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Mami na shiga parlor Sudais dake tsaye kusa da window din bedroom dinsa ya sauke curtain din ya bar jikin windan ya rungume hannayensa kamar me naxari, can kuma ya nufi study area dinsa ya ja kujera ya xauna, then… What’s Mami telling Musa? Ya kusa minti talatin xaune yana jiran ya ji fitar musa a gidan da mota domin kuwa hakan kadai xai sa ya cire wani xargin da yake a xuciyarsa, amma har kusan magrib shiru Musa bai fita ba, Sudais ya tabe baki ya mike ya tafi ya dauro alwala ya dawo ya xauna, lumshe ido yyi duk jikinsa yyi sanyi “Jiddah? Sure yasan ya so jiddah ba kadan ba a da can, but he just don’t knw what came over him all of a sudden yaji kawai ta fice masa a kai, gashi dai babu abinda tayi masa, ko don an takura sai yyi auren ne yake jin hakan, gaba daya ya ma rasa tunanin da xai yi a lkcn, toh shi yanxu ya xai yi da Khadijah da little babies dinta idan aka tilasta sa yin aure yanxu, bude ido yyi ya xauna da kyau yana naxarin idea din da ya xo masa, ya kama mata wani apartment din kenan? Shafa kansa yyi yana kara naxarin shawaran a ransa, jin xa a tada sllh ya mike ya nufi kofa ya fita dakin, ana idar da sllh ya dawo daki ya dau makullin motarsa ya fita, ce ma Mami dake parlor a xaune yyi sai ya dawo ba tare da ta kallesa ba tace “Allah ya kiyaye” yana shiga motarsa ya fita compound din bayan mai gadi ya bude masa gate, sai da ya kusa isa titi ya yaga musa ya danno kan mota xai fito gidan a guje ta madubinsa, Sudais ya hau kan titi driving slowly yana yana kallon musa dake can baya ta madubi, a hankali shi ma musan ke driving din, Sudais yyi murmushi ya kara gudun motar sai yaga shi ma ya kara, gidansu Yusuf ya nufa musa na biye da shi a baya har lkcn yana parking a waje ya fito ya ga musa nesa da shi a motar yyi kamar bai gansa ba ya shiga gidan, bai samu Yusuf a gida ba duk da ba gidan yyi niyyar xuwa ba, ya tsaya har suka d’an yi hira da mahaifiyar Yusuf sannan ya mata sallama ya wuce, gida ya koma yyi parking a waje ya fita ya shiga gidan, tare da mai gadi ya ga musa a xaune yana kallonsa yace “Same ni a waje musa” daga haka ya fita gate din, Musa ya mike ya bi bayansa sai dai fa ya tsorata, Sudais na kallonsa da kyau yace “Hajiya ce ta sa ka bi ni ka ga inda xa ni daxu?” in ina musa ya fara yi, Sudais ya daure fuska yace “Malam amsa min tambayata” gyada kai musa yyi yace “Kayi hakuri barrister umarnin da Hajiya ta bani kenan” Sudais yace “Ohk naga alama, this shud be ur 1st and last, ko da wasa ka kuskura ka sake bin bayana a mota I won’t take it likely with you” daga haka ya shiga gida ya bar sa tsaye gun. Sudais na shiga daki yayi dialing number jiddah, bayan ta dauka suka gaisa murya can kasa yace “Kina ji na jiddah?” Tace “Ina ji, ya su Mami?” Yace “They are fyn, ina son mu yi wata magana ne da ke, are you alone?” Tace “Yeah ni kadai ce, hope all is well” yace “Noo, Jiddah plss ki min wata alfarma don Allah” jin tayi shiru ya kwantar da murya yace “look jiddah am still yet to be settled, they are a lot of things I have not fixed right, beside ke ma fa ba wai kin gama karatun nan bane, why not ki gama nima nayi settling abubuwan dake gabana before any other thing, why the rush” ita dai tayi shiru tana saurararensa har ya gama, ta d’an yi murmushi tace “So what are you insinuating?” Ya lumshe idanuwansa ya bude a hankali yace “A kara daga bikin jiddah…” Tace “Uhm Aliyu kenan, ai ba wai na rasa manema bane kawai dai ina sonka ne fisabillah kamar yanda kai ma kake so na a baya, kuma idan baka manta ba kai ka damu ayi bikin nan a da, don kuma ka samu wata warce kake so bai kamata ka dinga yawo da hankalina da na magabata na ba, Ba damuwa xaka iya turowa a dau kayan ka, na hakura… Allah hada kowa da rabonsa na alkhairi” duk da jikin Sudais yyi sanyi sosai amma ya dake yace “Haka kika ce?” Tace “Ehh, ka turo a kwasa kayan ka” yace “Ohk” daga haka ya katse wayarsa, fadawa kan gado yyi ya lumshe ido thinking if he made the right decision, mikewa yyi ya sake kiranta sai da ya kusa katsewa ta dauka, yace “Then you do me the favour of telling ur mum ta kira Mamina ta sanar da ita, baxan iya kai ma Mami wannan xancen ba don xata yi tunanin ni ne na fasa…” Jiddah tace “Ohk” daga haka ta katse wayar, ya sauke ajiyar xuciya ya koma ya kwanta, Khadijah ce ta fado masa ya dau wayar ya shiga kiranta, ba a dau lkci ba ta daga cikin sanyin murya tayi masa sallama ya amsa yace “Babies din ne ke kuka haka?” Turo baki tayi ta kalli Mai sunansa dake tsala kuka tare da d’an uwansa tace “Toh Anty tana kitchen ban san me take ba” mikewa yyi xaune yace “ina yaran?” Tace “Ga su nan kan gado a kwance” shiru yyi ya ma rasa abinda xai ce mata, can ya katse wayarsa, Khadijah ta kalli wayar da sauri, jikinta yyi sanyi ta shiga kiransa kuma, har ya katse bai dauka ba, ajiye wayar tayi tana kallon yaran dake ta kuka, fashewa tayi da kuka tace “Toh ni ce na sa su kuka, ko me nayi masu?” Can karshen gado ta koma ta xauna tana hararansu, Mama Suwaiba na kitchen tana jin kukan yaran taki fitowa don lamarin Khadijah ya fara isarta, ya mutum xai haifi yara ya dinga masu abinda take yi, jin kukan yaran yyi yawa ta fito ta shiga dakin tana kallon khadijah tace “Ke kam baki da kirki gaskiya, kiyi hakuri hakan da na gaya maki, banda rashin hankali haka taki uwar ta maki, me yaran suka maki, kinsan baki son haihuwar kika dau cikinsu, kin xata hakkinsu xai bar ki? Yara ko kwana arba’in basu cika ba kika haramta masu nono, toh da haka ake haihuwa kam da ba ayi ba, ni tunda nake ban taba ganin uwa irin ki ba, na maki magana a matsayin wacce tayi jika dake, na maki magana a matsayin ‘ya na maki magana a matsayin ki na shugaba gare ni amma duk a banxa, toh wllh bari mijin naki ya dawo ta dalilin haka ma ni sai na bar maku gidan ku baxan iya ci gaba da xama ina ganin xaluncin nan ba, tun da uwata ta haifeni ban taba gani ko jin tarihin uwa irin ki ba, wannan kuma ya wuce yarinta tsabagaren iskanci ne, kilan idan na bar gidan kika ga babu mai daukarsu idan suna kuka ke xaki dauke kayan ki” daga haka mama suwaiba ta fita tana rike da yaran, hade kai da gwiwa Khadijah tayi tana kuka, Mama suwaiba na komawa parlor ta dau feedern su da ta hada masu tana jiran ganin fitowar Khadijah ta dauka ta je ta basu amma shiru, Su duka biyun ta hada tana ba abincin lkci daya duk tausayin su ya cikata, Sudais ne ya shigo parlorn, ko gaishesa bata yi ba tace “Yallabai dama ina jiran ganin dawowar ka” xaunawa yyi kan kujera yace “Toh gani mama” tace “Ina jin xan bar wannan aikin ku samu wata, ban jin xan iya ci gaba da xama gidan nan ina ganin abinda wancan yarinyar ke ma jariran nan, nayi mata magana a matsayin ta na shugaba gare ni, nayi a matsayin uwa gare ta, kai babu abinda ban ce mata ba a kan yaran nan, kwata kwata bata son su kamar a dole aka mata cikinsu, me yaran nan suka mata fisabillah, kai tun da kake ka taba jin uwa haka, yau ko da shegu ne yaran nan wllh basu cancanci abinda take masu ba, don haka baxan iya ba ni xan tafi kilan idan taga ba ni xata dinga masu abinda ya kamata” Sudais ya lumshe ido ya bude kafin ya mike ya wuce dakin da Khadijah take, dago kai tayi daga gwiwanta jin shigowarsa, wani kallo ya dinga mata kafin yace “Tashi ki je ki karbi yaranki, idan ma kashe su xa kiyi ki kashe su da hannunki” kin tashi tayi yyi mata wani tsawan da ya firgitata ta tashi a tsorace, tun da take bata taba ganinsa haka ba, kofa ta nufa da sauri ta fita, gun mama suwaiba ta tafi ta karbi yaron daya hawaye na sakko mata, tana ta tsaye yana hannunta, Mama suwaiba tace “Ki tafi ki kwantar shi ki dawo ki amshi wannan, in sha Allah tafiya ta xan yi baxan ci gaba da xama da mutum irin ki ba” a sanyaye ta je daki ta kwantar da shi, Bata yarda ta kalli sudais da ke ya tsaye ba ta koma ta dauko dayan, ta dawo ta ajiye sa kusa da d’an uwansa tana hawaye. Sudais na kallonta yace “Gobe xan baki kudin mota sai ki kai su gidan marayu ki bar su a can” ta kallesa da sauri tace “Da gaske?” Yace “Ehh” murmushi tayi tace “Toh nagode” Wani kallo kawai ya dinga mata yace “You are very heartless Amira, ki duba ki ga ni da na ajiye ki gidana na taba sanin ki?? Ban san ki ba ban san komai naki ba, I just saw you are helpless and I decided to help you… Amma yara su xauna wata tara cikinki ki haifesu sannan ace baki da makiya kamar su, just look at the helpless souls, me suka maki Amira? Me yasa kike shafa masu laifin ubansu?” Xaunawa tayi gefen gado bata ce komai ba, ya gyada kai yace “Na san maganin ki” daga haka ya fita dakin ya bar gidan gaba daya, turo baki tayi ta kwanta can nesa da yaran, a xuciyarta tace to ita ta iya rainansu ne, kawai su yi ta kuka kamar ana mintsilinsu baxa su yi shiru ba. As usual yau ma da daddare hangame baki Khadijah tayi tana bacci suka tashi suna kuka kamar ko da yaushe mama suwaiba ta xo ta kwashe su ta tafi dakinta tana girgixa kai. Washegari da safe Sudais ya dawo gidan, dubu Hamsin ya kawo ma mama suwaiba yace ta tafi kawai, duk da mama suwaiba ita ta fara bukatan hakan amma sai ta ji ba dadi, ta fara tausayin yaran, Sudais yace “kar ki damu mama idan taga babu kowa gidan xata dinga kula da abun ta, kiyi tafiyar ki kawai” Mama suwaiba tace “Toh shkkn, Allah yasa ta gane” Sudais yace “Ameen, amma mama kar ki tafi kina jin haushinta don Allah, ba laifinta bane but xata daina in sha Allah” shiru mama suwaiba ta yi shiru tana tunanin to ko dai iskokai gare ta, can tace “Toh shkkn, Allah ya shiryeta ya yaye mata abinda ke damunta, amma xa mu iya sallama da ita in roketa gafara idan na taba saba mata” Sudais yyi murmushi yace “Toh ki shiga ku yi sallaman mama” mama suwaiba ta shiga ta tada Khadijah nan tace mata xata tafi, Khadijah dake ta kallonta da mamaki tace “Ina xaki Anty?” Mama suwaiba tace “Kauyen mu mana” Khadijah ta xaro ido tace “Toh yaran fa?” Sakin baki mama suwaiba tayi tana kallonta a xuciyarta tace Lallai gaskiyarsa bata da lafiya, a fili kuwa tace “Toh anjima ai xan dawo” daga haka ta fita, suka yi sallama da Sudais bayan ta hada kayanta ta wuce cike da kewan Khadijah da yan biyun. Sudais ya dau yaran ya kai su can dakin da Khadijah take, har lkcn tana xaune, yana shigowa da damuwa tace “Toh wa xai dinga kula da yaran yanxu?” Yana mata wani kallo yace “Uwarsu” daga haka ya fita yana kallon wayarsa dake ring, ganin Mami ke kiransa ya d’an yi jim kafin ya daga, tace “Aliyu ka dawo gida yanxu ina neman ka” bata jira yace komai ba ta katse wayar ya koma dakin Khadijah yace “Xan je gida yanxu” kamar xata yi kuka tace “idan suka fara kuka fa? Ni ya xan yi?” Yace “Sai ku yi tare” daga haka ya fita ta fashe da kuka a hankali tana kallon yaran. Karfi Sha daya saura Sudais ya isa gida, bai yi mamakin ganin set din akwatunan da su Anty Maryam suka kai gidan su jiddah ba a parlor, ba Mami kadai ba yau har Abbansa na xaune parlor da kanninsa gaba daya, Kasa xaunawa yyi ya duka murya can kasa yana kallon kayan yace “Ga ni Mami” Mami tace “Kayan da kace dama su dawo da su ne suka kawo daxu shi yasa na kira ka, sai ka fada mana daga nan kuma ina xa a kai kayan?” Sudais ya sunkuyar da kai bai ce komai ba, muryar Abbansa ya ji yana cewa “Aliyu duk shekaru na a garin nan kai ma ka taso kaga cewar lafiya nake xaune ban taba