Tana xaune kan darduma bayan ta idar da sllh Maryam ta shigo dakin rike da tray na abinci ta ajiye mata tace “Ga abinci Khadijah” Khadijah ta xaro ido tace “Wallahi na ci abinci kafin mu xo nan am not hungry” Maryam tace “Toh ko kadan ne dai ki ci” Khadijah xata yi magana aka bude kofar, jawahir ce ta fara shigowa, suna hada ido Khadijah ta sunkuyar da kai, Jawahir dake ta kallonta ta ajiye jakar hannunta ta fice daga dakin, sosai jikin Maryam yayi, ita dai Khadijah bata sake dago kanta ba, sai ga deejah ma ta shigo dakin, ta wara ido ganin Khadijah tace “Wow Khadijah ke ce gidan yau?” Murmushi Khadijah tayi tace “Ina yini” Deejah tace “Lafiya lau, ya lectures? Tare da Maryam ku ka xo?” Maryam na yar dariya tace “Ehh mana” Deejah tace “Ayya ya little shureim” Khadijah tace “Yana schl” Deejah tace “Toh maa Sha Allah” daga haka ta fita, Khadijah ta kalli agogon dakin don gaba daya hankalin ta yyi kan yaronta sanin ya kusa tashi a schl, ganin Maryam na sllh ta jira har ta idar kafin tace mata tayi ma Mumy magana xata wuce, Deejah ce ta dawo dakin tana video call ta iso kusa da Khadijah ta durkusa tana murmushi ta haska ta tace “Ammi ki duba fa plss basa kama??” Khadijah ta ki kallon screen din tana murmushi, Deejah tace “Khadijah ki tsaya ku gaisa da Ummar mu pls” sai a sannan Khadijah ta kalli screen din wayar, wata matashiyar mata ta gani gaban wayar, a hankali tana kallonta tace “ina yini?” Matar na kallon ta da fara’a tace “Lafiya lau yan mata, ya kike ya karatu?” Khadijah tayi murmushi tace “Alhmdllh” matar tace “Maa Sha Allah, Allah yayi maku Albarka ya bada abinda aka je nema, sai ayi ta kula kin ji?” Khadijah ta ji dadin addu’ar cikin sanyin murya tace “Ameen mama nagode” matar tayi mata sallama, Deejah ta mike rike da wayar tace “Ammi idan Safeenah ta dawo plss ku kira ni in nuna mata duplicate din ta” murmushi kawai Khadijah tayi, Deejah ta fice daga dakin tana ci gaba da waya da mum dinta. Khadijah ta kalli Maryam dake kallonta tace “Kice ma Mumy xan wuce” mikewa Maryam tayi tace “Toh” daga haka ta fita, tare suka dawo dakin da Mumy tace “Har xa ki koma daughter?” Khadijah tayi murmushi tace “Eh mum, Shureim sun tashi a schl” Hajiya Mariya tace “To maa Sha Allah, mun gode da ziyara Khadijah, Allah yi albarka” a tare suka sakko kasa har da Maryam, Mumy ta ba Khadijah sako a leda ta kai ma Shureim, a kunyace ta amsa tace “Allah saka da alkhairi mum” Deejah vata ji dadi ba ganin wucewa Khadijah xata yi, tace “Ae ko xan xo gidan ki ko gobe” Yar dariya Khadijah tayi tace “Allah ya kai mu” tare da Maryam suka rakota har bakin motar Aliyu don yana cikin motar yana jiranta, daga masu hannu tayi bayan ta shiga tace “Toh nagode, sae anjiman mu” Aliyu ya ja motar ya fita cikin gidan, sae da suka dau hanya tace “Xan dau Shureim a schl” yace “I thought as much, naga it’s time” Mamaki Khadijah tayi ganin ya dau hanyar makarantar, ta kasa daurewa tace “How did you knw d schl?” D’an murmushi yayi murya can kasa yace “Kin raina irin bond dake tsakanin a son and his father?” Shiru Khadijah tayi tana kallonsa, lkci daya ta hade rai ta turo baki tace “Don’t call him ur son, stop calling him that” kallonta yyi, A hankali yace “Ko saboda me?” A takaice tace “His father is a barrister” Murmushi yayi bai ce komai ba, he really really don’t want to hurt her da babu abinda xai hanasa tambayar ta ko barrister ne yayi mata cikinsu, suna isa schl din bayan yyi parking ta bude motar ta fita don dauko d’an ta ya bi ta da kallo, ba a dau lkci ba ta dawo a sanyaye, yace “Where is he?” Ta bude motar ta shiga a hankali tace “Dr ya tafi da shi wai”

Umma kasa kwakkwaran motsi tayi bayan ta gama jin bayanin Sudais ta kasa daina kallonsa, jikinta yayi sanyi sosai, tsoronta daya a lkcn khadijah, ko ya xata dau batun nan, Wai Aliyu? Kallon Khaleel dake xaune shi ma tayi, ya d’an yi murmushi ganin damuwar dake fuskarta yace “Umma you need not to worry, I know you might be thinking of how khadijah will take this, but I think ba lallai sai an fadi mata ba she will see for her eyes, and surely nasan she have a very soft spot for Aliyu, the problem is that she is confuse, sannan one thing about her is that bata mance abun sharri da aka mata ko ya yake which is wrong, she need counseling Umma….” Murmushi Sudais yyi a hankali yace “Sure, gaskiya doctor ya fada Umma, fatan Allah yasa ke dai kin fahimce ni, nayi abinda naye ne saboda future, I really don’t want anything that will hurt her again in life, she have had enough… duk Allah ne mai tsara komai” a sanyaye Umma tace “I am really proud of u both, irin ku basu da yawa a duniya Allah ya biya ku da mafificin alkhairinsa, ko wannen ku ya taka rawar gani matuka a rayuwar khadijah, Kun mata abinda dangin ubanta da ni kaina na kasa yi mata, Allah ya saka da alkhairi, and one more thing Sudais ka maida matar ka don Allah…” Sudais ya girgixa kai a hankali yace “Umma I don’t think xan maida jiddah, na hakura da ita, Allah ya musanya min ita da mafi alkhairi, may be abubuwan da nayi mata years back kan khadijah ne Allah ya saka mata ta samu damar yi min abinda ta so, tun da na aure ta take wahal da ni, I have had enough…” Umma tace “A’a ba ayi haka ba, kayi hakuri don Allah, ko albarkacin yarinyar nan dake tsakanin ku” Dai dai nan Baby ta fito ta kawo masu abinci kamar yanda Umma ta umarce ta kafin ta taho gun su, ajiye abincin tayi ta kasa kallon Sudais don ba karamin kunyar abinda tayi masa a waya taji ba daxu barin da ta ga bashi da laifi, Kallon Khaleel tayi daga karshe tace “Ina yini” yace “How are you” ta mike tace “Alhmdllh” daga haka ta juya ta wuce Sudais ya bi ta da kallo ganin bata gaishesa ba, Khaleel na kallon Umma yace “And lastly Umma, I think I’ve found out dangin mahaifiyar khadijah if I am not mistaken in sha Allah” daga Umma har Sudais kallonsa suka dinga yi ko kiftawa babu, ya sauke kansa kasa a hankali yace “But I won’t reveal that to her sai tayi settling gidan mijinta, ta kwantar da hankalinta, still xa mu je can gidan dake Umma duk da su ma ban ce masu komai ba tukun, but babu tantama they are her mother’s family in sha Allah” Mumy ba karamin sanyi jikinta yayi ba jin sadaukarwar da Barrister yayi ma Aliyu, she couldn’t even utter a word, abun ya mugun daure mata kai, Abbansa shi ma ya jinjina lamarin sai dai abinda bai ji dadi ba shine yin gaban