samun matsala da kowa ba, to ta dalilin ka ma baxan samu matsala da kowa ba domin kuwa kayi kadan, don haka kar ka sake xuwa min da xancen aure ko yanxu ko ba yanxu ba, dama idan ba dauko ma kai dala ba gamo ba ma har nawa kake Aliyu??” Abba ya kalli Mami da ta hade rai yace “Dubesa fa he is just 27 ne ko 28 ya ishe mutane aure gashi ya xo yana wawanci da sokwanci, ke kina ganin haka ma kisan baxa ayi abun kirki ba Idan aka masa auren, get out my frnd” Sudais ya sauke ajiyar xuciya a hankali ya mike ya bar wajen, Mami tace “Fadan kenan Abba?” Abba yace “Toh me xan ce masa, idan akwai wanda kika san xai yi aure soon kawai ki bada kayan gudunmawa, am nt in support of Aliyu getting married now, ya jira idan yayi 30” daga haka Abba ya mike ya bar parlon, murmushi kawai sudais yake shi kadai a daki, Anty Maryam ta shigo tace “Hankalin ka ya kwanta yanxu?” Da sauri yace “Wallahi Anty” Can nesa da Twins din khadijah ta xauna tana ta kallon yanda suke ta motsi, tsoronta daya ya xata yi da su idan suka fara kuka, kamar sun san tunanin da take taji daya ya fara kuka, Tashi tayi da sauri ta dau waya ta shiga kiran sudais, ya fito daga wanka kenan ya dau wayar ya katse ya kirata, kamar xata yi kuka tace “Wallahi gasu nan xasu fara” yace “Xa su fara me?” Tace “Kuka” murmushi yayi yana ci gaba da goge gashin kansa yace “Toh kiyi breastfeeding dinsu” xaro ido tayi tace “A’a ni dai madara Anty take basu” Yace “Toh sai ki basu madaran ai” hawaye ya cika idonta tace “Yaushe Anty xata dawo toh?” Yace “Ta tafi kenan ai” xaro ido tayi ta juya tana kallon yaran, kamar yasan abinda tayi yyi murmushi ya katse wayar ya fara shiryawa. Haka nan Khadijah ta dinga fama da yaran suna kuka tana kuka, gashi tana ta basu madaran basa sha, nan ko tun madarar safe da Mama suwaiba ta hada masu ne take basu, tun daga bakin kofa sudais ke jin kukan yaran ya shigo da sauri, tana ganinsa ta mike ta fashe da kuka tace “Ni dai don Allah ka tafi da su kar ka sake tafiya ka bar su” ko kallonta bai yi ba ya kwace feeder din hannunta bude baki yyi yana kallonta yace “Amira” tana goge idonta tace “Na’am” ya hade rai yace “Tunda kike kin taba shan shayi me sanyi, me yasa ke muguwa ce” kallonsa kawai ta tsaya yi, yyi tsaki ya dau dayan feeder din ma ya fita xuwa kitchen ya xubar da madarar ya xuba na xafi ya hada wani yyi diluting da ruwan gora ya dawo dakin, daukan little sudais yyi ya mika mata daya feeder yace “Ki dauki Muhd ki basa” ta turo baki ta karba ta dau yaran ta fara basa, tsit yaran suka yi gaba daya, bayan wani lkci ya juya yana kallon khadijah dake kallonsa, sauke idonta tayi da sauri, ya kwace feeder hannunta ganin a hancin d’an yaron ta saita yace “Kallon meye kike min xa ki xuba ma yaro madara a hanci” ta hade rai tace “Ai kai ma naga ka kalleni” shiru yyi yana kallonta, can yyi murmushi ya kwantar da little Sudais da har ya fara bacci ya karbi Muhd din hannunta a hankali yace “We will call him shureim” daga ido yyi yaga kallonsa take still, turo baki tayi ta dauke kai ta boye fuskarta jikin gado, yyi murmushi ya na ci gaba da ba shureim sauran madaran, har ya kwantar da yaron bata dago ba, ya tsura ma dogon gashinta ido dai dai lkcn da ta dago a hankali yyi saurin dauke kansa tace “Ae na kama ka”

Tashi sudais yyi daga karshe ya koma daki, ganin yanda ta dukunkune waje daya ya isa gadon a hankali yace “Are you cold” bata amsa ba don idonta a rufe suke, ya dauko duvet ya rufe ta da shi, murya can kasa tace ” thank you” ya tsaya yana kallonta don har sannan bata bude idon ba, juyawa yyi ya fita ya bar dakin ya tafi balcony ya xauna ya tsura ma motarsa dake parking space ido, tsoronsa daya mami hakan kuma yasa har lkcn xuciyarsa ke contemplating kan Khadijah, but is he that heartless after all, mikewa yyi daga karshe tunawa da yyi ko wanka bai yi ba gashi an kusa azahar, har ya kusa motarsa sai kuma ya tsaya, but can he go and leave her all alone here, bayan kusan minti biyu ya shiga gidan ya wuce bedroom ya ganta a kasa tana kakarin amai, tsaye yyi bakin kofar yana kallonta, ta fashe da kuka tana mai da numfashi, wayarsa ya fiddo a aljihunsa ya fita, bayan kusan minti sha biyar ya dawo dakin Yusuf na biye da shi a baya, bude ido tayi a hankali daga kwancen da take a kasa, Jin hannu a forehead dinta taga Dr Yusuf tsaye kanta sudais na daga gefensa, Dr Yusuf yace “Sorry, ya kike jin jikin ki…” Bata iya tace komai ba don ji tayi bakinta ya mata nauyi, yace “Me kike son ci yanxu?” Ta girgixa masa kai a hankali, ya kalli Sudais dake rungume da hannunsa yace “Try making a cup of tea with just milo for her pls” Sudais ya juya ya fita, ba a dau lkci ba ya dawo da cup din warm milo, Yusuf ne ya dinga forcing dinta ta shan tea din, cikin rawar murya hawaye na sakko mata tace “Wllh xai sa ni amai” Yusuf yace “Kadan xa ki sha” da ta kurbi kadan xata ajiye ta koma ta kwanta Yusuf xai hanata, sai da tayi rabin cup din sannan ya kyaleta ta ajiye ta kwanta tana sauke ajiyar xuciya, bata san sanda karfi ya xo mata ba lkci daya ta tashi duk sai da ta kwarare shayin nan kasan tiles, Sudais dake tsaye ya juya a hankali, can ya sake juyowa, ganin yanda Yusuf ya tsaya kallonta ya duka yace “Tashi ki je bayi ki wanke bakin ki” dafa gado tayi ta mike tana ganin jiri ta shiga bayin, Sudais ya shiga gyara gun aman, komawa gefen gado Yusuf yyi ya xauna ya shiga hada drips da injections, kwanciya tayi bayan ta fito, sai da yyi mata alluran sannan ya sa mata ruwan drip din, tsabar xaxxabi bata ji xafin syringe ba a lkcn, ya lulluba ta da bargo suka fita shi da Sudais dake ta tsaye. Khadijah bata san irin baccin da tayi ba ta dai bude ido taga dim light ne a dakin alamar wai dare yyi ta kalli drip din hannunta taga kamar sabo ne, cike da karfin hali ta mike xaune, ta fi minti goma xaune aka bude kofar dakin, Sudais ya shigo ya kunna wuta yana kallonta yace “Kin tashi?” Kai ta gyada masa, ya karaso yace “How are you feeling now?” A hankali tace “Da sauki” Yace “what did you want to eat?” Murya can kasa tace “Sallah xanyi” yace “Sallah?” Ta gyada masa kai, ya kalli ruwan hannunta, karasowa yyi ya cire mata tube din jikin alluran yace “But be careful kar ruwa ya shiga ciki” ta gyada masa kai, kasa mikewa tsaye tayi da farko don gani take xata iya faduwa, yace “Baxa ki iya ba?” Da kyar ta mike cike da karfin hali ta shiga bayin, ta kama ruwa ta dauro alwala ta fito, taga har ya shimfida mata darduma ya ajiye mata hijab ya fita, tun tana sllhn a tsaye har ta kasa ta fara yi a xaune, sai bayan da ta idar ya shigo dakin yana tsaye daga bakin kofa yace “Me xa ki ci?” Tayi shiru don a lkcn bbu abinda ke ranta bnda danwaken da Kyauta ta taba yi ranan a can gidan, ganin taki cewa komai ya karaso yace “Ki fadi abinda kike so xan je in siyo ynxu” ta kallesa kafin ta sauke idonta a hankali, yace “What did you want” murya can kasa tace “Danwake, amma tunda dare yyi kawai ka bar sa” tsaye yyi na d’an lkci kafin ya juya bai ce komai ba ya nufi kofa, har ya bude kofar xai fita ya juyo yace “But…. I don’t knw ur name” tana kallonsa a hankali tace “Khadijah….” Ganin yanda yake kallonta tace “Khadijah Muhammad” ya gyada kai yace “I will call you… Iman…. Cos you have the name of My mum” daga haka ya fita, ji gayi komai ya tsaya mata a lkcn, taji kamar ya fama mata wani ciwo ne a xuciyarta, har ya dawo kuma bata daina kukan da take ba kamar ranta xae fita, lkci daya hankalinsa ya tashi bayan ya ajiye warmer din danwaken, da damuwa yace “Me ya faru, why r u crying” cikin rawar murya tace “Don’t call me Iman plss don’t bana so” da mugun mamaki yake kallonta, can a hankali yace “Ohk I won’t” daga haka ya bude warmer din ya xuba mata danwaken a plate yana kallonta yace “Manja ko Man gyada?” Tayi shiru tana goge hawayen idonta, can a hankali tace “Man gyada” xuba mata yyi kadan, ya ajiye abincin da yajinsa a gabanta, bata iya ta ci da yajin ba, haka ta dinga ci gaya ko maggi bbu, gani take idan ta sa yajin xata yi amai, ba laifi ta ci me yawa, amma ta kasa shan ruwan da ya kawo mata, shi dai yana ta tsaye dakin yana danna waya lkci lkci yana kallonta, ganin bata sha ruwan ba yace “Why didn’t you drink d water” a hankali tace “amai, amma kila idan na sha mai xafi baxan yi ba,” wani kallo ya fara yi mata kafin ya tabe baki ya fita, ba a dau lkci ba ya dawo da ruwan dumi, cikin ikon Allah kuma bata yi aman ba da ta sha, sai da ya sa ta wanke baki snn ya maida mata drip din, tana kallonsa bata san lkcn da tace “Are you a doctor?” ya girgixa kai ba tare da ya kalleta ba yace “I am nt, but a lot of my frnds are” Komawa baya yyi bayan ya gama yace “Did you need anything, I mean anything?” Ta girgixa masa kai, xai yi magana wayarsa ta fara ring, ya dauka yana kallon screen din da sauri, gefen gado ya koma ya xauna ya daga ya kai kunne a hankali yace “Mami am on my way now, na tsaya yin wani abu ne, but nan da few minutes xan iso, Ki yi hakuri….” Sai bayan da ya mayar da wayar aljihu yace “Am going home now, anjima kadan Yusuf xai turo nurse da xa ta tsaya dake, she’s on her way now” a hankali Khadijah tace “Toh na gode” yace “No thanks” daga haka ya fita ya rufo mata kofar. Ko minti sha biyar bai yi da fita ba aka bude kofar dakin wata mata da baxata wuce 30 ba ta shigo dakin, ta karaso kusa da khadijah tace “Sannu ya jikin ki” ta gaisheta don ta gane ta tace da sauki, nurse din tace “Ba kya bukatar komai koh?” Khadijah ta gyada mata kai, tace “Toh ki kwanta kiyi bacci, Allah ya kara lfya” ba musu ta koma ta kwanta, nurse din ta juya ta fita, duk khadijah ta bude ido cikin dare sai ta ganta coincidentally ta shigo duba ruwan dake makale hannunta, duk da drip din kuma hakan bai hanata dinga jin xaxxabi sosai ba, sai kusan asuba ta cire mata drip din bayan ya kare, ta samu da kyar ta shiga bathroom, baki ta wanke tayi wanka ta dauro alwala ta fito, duk yanda ta so yin sllh a tsaye kasawa tayi don jiri ne ke dibanta sosai ga rawan sanyi da take, daga karshe tayi a xaune ta kwanta nan kan darduma, ji tayi ana tada ta ta bude ido da kyar taga nurse din ce, tace “Kin yi wanka ne?” Khadijah ta gyada mata kai, nurse din tace “Da ruwan sanyi?” Girgixa mata kai khadijah tayi tace “Akwai ruwan xafi a heater” nurse din tace “To tashi ki koma kan gado” da taimakonta khadijah ta koma kan gadon ta kwanta ta lullubeta ta fita. Takwas saura taji hannu forehead dinta ta bude ido da sauri, Dr Yusuf ta gani tsaye kanta yace “How are you feeling?” Ta tashi xaune tana gyara hijab dinta tace “Ina kwana” yace “Lafiya lau, ya jikin?” Ta sunkuyar da kai tace “Da sauki” ya kalli nurse din yace “She is having a running temperature” nurse din tace “Eh tun da tayi wanka da asuba” ya kalli khadijah yace “Da ruwan sanyi kika yi wankan?” Ta girgixa masa kai, ya kalli nurse din yace “Je ki bude mota akwai drips da injections da na taho da su daga clinic” tace “Ohk sir” daga haka ta fita, d’aga kai khadijah tayi taga kallonta yake, ya dauke idonsa yana girgixa kai ya nufi window ya dage curtains din yana kallon waje, bude kofa aka yi Sudais ya shigo da sallama, kananun kaya ne jikinsa lkci daya kamshin turarensa ya cika ko ina na dakin, a hankali cikin dubara ta toshe hancinta, Tun da ya kalleta sau daya bai sake kallonta ba ya nufi gun Dr Yusuf, bayan sun gaisa Yusuf yace “Ya su Mami” Sudais yace “They r ol fyn, amma daga clinic kake” Yusuf ya girgixa kai yace “No, yanxu dai xan je clinic din” Sudais yace “ohk how is she feeling now” kafin Yusuf yace komai ya nufo ta yana kallonta yace “Kin tashi lafiya?” Khadijah da har lkcn ta rufe hancinta tace “Ina kwana?” Yace “Lafiya lau, why are you uncomfortable” ta girgixa kai a hankali tana yamutse fuska tace “The perfume” kallon Yusuf yyi ya tabe baki, Nurse ta shigo da abinda Yusuf ya aiketa ta dauko, gaida sudais tayi ya amsa duk da sun gaisa a waje, Sudais ya maida dubansa kan Khadijah yace “Toh me xa ki ci” girgixa masa kai tayi tace “Bana jin yunwa yanxu” Yace “But you need to take something” shayi yasa Nurse ta hado mata mara xafi, ganin Cup din shayin kadai ya dinga tada mata xuciya har da hawayenta, hankali tashe tace “I said am nt hungry plss” Yusuf dai na tsaye kusa da window yana kallon su, Sudais ya karbi shayin ya hade rai ya mika mata yace “Collect it now, ina ruwan wani da rashin jin yunwar ki” Karba tayi ta runtse ido ta rike breath dinta ta kai baki amma ta ki sha, can ta bude ido a hankali tana kallon sa kamar xata yi kuka, taga yanda ya hade rai yana kallonta, kauda fuskarta tayi tace “Don Allah kayi hakuri Allah baxan iya sha ba amai xan yi” yace “Sha kiyi aman” bata ce komai ba kuma bata sha ba, ta kalli Yussuf taga ya rungume hannu yana kallon su kawai, Nurse din tace “Ki daure ki sha kin ji yan mata” runtse ido ta kara yi bata ce mata komai ba, wani tsawa da ya tsorata ta Sudais ya mata yace “Wa kike tunanin xaki dinga ba wahala” bata san lkcn da ta kai shayin baki ba ta kurba, sauka tayi daga kan gadon da sauri jin amai ya taho mata nurse din tayi saurin karban Cup din hannunta ta ajiye, ta shiga bayi tana amai, ita ta taimaka mata ta gyara jikinta ta cire mata hijab ta wanke gun sannan suka fito tana rike da hannunta, bin su Sudais yyi da kallo har ta xaunar da khadijah gefen gado ta kwanta tana maida numfashi, Shi dai Yusuf har lkcn bai ce komai ba, ya karasa gun da nurse din ta ajiye ruwan drip din ya dauka ya fara hadawa, ita ya bar ma ta sa mata sannan ya kalli Sudais yace “Barrister…. I will be on my way now” Sudais ya bi bayansa suka fita. Xa a iya cewa kusan a gidan Sudais ya wuni ranan don da ya fita xai dawo, Nurse din kuma karfe sha biyu ta wuce, duk shigowar da xai yi daki kuma sai Khadijah ta farka daga baccin da take, wani lkcn ya mata sannu, wani lkcn kuma kawai ya juya ya fita. Tun bayan awaran da ta sa ya siyo mata ta samu ta ci kadan bata sake yarda ta ci komai ba don shi dinma damunta yake tayi gashi ta kasa yin aman, Karfe shidda saura ta bude ido jin budewar kofar, shi da Yusuf suka shigo, Yusuf ya mata ya jiki, ta gaishesa, Sudais na kallonta yace “I think Gobe xa mu je can Kaduna…” Sai a snn ta kallesa hnkli tace “Toh” Yusuf yace “Why nt ka bari ta fara samun Lafiya, she’s so sick” Sudais ya nufi kofa yace “Noo, she’s leaving tomorrow, for how long am I going to keep her here?” sai kuma ya juyo yace “Or is she going to stay here for ever? You knw presently I will be bringing a woman in here….” Daga haka ya fita, Yusuf ya bi sa da ido, can ya kalle Khadijah yace “What’s ur name?” A hankali tace “Khadijah” yace “Khadijah are you sure you are nt lying about ur self” hawaye ne ya cika idonta tana girgixa masa kai tace “To God who made me, I didnt lie.” Yau din ma nurse din ce ta kwana gidan tare da Khadijah, karfe bakwai da yan mintuna na safe sudais ya shigo gidan, parlor ya xauna bayan ya ajiye flask din hannunsa suka gaisa da nurse din yace “Don Allah ki sa ta shirya anytime soon xa mu kama hanya…” Ruwan xafi nurse din ta sa ma khadijah tayi wanka, ta fito bayan ta yi wankan tana rawan sanyi, nurse din ta ajiye mata daya daga kayan da sudais ya siyo mata dake cikin leda da lotion sannan ta fita, da kyar khadijah ta daure ta tashi ta shirya ta sa Hijab, sai sannan nurse din ta dawo tana kallonta tace “Ki fito yana jiran ki” daga haka ta fita khadijah ta mike a hankali ta bi bayanta, cup din kunun da sudais ya sa aka siyo mata nurse din ta dauka ta bata, amsa tayi tana kallon cikin cup din, can ta dago a hankali ta kalli sudais dake kallonta ta sauke idonta tace “Ina kwana?” Yace “How you feeling?” Ta gyada kai tace “Da sauki.” A hankali ta fara shan kunun tana tsoron kar tayi amai, cikin ikon Allah bata ji Aman ba, ta ajiye kusan Rabin cup tace ya isheta, mikewa yyi yace “Ina jiran ku a waje, you help me lock d door pls ga makulli a jiki” ya fadi hakan yana kallon nurse sannan ya juya ya fita, Khadijah ta bi sa da ido yana sanye cikin bakar suit da wando sai farar T-shirt da necktie banda kyalli bbu abinda cover shoe din kafarsa ke yi, nurse din ta kai flask da kunun cup din kitchen sannan ta fito tana kallon khadijah tace “Toh tashi muje” dafa kujera tayi ta mike nurse din na gaba ta bi bayanta har suka fita nurse din ta rufe kofar da makulli ta cire sannan ta tafi gun motarsa Khadijah na bin ta. Yana daga cikin motar ta mika masa ya karba yace “Shigo in rage maki hanya madam” nurse din tace “Toh” ita ta shiga gaban motar khadijah ta shiga baya, sai bayan sun fita gidan ya fito daga motar ya rufe gidan sannan ya koma ya ja motar suka bar layin, dai dai wani junction nurse din ta sauka tana masa godiya, kudin mota ta bata sannan ya ci gaba da tukinsa. Tun da suka fara tafiya khadijah ke jin xuciyarta ke tashi duk ta xama restless, yana lura da ita ta madubi bai dai ce komai ba, bayan wani lkci tace “Amai nake ji plss” yana kallonta ta madubi yace “Amai??” Toshe bakin ta yyi da hannunta da sauri, ya gangara gefen titi ta bude motar da sauri ta sauka ta dinga kwarara amai bakin hanyan, fitowa yyi ya tsaya jikin mota ya rungume hannu yana kallonta, ta gama Aman tana maida numfashi da kyar, bude front seat yyi ya dauko table water ya mika mata ta karba ta wanke bakin ta da fuskarta sannan ta mike kanta a kasa, ya nuna mata front seat yace “Shiga” a hankali ta karasa ta shiga ya rufe motar sannan ya xaga ya shiga, kasa yyi mata da kujerar ya ci gaba da driving dinsa. Har suka yi nisa sosai a tafiyar bacci take, sudais dake kallonta lkci lkci ya gangara gefen titi yyi parking, suit din jikinsa ya cire ya rufa mata ganin sanyi take ji duk da bai kunna ac ba, ta bude ido a hankali tana kallonsa, ya ci gaba da driving dinsa. Sai da suka shigo traffic a kano ta farka, ya kalleta yace “Xa ki ci wani abu ne?” Da sauri ta girgixa masa kai, yace “Ko xa ki ci apple?” Shiru tayi tana kallon mai hawking apple dake tsaye gefen glass dinsa, ya dau suit dake jikinta ya cire kudi sannan ya mayar ya rufa mata ya sauke glass ya siya apples guda shidda ya ajiye kusa da ita, daya ta dauka ta kai baki a hankali gabanta na faduwa, taji bakin ta ba dadi ta dinga taunan Apple din a hankali tana tsoron kar ta ji amai, har ta ci rabi bata ji aman ba kafin su bar kano har ta cinye biyu daga nan kuma bacci ya dauketa. Khadijah bata sake farkawa ba sai da suka shigo garin kaduna kusan karfe uku, ganin ta tashi yace “Wani anguwa ne gidansu Aliyun yake?” A hankali tace “GRA” bai ce komai ba ya dinga driving a hankali sbda traffic, cikin minti ashirin suka shigo Gra, khadijah ta dinga yi masa kwatance har suka iso dai dai kofar gidansu Aliyu Sudais ya juya yana kallonta.

Silence din kusan 3 minutes ne ya biyo baya a parlorn, a hankali Khaleel ya dago kansa yana kallon khadijah da ta hade kanta da gwiwa, har ransa yake jin shesshekar kukanta, gashi ya kasa cewa komai, he is just lost of words, jinginar da kan sa yyi da kujera na kusan minti biyu kafin ya tashi a hankali ya isa gabanta ya duka ya dago kanta yana kallon idanuwanta da suka yi jajir, ta yi saurin sauke idonta daga kallon nasa kwayar idon da su ma suka sauya kamanninsu xuwa ja wasu sabbin hawayen na sakko mata, har lkcn Khaleel ya kasa cewa komai sai kallonta yake, bayan wasu dakiku abinda ya fito bakinsa cikin xaxxakan muryarsa shine “Forget about sudais, he did what he did for the sake of Allah, eraze him of ur mind”

Da sauri khadijah ta dago tana kallonsa, ya mike ya koma kujerar da yake xaune yace “Yeah, ki mance da kin ma taba sanin sa a rayuwar ki, I mean that sudais…” Khadijah dake ta kallonsa ko kiftawa babu tayi karfin halin cewa “Ko saboda me?” A takaice yace “Ohk, it seems biyansa abinda ya maki kike son yi kenan?? If that’s ur wish kema xaki iya taimakon marayu ai, I see no reason for good six years xa ki dinga tunani daya ba, beside he needs nothing from you, domin Allah yayi kuma Allah ne xai biyasa” Khadijah ta hade rai ta mike tana masa wani kallo tace “I regret telling you who i am, of all my story… part din sudais kadai ka ji da kyau halan? Shi kadai ka iya recalling? I just wasted the time I was suppose to use for sleeping” Daga haka ta nufi daki ta bar masa parlorn tana share hawayen idonta, Khaleel ya bi ta da ido ko kiftawa babu, jinginar da kansa yyi da kujera ya lumshe ido a hankali, wani mugun tausayinta ne ke shigarta, Sudais? Abinda ya fadi kenan a xuciyarsa ya bude ido da sauri, can ya tabe baki ya mike, ya fi minti biyu a tsaye yana kallon agogon dake nuna karfe uku saura kafin ya nufi bedroom dinta, xaune ya ganta kasa ta hade kai da gwiwa, Aliyu ne kawai ya fado xuciyarsa… ya hade hakoransa yana imagination kala kala a xuciyarsa, can yyi wani murmushi ya karasa cikin dakin yana kallonta ya durkusa gabanta, da farko rasa abinda xai ce mata yyi, can a hankali yace “Am sorry Khadijah, you misinterpret what I meant, ur story…. It is just heartbreaking, it’s sad… you’ve past through a lot in life at a very tender age, but am happy you proved to be a strong lady, strong lady indeed….” Shiru yyi yana kallonta ko kiftawa babu har lkcn ta ki dago kanta, a hankali ya kai hannunsa ya dago ta suna hada ido ta rufe idon, murmushin sa mai kyau yyi yana kallonta, murya can kasa yace “Those cute boys….” Sai kuma yyi shiru, bayan wani lkci yace “You are going no where from UK, Aliyu ne xai bar maki UK ba ke xaki bar masa ba am giving you my words, kina nan har ki gama karatun ki” ta bude idonta a hankali tace “Ae ya riga yasan makarantar, he will surely keep on looking for me” hawaye ne ya cika idonta cikin sanyin murya tace “Ni ban san me xan masa ba yake nema na” murmushi Khaleel yyi yace “Xai daina neman ki soon” Tana son kallonsa amma idanuwansa are not encouraging, ya lura da haka sai ta basa dariya ya mike yace “Alright then, life moves on, ki kwantar da hankalin ki babu wanda ya isa ya hana ki walwala a kasar nan am assuring you, ki tashi kiyi wanka sai kiyi sllh if you wish and then go to bed, the night is far gone” Khadijah dake wasa da fingers dinta tace “But ina son xan je in ga su Umma…” Yace “When?” A hankali tace “Ko gobe” shiru ya d’an yi kafin yace “Alryt then Allah ya kai mu” Ya fi minti uku a tsaye har sai da ta daga kai ta kallesa ta ga kallonta yake tayi saurin dauke kanta, yayi murmushi murya can kasa yace “Good nyt” kai ta gyada masa daga haka ya juya ya fita duk jikinsa a sanyaye, she is really a strong lady, yana fita ya kulle mata kofar, haka kawai khadijah taji ta samu relieve sosai don kusan ji tayi babu abinda ke damunta a ranta kuma, tashi tayi a hankali tayi yanda Khaleel ya ce mata, sai kusan karfe uku da rabi bacci me nauyi ya dauketa.