kansu da suka yi babu shawara da kowa, and a whole daurin auren 1st son dinsa baya gun, but all the same he is happy for his son cos he is always after his happiness kuma ya bukaci number Barrister Sudais, Mumy na ta kallon Aliyu da har sannan mood dinsa isn’t encouraging da damuwa tace “What’s it again Abuturrab, ain’t you happy” ya dago ya kalleta da kyar yace “Mumy bata sani ba fa, and I don’t know how she will take this, ba so na take yi ba, tana kulani ne kawai saboda kids din, albarkacin su nake ci” A hankali Mumy tace “Then you will teach her to love you son…” Bai iya yace komai ba, bayan few seconds ya mike ya dawo kusa da ita ya xauna yana facing dinta, har lkcn idanuwansa basu dawo dai dai ba, cikin sanyin yace “Mumy me xan yi in biya su?” Shiru Mumy tayi tana kallonsa don tasan su wa yake nufi, ta d’an yi murmushi tace “Zumunci mai karfi da su is enough son” Aliyu ya sauke idonsa kasa a hankali yana tunanin xumunci yayi kadan ya biya both Dr Ayman and Barrister Aliyu, dafa sa Mumy tayi tace “That’s just it Abuturrab, mutanen nan biyu ka rike su a rayuwa, kaga riban hakuri… Da ka ci gaba a yanda ka fara da farko kana tunanin Barrister xai ga cancantar bar maka ita? Of course no, shi sa nake yawan ce maka you just have to be patient in everything in life” Bai dai ce komai ba, tace “Do what you are suppose to now, na kira su Siyama xa su je can gidan naka su yi abinda ya kamata, don xuwa anjima xa su kai ta can gidan, mun yi waya da Ummarta yanxu” Har sannan Kamar yanda khadijah bata san da wanda aka daura mata aure ba haka baby ma bata sani ba, gashi dai ana ta shirin tafiya da amarya wajajen karfe biyar, Umma duk ta kasa samun nutsuwa da ta tuna khadijah fa bata san da Aliyu aka daura auren ba sai taji gabanta ya fadi, tsoronta ma kada ciwonta ya kara tashi, daga karshe ta sa aka kira mata Baby bedroom dinta, Baby na kallonta tace “Gani Umma” cikin sanyi Umma tace “Khadijah kin san da wanda aka daura auren nan kuwa?” Girgixa kai Baby tayi da confusion tana kallonta, a sanyaye Umma tace “Yayan ki” still khadijah tayi tana kallon Umma baki bude ta kuma kasa cewa komai, a hankali Umma tace “Ban san yanda khadijah xata dau batun nan ba, am afraid….” A hankali baby ta dauke kanta tana sake nanata sunan yayanta a xuciyarta, to how comes??? Da kyar ta kalli Umma tace “Barristern fah?” Umma tace “Shi ya bar masa… For some concrete reasons which I found out to be nothing but the truth, Aliyu shi ne kadai rufin asirin khadijah da yaron nan, toh amma ba lallai ta gane hakan ba, ban san ta ina xan fara sanar mata ba” Baby ta sauke ajiyar xuciya, lkci daya jikinta yyi sanyi tace “Umma kar a gaya mata, she shud just see for her self, xasu sasanta kansu can din” Umma tace “I thought as much… Haka yawanci kowa ke ce min” Tagumi baby tayi ta rasa wanne xata yi a ciki, farin ciki ko bakin ciki, Umma tace “Tashi ki je ku gama shiryawa lkci na wucewa khadijah, har an gama kai kaya can gidan” Baby ta mike jiki ba kwari ta fita, tana komawa daki ta ci gaba da shirya ma khadijah few abubuwan da tace mata, Shureim ne ya shigo dakin da shadda irin wanda Sudais yasa ranan da hularsa, sai sheki kayan suke sun masa kyau sosai, tun wayewar gari sai sannan khadijah ta gansa, ta xaunar da shi kusa da ita tana kallonsa a hankali tace “Where have you being today?” ya wara mata ido yace “Uncle ne ya tafi dani since, mun dawo yanxu, Anty daxu Umma tace min baki da lafiya, me ya same ki” Shiru tayi bata ce komai ba, Ganin yanda yake kallonta ta rungumosa a hankali tace “Ae na samu lafiya yanxu” yace “Anty kinyi kyau sosai” Murmushi tayi ta ja hancin sa tace “Kai ma kayi kyau sosai, wa ya kawo maka kayan nan” Yace “Uncle, shi ma ya sa irin nawa, na tambayesa Ina na Sudais yace ya ajiye masa nasa” Shiru khadijah tayi tana kallonsa, ya kamo hannunta yace “Anty what are they celebrating today?” Baby dake gefe sai kallonsu take ta dauke kanta a hankali, sai a sannan tayi mugun ganin dacewar abinda Barrister Sudais yyi, shkkn sai su hadu su rungumi d’an su, khadijah ta sunkuyar da kanta tuna irin xagin da Jiddah tayi ma yaron daxu ta kirasa da shege mara uba, hawaye ne ya kawo idonta sai dai bata bari ya gani ba, Jikin baby yayi sanyi don duk tana lura da ita, ta juya ta ci gaba da abinda take, Shureim ya taho gunta yana gaisheta, ta rungume sa murmushi dauke fuskarta tace “Har kun dawo boy” ya gyada mata kai, shidda saura motocin tafiya da amarya suka iso gidan, nasiha sosai Mum din sadeeq da wata frnd din Umma suka yi mata, Kanta a kasa take saurarensu hawaye na sakko mata, ita kam bata samu gatar nasihar Uba ba, kalma daya Umma ta iya yi mata a lokacin bayan su Umman sadeeq sun gama “Allah maki albarka” hakan yasa khadijah taji dadi sosai, Shaheedah ta daga ta suka nufi kofa baby da wata kawarta na biye da su a baya, banda kuka babu abinda khadijah take duk jikinta yayi sanyi, duk aka bi ta da kallo cike da tausayinta, Baby da frnd dinta Hafsat sai mahaifiyar Shaheedah wato aminiyar Umma suka shiga mota daya da khadijah, sauran yan rakiyar Amarya suka shiga sauran motocin, Jikin baby bai gama sanyi ba sai da taga sun iso gidan yayanta, duk tausayin khadijah ya cikata a xuciyarta ta dinga addu’ar Allah yasa shock din ganin Aliyu as mijinta baxai yi affecting dinta sosai ba, dad’d’adan kamshin turaren wuta ke tashi ta ko wani angle a gidan, ga sanyin ac, parlorn so chill, har lkcn kuma su Siyama da kawayensu da frnd din Mumy suna gidan suna jiran Amarya, Su Hajiya Sajeedah suka wuce da khadijah well furnished bedroom dinta, ita dai har sannan fuskarta a rufe yake bata san kalan gidan ba gashi tun shigowar su gabanta ke faduwa ga hawaye ya ki tsaya mata duk jikinta yayi sanyi, ana xaunar da ita gefen gado ta riko baby cikin rawar murya tace “Stay beside me plss don’t leave me” a sanyaye baby ta xauna kusa da ita tana rike da hannunta, khadijah ta rike ta gam ta kwanta jikinta. Sai kusan bayan isha duk aka watse gidan har su Siyama suka wuce, sai da su Hajiya Sajeedah suka kara mata nasiha kan xamantakewar aure kafin su wuce su ma, gidan ya rage daga ita sai baby da Hafsat, kuka kawai khadijah take don tana ganin ko wani lkci jiddah xata iya shigowa gidan, Baby har ta gaji da lallashi tayi tagumi tana kallonta, yau kam tasan yayanta xai sha lallashi, d’an murmushi tayi dai dai lkcn da wayarta ya fara ring, Hafsat