Tun da ya fito daki Kanwar Abbansa Hajiya Mariya ke bin sa da kallo, kitchen ya shiga ya fito ya sake shiga ya fito kamar xai koma daki sai kuma ya sake shiga kitchen din sai gashi ya kara fitowa Hajiya Mariya tace “Aliyu” juyawa yyi da sauri yana kallon direction din da take don bai ma san tana wajen ba, har ya iso inda take kallonsa take, ya xauna gefen kujera yace “Na’am mum” da damuwa tace “Aliyu what’s wrong with you pls, meye matsalar ka dubi yanda ka lalace, abun har ya kai ya kawo ka fara behaving kamar mara hankali, yanxu meye ma’anar shiga da ficen da kake a kitchen kamar wanda ya xauce” k’asa kallonta yyi ya sunkuyar da kansa, wanda hakan yasa jikinta yyi mugun sanyi, tasowa tayi ta dawo kusa da shi tace “Gaya min abinda ke damun ka Aliyu, you Neva knw if I can be of help, ko baka dauke ni kamar Anty fatima bane” Hawayen da ta gani idonsa ya kara daga mata hankali duk ta rikice tace “Subhanallahi, Aliyu, why the tears, don girman Allah ka gaya min meye ya faru, or have you gone wrong somewhere? Tel me son..” damuwa ce karara dauke fuskarta, ya girgixa kai yace “Just keep on praying for me mum, and… I will be going to Nigeria tomorrow, amma baxan jima ba xan dawo” daga haka ya mike ya bar ta gun xaune ta bi sa da kallo baki bude, tashi tayi ta wuce dakinta ta dau waya ta shiga kiran Mumy, ba a dau lkci ba ta daga bayan sun gaisa da damuwa tace “Anty fatima ni dai ko xa ki kira Aliyu ki ji me ke faruwa wllh gaba daya na rasa gane kansa yana cikin damuwa sosai, yanxu ma da na sa shi gaba sai ya fada min damuwarsa hawaye fa ya fara min kuma ya ki fada, I really don’t knw his problem, wllh ko abincin kirki bai ci sai kinga yanda ya rame…” Mumy ta tabe baki tace “Ina ga ke ce baki taba lura ba sai wannan xuwan da yyi maki, amma Aliyu ai ko da yaushe cikin damuwa xa ki gansa, ni na saba ma ganinsa a hakan, ni dai bani da xurfin ciki haka ma mahaifinsa so I don’t knw… Shi ya sani, na sha ce masa idan ma wani laifin ya aikata ma Allah yayi ta istigifari, or may be ya ji labarin auren da Abbansa ke shirin masa ne shi yasa hankalinsa ya kara tashi” da mamaki Hajiya Mariya tace “Aure kuma?? Yaushe?” Mumy tace “Yanxu ma shirye shiryen da ake ta yi kenan, idan ya dawo sai ya dau matar su yi ta yawon da yake yi tare, amma kar ki gaya ma sa, shi yasa ma yayan ki bai gaya maki ba, just let him… Kila idan aka yi auren xai dawo hankalinsa” Hajiya Mariya tace “Toh ai ya ma ce min gobe xai tafi Nigeria” Mumy tace “Toh dai dai kenan goben juma’ah dama xa a daura auren ke dai kar ki ma ce masa komai, sai ya xo muna jiransa” jikin Hajiya Mariya yyi sanyi sosai don har ga Allah bata ji dadin jin hakan ba duk da ita ma rashin aurensa na damunta amma aure without his knowledge kuma?? Sallama mumy tayi mata ta katse wayar.Tun da Khadijah ta fito rike da karamar jakarta daga cikin apartment dinta khaleel dake tsaye ya rungume hannunsa ke kallonta cikin bakin glass din idonsa kuma saboda ita ya sa glass din, abaya baki ne jikinta da mayafinsa, sosai kayan ya haska ta daga nisa kamar balarabiya, tana isowa gun da yake ya dauke kansa ya fara tafiya xuwa waje, taxi ya tsayar masu don motarsa na gun wani abokinsa, ya bude mata ta shiga sannan shi ma ya shiga, sai da suka dau hanya yace “Have you call home? I mean kin gaya masu kina tahowa?” Girgixa masa kai tayi, yace “Why?” Kamar xata yi kuka tace “Umma xata iya cewa kar in taho” khaleel ya hade rai yace “Toh tunda haka ne meye amfanin xuwan? Kawai ki fasa, da kin gaya min haka tun a gida ma ni baxan fito ba” Hararansa tayi daga sama har Kasa bata ce komai ba, ya xaro ido daga cikin glass dinsa, kamar me counting words din yace “Did… you… just… eye me?” ta sake juyawa ta maka masa wani hararan tace “You check for your self, kuma ni ban ce dole ka rakani airport ba, xaka iya komawa gida” lkci daya ya xare glass din idonsa suka hada ido, tayi saurin boye fuskarta a kafarta kamar xata yi kuka tace “Bana so” murmushi yyi bai ce komai ba ya mayar da glass din ya shiga danna wayarsa, har suka iso airport bbu wanda yace komai cikinsu sai dai lkci lkci yake satan kallonta, Khadijah ta bude cab din ta fita shima ya fita ta daya side din ya ba mai taxin kudinsa, kallon agogo yayi kafin su shiga airport din, khaleel ne yyi mata komai a airport din tana xaune ya dawo ya xauna gefenta ya mika mata ticket, xaro ido tayi tace “Noo, give me ur account details pls” wani kallo yyi mata yace “Toh Hajiya” daga haka ya dauke kansa, jikinta yyi sanyi bata iya tace komai ba, Wayarta ta ciro a jaka xata tura ma Vanessa text don bata ce mata xata yi tafiya ba, kamar ance ta kalli side dinta ta ga Aliyu xaune though nesa da su yana danna wayarsa, gabanta yyi mugun faduwa…. Lkci daya kuma babu abinda ya fado mata rai sai yan biyunta kamanninsu ya baci ne kawai, xuciyarta ya dinga bugawa ta dauke kai da sauri tana addu’ar Allah yasa ba jirgi daya xa su yi boarding ba, kallonta Khaleel yyi ganin yanda ta matso kusa da shi ba tare da tasan tayi hakan ba, suna hada ido tayi saurin sunkuyar da kai trying to control her self, da wani expression khaleel dake kallonta yace “What?” Ta girgixa masa kai da sauri kuma har lkcn ta ki dago kanta, bata kuma matsa daga kusa da shi ba, duk iya kallon khaleel a wajajen bai ga komai ba sai turawa da few bakaken fata dake wajen, a hankali yace “Khadijah” ta dago da sauri tana kallonsa, yace “What happened?” Girgixa masa kai tayi da sauri, a tsorace tace “I don’t knw why I am afraid” ya d’an bude ido yace “Afraid? Of what” ta buda masa hannu kamar xata yi kuka, shiru yyi na few seconds, a hankali taji yace “Ohk shud I accompany you?” Ta dago tana kallonsa, dogon hancinsa da bakinsa kadai take gani banda idanuwansa, samun kanta tayi da gyada masa kai, yace “Ohk then” mikewa yyi ta bi sa da kallo tana boye fuskarta da mayafin jikinta ta saci kallon direction din Aliyu, yanxu ba danna waya yake ba ya dai jinginar da kansa da kujera yana kallon yaran turawa dake tare da uwarsu suna tafiya, da sauri ta dauke kanta. Har suka shiga jirgi Khadijah bata daina shisshge ma Khaleel ba, tayi sa’a kuma seat dinsa kusa da ita, suna keta haxo ta dinga bin jirgin da kallo cikin dubara amma ba ta ga alamar Aliyu ba, bacci ne ya dauketa daga karshe sai dai ta rufe rabin fuskarta da veil dinta, khaleel ya dinga kallonta, ya rasa gane irin tausayin da yake ma khadijah, ya san har ransa kuma he don’t knw why, a hankali ta jinginar da kanta a shoulder dinsa, jawota yyi jikinsa ya lumshe idanuwansa, bayan awanni da dama Khadijah ta bude idonta a hankali, kallonsa tayi ta janye jikinta da sauri daga nasa, ya buda manyan idanuwansa yace “Are you hungry?” Ta girgixa masa kai, kamar ance ta kalli gefensu taga Aliyu xaune ya makala earpiece a kunnensa idonsa a lumshe, boye fuskarta tayi jikin khaleel jikinta na bari, khaleel ya riketa da mamaki yace “Are you okay?” Girgixa masa kai tayi a tsorace, bin jirgin ya dinga yi da kallo shi ma, lkci daya idonsa ya sauka kan Aliyu, haka kawai yaji gabansa ya fadi… Ya dinga kallonsa ko kiftawa babu don ko ba a fada ba kawai ya ga shureim da sudais a tattare da shi, lkci daya ya dauke kai, Khadijah da ta rufe fuska ta ki yarda ta kallesa, sauran journey din gaba daya daga ita har khaleel they where uncomfortable, khaleel ya kalli direction din Aliyu ya fi a kirga, gwara Khadijah tayi kokarin ganin bata sake kallon direction din ba, few hours kafin jirginsu ya sauka Abuja Khadijah ta d’an saci kallon gefensu dai dai lkcn da Aliyu ya juyo, hada ido suka yi sai dai fuskarta dama a rufe yake, ji tayi kamar an soka mata mashi a xuciya tayi saurin kauda kanta, shi ko yana ta kallonta bayan wani lkci ya dauke kansa. Har suka yi set down Khadijah ko da wasa ba ta juya kanta ba. Khaleel ya jira mutane suka fara sauka kafin ya mike, ita ma ta tashi da sauri, kamar xata shige jikinsa haka ta dinga bin sa har suka sauka matakalan jirgin, tsaye ta hango Aliyu nesa da jirgin yana kallonsu bayan shi ya sauka, taji kafafuwarta sun kasa daukar ta don tasan kila ya ganeta ne, har suka sauka Khaleel bai gansa ba don wani abokin sa bature ya dauke hankalinsa suna gaisawa, Aliyu dake ta kallon idanuwan khadijah da su kadai yake iya gani ya nufo ta, dai dai gabanta ya tsaya lkci daya ya fixge veil din fuskarta yana kallonta, rikicewa tayi, khaleel ya juya da sauri, ganin abinda Aliyu yyi ya cakumosa cikin tsawa yana masa wani mugun kallo yace “How dare you?”

Daga sama har kasa Aliyu ke kallon Khaleel da ya ki sake sa, Aliyu ya dake yace “Who are you?” khadijah na ganin haka a rikice ta ajiye jakar hannunta tace “Noo plss Dr ka kyale shi…” Khaleel na kallon kwayar idon Aliyu strictly yace “Stay away from her or else you regret it….” Yana fadin haka ya sakesa, Aliyu yyi wani murmushi yace “And who are you to tell me that? Her boyfriend? Husband or??” Juyowa khaleel yyi a mugun fusace ya sake cakumosa Aliyu ma ya cakumesa yana mayar masa da irin kallon da yake masa, khaleel yace “Both! Husband and boyfriend” dariya Aliyu yyi yace “You are very very stupid, idan ma mijinta ne kai ka shirya rabuwa da ita domin kuwa she is not meant for you” Khadijah na ganin abun ya kai haka ta shiga tsakaninsu da sauri cikin kuka tace “Wayyo na shiga uku, don Allah don annabi ku rufa min asiri ku yi hakuri” tayi facing din khaleel dake hade fist dinsa yana ma Aliyu wani irin kallo ta rikesa hawaye na sakko mata tace “Plss am begging you ka kyale sa don Allah Dr” lkci daya khaleel ya sake Aliyu ya kama hannunta ya dau jakarta, Aliyu ya fiddo complimentary card dinsa a aljihu ya saka a na Khaleel yana kallon kwayar idonsa yace “I will be waiting for ur call young man” still khaleel yyi kamar xai cire ya jefar sai kuma ya bari ya juya kamar xai tashi sama ya bar wajen Khadijah ta dinga bin sa xuciyarta na bugawa, Aliyu ya bi su da kallo yana murmushi a hankali yace “I will surely get you soon Iman, not when I have set my eyes on you” ta waigo ta kallesa tayi saurin dauke kai, har suka shiga cab Khadijah waigawa take taga ko ya biyo su, sai dai ta kasa ganewa don mutane ne da yawa ko ganinsa bata sake yi ba, duk ta kasa samun nutsuwa, tana kallon Khaleel da har sannan fuskarsa ke a daure kamar xata yi kuka tace “Plss Dr kar ka sake kulasa” Kallonta khaleel yyi a fusace xuciyarsa na heaving yace “That’s idan bai shiga rayuwar ki ba, Billah xan iya yi masa komai, I don’t care… Ina da wanda ya tsaya min a kasar nan, look… my father….” Sai kuma yyi shiru, lkci daya idanuwansa suka canxa kamanni, Khadijah jikinta yyi sanyi sosai, muryar khaleel ne ya dawo da ita tunanin da ta tafi, cikin sanyayyan muryarsa yace “Don’t forget this is Abuja, ina xa mu? Thinking Kaduna kika ce min Umma take” A hankali tace “Dole sai mun bi train xuwa Kaduna” yace “Why not flight” ta hararesa tace “Bayan mun baro airport din, kawai kaje xaka tara mana crowd a airport ko meye na kulasa” bai ce komai ba sai kallon tagar taxin yake, khadijah ta sanar ma mai taxin train station xai kai su, Tsaki taji khaleel ya ja yace “Seriously It’s being long aka ba ta min rai haka… Da ba don airport bane we ought have teach each other a lesson da guy din nan, I don’t even care about d securities there…” Khadijah dai sai kallonsa take ganin how serious he was, Juyowa yyi ya kalleta tayi saurin dauke kanta, murya can kasa yace “It’s because of you khadijah, don ke na kyalesa da mun yi karamin exercise a wajen nan” ta tabe baki tace “Ni dai babu ruwana” yayi murmushi da ya bayyana dimples dinsa yace “Billah ke kuwa ke da ruwa baby” kallonsa tayi da sauri, ya tsuke fuska kamar ba shi ya fada ba ya fiddo wayarsa yana dannawa, tayi murmushi tana ci gaba da kallon waje, suna isa station suka samu jirgin kasa mai xuwa Kaduna, Khaleel ya yankar masu ticket, sai da jirgin ya tashi khadijah ta kallesa tace “Are you a Nigerian” kallonta yyi, ta sauke idonta, yyi murmushi yace “Sure, A Nigerian… From Kaduna also, why do you ask, ko ban yi kama da ku ba ne” bata ce komai ba, shima bai ce komai ba, bayan few hours suka isa station din train dake kaduna, Napep suka dauka da xai kai su har gida, Yace “Do I have to accompany you har kofar gida” Khadijah ta kallesa sannan ta sa mai Napep ya tsaya tace “Sauka toh ka hau wani adai daitan ka tafi gidan ku” wara ido yyi yace “Like serious??” Ta langwabar da kai tace “Sure” murmushi yyi ya sauka yace “Ohk then” tace “Yeah, thanks” daga haka ta sa mai Napep din ya wuce khaleel ya bi su da kallo. Khadijah na isa gida ta sauka ta bude Jakarta, tunawa tayi ba kudi wajenta ta basa hakuri tace bari ta amso a ciki sannan ta shiga gida, sudais da shureim ne parlor suna kallon cartoon, suna ganinta suka mike a guje suka yi kanta suna mata oyoyo ta rungumesu gaba daya cike da murnan ganin yan biyunta, Umma dake kitchen ta fito da mamaki tana kallonta, da kyar ta yakice yaran a jikinta ta nufi Umma ta rungumeta tace “Ummata na dawo” Umma na kallonta tace “What happened Khadijah??” Ta marairaice tace “Umma ina missing din ku ne na taho fa” Umma ta hade rai tace “Kina da hankali kuwa, kamar warce xata taho daga kano, yaushe kika koma da har xaki taho yanxu” shiru ta yi bata ce komai ba, Umma ta saki baki tana kallonta a mamaki, juyawa khadijah tayi ta nufi jakar Umma dake ajiye parlorn ta bude ta fiddo kudi tace “Umma bari in kai ma mai adai daita” daga haka ta fita ta kai ma sa kudin sa twins dinta na rike da ita, suna dawowa parlor duk suka haye kanta Shureim yace “Anty ina wannan uncle din nan dake UK, did he tell you to greet us?” Khadijah tayi murmushi tace “Sure sweetheart” Sudais yace “Anty is he also from Nigeria, I like him” Umma dake kallonsu tace “Wani uncle suke fadi?” Khadijah ta saci kallonta tace “Neighbor dina ne fa Umma” Umma tace “Ba mace bace kwanaki da muka je?” Khadijah tace “Ayya, Nancy ai ta tashi” Shiru Umma tayi kafin tace “Toh dai a kula, Allah ya ci gaba da tsare ku” A hankali khadijah tace “Ameen” Umma tace “Toh don me wai baxa ku xauna tare da Vanessa ba?” Khadijah tace “Umma am nt comfortable a gidanta ne” Umma tace “You have no choice, bana son xaman ki gida daya da namiji” da sauri khadijah ta kalleta, murmushi tayi tace “Umma he is a Nigerian, kuma I think bahaushe” Umma tace “So?” Shiru Khadijah tayi, Dai dai nan wayar dake jakarta ya fara ring ta bude jaka da sauri ta fiddo tunawa da tayi wayar khaleel ne, shiru ta yi tana kallon number kafin ta daga, muryarsa taji yace “Are you home?” Ta saci kallon Umma Kafin ta mike tace “Uhn” daga haka ta wuce daki yaranta suka bi bayanta Umma ta bi su da kallo.

Flight Aliyu ya bi ya taho kaduna, Ji yayi gaba daya ba wani sauran damuwa a tare da shi, lkci lkci sai yyi murmushi, har ya isa gida a taxi tunanin Khadijah yake, he is just happy seeing her today, bayan ya sauka taxi mamakin me ake yi a gidan ya dinga yi ganin mutane da manyan motoci har su Usman da Sanusi shadda ce sabuwa jikinsu, suna ganinsa suka washe baki suna masa sannu da dawowa, ya amsa gaisuwarsu ya entrance din gidan, ganin takalma da yawa alamar mutane ne sosai parlorn ya xaga ta baya, iklima ce bakin tap a durkushe tana kwarara amai, ya karasa yana kallonta ganin uban kunshin da aka mata ga kitso an yaryara mata a kai, yace “Baki da lafiya ne?” Jin muryarsa ta dago da sauri, lkci daya ta mayar da kanta ta sunkuyar, tana maida numfashi da kyar tace “Sannu da dawowa yaya Aliyu” bai damu da ya amsa ba yace “Me ake yi a gidan nan?” Shiru tayi da farko kafin tace “Aurenmu” Few seconds yyi amfani da wajen apprehending abinda ta fada, cike da confusion yace “Aurenmu? Aurenmu da wa?” Still bata kallesa ba tace “Ni da kai” bude baki yyi yana kallonta dai dai fitowar Anty khadijah tayi wani shegen haske ta xama katuwar gaske, tana ganinsa ta saki guda tace “Saukar yaushe ango?” Aliyu na xaro ido yace “Anty ban gane ba, ango kuma?” Anty khadijah na taunar cingam da ya cika waje da kara tace “Tafi Anty fati na daki xata maka bayani yanda xaka gane my son” daga haka ta nufi ‘yar ta tace “Ki taso mu je, mai make up din ta gaji da jira” janta tayi suka Wuce ciki suka bar Aliyu tsaye baki bude, har lkcn shi dai bai fahimci komai ba. Wucewa ciki yyi direct ya tafi sama Dakin Mumy ba tare da ya kula da mutanen dake parlor ba, ita da frnds dinta sai mahaifiyar Abbansa da suke kira da yaya ne xaune dakin, yyi hankalin gaishesu kafin yace “Mumy I don’t get what’s happening in this house” Yaya tace “Bikin ku ake yi da ‘yar uwar ka” Aliyu ya yo waje da ido yace “Wace yar uwar tawa?” Yaya tace “Iklima, Allah bai yi da Hanan ba” Wani kallo Aliyu ya dinga yi mata kafin yace “Allah ya kiyaye, wace iklimar? Iklima da ta gagari kowa gidan nan xa a makala min, No Mumy I have never failed you but… No mum me yasa xaki min xabin da xai cutar da ni, mumy kema kinsan iklima ta fi karfina, Mumy ki rufa min asiri…” Tsawa Mumy tayi masa ta mike tana masa wani mugun kallo tace “Get out Abuturrab, idan an kai ma iklima gidan ka kayi gunduwa gunduwa da namanta ko kuma ka koro mana ita, fita nace” Juyawa Aliyu yyi ya fice daga dakin, Yaya tace “Fatima, da gaske yarinyar ta gagari kowa? Ni dai an san ba saninta nayi ba, kar ku cutar min jika” Mumy ta hade rai tace “Yaya yar yar uwata ce uwa daya uba daya fa” tana fadin haka ta fita dakin, kawayenta suka bi ta da kallo.