ta mika mata taga Aliyu ke kiranta, kallon khadijah tayi kafin ta daga ta kai kunne hade da sallama, shiru ya d’an yi kafin yace “Ku fito sai a ajiye ku gida yanxu” Tace “Toh” kamar khadijah taji abinda aka ce ma Baby tana kallonta a tsorace tace “Waye ya kira ki?” Baby ta sauke idonta tace “Mijin ki, mu xa mu wuce yanxu Iman, Allah ya bada xaman lafiya” khadijah ta fashe da matsanancin kuka tace “Na shiga uku, me yasa baxa ku kwana ba don Allah kar ku tafi, ki bani wayar xan masa magana” dariya ta ba baby amma bata yi ba tace “Gobe fa da safe xan xo Iman” cikin kuka sosai Khadijah tace “Don Allah ki rufa min asiri ki kwana” Baby tace “In dai gidan nan ne wllh baxan kwana ba, gwara ki hakura gobe in dawo, idan kuma kika ban haushi in ki xuwa goben ma, ko a kauye an daina haka kina abu kamar wata yarinya…” Dariya kawai Hafsa take don khadijah ta bata dariyan, Baby ta mike ta hade rai tace “Mu je Hafsah, ji wani abu da take fa kamar yar yarinya, ko yara sun daina haka, balle ita wayayya” Da haka baby ta samu fa fita Hafsat na biye da ita, Ban da kuka babu abinda khadijah take tana kallon kofar har suka fita suka rufe, Baby ta ji tausayin ta har ranta, amma tasan idan ba haka ta yi mata ba sai ta iya ma biyosu, A waje ta tadda Aliyu tare da Sudais a tsaye jikin motar sudais din, da alama su suke jira, Baby tayi kasa da kanta tace “Ina yini yayanmu” yace “Lafiya lau” Hafsat ta gaida Sudais sannan ta gaida Aliyu tayi masa fatan alkhairi a aurensa, murmushi kawai yyi bai iya yace mata komai ba, Sudais yace “Alryt, sai da safe Dr” Aliyu ya kallesa a hankali yace “Baxa ka shiga ba?” Ya bude motarsa yana d’an murmushi yace “Gobe xan xo in sha Allah” Aliyu bai iya yace masa komai ba, can ya kalli Baby yace “Ku shiga xai yi dropping din ku gida” Ta d’an buda ido, Aliyu ya matso kusa da ita da damuwa yace “Did she know….” Baby ta girgixa masa kai a hankali, sauke idonsa kasa yyi, Hafsat ta bude back seat ta shiga, Bayan few seconds ya kalli baby yace “Don’t keep him waiting, ki shiga motar ku wuce, sai da safe” A hankali baby tace “Yayanmu wllh kunyarsa nake, daxu da safe na gama tsigale shi a waya I never knew makirci matarsa ta hada masa” Aliyu ya bude ido yana kallonta, ta marairaice tana kallonsa, yace “Ki basa hakuri idan kin shiga motar” shiru tayi, ya gyada mata kai yace “Yea, do that” a hankali tace “Toh sai da safe yayanmu” daga haka ta xaga ta shiga front seat ganin Hafsat baya ta shiga Aliyu ya bi ta da kallo, Tana shiga motar ta rufe ta kasa kallon Sudais, bayan ya tada mota ba tare da ya kalleta ba yace “Good evening” sai a sannan ta kallesa dai dai nan shi ma ya kalleta, Murmushi tayi cike da jin kunya tace “Ina yini” yace “Lafiya lau” a hankali tace “Am soo sorry for what I did daxu da safe don Allah kayi hakuri” kallonta yayi da kyau, sai kuma yyi murmushi yace “Wai dama ke kika kirani?” xaro ido tayi ganin ashe ita kadai ke ta haukanta shi bai ma san wa ya kirasa ba, wani murmushin ya kuma yi yana shafa kansa ya ja motar yace “I bet da muna kusa har duka sai kin kai min” sauke kanta kasa tayi bata ce komai ba. Tun da Aliyu ya shiga gidan gabansa ke faduwa, ya kashe wutan parlorn da kyar ya haura sama, ya fi minti daya tsaye kafin ya bude kofar bedroom din da khadijah ke ciki, tana xaune can karshen gado ta hade kanta da gwiwa tana shesshekar kuka, ya kasa karasawa cikin dakin, a hankali ya kai hannunsa kan switch dake jikin bango ya kashe wutan dakin, da sauri ta dago kanta, ya rufe kofar a hankali, cikin rawar murya tace “Barrister ka kunna plss…”

Khadijah na kwance bedroom dinta waya kare kunnenta tana sauraren Umma dake mata magana, bayan wani lkci ta turo baki a hankali tace “Umma ni ce masa nayi ko wanne, I don’t have choice…” daga daya bangaren Umma tayi murmushi tace “You know ur problem Khadijah?” Khadijah ta girgixa kai a hankali kamar tana ganinta, Umma tace “Kin ki kwantar da hankalin ki to know what’s best for you, sure ni na san kina son khaleel but he is married kin sani, me yasa har yanxu xuciyar ki ke yaudarar ki?” da mamaki Khadijah ta dinga sauraren Umma, can dai tace “Umma how did u knw he is married?” Umma tace “Ya xo gida ranan Saturday, he told me about his wedding” Khadijah taji hawaye ya taho mata ta kasa cewa komai, Umma tace “Ke da bakin ki kika ce masa barrister… to don me kuma baxa ki kwantar da hankalin ki da Barristern ba, it’s not as if Khaleel isn’t good, but I think barrister Aliyu is the best for you, Kuma khaleel daga aure ai baxai fara xancen auren ki ba kuma, Khadijah as a mother nake gaya maki ki kwantar da hankalinki ki ba barrister chance you won’t regret it, idan kuma kinga khaleel din ke xuciyar ki to sai ki tanadi kalaman da xaki gaya ma barrister but count me out kar ma ki nuna masa na san komai” Hawaye na sakko mata cikin sanyin tace “Ni ai ban ce ban yarda da barrister ba Umma, his wife is my greatest fear Umma lkcn a clinic da Sudais bai da lafiya I didn’t tell you she called and warned me to stay away from her husband” Sake baki Umma tayi tace “Ehh lallai Khadijah da alamar rako mata kika yi, ita kishiyar xaki fara tsoro tun baki shiga gidan ba, ita kishiyar Khadijah?” Turo baki tayi tace “Umma ni ba tsoronta nake ba kawai dai tashin hankali ne bana so, I don’t want anything that will make me sad” Umma tace “Toh ai ba gida daya xa ku xauna ba” Khadijah tayi shiru bata ce komai ba, cikin kwantar da hankali Umma tace “Kiyi ta addu’a daughter, Allah ya maki xabi mafi alkhairi” a hankali Khadijah tace “Ameen” Umma tace “And one more thing Khadijah in har ke a tunanin ki saboda kawai Barrister Aliyu ya taimake ki a rayuwa kike son aurensa to pay him back toh gaskiya you are making a mistake kuma kin cucesa kin cuce kan ki indai sabida haka kika amince da aurensa” Hawaye Khadijah ya dinga yi sosai duk jikinta yayi sanyi, cike da karfin hali tace “Umma ba haka bane” Umma tace “Are you sure Khadijah” tana gyada kai da kyar tace “Ehh” Umma tace “Toh am happy to here that, ke dai kiyi ta addu’a kawai, and make sure yanxu ki kirasa ki ce masa ga wanda kika fi so a akwatunan” Khadijah na share idonta tayi kasa da murya tace “Wanda kika ce ya fi koh?” Umma tace “Ehh” A hankali tace “To bari in kirasa yanxu nagode Ummata” Umma tace “Welcm dear, Shureim yayi bacci koh?” Kai ta gyada tace “Ehh yayi but kamar yana son yin mura fa