Washegari da yamma khadijah na xaune parlor tare Umma da Nanny dake yankan alaiyahu, reading material dinta ne hannunta tana dubawa, Umma tace “Wai da wa su sudais ke waya haka ne tun daxu Khadijah?” Khadijah ta dago kanta tana kallonta a hankli tace “Umma wani ne” Umma tace “A ina kika san sa? Ko in ce a ina suka san sa” Murmushi kawai khadijah tayi bata dai ce komai ba, jin little sudais na kiranta ta juya tana kallon direction din dakin sai ga shi tare da d’an uwansa, wayar hannunsa ya mika mata yace “Uncle yace we shud hand over the phone to you” Khadijah ta amshi wayar tana satan kallon Umma dake kallonsu ta mike ta wuce daki, rufe kofar dakin tayi ta xauna gefen gado ta kai wayar kunne tace “Yes? Ina ji” Yace “Yea I knw kina ji, can I come over to see d boys now?” Shiru Khadijah tayi tana kallon agogo kafin tace “Xan gaya ma Umma tukun” yace “Alryt then, I will be waiting for ur call” a hankali tace “Tohm” daga haka ya katse wayar, tunanin me xata ce ma Umma ta dinga yi kafin ta mike ta fita, xauna gefen kujera tayi murya can kasa tace “Umma someone is coming over now” Umma ta daga kai ta kalleta tace “Who?” Ta d’an turo baki tace “Wani ne” murmushi Umma tayi tace “Allah kawo sa” khadijah ta mike ta koma daki, text ta tura ma khaleel na address din unguwarsu da house number. Cikin minti talatin khaleel ya iso gidan, Khadijah ta sa Hijab ta fito daga dakinta ta shiga na umma tana kallonta tace “Umma yana waje” Umma tace “A wajen xa ki bar sa baxai shigo ba” murmushi kawai khadijah tayi ta fita, tun da ta fito gate take kallon motar da khaleel ya xo da shi har ta isa gun motar ta tsaya tana wasa da fingers dinta, bude motar yyi ya fito ya xaga ta inda take, farar gizna ne jikinsa sai walkiya yake da hula, wani kyau yyi na musamman ya dawo kamar balarabe cikin shigar hausawa, Ita dai bata taba ganinsa da irin shigar ba ta dauke kai daga kallonsa tace “Dama kana sa manyan kaya?” Ya d’an bude ido ya rungume hannunsa ya jingina da motar yace “Dama kina sa Hijab?” Dariya ya bata amma bata yi ba tace “Aa sai kananun kaya in yi sagging wandon” xaro ido khaleel yyi yana kallonta, tayi murmushi bata kalli direction din sa ba, Kallonta ya tsaya yi na few seconds kafin yace “Where are the boys?” Tace “Suna ciki” yace “Amma kin san ba wajen ki na xo ba dai koh” shiru ta yi trying her best not to look at him, can tayi murmushi tace “Alryt then” daga haka ta nufi gate, Wara ido yayi yace “Khadijah” sai da ta isa gate tace “Bari in turo maka su” yace “Wait…” Amma tuni ta shige gidan, murmushi yyi yana shafa beard dinsa, ba a dau lkci ba sai ga yaran sun fito suna ganinsa suka taho da gudu suka rungumesa ya daga su sama gaba daya happy seeing them, kai kana ganin yaran kasan su ma ba karamin farin cikin ganin khaleel suka yi ba, ya bude back seat din motar ya sa suka shiga sannan ya xaga ya shiga maxaunin driver, wayar sa ya dauka ya shiga kiran Khadijah, kin dauka tayi yayi murmushi ya tada motar ya bar layin da yaran. Tun da Aliyu ya dawo masallaci da asuba ya sa makulli dakinsa, shi dai ya kasa gaskata wai iklima aka aura masa, yarinyar da idan ta fita tun safe sai dare wani lkcn xata dawo gida, uwar kuma tace gidan kawunta take xuwa, yau idan ka ga wannan wayar hannun iklima to gobe wani daban xa ka gani, islamiyyar ta ki xuwa, bokon kuma anyi withdrawing, rike kansa yyi xuciyarsa na masa kunna, kwankwasa kofar dakinsa aka yi for the countless time, ko kallon direction din kofar bai yi ba, “Yaya nice baby ka bude plss” muryar da ya ji kenan, ya lumshe idanuwansa ya bude, mikewa yyi da kyar ya nufi kofar ya bude yana kallon Kanwar tasa, ta shigo ya rufe kofar, da damuwa tace “Yayanmu kayi hakuri, I don’t knw what came over Mumy, bn san me yasa tayi haka ba bayan ita da kanta kullum complain take a kan iklima… Her character is so obvious to everyone, kowa yasan abinda take but mumy tayi kamar bata sani ba ta hada ku….” Aliyu ya xauna gefen gado ya rike kansa, Baby tayi tagumi tana kallonsa, bayan kusan minti goma tace “Kayi hakuri yaya” ya dago da jajayen idanuwansa yana kallonta yace “Go make me a cup of coffee” Baby na fita daga dakin dai dai fitowar Anty khadijah da ke ta kai kawo kamar warce tayi ma sarki karya, barin da taga Aliyu ya bude ma Kanwar tasa kofa, xuwa yanxu gidan ya watse sai yan uwa na jini, bin baby tayi downstairs tace “Takwara me Aliyun yace maki?” Baby taki kallonta tace “Abu yace in kai ma sa” Anty khadijah dake ta bin ta tace “Me kenan?” Baby tace “Coffee” Anty khadijah tace “Atoh ni har na gaji da maganar bai ci komai ba tun daxu, yanxu abinda xa ayi kawai kiyi wucewar ki xan hada masa in ba matarsa ta kai ma sa, mutum ya sha hanya haka kuma ya makale daki tun jiya babu abinci” Baby tace “Anty amma ai baki san yanda yake son coffee dinsa ba, ni xan masa” Anty khadijah ta galla mata harara tace “Toh uwar iyayi, kin tashi gabana ko sai na mare ki, idan nayi masa kar ya sha” daga haka ta wuce kitchen baby ta bi ta da wani kallo, Anty khadijah na shiga kitchen ta tura kofar kitchen din ta rufe ta yi saurin ciro wani kulli a bra dinta, “Son da xai mata sai ya fi wanda yake ma uwarsa da kowa na duniya… In dai ya sha maganin nan” muryar gardin da ya bata maganin kenan ke kai kawo a kunnen Anty khadijah kamar yana kusa da ita, har wani rawa hannunta yake ta juye gaba daya a cup sannan ta debi coffee powder ta xuba a kai ta xuba ruwan xafi ta jefa kwayan sugar biyu, sama ta tafi da sauri ta shiga daki gun iklima dake kwance, Anty khadijah tace “Ni fa dadina dake shegen son jiki, daga d’an xaxxabi dubi yanda kika wani yi laushi kamar warce tayi watanni ba lafiya, a haka xa a kai ki gidan Aliyun gobe” Iklima da ta lullebe da bargo tace “Ni wallahi ki rabu da ni don ba ke ce ke jin abinda nake ji ba, duk kin bi kin dame ni tun daxu” Anty khadijah tace “To uwata sai ki rufe ni da duka ai, ni ki tashi ki kai ma Aliyun coffee” iklima ta xaro ido tace “kaji ta, Salon ya koro ni…. Mutumin da tun jiya yake daki” Anty khadijah tace “Toh don ubansa ba sai ya koro ki ba, kilan ma a can xa ki kwana ki tashi kina bata lkci…” Gun kayan kwalliyan Iklima na amarya Anty khadijah ta nufa ta dauko wani turare can kasa a karamin kwalba ta bude ta shashshafa mata a ko ina na jikinta, iklima da ke ta wani yatsine fuska ta koma ta kwanta tace “Mama wllh jiri nake gani, anya xan iya fita” hararata Anty khadijah tayi tace “Xan je in dauko maki shayin a dai don ki fita nan ki shiga dakinsa baxa ki ce min baxa ki iya ba” daga haka ta wuce kitchen ta dauko coffeen dake rufe a mug ta kawo ma iklima, da kyar ta tashi ta karba tana duddukawa ta fita dakin, a hankali ta tura kofar dakin Aliyu dake kwance ta shiga ta rufe Ta isa kusa da gadon ta ajiye mug din hannunta a kasa, bude ido Aliyu yyi jin yanda kamshi ya bade dakin suka hada ido da iklima, karasowa kusa da shi tayi tace “Yayanmu sannu da hanya ga coffee din na maka” Wani mugun kallo Aliyu ya dinga mata yace “Kina hauka ne xa ki shigo min daki” tace “Da daban xama matar ka ba ina shigowa ne” bude kofar dakin aka yi sai ga baby ta shigo sau daya ta kalli iklima ta harareta ta durkusa ta ajiye tray din hannunta tace “Ga abinci yaya mumy tace in dibar maka” daga haka ta bude warmer din abincin iklima ta yamutse fuska ta dauke kai da sauri, lkci daya aroma din abincin ya cika dakin, da tari ta fara, sai kuma ta toshe baki, da gudu ta mike kafin ta isa kofar bathroom ta wanke tiles din dakin da amai, kallonta Aliyu yake ko kiftawa babu ta dinga amai kamar xata shide, baby ma sai kallonta take, tashi yyi ya isa gabanta da wani expression yana kallon gaba daya jikinta, mikewa tayi bayan ta gama ta fada kan gado tana sauke numfashi ya koma kusa da ita yana kare mata kallo da kyau, squeezing fuskarsa yyi yace “What??” Lkci daya ya juya ya fice baby ta bi bayansa da sauri, Mumy na haurowa sama tare da Anty khadijah dake bata shawarar kawai gobe su Aliyu su wuce gidansu yau dai su kwana a gidan, ganin Aliyu Mumy ta daure fuska don tun daxu yaki fitowa har ita ta yi masa magana amma ya ki bude kofar, yana kallon mumy cikin wani yanayi yace “Mumy ita mai cikin xa ku ce kun aura min?” Kallonsa Mumy ta tsaya yi cikin rashin fahimta haka ma Anty khadijah, baby dake tsaye gun ta xaro ido tana kallonsa, Da mugun mamaki Mumy tace “Halan Aliyu ya fara xarewa ne ni Fatima?” Yace “Xarewa kuma Mumy wllh ciki ne da iklima, don’t forget my profession idan ma baku yarda ba yanxu sai a kira wani likitan, gashi can yanxu ma amai ta gama yi” Anty khadijah ta saki ta salati ta fashe da kuka tace “Aliyu, ita yar tawa xaka ma wannan gagarumin sharrin don a rufa ma asiri an aura mata kai? Ita iklimar ce ke da ciki?” Aliyu ya mata wani kallo yace “Sharri Anty? sai a tafi asibiti yanxu ai, ni dama nasan a day like this na nan xuwa very soon, ina ce har guest lodge na taba ganin iklima na same ki daki na gaya maki few years back, me kika ce min then? Cewa kika yi na tsaneta na sa mata ido, Duk yawon da take ta kai dare kin taba tsawata mata, of course no sai dai kice gidan kawunta taje, so it’s nt a thing to be surprise don iklima na dauke da ciki ynxu” tuni sauran yan biki dake gidan suka shiga fitowa corridor din, Mumy dai ta saki baki ta kasa cewa komai, Anty khadijah dake ta xufa tace “Tunda abun yar tone tone ne sai mu yi ta ai Aliyu, wato har kai kana da bakin da xaka bude ka kira ‘ya ta yar iska ka mance lkcn da kake tashan naka iskancin, ka mance irin yanda kayi ma yar mutane fyade a cikin gidan nan, wanda ta dalilinka ta bar gidan har yau bata dawo ba, duk ka xata ban sani ba koh???” Lkci daya komai na Aliyu yyi still ya tsaya kallonta ko kiftawa babu, Anty khadijah ta juya tana kallon mumy tace “khadijah dai da kika sani, yarinyar da kika dau aiki ta yi wucewarta ko sallama babu shekaru kusan shidda baya, ya fada maki abinda yyi mata ta bar gidan da bakin sa yau….” Aliyu ya lumshe idanuwansa da suka kada lkci daya ya ji kansa na sara masa, kallonsa mumy ta dinga yi kamar idonta xai fito haka kanninsa gaba daya da bak’in da suka fiffito, Anty khadijah na girgixa kugu tace “Ko baxa kayi bayanin ba in taya ka?” Bude ido yyi da kyar yana kallon Mumy.