Umma, his voice is even cracky” Umma tace “Wannan kuma ke kika sani, least I forget nasan halin ki Khadijah tsakanin ki da matar khaleel mutunci kada kiyi amfani da cewa kina son mijinta ki dinga daure mata nasan ba hankali ya ishe ki ba” turo baki Khadijah tayi tace “Umma ni da ma mun kusa hutu in taho gida abuna ina ruwana da su” Umma tace “Khaleel dai ba abun walakanci bane a gun ki, though baku dade da sanin juna ba but he is always there for you, kuma duk da yasan ke wacece ya nuna yana son ki yana yaran ki, am reminding of all this ne don naga kamar kina da saurin mance alkhairi, dubi fa mahaifiyar Aliyu ba don nayi da gaske da ke ba ita ma ba raga mata xaki yi ba” jikin Khadijah yayi sanyi sosai, Umma tace “Sai da safe” daga haka ta katse wayarta, Khadijah tayi lamo kan gado, can ta bude idonta a hankali ta shiga kiran barrister a sanyaye, bayan sun gaisa a hankali tace “Barrister ka fara bacci ne?” yace “Noo ina wani aiki ne, how r you?” Tace “Lafiya lau, I now have a choice my barrister” Ya d’an buda ido yace “Really?” Tana murmushi tace “Sure” yace “Then which is ur choice?” Ta langwabar da kai tace “Ka hau Whatsapp in nuna maka yanxu” yace “Ohk then” daga haka ta katse wayar, bayan ta nuna masa akwatin da take so tayi masa text din sai da safe, daga haka ta kwanta nan da nan bacci ya dauketa. washegari da safe Khadijah na sa ma Shureim shoes dinsa na makaranta aka danna bell, ta kalli kofar kafin ta mike ta dau jakarsa ta goya masa a baya ta dau lunchbox dinsa tana rike da shi ta nufi kofar ta bude, khaleel ne tsaye bakin kofar, bai yarda ya kalleta ba yana kallon Shureim da murmushin sa mai kyau yace “How are you son?” Shureim yace “Good morning uncle” khaleel ya duka ya kamo hannunsa yace “The morning isn’t good son, cold everywhere…” dariya Shureim yayi da ya bayyana white set of teeth dinsa, Khaleel yyi murmushi yana kallon kyakkyawan yaron ya fito da shi ya mike, gyara rigar sanyi sa yyi still bai yarda ya kalli Khadijah da ta hade rai ba yace “Plss do u use salt?” Khadijah na kallonsa tace “Meye shi?” Sai a sannan ya kalleta yace “Gishiri” sauke idonsa yyi daga kallonta, ta tabe baki kamar baxa ta ce komai ba sai kuma can tace “I don’t know, let me check” daga haka ta juya a hankali ta koma ciki, Shureim yace “Uncle Aunt din nan tana nan” khaleel ya shafa kansa yana kallonsa yace “Tana nan” Shureim yace “Ae yau tace xata bani puzzle irin na su fadil…” khaleel yace “Tana bacci yanxu, ka bari sai ka dawo school xata ba ka” Shureim yace “Ohk can I tell her good morning now so as she will remember my puzzle?” khaleel ya duka yana kallonsa a hankali yace “No she is sleeping son, idan ta tashi I will remind her for you” Shureim yace “Ohk tnx” Khadijah ta dawo rike da container din Gishiri ta mika masa, ya karba yace “Thanks I will bring back the remaining now” Kamar jira take tace “Noo na ba ku” kallonta yayi da sauri yace “Noo ni xan yi amfani da shi ai” Wani kallo Khadijah tayi masa tace “Did you hear me mention name?” Khaleel ya sauke idonsa daga kallonta, a hankali ya juya xai koma ciki sai kuma ya juyo da sauri yace “I am coming inyi dropping dinsa a schl” Khadijah tace “Xan kai sa yanxu, you don’t worry” yana kallonta da kyau yace “I insist Khadijah” daga haka ya juya ya wuce ciki, Khadijah tafi minti biyar tsaye a wajen can ta juya ta koma parlor ta xauna shureim ya biyo bayanta, tashi tayi daga parlorn gaba daya mood dinta ya canxa ta kalli Shureim tace “Ka jira sa a nan” daga haka ta wuce bedroom ta kwanta, ta rasa dalilin da yasa ta ji tana son yin kuka, ta kife kanta da pillow trying hard not to cry, ta fi minti goma a haka aka bude kofar dakin, Shureim ya shigo yace “Anty uncle yace in kira ki” A hankali ta mike xaune ta runtse ido jin xuciyarta na mata xafi, ta kalli agogo taga takwas saura, da kyar ta tashi ta bi bayan Shureim, tsaye ta tadda khaleel parlorn har ta karaso cikin parlorn bai yarda ya kalli inda take ba, ta tsaya tana kallonsa, kama hannun Shureim yayi yace “Plss Khadijah I need hot water, or rather lipton kafin in dawo” daga haka ya fita tare da Shureim dake daga mata hannu ya rufe kofar, juyawa tayi ta koma daki tayi kwanciyar ta. Bayan kusan minti ashirin aka danna bell, kin tashi tayi daga kwancen da take, Jin an sake dannawa ta daure ta dake, cike da karfin hali ta tashi ta fita, bude kofar tayi tana kallonsa, ledan hannunsa ya mika mata yace “Drugs din Shureim naga he is having cold” karba tayi ba tare da ta kallesa ba tace “Thanks” daga haka ta juya xata wuce yace “Khadijah ruwan lipton din fa?” K’in juyowa tayi tace “Ni bani da ruwan Lipton” daga haka ta rufe kofar ta, daki ta wuce ta fada kan hado tayi kukanta mai isarta Kamar warce aka aiko ma da sakon mutuwa, ita kanta bata san me yasa take kukan ba, ta fi minti talatin kwance, ta mike a hankali jiki ba kwari daga karshe ta fito parlor, kitchen ta shiga ta kunna gas ta daura ruwa ta xuba Lipton da kayan kamshi ta dawo parlor ta xauna, tana ta xaune parlorn har taji alamar ruwan ya tafasa ta mike a hankali ta shiga kitchen din, cikin flask ta juye ruwan Lipton din gaba daya ta sa hijab ta fita, danna bell dinsa tayi, tana ta tsaye bayan wani lkci ya bude kofar, Mika masa flask din tayi ba tare da ta kallesa ba tace “Yanxu na dafa” Ya karba a hankali yace “Thanks Khadijah” Bata ce komai ba ta juya ta koma apartment dinta, sai kusan sha biyu ta fita gidan duk da karfe goma take da lectures, da wuri ta fito schl don daukar Shureim ta samu har khaleel ya xo ya dauke sa, har ta fito wanka tayi sllh tana ta jiran ganin shigowar Shureim amma bai shigo ba, throughout ranan babu wani abin kirki da ta ci kuma gaba daya taji bata jin yunwa, a hankali ta dau wayarta don kiran Barrister taji ko ya isa gida lafiya, har ya katse bai dauka ba ta sake kiransa, nan ko yana xaune parlorn sa Little Meerah na jikinsa tana ta masa surutu da pure English dinta, Jiddah kuma na durkushe gabansa tana xuba masa dafadukan taliya da ta dafa sanin ranan xai dawo, kallon taliyar kawai yake don he is not a fan of it kuma sarai tasan baya ci, ya girgixa kai ya dauke kai daga abincin, ajiye serving spoon din hannunta tayi ganin alamar ana kiran wayarsa da ke jone a caji, ta mike ta nufi inda wayar yake, tana isa ta dauka tana kallon screen din “Ameerah” sunan da ta gani kenan jikin screen din, ta dinga kallo xuciyarta