Anty khadijah na kallon Aliyu da kyau tace “Ko baxa kayi bayanin ba in taya ka ne dakta?” Bude ido Aliyu yyi da kyar yana kallonta, lkci daya idanuwan Mumy suka kawo ruwa kana ganinta kasan ba karamin shock ta shiga ba, Aliyu ya isa gabanta ya duka kan gwiwowinsa cikin sanyin murya yace “Mumy…” Dakatar da shi tayi hawayen idonta na sakkowa tace “Irin tarbiyar da nayi maka kenan Aliyu…. Yanxu yar mutanen kayi ma haka?” Ya rufe fuskarsa jikin kafarta cikin rawar murya yace “That’s the greatest mistake of my life mum, shine abinda na kasa gaya maki shekaru shiddah kenan, mumy ba halina bane kema kin sani, ban san ya aka yi ba ranan, it look as if I was possessed, I ruin the little girl… Mumy I….” Kasa ci gaba yyi hawaye na sakko masa, Anty khadijah ta tabe baki tace “Lallai Abuturrab baka jin kunyar karya? abu ya faru ba sau daya ba ba sau biyu ba ka kirasa mistake? Tunda abun ba arxiki har ya kai ga ka fara yi ma ‘ya ta sharri to wllh nima baxan duba abinda ke tsakanina da mahaifiyar ka ba, gwara in tona maka asiri, idan ni baka ji kunyar toxarta ni da iklima ba to nima baxan ji kunyar ramawa ba a matsayin ka na d’an yayata” daga haka ta bar wajen ta shige daki… Aliyu ya bi ta da kallo, duk abun nan da take fada fa ba ji yake ba mamakinsa shine ya aka yi tasan abinda ya faru tsakaninsa da Khadijah bayan bata gida ranan, how is that? Fitowa Anty khadijah tayi daga dakin rike da iklima da ta sa ma Hijab suka sauka downstairs kamar xata tashi sama tana matsar kwalla tace “Da raina kayi ma yar cikina irin wnn sharrin koh Aliyu, duk matsayina gun uwarka baka gani ba saboda na rufa maka asiri da yawace yawacen da kake nace a aura maka ‘ya ta shine xaka mana wannan cin mutuncin ka saka min da sharri” gidan ta bari gaba daya tare da yar ta, Mumy ta juya ta koma dakinta a sanyaye, Aliyu ya kasa daga kai ya kalli kanninsa da sauran relatives dake wajen. Anty khadijah na fita da kafa suka karasa bakin titi da iklima, hankali tashe take tambayarta yaushe rabon da ta ga al’adarta, iklima ta turo baki tace “Oho nima ban sani ba” dundu ta kai mata tace “Kaji min shegiya wai baki sani ba, ni nake maki al’adar? To wllh sai dai ki daura ma ubanki hawan jini ba ni ba, mu je asibitin ai xa su mana bayani a can, in ma ya kama in kashe ni Wllh sai in kashe Ki a can din, tunda duk abinda nake maki bakya gani ni xaki ja ma abun kunya ni xaki kunyata a idon duniya” Ganin sun shiga Napep yasa Anty Khadijah tayi shiru sai girgixa kafa take tana Allah Allah ta ganta a asibiti har suka isa asibitin dai, iklima kam ko dar sai ma gyangyadi da take ta yi a napep din, suna shiga asibitin likita ya tabbatar ciki gare iklima, Anty khadijah ta daura hannu a ka tana xaro ido tace “Na shiga uku na lalace ni Khadijah, iklima yanxu ni xa ki ma haka, a ina kika je aka maki ciki, don na sake maki sai ki tona min asiri iklima? Ni xa ki kunyata?” Shi dai likitan kallonsu kawai yake, Anty khadijah ta share xufar dake keto mata ta hadiye yawu da kyar tace “Likita ko nawa kake bukata ka fada xan baka ka raba ta da wannan bala’in dake tare da ita ka rufa mana asiri” likitan yace “A’a ba ma haka a nan Hajiya ku yi hakuri, ku je wani asibitin…” Anty khadijah ta fashe da kuka a karo na farko tace “Haba bawan Allah, kai baka taimako ne, wllh dariya xa a mana ka rufa min asiri ina da makiya da yawa duniyar nan, ka ji tausayina ka taimaka mani” Likitan yace “Wato kin fi so kiji kunyar lahira a kan ta duniya kenan Hajiya?” Da sauri Anty khadijah tace “Eh wllh” sake baki yyi yana kallonta, can ya gyada kai yace “Gaskiya ne, toh Allah ya shirye ku, kuyi hakuri ku fita akwai patients da xan yi attending ma yanxu, mu ba ma aborting ciki a nan” tashi Anty khadijah tayi tana masa matsiyacin kallo tace “Yanda ka ki taimakona kai ma haka yar ka xata jajibo maka abun kunya ka rasa madafa in sha Allah, mara imani kawai…” daga haka ta ja Iklima kamar xata tashi sama suka fita, haka Anty khadijah suka dinga yawo hospitals tana neman inda xa a cire ma iklima ciki har dai ta samu wani da kyar, kudi ba na wasa ba ta bada aka yi aikin, unconsciously ta tafi da iklima gidan wata da suka hadu a kauyen da take yawan xuwa suka kulla abota suke kawance kamar xa su hadiye juna, kwanan matar uku gidansu Aliyu lkcn biki, jiya ta baro gidan bayan an gama komai ba rabon xa ayi komai a gabanta, Hajiya Laure sai kallon iklima dake kwance take da mamaki bayan Anty khadijah ta mata bayanin komai tana matsar kwalla, can Hajiya Laure ta sauke ajiyar xuciya tace “Toh ai baki ga ta kuka ba Hajiya Khadijah neman mafita xa ayi, yanxu dai a takaice bbu auren kenan?” Anty khadijah ta tsayar da kukan da take da sauri tace “Aure kai, aure na nan daram dam ba inda ya je, ai ko hauka nake baxan ce masu cikin ne ba har an cire, nunawa xan yi kawai gidan ki na kawota da xuciya ta debeni” Hajiya Laure tace “Gaskiya ne, toh wai kin ma yi yanda aka ce maki wajen nan da muka je ranan kuwa?” Anty khadijah tace “Ba gashi nan ta sa nayi asara ba yanxu don nasan ba sha xai yi ba, ni wllh da tun kafin bikin nasan da shegen cikin nan da na je an cire, sai ma kin ga ko gama xama halitta cikin bai yi ba, a can wani gutter na jefar kafin mu shigo nan don likitan cewa yyi mu tafi da shi kar mu ja masa matsala” Hajiya Laure tace “Alhmdllh da abun ya xo a haka ba sai da aka kai ta gidansa ba, amma shi ma dai ya aka yi har yasan tana dauke da cikin?” Anty khadijah tace “Toh ai likita ne shi din” Hajiya Laure ta xaro ido tace “Kai haba, to yanxu baxai gane cirewa aka yi ba?” Anty khadijah tace “Yo ya gane mana ai wllh sai yyi xaman aure da ‘ya ta ko ya ki ko ya so, sai ya xauna da ita don ubansa” Hajiya Laure tace “Toh kuma har yanxu uwar ta sa ba ta kira ki ba?” Anty khadijah tace “Tana can na tara mata xafi, ina labarin da na taba baki a kan wata yarinya da ta taba dauka da dadewa??” Hajiya Laure tace “Eh, eh na tuna, wannan dai da kika ce a sunan me aiki ta dauketa, da kika sa Aliyu ya lalata ta” Anty khadijah tace “Yauwa er gari ita, Toh yau dai na tona abinda Aliyun yyi mata, tunda nima tonan asirin ya min, suna can na bar su ban san ya ake ciki ba” Hajiya Laure ta kyalkyale da dariya tace “Amma baki da kirki Khadijah, Toh amma baki tunanin uwar na iya neman yarinyar yanxu ko ta sa ya nemo ta? kin fa ce min sonta take kamar ita ta haifeta” shiru Anty khadijah tayi da wani irin shock baki bude tana kallonta, salati ta sake daga karshe tace “you have a point, wllh Anty fati xata aikata, wannan shine anyi ba ayi ba, xama bai gan ni ba laure bari in koma gidan ayi komai a gabana, xan bar iklima nan ki sa mata ido don Allah” daga haka ta mike ta suri jakarta har tana tuntube ta fice dakin Laure na cewa tayi a hankali. Aliyu ya kusa awa daya tsaye bayan ya koma dakinsa, gaba daya a sanyaye yake bai san ta ina xai fara ba, bai san me xai ce ma Mumy ba, hakan yasa hawaye ya kawo idonsa tunda yake bai taba jin tsanar Anty khadijah ba sai ranan a ransa, dama tasan abinda ya faru tsakaninsa da Iman, then how? Bayan bata gidan abun ya faru, ranan daga shi sai Iman ne a gidan, kofa ya nufa daga karshe gwiwowinsa a sake ya shiga dakin Mumy, ita da aminiyarta Hajiya Balaraba ne a dakin, Mumy tayi tagumi kana ganinta kasan ta yi kuka ne sosai, tun da ya shigo Hajiya balaraba ke kallonsa, ya kasa kallon su ya isa gaban mumy a sanyaye ya duka cikin raunin murya yace “Mumy don girman Allah kiyi hakuri ki gafarce ni, i knw you Neva expect such, but… Mumy ban san ya aka yi ba ni ba halina bane, har yau ban san ya aka yi hakan ba kuma na kasa samun natsuwa, for the past 5 years neman Iman nake….” Katse sa Mumy tayi tace “Kake neman ta tayi maka me, dama kai ka sa yarinyar ta bar gidan nan Aliyu?” Ya kasa dago kansa a hankali yace “Mumy I was confused, I was thinking that’s the only way out for me… I was restless staying under the same roof with her, mumy nasan na cuceta, amma ni nasan ba yin kai na bane don ba halina bane…” kasa ci gaba yyi sbda cracking da muryarsa ya shiga yi ya hade kansa da gado, Bude kofar dakin aka yi Anty khadijah ta shigo, Mumy ta goge hawayen idonta ta daga kai tana kallonta, Anty balaraba ta tabe baki ta dauke kai, karasowa Anty khadijah tayi ta xauna gefen gado ta fashe da kuka cikin rawar murya tace “Yanxu Anty fati ki ji kaxafin da Aliyu yyi ma iklima amma ke abinda ya dame ki daban? Did i and my daughter deserve this” Mumy tace “Ki rabu da ni Khadijah, ki fita ki ban waje, ba don ba don ba wllh yau sai in ce ke din makiyiya ta ce, bakya so na, baki daukeni yar uwar da muka fito ciki daya ba” Mumy na magana ne tana kuka, Aliyu ya mike ya nufi kofa, Sai da ya isa bakin kofa ya juya yana kallon Mumy cikin sanyin murya yace “Na maki alkawarin xan nemo Iman in sha Allah mum, I will repair the damage I made in sha Allah” Mumy ta masa wani mugun kallo tace “And how are you to repair the damage?” Kamar baxai ce komai ba, sai kuma a hankali yace “By marrying her in sha Allah” Girgixa kai mumy tayi tana wani murmushi tace “Noo, babu aure tsakaninka da ita, xaka iya aikata komai domin ta yafe maka idan ta ga xata iya amma banda aure, babu aure tsakaninku, and I told you that long ago, I have my reasons, leave kar ka ci gaba da bata min rai, get out Aliyu” shiru Aliyu yyi yana kallon Mumy a sanyaye, Anty khadijah ta sauke wani ajiyar xuciya tana hamdala a ranta. Tun Khadijah na daurewa ganin twins dinta shiru har dauriyar ya fara karewa, da farko Umma na ta tambayarta inda suka je ita ma ta hakura ta daina ganin ta ki fada sai cewa take yanxu xa su dawo, khadijah ta shiga daki daga karshe ganin har anyi magrib ta dau wayarta ta shiga kiran khaleel da layin da ya kirata daxu, har ya katse bai daga ba, sai da ta kira kusan sau uku ya dauka yace “Uhn me yara to, ki ma cire ran ganinsu yau” xaro ido tayi tace “This is after seven plss…” Ya katse ta yace “Toh ki taho ki daukesu, I can give you the address” daga haka ya kashe wayar, ji tayi hankalinta ya tashi lkci daya hawaye ya kawo idonta, ta sake kiransa bai dauka ba, ta kira yyi sau hudu kafin ya daga, cikin rawar murya tace “Don Allah ka dawo da su dare yyi, Umma ce fa ke ta tambayarsu” Yace “Hmm toh naji” kashe wayar yyi ta xauna bakin gado a sanyaye.