na bugawa, picking call din tayi kafin ya katse ta kai kunne tayi shiru Khadijah na jin an daga ba a ce komai ba tayi shiru ita ma don it’s unusual of him kuma tana jin muryar little Amira a wajen, Kamar ance Sudais ya daga kai ya ga jiddah tsaye har lkcn wayar na kare kunnenta fuskar nan nata a murtuke, ajiye Amirah yyi kan kujera ya mike da sauri yace “What’s that u are doing Jiddah?” Ba shiri Khadijah ta katse wayar ta ajiye ta tabe baki ta yi kwanciyar ta. Jiddah na masa wani kallo tace “Wato dai da gaske aure kake shirin yi saboda baka da tsoron Allah ko Aliyu?” Ya warce wayarsa a hannunta yana mata wani kallo yace “Don’t you ever dare pick my call again malama” daga haka ya bar parlorn ya wuce sama, Xaunawa gefen kujera Jiddah tayi lkci daya hawayen takaici ya shiga sakko mata, ai da ta sani kawai guduwa daki tayi da wayar tayi pick din call din ta sussurfa ma shegiyar dake kiransa xagi, to Wai wacece wannan Amirar? Sai yanxu taji tana mugun son sanin wacece ita, ta kalli Yar ta dake xaune tana kallon tv, lkci daya lkcn da ta haifeta ya dawo mata, ranan sunanta bayan ya sa sunan mahaifiyarsa babu yanda bata yi da shi kan cewar da Khaleesat xata kirata ba yace inaaa bai san xance ba sai dai Amirah, da ta tambayesa me yasa sai ce mata yyi sunan wata frnd dinsa mai muhimmanci a rayuwarsa ce kuma yana ji da ita sosai shi yasa xai kira ‘yar sa da haka…. Jiddah ta mike da sauri xuciyarta na bugawa ko dai ita ce wannan mai kiran nasa yanxu, ita fa dama tun lkcn taji ta tsane koma wacece Amirar nan, shi yasa har yanxu da kyar take kiran Yar ta da Amirah, a bayan idonsa dama kiri kiri Khadijah take ce mata, wayarta ta dauka ta shiga dakin da ke parlorn ta kulle kofa ta shiga neman number Dr Yusuf tasan duk yanda aka yi baxai rasa sanin wacece Amira ba, bugu biyu ya daga bayan sun gaisa yana tsokanarta wai ta sa abokinsa ya mance shi gaba daya, ta xauna gefen gado tace “Dr dama tambaya ce na kira in maka don Allah…” Dr Yusuf yace “Toh Ina ji, Allah sa na sani dai” tace “Uhm nasan ka ma sani, wllh in gaya maka abokin ka ne duk ya ishe ni da wata Amira nayi nayi ya gaya min wacece ita ya ki, har cewa yayi idan na cinka wacece ita to xai bani kyautar mota, toh ni dai duk iya tunani na rasa gane wacece amma na fi tunanin frnd dinsa ce kilan da yake ji da, shine yanxu na kira ka bani satar amsa, dama wllh motata ta isheni sabuwa dal nake so, Kuma kasan barrister baya saba alkawari plss Dr ka taimaka” dariya sosai Yusuf yayi yace “Wai Amira?” Gabanta na mugun faduwa tace “Ita fa Dr…” Yace “Yasan baxa ki taba sanin wacece ita ba, Kuma xancen gaskiya babu wani mota da yake da niyyar baki don yasan ko xa ki shekara kina naxari baxa ki san wacece ita ba, it’s not even possible, Ni kuma yanxu idan na gaya maki kika fada masa he will suspect ni na gaya maki don duk abokansa babu wanda yasan ta sai ni….” Jiddah tace “Haba Doctor, shi kansa yasan ai alkawari yayi baxai saba ba, Ni dai fa damuwata mota, don Allah ka gaya min ai bai san ina da number ka ba he won’t suspect anything” Yusuf yyi murmushi yace “Toh xan gaya maki indai sabuwar mota kike ma” ta baxa kunne tace “Yauwa nagode sosai Dr” nan Dr Yusuf ya fara bata labarin Khadijah tiryan tiryan babu abinda ya boye a duk labarin har ranan da Mami ta rabasu na karshe. Gaba daya xufa ya dinga karyo ma Jiddah taji cikinta ya hautsine, Jin Yusuf yace “Hello” cike da karfin hali tayi dariya tace “Ikon Allah, Allah sarki, to nagode Dr Allah saka da alkhairi Allah ya barka da Amina, sabuwar mota kam dole a ban” daga haka tayi masa sallama ta katse wayar dai dai lkcn da aka bude kofar dakin kafin ya kai ga shigowa tayi saurin boye wayar hannunta, ya shigo yana kallonta yace “Files da na bari kan dinning kafin nayi tafiya, Ina kika ajiye min?”

✨ *NOOR-AL-HAYAT*✨

Khadijah bata yarda ta bude ido ba, ya dinga kallonta, a hankali yace “Baxa ki kalleni ba Khadijah” dauke kanta tayi ta juya masa baya, mikewa yyi ya koma kujera ya xauna yana kallonta, bayan wani lkci yace “Shkkn since you don’t want to see me bari in tashi inyi wucewata” a hankali ta juyo tana kallonsa, tausayinta ya dinga ji har ransa ya taso ya dawo kusa da ita ya kamo hannunta cikin sanyin murya yace “Ki gaya min ko na maki wani abun ne Khadijah, bana son wani abu ya same ki saboda ni, tell me ur mind plss…” Tana kallonsa da kyau tace “What is in my mind da xan gaya maka?” A hankali yace “Noo, ai ke xaki fada I don’t knw what you are thinking of me… Say out ur mind Khadijah” ta hade rai tace “Kana tunanin saboda kai nake rashin lafiya a nan?” Ya buda ido sosai yace “Noo ba abinda nake nufi ba kenan” Tace “Toh ciwo ne kawai Allah ya sakko min, so I just have to say Alhmdllh” Ya langwabar da kai yace “Toh Allah ya sauwake” tace “Ameen” yace “Kin ci abinci?” Kai ta gyada masa tace “Su Maryam sun kawo min” Wayarta dake ajiye yyi haske alamar kira khaleel ya dauka ya mika mata ta karba, ganin barrister ke kiranta ta daga ta sa a handsfree ta kai kunne, da damuwa yace “Ina kika shiga Amira, I have been calling since but no response” ta koma ta kwanta a hankali tace “Kayi hakuri plss, yau tun da na tashi nake jin ciwon ciki, sai bayan da naje schl sai ya matsa min aka taho dani clinic…. Am even stil at the clinic” Sudais yace “Subhanallah, wani irin ciwon ciki ne haka?” Ta d’an buda ido tace “Aa ni ma ban sani ba, kawai dai ciwon ciki” yace “Ko dai… Ko dai na period ne?” xaro ido tayi don ita har mancewa take akwai wani abu wai shi al’ada, tun da ta haifi su Shureim ta daina, sai dai tayi bai fi sau daya ko biyu a shekara ba shi ma na kwana biyu, Amma fa tana shan axaba sosai don wani lkcn har tunani take kila mutuwa xata yi, yace “Uhm shine koh?” Yar dariya tayi tace “Ae ni bana yi” yace “Bakya me?” Tace “Uhm abinda ka fada mana” yace “Are you serious?” Tace “Ehh” yace “Maa sha Allah, kice doubling sadaki xan yi kenan” Boye fuskarta tayi da gado don ba karamin dariya da kunya ya bata ba ga khaleel a xaune, shi dae Khaleel idanuwansa na kan wayar hannunsa da yake dannawa yana saurarensu, ta dago a hankali tace “Koh?” Yace “Ehh mana, ai ku special ne cikin mata, and you are rare….” tace “Uhmm” lkci daya khaleel ya mike ya nufi kofa ta bi sa da Harara har ya fice, Barrister yace “But hope ciwon cikin da sauki sosai yanxu?” Ta gyada kai tace “Naji sauki amma sai gobe xa ayi discharging