Bude mata motar Aliyu yayi yana kallonta, ta ki kallonsa tana dai tsaye kamar me contemplating ta shiga ko kar ya shiga, a hankali ta karasa gun motar daga karshe ta shiga ya rufe, sannan ya xaga ya shiga maxaunin driver ya tada motar. Sai da suka hau saman titi yace “Wani anguwar kike?” Ba tare da ta kallesa ba tace “Tun da Maryam ta gaya maka gidanmu daya da Dr Ayman nasan ai baxata rasa gaya maka address da house number ba” Murmushi kawai Aliyu yyi yana ci gaba da driving dinsa bai ce komai ba, sai da suka iso street din ya kalleta yace “I only know the street….” ta fada masa number din gidan, yana isa dai dai gidan yayi parking yana dubanta yace “Wani schl din Shureim ke xuwa Iman?” Sai a sannan ta kallesa tace “I don’t think I have to tell you” Yana shafa kansa yace “It isn’t an offense ai Iman” ta bude motar ta fita tace “Thanks for the ride” murmushi kawai yayi ta wuce ciki ya bi ta da kallo, tabe baki Khadijah tayi ganin babu motar khaleel a garage ta fiddo makullinta cikin jaka ta bude kofar ta shiga ciki, wanka tayi sannan tayi sllh ta canxa kaya ta fito parlor, xaunawa tayi tana tunanin abinda xata girka, can ya mike ta wuce kitchen din, shinkafa da miya tayi deciding tayi sanin Shureim na son sa sosai, tana parboiling shinkafa taji shigowar motar khaleel gidan, da gudu ta fita parlor ta isa gun kofa ta sa makulli sanann ta koma kitchen ta ci gaba da abinda take, bell taji an danna, ta hade rai ta tura kofar kitchen din, ba a sake dannawa ba sai ringing din wayarta dake parlor ta ji, ta bude kofar ta fita ta dau wayar tana kallon screen din, ganin khaleel ke kiranta da har xata ajiye sai kuma ta daga ta kai kunne ta ki cewa komai, yace “Bacci kike ne?” Tace “What about that?” Yace “Ohk, naga takalman ki kin bari a waje, and ki fito ku gaisa da jawahir” Wani kallo tayi kamar yana gabanta tace “For what?” A hankali yace “Am waiting Khadijah….” daga haka ya katse wayar, mamaki ne ya cikata, a kan wani dalili xa ta gaisa da jawahir, tsaki tayi xata ajiye wayar text ya shigo nasa, ya budewa tayi tana kallon content din, “Plsss” abinda ya turo mata kenan, ta turo baki sai kuma ta harari kofar, a hankali ta isa gun kofar ta bude, tsaye ta gansa shi da jawahir din, suna hada ido jawahir tace “Sannu Khadijah ya gida?” Khadijah ta kirkiri murmushi tace “Lafiya lau, fatan kin xo lafiya” Jawahir tace “Alhmdllh, ya hakuri?” A hankali Khadijah tace “Alhmdllh nagode” kallonta kawai khaleel yake, Jawahir tace “Dama Dr yace in taho in maki gaisuwa ne” Khadijah tace “Ayya nagode, baxa ki shigo ba” khaleel na kallon jawahir yace “Shiga sai kiyi sllh” jawahir tace “Toh bari in yi” daga haka ta shiga parlorn Khadijah, ba tare da Khadijah ta kallesa ba ta rufe kofarta fuska daure, murmushi kawai khaleel yyi yana kallon kofar. Jawahir na kan darduma xaune parlorn Khadijah ta kawo mata abinci a plate, jawahir tace “Ayya na ci abinci Khadijah, am not hungry” Khadija tace “Haba ki ci ko kadan ne” Jawahir tace “Da gaske bana jin yunwa ki bar sa kawai” juyawa kawai Khadijah tayi rike da abincin ta koma kitchen, tana fitowa jawahir ta mike tace “Toh nagode bari in je” Khadijah tace “Welcm” daga haka ta fita, tana ji ta bude apartment din khaleel ta shiga, tabe baki Khadijah tayi, ta ja tsaki ta wuce daki, mayafinta ta dauko ganin Shureim ya kusa tashi a schl, tana fita apartment dinta ta sa makulli ta nufi waje, cab ta samu ya kai ta har makarantar, Rungume ta Shureim yayi bayan ya fito daga cikin makarantar yana kallonta yace “Anty me yasa uncle bai xo ba” Khadijah ta hade rai tace “Don’t ask me that again” daga haka ta kama hannunsa suka shiga cab din, suna isa gida ta biya mai cab din ta wuce ciki tana rike da hannunsa, sai kallon kofar khaleel take ta tabe baki ta bude kofarta ta shiga parlor da Shureim, makulli ta sa ma kofar, ta Shiga bedroom da shi ta cire masa uniform, tayi masa wanka ta shirya sa ta sa masa rigar sanyi sanan ta sa yayi sllh, suka fito, a plate daya ta xuba masu abincin, tana ci a hankali tana kallonsa, muryarsa taji yace “Anty yaushe Sudais xai dawo? Umma tace min after one month, kuma ai one month yayi ai koh?” Khadijah ta sauke idonta daga kallonsa tana ci gaba da cin abincinta tace “Nima ban sani ba, sai dai anjima idan Umma ta kira ka tambayeta” ya langwabar da kai yace “Ohk” kallon wayarta dake ring tayi taga sabon number ke kiranta, ta dauka ya kai kunne, muryar Aliyu taji yace “Iman” a hankali tace “Na’am” yace “Fito ki amshi sakon Shureim din” kallon Shureim tayi tace “Ohk” daga haka ya katse wayar, ta mike tana kallon Shureim tace “Mu je ka rakani Shureim” ya tashi ta dauko plate ta rufe abincin, ta dau tissue ta goge masa bakinsa sannan ta dauko masa takalmansa ya sa suka fita, ba dai dai kofar gidan yayi parking ba, Khadijah na rike da hannun Shureim ta tsallaka xuwa side din da yake, daga cikin motar Aliyu ke kallonsu ko kiftawa babu har suka iso dai dai inda yayi parking, a hankali ya bude motarsa, Shureim na ganinsa ya nufe sa da gudu cike da murnar ganinsa Aliyu ya daga sa ya rungume sa ya lumshe ido, cike jin dadi shureim yace “Uncle ka kai ni wajen mama plss” Aliyu ya dago kansa yana kallonsa yayi pecking goshinsa yace “Mama tana Nigeria ai, idan kun yi hutu sai in kai ka” Shureim yace “Uncle plss ka tafi da ni” Aliyu ya kalli Khadijah dake wasa da ring din hannunta, a hankali yace “Thanks for coming out Khadijah” Sai a sannan ta daga kai tana kallonsa, jin bata ce komai ba ya bude bayan motar ya fiddo babban leda, Shureim yace “Uncle Anty ta bani irin wannan chocolate da kake bani da Sudais…” Aliyu ya wara ido yace “Da gaske?” Yace “Yes uncle” ya kalli Khadijah ya langwabar da kai yace “Toh Anty ki bari muje in siyo masa irin chocolates din, sai mu dawo yanxu” Khadijah bata ce komai ba, Aliyu yayi kasa da murya yace “Ko xa ki raka mu?” Girgixa kai tayi tace “No way” daga haka ta tsallaka ta wuce ciki abun ta, Aliyu ya bi ta da kallo kafin yayi murmushi ya xaga ya bude front seat ya xaunar da Shureim, ya dawo ya shiga driver seat ya tada motar ya bar street din. Khadijah na dai dai apartment dinta khaleel ya bude motar ya fito rike da makulin motarsa, ganinta yace “Let me go pick Shureim, na sha’afa wllh” a takaice tace “You don’t worry na dauko sa, Ni ban sha’afa ba” daga haka ta Shiga ta rufe kofarta, ya fi minti daya a tsaye kafin ya koma nasa apartment din. Shopping mall din da Aliyu ya kai Shureim kusa da gidan kanwar Abbansa yake, don haka yana gama masa shopping ya shiga gidan tare da Shureim, Tasowa Maryam dake xaune parlor da Deejah tayi ganinsa ta tafi da sauri dau yaron ta rungumesa tace “Waow yau ga Shureim a gidanmu, Yaya Aliyu a ina ka samo mana shi? Jiya kuwa muka hadu da mum dinsa a cafteria a schl” Maryam ta kalli Deejah dake parlorn tana kallon Shureim da expression na Waow a fuskarta tace “Kin tuna warce muka gani a cafteria jiya?” Deejah ta xaro ido tace “Wai Khadijahr nan da nace maki suna kama da Safeenah??” Maryam tace “Yauwa ita” da mamaki Deejah tace “Kar ki ce min ita ta haifi yaron nan?” Maryam tayi dariya tace “Yaronta ne mana, yan biyu ne ma, daya ya rasu” lkci daya jikin Deejah yayi sanyi ta mike tace “Allah sarki” Aliyu dai bai tanka su ba ya wuce sama bayan ya amshi Shureim hannun Maryam don kai ma Antyn sa shi, Deejah ta bi su da kallo murya can kasa tace “but naga yaron na kama da cousin din naki ai, I mean sosai fa” Murmushi kawai Maryam tayi sai dai bata ce komai ba, bude kofa aka yi sai ga jawahir ta shigo, wurgar da takalman kafar tayi, ta jefar da jakar hannunta kan kujera ta xauna, Deejah dake ta kallonta tace “Ke kuma meye haka? me ya faru?” A fusace ta fara magana tace “Wllh Anty deejah na gaji da Ayman, abinda yake min ya fara isata, am just tired” Maryam ta xauna kusa da ita tace “Toh fah, me kuma ya hada ku?” Mikewa Jawahir tayi rai bace tace “Don rainin hankali sai yayi ta wani hada ni da yarinya da ban san meye tsakaninsu ba, I really want to know wacece yarinyar nan, sanann ta wani dinga daga min hanci tana amsa min da kyar kamar dole…. Da yaje Nigeria gaba daya lkcn sa ita yayi dedicating ma, ashe ma gidansu daya a nan ban sani ba sai daxu da ya fita yake gaya min, Ni kuma abinda yasa ma na sake ma yarinyar fuska tun farkon da muka hadu a Nigeria naga tana min yanayi da Safeenah ne, ban da haka tayi kadan in ganta da saurayina in raga mata, sannan ni a tunani na matar aure ce don ina ganin yaran nan nasan nata ne but now I am totally confuse….”
Deejah ta kamo hannunta a hankali tace “Kilan it’s not what u are thinking lil sis, may be they are just frnds and neighbors, Kar ki bari shaidan ya ci galaba a kan ki, na kuma san ki da hakuri sosai jawahir so meye nasa wannan a ran ki?” Kamar xata yi kuka tace “Anty da kyar fa take amsa min magana idan na mata, kamar ma haushi na take ji shi kuma sai yayi ta sa ni in mata magana, to idan ba budurwarsa bace ita me yasa xata dinga haka” Deejah ta sauke ajiyar xuciya tace “But ni dai she was very free with me da muka hadu a cafteria jiya” Jawahir ta jinginar da kanta jikin kujera cike da damuwa bata ce komai ba, tausayinta Deejah ta dinga ji, Maryam dai na tsaye tana kallonsu ta kasa cewa komai, mikewa Jawahir tayi ta dau jakarta ta wuce sama, Xaunawa Maryam tayi, Deejah na kallonta tace “Maryam ko dai budurwar Ayman ce Khadijah kar ki boye min?” Maryam ta bude ido tace “A’a gaskiya ban sani ba, ni ban ma taba ganinsu tare ba ko a schl” Tare Aliyu ya sakko da Hajiya Mariya dake rike da Shureim, shi kuma yana rike da ledan na lotion da turaren yara da small mum din tasa ta ba Shureim, Maryam na kallonsu tace “Ya Aliyu dama ba kwana xai yi ba” Aliyu ya kalleta yace “Aa” Hajiya Mariya ta xauna kan kujera tana kallon Shureim dake gabanta tace “Ka gaida mumy ka ji boy?” Ya wara idanuwansa irin na Aliyu yace “Mumy ai tana can Nigeria, Anty xan gaida maki” Murmushi Hajiya Mariya tayi tana shafa kansa tace “Toh ka gayar min da Anty son” Aliyu ta kalla tace “Toh yaushe Antyn xata xo ta gaisheni” Aliyu yyi yar dariya yace “Ai Antyn nan sai a hankali ba xuwa xata yi ba” a hankali Hajiya Mariya tace “Kar ka damu, Allah xai dai dai ta ku ko don albarkacin yaron nan” murmushi kawai Aliyu yyi bai ce komai ba ya kama hannun Shureim xa su fita yace “Toh bari in mayar da shi mum, it’s getting late” Shureim ya daga ma Hajiya Mariya da ta bi sa da kallo ganin sak mahaifinsa yana daga mata hannu, mikewa Maryam tayi ta bi bayansu, sai da suka fita waje ta kamo hannun Shureim ta durkusa tana gyara masa hular sweater dinsa tace “Darling ni baxa kace min bye bye ba” Dariya yayi yana kallonta ya daga mata hannu yace “Byee” mikewa tayi tana murmushi ta daga masa hannun ita ma sannan ta ce ma Aliyu sai ya dawo ta juya ta koma ciki, Aliyu ya sa Shureim mota sannan ya xaga ya Shiga ya tada motar ya nufi gida da shi, sai da suka kusa isa gidan ya juya yana kallonsa yace “Wani school kake xuwa Boy?” Shureim ya fada masa sunan makarantar, yace “Did you like the schl?” Gyada masa kai Shureim yayi, Aliyu yyi parking dai dai gidan yana kallonsa a hankali yace “Anty ce ta kai ka schl din?” Shureim yace “A’a uncle dina ne ya kai ni” Shiru Aliyu yayi bai ce komai ba, can ya dauko wayarsa ya shiga kiran Khadijah, Tana xaune parlor tana karatu kiran ya shigo wayarta, tana ganin number ta gane ta daga ta kai kunne, Aliyu yace “ki d’an fito ki dau Shureim” Katse wayar tayi ta mike ta shiga daki ta sa hijab ta fito, kamar mai tausayin kasa take tafiya har ta isa inda motar Aliyu yake, fitowa yyi daga motar ya xagaya ya bude side din Shureim ya sauko da shi, Khadijah ta karaso ta kama hannun yaronta ba tare da ta kalli Aliyu ba tace “Sai da safe” Riko Hijab dinta yayi yana kallonta, ta juya suna hada ido gabanta ya fadi tayi saurin sunkuyar da kanta, murya can kasa yace “Sai da safe kuma? baki amshi sakon sa ba” Bata ce komai ba ya saketa ya bude bayan motar ya dauko babban leda ya dau ledan da Hajiya Mariya ta ba Shureim ya sa a ciki da ledan da yayi masa shopping duk ya hada su waje daya ya mika mata, karba tayi yace “Xa ki iya” Bata ce komai ba ta kama hannun Shureim ta fara tafiya, ya bi su da kallo, Shureim ya juya yana daga masa hannu, murmushi yayi ya daga masa hannun shi ma a sanyaye har suka wuce ciki. Manyan sweaters da head warmer ke cikin ledar da Aliyu ya bata na Shureim sai kaya kala hudu, ta bude daya ledan taga chocolates, biscuits sweets da dai abubuwan ci na yara, ta bude ledan da Hajiya Mariya ta basa taga lotions masu tsada da turare, tabe baki tayi ta mike ta wuce ciki da kayan, sai da ta ajiye kayan inda ya kamata a daki sannan ta fito da ledan chocolates din parlor, turus ta tsaya ganin khaleel xaune parlorn, ta dinga bin parlorn da kallo ganin bata ga Shureim ba, Mikewa khaleel yayi yana kallonta, sake ledan hannunta tayi ta juya da sauri xata koma ciki yace “Khadijah” tsayawa tayi amma ta ki juyowa, kawai ganinsa tayi gabanta yana kallonta, tayi saurin juyo masa baya, a hankali yace “Gaya min me na maki?” Ta turo baki tace “Toh ni na ce ka min wani abu ne?” D’an murmushi yayi yace “Saboda Aliyu kika canxa min Khadijah?” Shiru tayi ta rasa ma abinda xata ce masa, lkci daya jikinta yayi sanyi, jin shi ma bai ce komai ba ta juyo a hankali tana kallonsa, hawaye ya cika idonta tace “Me yasa xan canxa maka saboda Aliyu?” A sanyaye yace “Nima ban sani ba Khadijah” hawaye idonta ya xubo tace “Ko dai kai ne ka canxa min saboda budurwar ka” tana fadin haka ta fashe da kuka, kallonta ya dinga yi shi ma jikinsa yayi sanyi, da wani expression fuskarsa yace “Why? Why will I change because of Jawahir?” tana hararensa cikin kuka tace “Toh nima me yasa xan canxa saboda Aliyu?” Ya lumshe ido ya bude a hankali yana kallonta, rasa abin fadi yayi, har ransa yake jin kukanta, ya bude hannayensa cikin sanyin murya yace “Can… I console you?” Make kafada tayi ta juya masa baya, ya lumshe idanuwansa a hankali ya rungumota, cikin sanyayyan muryar sa yace “You know I love you Khadijah, and… I want you to be the mother of my kids, i want to marry you Khadijah, but you met me with Jawahir, I was with her before you, kin ga baxan mata walakanci ba saboda ke, jawahir na da saukin kai sosai, she don’t have problem, and I don’t want to betray her… Beside ita daban a rai na haka ke ma, Give me a chance to show you how much I love you plss Khadijah” kasa cewa komai Khadijah tayi, duk gaba daya jikinta yayi sanyi, jin tayi shiru ya juyo da ita a hankali yana kallonta, Bata yarda sun hada ido ba ta sulale nan kasa ta xauna, dukawa yayi gabanta yana kallonta murya can kasa yace “Say something plss Khadijah… Nace Ina son auren ki baki ce komai ba” Ta hade kai da gwiwa jin hawaye ya kawo idonta cikin rawar murya tace “But Barrister Sudais….” Sai kuma ta fashe da kuka, ya dago kanta gabansa na faduwa, da kyar ya iya cewa “what about him Khadijah?” Tace “He proposed before you…” Shiru yayi yana kallonta ko kiftawa babu, a sanyaye tace “He said he want to marry me, and you know I can’t tell him no Doctor, aure ma bai isa na biyasa abinda ya min a rayuwa ba, he deserves more than that from me, though nasan 6 years back I will confess I was in love with him, but yanxu I only respect him as someone that brought light to my life after my Lord, sai gashi ya dawo yace yana son aure na, baxan iya cewa bana son Sudais ba, baxan iya cewa baxan auresa ba, but I am afraid of his wife” shi dai khaleel bai ce komai ba, kana ganinsa kasan jikinsa yayi sanyi sosai, mikewa yayi a hankali bayan few seconds yace “Ohk then, Khadijah, Allah yasa hakan yafi alkhairi, wishing you all the best” daga haka ya juya xai fita ta tashi da sauri hawaye na sakko mata tace “But I know I love you so much Dr, bayan Sudais you are the next in my life, da ba don kai ba da ban san abinda xai sameni ba few months back, you made me lively once more in life, may be….” sai da ya isa bakin kofa ya juyo yana kallonta ya katse ta yace “Forget I did that to you Khadijah” daga haka ya fita, ta bi sa da ido xuciyarta na bugawa.