dina” yace “Toh wa ya kawo ki asibitin?” Da har xata ce Aliyu sai kuma tayi shiru, da sauri tace “Maryam da na baka labari ranan, ita ce ta kawo nii, luckily ta shigo cafteria lkcn ta gan ni kawai muka wuce clinic” Yace “Toh Allah ya kara lafiya, how about shureim ko tare ku ke a asibitin?” Ta girgixa kai tace “Noo yana gun neighbors dina” Barrister yace “Ohk, I will send the hospital bill yanxu kin ji” da sauri tace “Nooo, ‘yan gidansu Maryam sun biya ma, don’t bother plss my barrister” yace “Toh idan na turo sai kiyi pepper soup da yawa ke da Shureim ku ci, clear?” murmushi kawai tayi bata ce komai ba, yace “Yea, sai da safe dear, Allah ya kara lafiya” a hankali tace “Ameen nagode sosai” lumshe ido yayi ya katse wayar, Khadijah ta mike xaune a hankali, gaba daya taji ta samu relieve kamar an cire mata ciwon, Maryam ce ta dawo ward din tace “Ashe kin tashi Khadijah” d’an murmushi Khadijah tayi tace “Ehh” Maryam tace “Ohk, Dr Ayman yace in fada maki ya wuce sai da safe” Khadijah tace “Ohk, I was making call ya fita” sosai Khadijah ta sake da Maryam suka dinga hira a ward din har Maryam ta dinga mamaki ganin ashe dai tana magana haka, sai kusan karfe sha daya duk suka kwanta. Washegari karfe bakwai na safe Aliyu ya xo clinic din, Khadijah na bathroom tana wanke baki da sabon toothbrush da Maryam ta kawo mata da paste, Maryam suka gaisa da Aliyu yana kallonta yace “Ya jikin nata?” Maryam tace “Ai kam taji sauki sosai” dai dai nan Khadijah ta fito ta karaso tana kallonsa a hankali tace “Good morning” yace “Morning Iman ya jikin?” Tace “Naji sauki sosai, thanks for ur care” yayi murmushi har ransa yaji dadin yanda ya ganta unlike yesterday, ya ajiye breakfast da Hajiya Mariya ta bada ya kawo masu, Khadijah ta xauna gefen gadon tana kallonsa tace “Plss ina son kaje can gida I don’t want to inconvenience anybody sae ka dau Shureim kayi dropping dinsa schl” Yana shafa kansa yace “Dr Ayman din baxae kai sa ba?” Tace “Toh ni bari in je in daukesa in ajiye sa schl idan baxa ka je ba, Kuma ai nasan da Dr Ayman din” murmushi yayi yace “Aa ae bn ce baxan je ba malama” turo baki tayi ya juya ya fita ward din din Maryam ta bi sa da kallo, Mikewa tayi daga karshe ta hada ma Khadijah shayi da ya kawo ta bata da kwai, Khadijah ta amsa tace “Nagode” daga haka ta fara shan shayin da spoon, bayan kusan awa daya Aliyu ya dawo ward din, kujera ya ja ya xauna ya jinginar da kansa da kujerar yace “Dama kawai don ki bani wahala ne kika ce in tafi koh?” Tana kallonsa tace “Me ya faru” murmushi kawai yayi ya dago yana kallonta, ta ci gaba da Shan shayinta, mikewa yayi yace “Anyi discharging din ki yanxu, we can leave” tace “Toh bill din fah, am not with money, ko idan mun je gida sai in baka, nawa ne kudin?” Ya fi minti daya yana kallonta kafin ya juya ya fita ward din, Maryam ta d’an yi murmushi tace “Haba dai ya biya ai Khadijah….” Khadijah ta sakko kan gadon ta dau mayafinta da wayarta da jaka tace “Toh nagode” Maryam ta dau kayan shayin da ya kawo suka fita waje, a haraban asibitin suka tadda shi yana jiransu cikin mota, Maryam ce ta shiga gaban motar Khadijah ta shiga back seat suka bar asibitin, da Khadijah ta daga kai sai su hada ido da Aliyu yana kallonta ta madubi, ta daga kai yayi sau uku sai su hada ido, ji tayi gaba daya she is uncomfortable, ta matsa a hankali ta koma can karshen motar tana kallon waje, dai dai gidanta yayi parking ta bude motar ta fito ta xagayo ta inda Maryam take tace “Nagode sosai Maryam, ki taya ni yi ma Mumy godiya in sha Allah xan shigo anjima da yamma ko gobe, Allah saka da alkhairi” Maryam ta d’an yi murmushi tace “Ba komai, sai kin xo” kallon Aliyu dake ta kallonta tayi, da kamar baxa ta ce masa komai ba sai kuma tace “Thanks” daga haka ta juya xata wuce ciki, a hankali yace “Anjima xan kawo maki drugs din ki Iman” tace “Ohk” tana fadin haka ta shiga gida ya ja motar suka bar street din. Tun daga wannan rana gaba daya Khadijah ta ajiye khaleel da jawahir gefe daya, tsakaninta da su gaisuwa faram faram ita kanta tayi mamakin yanda har ta sake ma jawahir yanxu duk da ita sai wani daure mata take, Lkci daya Khadijah ta yakice khaleel gaba daya a ranta, ko don tashin dare da take yawan yi tana rokon Allah ya cire duk wani connection dake tsakaninta da shi a xuciyarta ne, yanxu tun safe in ta fita gidan dama sai yamma take dawowa kuma duk ta dawo xata tarar khaleel ya dauko shureim, wani lkcn basa ma sanin ta dawo, yanxu kam ita kanta tasan ta rage damuwa sosai, jarabawarta kawai ta sa gaba, duk bayan kwana biyu ta kan je gidansu Maryam gaida Hajiya Mariya, kuma duk taje sai sun hadu da Aliyu, wani lkcn ta amince ya maido ta gida wani lkcn kuma tace baxata hau motarsa ba shi dai kam sai dai yayi murmushi baxai ce komai ba, sai ta tafi tayi ta tausayin sa bata san dalili ba, har xuciyarta take ganin Aliyu kamar little Sudais dinta cos the little boy have all his fathers quality, Kuma tasan saboda Aliyu yasa ta sa ma kanta dangana haka, Wani rama khaleel yake da shi kansa bai san dalilinsa ba, gaba daya ba shi da sukuni, yanxu kam sure yasan Jawahir and Khadijah are cousins daga binciken da yayi but bai san ta inda xai billo ba, gaba daya kansa ya kulle, bai taba xaton haka ba, they are very close relatives, dauke masa wutan da Khadijah tayi ya fi komai bata masa rai, in har ta gaishesa a gidan to tare ta gansa da jawahir, in ko just haduwa suka yi su biyu ko kallon inda yake bata yi, sai ma saurin barin wajen da xata yi, shi dai yasan har sannan bai cire rai da ita ba ko don nuna mata iyakarta kan walakancin da tayi masa but how will that be when they are cousins with his wife Jawahir?? sure it’s not prohibited, but Uhm… A can Nigeria kuwa Sudais ya gama hada lefen sa tsaf, komai ya siya sai ya nuna ma Khadijah ta WhatsApp ko yayi mata, Yana gama hada lefen dama ya kai ma jiddah kayan fadar kishiya, tun da taga akwatunan hankalinta yayi mugun tashi, ya sanar da ita ko na meye bai tsaya saurarenta ba ya fice, Ta fashe da matsanancin kuka tana kallon kayan, yanxu har auren nan ya matso bata samu damar daukar number Khadijah a wayar Barrister ba gaba daya hakan ya faskara duk iya kokarinta, Nan ko bata san duk Barrister ya lura da take takenta ba ya canxa yanda yyi saving number Khadijah daga Amira ya mayar Ummu Shureim, Xaunawa jiddah tayi kan kujera wata dubara ta fado mata…. Murmushi tayi tana share hawayen ta a hankali tace “Allah ya kai mu ranan auren, ai dai Amarya xata tare koh? Toh a daren farkon ta gidan ka xan maku abinda ita xata yi da ta sanin auren ka, kai Kuma xaka gwammace baka aureta ba” wani murmushin ta kuma yi ta wuce daki xuciyarta fess, har Allah Allah yake ranan ya xo ta cika aikinta, ta tabbata Khadijah baxata kwana gidan ba Kuma har karshen rayuwarta xata ji baxata iya yafe masa ba, ba boka ba malam. Ana saura sati daya Khadijah ta taho hutu Barrister Sudais yaje katsina gun Kawunta bayan Umma ta basa address, ciwon kafa kawu jibril ke fama da shi sosai sai dai hakan baya hanasa tafiya, duk yaransa biyu da ya aurar na xaune gida da ya yansu auren ya mutu, gashi yanxu duk kudin sun ja babu komai sai motoci biyu da gidan da yake ciki, kawu na jin abinda ya kawo Sudais bayan sun shiga parlorn sa, ya dinga masa wani kallo yace “inaaa, you are mistaken don bani da wata ya wai Khadijah, ka dai koma ta kai ka gun dangin ubanta amma ba ni ba, tashi ka ban waje malam” Sudais dake ta kallonsa yace “Amma dai ka santa koh?” Kawu yace “Toh meye amfanin sanin nata, Yarinyar da rabon da na sa ta ido yau xai yi shekara goma sha, tana can tana yawon duniya da kishiyar babarta” Sudais ya san xa ayi hakan shi yasa ma ya fara xuwa shi kadai, bai taho da kowa nasa ba dama Kuma bai sa ran Kawunta xai yarda ya daura mata aure ba” Sudais yyi murmushi yana kallonsa da kyau yace “Kawu dama ba wai lallai sai kai xaka daura mata aure ba, Kar ka mance babu abinda kudi basa yi a duniya, kawai dai dama an sa na xo ne don a fita hakkin ka a matsayin ka na wan mahaifinta, bayan haka Kuma kawu yanxu xaka iya damka ma Khadijah gadon ta na mahaifinta tunda ta mallaki hankalinta?” Da mugun mamaki Kawu Jibril ke kallonsa baki bude, can ya mike da kyar yace “Kai a uban wa xaka xo min da xancen gadonta??” Mikewa Sudais yyi ya tako har gabansa ya fiddo Id card dinsa yana masa wani kallo yace “Ni a lawyer mai xaman kansa…. Barrister Aliyu Umar, don haka nake maka gargadi kawu kar ka yarda magana ta kai mu ga shiga kotu baxai maka kyau ba… 10 years kamar yanda ka fada is enough.. hand over her properties to her” Daga haka Sudais ya juya ya fita kawu ya bi sa da kallo cikinsa na kara baki sake…. Yau Khadijah ta gama exams tana bedroom tana ta shirye shiryen kayan da xata koma Nigeria da, Shureim kuma na parlor ta bar sa yana bacci taji kamar an bude kofa, juyawa tayi da sauri don bata ma san kofar a bude yake ba, tayi saurin daukan hijab xata fita suka kusa cin karo bakin kofar dakin.

A hankali khadijah tayi picking wayar ta kai kunne hade da sallama, daga daya bangaren ya amsa yace “Ya kike Amira?” Khadija tace “Alhmdllh ya aiki?” Yace “Lafiya lau, account number ki xa ki turo min yanxu” shiru ta yi na wani lkci kafin tace “Barrister…. Shureim fa yana da kayan sanyi, wllh you shouldn’t bother….” Katse ta yayi yace “I am not asking for you opinion Khadijah” a hankali tace “Toh shkkn, ya Amira fah?” Sudais yace “Tana gun ummanta” bai karasa maganar ba ya ga jiddah tsaye kusa da dinning din da yake xaune tana kallonsa, ya dauke kansa yace “I will call you later Amira” katse wayar yayi ya ajiye, jiddah tayi dariya tana tafe hannu tana masa wani kallo tace “Cin amanar har cikin gidana Aliyu?” Sudais bai kalleta ba balle ya tanka ta, lkci daya idanuwanta suka kankance tace “Toh ko ma wace yar iskar ka samu wlh wlh sai tayi da ta sanin sanin ka a rayuwar ta, sai na nuna mata tayi kadan tayi kishi da ni, ba ma xai yiwu bane, mu xuba da ita sai dai idan ba mijina take cusa ma kanta ba” mikewa yayi yana kallonta yace “Wannan da kike gani wllh ta fi ki k’ima a idanuwana Jiddah, kuma kina nan xaki ga ta shigo gidan nan ta koya maki yanda ake kula da miji” bai sake sauraranta ba ya bar parlorn, jiddah ta kasa tsaye gu daya, ta ja kujera ta xauna da kyar xuciyarta na tafarfasa, lkci daya tayi wani murmushi tace “Babu boka babu malam, amma kai xaka bata shawarar ta rabu da kai, mu dai je xuwa, da kuluwa take xancen” Har khadijah ta iso gun motar khaleel idonta na kansa, shi kuma yana jingine jikin motar yana danna waya, bai san ta iso ba kawai kamshin ta ya ji, ya daga kai yana kallonta, a hankali tace “Good evening” ya mayar da wayar aljihunsa yace “Ya lectures?” Tace “Alhmdllh, karfe nawa su Shureim ke tashi?” Ya buda ido yace “Ke fa yarinyar nan baki da kara” turo baki tayi tace “Toh me nayi, am just asking” yyi murmushi yace “Daga nan xa mu dauko sa, yanxu suke tashi su ma” ta karasa ta bude front seat ta shiga, shi ma ya shiga motar ya tada suka bar wajen, har suka iso makarantar shureim khaleel bai ce komai ba ita ma haka, ya bude motar ya fita, ba a dau lkci ba suka dawo tare da Shureim, xagayowa Shureim yayi ya bude inda khadijah take xaune ya rungumeta yace “Anty good afternoon” ta shigo da shi cikin motar ta xaunar da shi kusa da ita tana kallonsa da murmushi tace “How you sweetheart?” Yace “Fyn Anty, I love the schl, I wish Sudais will come here also, am really missing him” Khadija bata ce komai ba, inda sabo ta saba, don bbu ranar da xai wuce Shureim baxai mata xancen Dan uwansa ba, he is always wishing Sudais is with him, lkci daya chocolate da Aliyu ya bata ya fado mata, ta bude jakarta a hankali ta fiddo chocolate din ta mika masa, karba yyi cike da jin dadi yace “Waow, Anty ke kika siya min?” Girgixa masa kai tayi tace “No” ya wara ido ya juya yana kallon Khaleel dake driving yace “Uncle kai ka siya min?” Khaleel ya kallesa yyi murmushi yace “No bani bane” Shureim ya mayar da dubansa kan Khadija yace “Toh Anty waye ya siya min” Khadijah tace “Idan baxa ka ci ba bani in cinye” Shureim ya bude chocolates din yace “Noo Anty ina so, ai irin wanda kind uncle din nan yake ba mu a gidansu maman nan ne, he told me his name is Dr Aliyu, Anty ina son a kai ni gidansu a Nigeria” Ita dai khadijah kallon yaron kawai take, ya gutsura ma khaleel ya mika masa yace “Uncle taste it” khaleel yyi murmushi yana girgixa kai yace “Noo thanks son, cinye abun, ko Anty kar ka ba” dariya yaron yayi bai ce komai ba, can ya kalli Khadija, alama yayi mata da ta bude bakinta, tayi murmushi ta bude masa bakin ya sa mata chocolate din a hankali yana satan kallon Khaleel. Suna isa gida bayan khaleel yyi parking khadijah ta bude motar ta fito tare da Shureim tana kallonsa murya can kasa tace “Thank you” fitowa yayi yana mimicking din muryarta yace “Thank you” daga haka ya rufe motarsa, hararansa ta fara yi sai kuma tayi murmushi ta wuce apartment dinta rike da hannun Shureim, ya jingina da mota ya rungume hannayensa ya bi su da kallo. Tun da Khadijah ta fito daga lectures yau take xaune cafteria ta rasa dalili, har lkcn lectures din karfe biyu yyi tana xaune gun bata tashi ba, Maryam ce ta shigo cafterian tare da wata kana ganinta kasa yar Nigeria ce, Maryam na ganin Khadijah tayi murmushi tace “Khadijah kina nan ashe, ya lectures?” Khadija tace “Alhmdllh ya naki?” Maryam tace “Alhmdllh” Maryam ta kalli yarinyar dake gefenta tace “Deejah meet ur namesake Khadija, tana studying pharmacy ne a nan, she is also a Nigerian from kaduna” Warce Maryam ta Kira da Deejah tayi murmushi tace “Its nyc meeting you namesake” Khadija tayi murmushi sosai tace “Nyc meeting you too” gun Khadija suka xauna su biyun, Maryam tace “Sun xo hutu ne nan da kanwarta shine na shigo da ita taga Cambridge” Deejah na kallon Maryam tace “Khadijah tana min kama da Safeenah, ko ke baki gani ba” Maryam ta kalli Khadijah da kyau, sai kuma tayi dariya tace “Suna dai yanayi ba kama ba, and the nose…” Deejah tace “Exactly, dama Ammi xata ganta cewa xata yi Safeenah ce” ita dai Khadijah bata ce komai ba banda murmushin da take yi, haka kawai taji tana son Deejah…. drinks da snack Maryam ta sa a kawo masu su uku, Maryam na shan drink din gabanta tace “Deejah wai me yasa jawahir ta ki biyo mu?” Khadijah ta daga kai tana kallonsu, Deejah ta tabe baki tace “Kilan kar su hadu da Dr Ayman” Maryam tace “Tab, Ayman sau biyu yake shigowa makarantar nan a sati, Mondays and Thursdays, I think ranakun yake nasa karatun” Maryam ta kalli Khadijah tace “Kingakiwa neighbor dinsa ce Khadijah fa” Deejah ta kalli Khadijah da sauri tace “Haba dai” Maryam tayi dariya tace “Wlh, ranan da naje gidanta tare da frnds dinmu na gan sa, yace min nan yake” Deejah tace “Wani anguwa kenan?” Maryam ta fada mata anguwar tana cin snack din hannunta, Deejah tace “Ayya, daxu dai naji da suka yi waya jawahir ta bashi address yace xai je anjima da yamma” Maryam tace “Gidan mu?” Deejah tace “Sure” Maryam tace “Ohk ai gwara dai ya je” Khadijah ta mike tana murmushi tace “Maryam xan shiga lectures yanxu” Maryam tace “Haba to baki dau snack din ba ai da drink” Khadija ta kirkiri murmushi ta dauka tace “Toh nagode” daga haka ta bar cafteria din bayan tayi ma Deejah ma sallama, Deejah ta bi ga da ido, kafin ta kalli Maryam tace “Maryam joke apart wllh kamar Safeenah, idan kin lura har da Maimoon ma suna yanayi, Maryam tace “A coincident” wani gun Khadija ta tafi ta xauna don sun cika mata kunne da surutu ne gaskiyar magana. Tana ta xaune nan har khaleel ya kirata bayan kusan awa daya, tana ta kallon Kiran kafin ta daga yace “Are you done with lectures Khadijah?” Girgixa kai tayi tace “No, idan na gama xan taho gida, kawai ka tafi” yace “Karfe nawa xa ku gama?” Turo baki tayi da kamar baxa tace komai ba sai kuma tace “Anjima” yace “Toh Ina jiran ki” daga haka ya katse wayar. Karfe hudu saura Khadijah ta isa gun da Khaleel ke jiran ta, fuskarta daure ta bude motar a hankali ta shiga, yana kallonta yace “Ya lectures?” Kamar ana tilastata tace “Fyn” sai bayan da suka bar cikin makarantar yace “Wa ya bata maki rai?” Shiru tayi bata ce komai ba, bai sake cewa komai ba har ya isa schl din Shureim ya fita ya daukosa ya dawo sannan suka dau hanyar gida, a waje yyi parking yana kallon Khadijah da ta bude motar ta fita, Shureim ma ya fito, yace “Am going somewhere now, sai na dawo” Khadija ta d’an buda ido tana kallonsa tace “Gun jawahir din ne somewhere??” Kallonta ya dinga yi da mamaki, ta tabe baki tace “Wai somewhere….” daga haka ta kama hannun Shureim suka wuce ciki, shafa kansa yayi ya tada motar yayi reverse ya bar wajen. Da daddare Khadijah na parlor aka danna bell, ta mike ta isa gun kofar tace “who is there” yace “Somebody” bude kofar tayi tana kallonsa ya mika mata ledan hannunsa yace “Ki ba Shureim?” Bata karbi ledan ba tace “Yayi Bacci” yace “Toh ki ajiye masa” Bata yarda ta kallesa ba ta amshi ledan daga haka ta rufe kofarta. Washegari da sassafe Khadija ta fito apartment dinta tare da Shureim da tayi ma Shirin makaranta, ganin waje xa su fita Shureim yace “Anty baxa mu jira uncle ba yau” hararansa tayi bata ce komai ba har suka fita ta tsayar masu da cab, sai da ta fara dropping dinsa schl sannan ta wuce nata makarantar. Tare da su Vanessa suka fito daga lectures misalin karfe sha biyu, tun daga nesa ta hangosa da wani bature suna tahowa, har ya iso inda suke xaune bai gansu ba yana magana da baturen Khadijah ta dinga kallonsa har suka wuce, still ta bi sa da ido, muryar Vanessa ne ya dawo da ita tana cewa su je su ci abinci, mikewa tayi a hankali suka bar wajen xuwa cafterian da suka saba xuwa, xaune ta ga Aliyu da Baturen a ciki, suna shigowa kuma ya ganta, ta dauke idonta daga kallonsa bayan sun hada ido, waje daya suka xauna tare da su Vanessa, Vanessa tayi masu ordering abinda xa su ci, drink kawai Khadija ta sa aka kawo mata, duk suka gama cin abincin Vanessa ta biya bill sannan suka mike, Khadijah dai na xaune bata tashi ba, Vanessa tace “Ain’t you attending the next lecture?” Khadijah tace “I will be going home soon” Tana kallon su Vanessa suka wuce, dai dai lkcn da Baturen dake tare da Aliyu ya mike shi ma ya fita, tasowa Aliyu yyi ya dawo inda take ya ja kujera ya xauna yana kallonta yace “Good afternoon” ba tare da ta kallesa ba tace “Same….” Ya shafa kansa yace “Ya Shureim?” Tace “Yana schl” yace “Ohk kin gama lectures yau ne?” Girgixa kai tayi tace “Aa xan wuce gida ne” yace “Ohk, yanxu?” Sai a sannan ta kallesa tace “Soon” yace “Alryt if you are ready mu je sai in yi dropping din ki” tace “I prefer cab” yace “Ohk then,” wayarsa ya mika mata yace “Sa min digit din ki anjima da yamma xan kawo maki sakon Shureim or I give Dr.. Ayman, Maryam tace min same house ku ke da shi, and I saw him a gidanmu jiya” Khadijah bata ce komai ba da farko, can dai tace “Sakon me?” Yace “Shine xan bada a kai maki ai” Ta Girgixa kai ta karbi wayarsa ta na sa number ta tace “You call me instead” daga haka ta mayar masa da wayarsa, ita ta fara mikewa kafin shi, ya bi bayanta suka
fita cafterian, sai da suka isa gun motarsa ya kalleta yace “Let me drop you Iman”