Gaisawa Hajiya Rukayya suka yi da Mami, Mami tace “Ki ce kun dawo Nigeria kenan Hajiya” Hajiya Rukayya tace “Ina fa, just came a week ago to put things in other, ina ga xuwa jibi ma xan koma” Mami tace “Ayya, ashe baxa mu hadu ba kenan, ya yarana fa?” Hajiya Rukayya tace “Suna can, Jaheed ne dai ke Lagos” Mami tace “Toh maa sha Allah, naji dadin da kika kira wllh, kina Abuja koh?” Hajiya Rukayya tayi dariya tace “Toh ai baki sani ba, Aliyu na gani ma ya sa na kira ki yanxu” Mami tace “Haba dai…” Hajiya Rukayya tace “Wallahi kuwa ashe ya dawo gidansa, na fito gida xan je mall yanxu na gansa a mota shi ma” Mami tace “Toh, ni ban san me yasa ya koma Abuja da xama ba yanxu, sai mu yi wata ma ba mu gansa ba, idan nayi magana yace aiki” Hajiya Rukayya ta d’an yi shiru kafin tace “Amma yyi aure ne Hajiya Khadijah?” Mami tace “Ina fa, ba na gaya maki abinda yayi ma yarinyar nan da yake nema jiddah ba, da suka fisa iskanci ai mayar masa da kayansa suka yi, kinsan halin Abbansu, to in gaya maki bai taking Wani action ba sai ma cewa da yyi ai bai isa aure ba, kinga yayi supporting dinsa kenan, ni dai nasan in har yarinyar nan yaudararta yyi hakkinta baxai bar sa ba” Hajiya Rukayya tace “Ikon Allah, to ni kuma da wata na gansa da yara har biyu a mota, da na tambayesa aure yyi sai ce min yyi matar abokin sa ce ai xai maida ta gida, to mutum ba iyali me matar abokin sa taje yi gidansa, and the way he replied, gaskiya it’s suspicious, to da yake kinsan ai bbu nisa tsakanin gidan nasa da namu, in gaya maki na taka da kafa har na isa gidan na kwankwasa gate sai ga wata da alamar dai yar aiki ce ta fito, da na tambayeta mai gidan sai ce min tayi ya fita da familyn sa yanxu, abun dubawa a nan shine anya Hajiya Khadijah ba aure Aliyu ya xo yyi a Abuja ba tare da sanin ku ba, yaran fa yan watanni ne” tun da ta fara xancen Mami ke saurarata baki sake, can Mami ta sauke wani ajiyar xuciya tana share xufar da ya keto mata tace “Hajiya Rukayya yaushe kika ce xa ki koma?” Hajiya Rukayya tace “Ranan talata in sha Allah” Mami tace “Toh gobe da sassafe xan taho Abujan, ina shiga xan kira ki don Allah” Hajiya Rukayya tace “A’a ke kuwa a bi komai a sannu mana, ko ni ba sai in je in samesa ba, idan ba haka xancen yake ba fa? kuma ace da gasken matar abokin sa ce, ke dai kawai ki bar komai a hannuna xan same sa da kaina sai kace ba d’a na ba Hajiya” Mami ta girgixa kai tace “Inaa ai dole ne kawai in taho Hajiya Rukayya, dama kusan shekara daya kenan da Aliyu ya canxa hali totally ya dawo kamar mara gaskiya tun bai bar Damaturu ba, kar ki ce masa komai ki jira sai na xo, idan ma haka ne idan ma ba haka bane duk xa mu sani, nagode sosai Hajiya, sai kin ji ni” daga haka Mami ta katse wayar ta mike tana jin xuciyarta na tafarfasa, mace da yara? Ina ya samo su? Wani murmushi tayi ta fita daga dakin. Shopping sudais yyi ma twins din na abubuwan da suke ci tun daga kan golden morn, biscuits, custards, quaker oats, chocolates da sweets, sai Pampers da turaren yara, ita dai Khadijah na rike da little sudais dake kuka baya son ta dauke sa sai mika ma Sudais hannu yake, shureim kuwa sai kara kankame Sudais yake wai kar Khadijah ta karbesa shi ma, Duk little sudais ya cika shopping mall din da kuka, Sudais yace “Yanxu meye amfanin haka yaron ki baya son ki daukesa Amira?” Ita dai bata ce komai ba yace “Amira, are you thinking xa mu dauwama tare ne na har abada ne? Of course no, yaran nan ne dolen ki they are now ur new world, show them love Amira” mika mata trolleyn yyi ya karbi yaron ba shiri yyi tsit yana leko uwar tasa, duk yanda sudais yyi da ita ta dauki abinda take bukata a mall din kin daukan komai tayi, ya siya masu ice cream sannan suka bar mall din, har suka koma gida Khadijah ta ki cewa komai, yana gama parking nanny ta fito ta dau yaran gaba daya ta wuce ciki, juyawa yyi ya kalli khadijah da ta bude mota xata fita yace “Wait” sannan ya fito ya shiga back seat din motar ya rufe yana kallonta, hade kai tayi gwiwa tana shesshekar kuka, ya dago kanta a hankali yace “Daga na gaya maki gaskiya Amira?” Hawaye na sakko mata cikin rawar murya tace “Toh nice nace su dinga tsoro na?” Murmushi yyi yana kallon kwayar idonta yace “Ehh mana, ai ke ce baki sonsu, kalli fa ko breast baki basu ba kin yi xaton sun manta ne” turo baki tayi ta dauke kai tace “Amma sun san na basu sau daya ai” dariya ta basa ya dinga kallonta kafin yyi murmushi, ya kamo hannunta ya lumshe ido yace “In dai kina jin maganata, and i meant a lot to you, daga yau ki fara son yaran nan Amira” sunkuyar da kanta tayi bata ce komai ba, ganin yanda yake murxa mata hannu a hankali ta kwace hannunta ta koma daya side din ta bude motar ta fita, fitowa yyi shi ma ya bi bayanta. Kasa bacci daren ranan sudais yyi ya rasa dalili, duk ya ji he is restless, bayan ya gama sallolinsa misalin karfe biyu ya bude kofar dakinsa ya fito, khadijah dake xaune daki ita ma idonta biyu ta ajiye takardar hannunta da sauri karkashin pillow tana kallon kofar dakin, jin ba a bude ba ta sauka kan gado ta dau hijab ta daura kan sleeping wear din jikinta sannan ta bude kofa ta fita, downstairs ta sauka, tsaye ta gansa tsakiyar parlorn, jin ana sakkowa stairs ya juya da sauri, har ta isa inda yake kallonta yake, yace “Why are you awake by this time” ta girgixa masa kai kawai, xaunawa yyi kan kujera ta xauna kasa kusa da shi, jin bai ce komai ba murya can kasa tace “Daxu a shopping mall kace min we are not going to be together forever, why?” Muryarta na rawa ta karashe maganar, ido ya tsura mata, hawaye ya shiga sakkowa idonta, da sauri yace “Kuka kuma, I didn’t mean it Amira, abinda nake nufi shine….” Sai kuma yyi shiru, ta hade kanta da kujera tana kuka cikin raunin murya tace “Don Allah kar kace xaka bar ni watarana, I have nobody, just you, kai kadai gare ni yanxu, idan ka bar ni ya xan yi, who will take care of the boys” jikinsa yyi mugun sanyi ya sakko kasa yana kallonta ya dago kanta, cikin sanyin murya yace “Ban ce xan bar ku ba Amira, what I mean is death, kinsan rayuwar ba shi da tabbas” xaro ido tayi tana kallonsa ko kiftawa babu sai kuma ta kara fashewa da matsanancin kuka tace “Mutuwa xaka yi ka bar ni?” Dariya ta basa sosai, yace “Ni bance xan mutu ba, kuma idan mutum ya mutu ai lkcn sa ne yyi” rike hannunsa tayi hawaye na sakko mata tace “Baxa ka mutu ba until Allah is pleased with your soul in sha Allah” murmushi yayi yace “In sha Allah, kamar yanda ke ma baxa ki mutu ki bar ni da yaran ba” shiru ta yi bata ce komai ba, a hankali tace “Gwara su su mutu ai” lkci daya mood dinsa ya canxa yana kallonta, ta sunkuyar da kai, da mamaki yace “Ashe baki da hankali Amira” a hankli tace “Kayi hakuri” rasa ma abinda xai ce mata yyi, can yace “Toh tafi ki kwanta” tace “Toh kai fah” yace “Bana jin bacci” tace “Nima” hade rai yyi yace “Tashi ki tafi nace” kamar xata yi kuka tace “Kai ma ka tashi” murmushi yyi ya mike ita ma ta tashi, yana kallonta yace “to mu je” ita ta fara tafiya sannan ya bi bayanta ta jira ya shiga dakinsa sannan ita ma ta shiga, daga masa hannu ta yi, yyi murmushi ya rufe kofarsa, ita ma ta rufe nata, kwanciya yyi ya rasa tunanin da xai yi a kan Khadijah, is it that…. He love her or what” lumshe ido yyi bai son tunanin daga haka bacci ya daukesa. Da asuba tun da ya dawo masallaci gabansa ke faduwa, he don’t knw why, har gari ya waye yana kwance idonsa biyu a bedroom dinsa, kamar wanda ya tuna abu ya mike xaune da sauri, jiya da yamma Hajiya Rukayya… Tunanin da ya xo masa kai knn, ya dafe kansa a xuciyarsa yace to sai ta fara gaya ma Mami ta gansa da mace da yara, noo yasan she won’t, but it’s better su d’an bar anguwar for sometimes, da kyar ya mike daga karshe ya fita dakin ya shiga na twins har nanny ta masu wanka tana basu golden morn suna xaune cikin kekensu, suna ganinsa suka fara daga hannu ya daukesa takwaransa har da kuka, karasawa yyi ya daukesu gaba daya yana murmushi Sanin kuka xa su yi idan ya fita ya bar su, ya koma dakinsa da su, yana son fita misalin sha daya amma yan biyun sun ki bacci, bell ya ji aka danna downstairs, sai da gabansa ya fadi duk da bai san me yasa ba, ya mike xai fita twins suka fara kuka, dawowa yyi ya daukesu ya fita, ganin khadijah bakin kofar xata bude yasa shi tsayawa kan stairs, tun da yake bai taba jin faduwar gaban da yaji a lkcn ba ganin Mami ta shigo parlorn Hajiya Rukayya na biye da ita a baya.

Mami na kallon Aliyu da wani expression tace “Aliyu??? is this the life you chose for ur self? Is this the home training I gave to you” Sudais ya sauke kansa daga kallonta lkci daya jikinsa yyi sanyu ya sauko downstairs a har sannan yana rike da yaran, a hankali yace “No Mami, I didn’t choose this life for my self….” Katse sa ta yi cikin tsawa tace “Aliyu ka fada min wacece yarinyar nan? Who is she? Meye hadin ka da ita?” Ya hadiye abu da kyar yace “Mami… Mami ba lallai ki yarda da abinda xan ce maki ba, but Mami ki kira Yusuf xai gaya maki wacece ita kilan shi ki yarda da shi” wani mugun kallo Mami ta dinga yi masa xuciyarta na tafarfasa tace “In kira Yusuf? saboda ina tsoron ku? To bani da wannan lkcn, Aliyu dama abinda ka dawo yi a Abuja kenan? Mace ka dauka ka ajiye gida ku ke rayuwa tare…. Wa iyaxubillah” Hajiya Rukayya tayi saurin dakatar da ita tace “Haba, ki sauraresa tukun Hajiya” daga haka ta mayar da dubanta kan sudais tace “Ka gaya mana wacece ita Aliyu” Sudais ya kalli khadijah da ta sunkuyar da kanta hawaye na sauka idonta, rasa abinda xai ce yyi duk jikinsa yyi mugun sanyi, Hajiya Rukayya tace “Toh bani number Yusuf din, ni xan kira sa” Mika masa wayarta ta yi ya amsa ya sa mata number Yusuf yana fara ring Hajiya Rukayya ta karba, Yusuf na dagawa Mami ta karbe daga hannun Hajiya Rukayya, daga daya bangaren Yusuf yayi sallama, Mami ta amsa tace “Yusuf kana ji na?” Shiru yyi jin kamar muryar Mami, a fusace tace “Ba da Yusuf nake magana ba” Yusuf ya kwalalo ido yace “Ehh ina nine mami, ina kwana,” bata damu da amsa gaisuwarsa ba tace “Yusuf ka gaya min wacece yarinyar da Aliyu ya ajiye gidansa da yara” Sai da gaban Yusuf ya fadi ya mike daga xaunen da yake, can ya koma ya xauna a hankali yace “Mami it’s not what u are thinking wllh yarinyar nan da kike gani taimakonta kawai Sudais yyi, she is an orphan….” Lkci daya idon Mami ya kada ta katse sa hade da kunduma masa xagi tace “An orphan??? Bata san hanyar orphanage ba ko kuma kai me yasa baka yi mata taimakon ba sai shi, ya ajiye mace da ba muharramarsa ba kace yana taimakonta Yusuf, tun da uwar ka ta haife ka ka taba jin haka?? su kuma yaran na waye?” A sanyaye Yusuf yace “Nata ne Mami” Mami na jin haka ta katse wayar tana kallon Hajiya Rukayya lkci daya idonta ya kawo ruwa tace “Kina jin halin yaran yanxu koh Rukayya, yanxu ka haifi yaro baka haifi halinsa ba, ni dama da dadewa na lura da takun Aliyu, mu Aliyu xai kunyata a idon duniya? irin tarbiyar da ni da ubansa muka yi masa kenan” durkushewa Khadijah tayi a wajen tana kuka a hankali tace “Umma kiyi hakuri don Allah ki yafe masa” Tsawa Mami tayi mata tace “Rufe min baki, tarbiyar da iyayenki kema suka maki kenan kiyi rayuwa gida daya da namiji?” Cikin rawar Murya Khadijah tace “My parent are late, bani da kowa shi yasa ya taimakeni, Umma kar ki ce ya barmu don Allah…” sudais da ya ji kafafuwansa sun gaxa daukarsa ya xauna kan kujera ya ajiye su shureim da suka wani rirrikesa, cikin sanyin murya yace “Mami don girman Allah kiyi hakuri, ba yanda kike tunani abun yake ba, I just….” Katse sa Mami tayi cike da takaice tace “Ba yanda nake tunani abun yake ba Aliyu?” Sudais ya daga kai da kyar yana kallonta ganin hawayen dake idon mahaifiyarsa ya ajiye yaran ya mike ya isa gabanta ya durkusa cikin rawar murya yace “Noo Mami pls kar ki xubar da hawayen ki a kai na, na maki alkawarin na daina duk abinda nake daga yau, ki gafarce ni don Allah mamina” duk ya rikice mata, Mami na hawaye tace “Ni idan na gafarce ka Allahn ka fa? Wani tsinannen taimako ne wannan without the consent of ur parent, wani taimako ne wannan kuna rayuwa gida daya kamar mata da miji, yanxu ba don na san halin ka ba ance maka baxan yarda yaranka bane wa enan yaran?” Idonsa ya kada sosai cikin raunin murya yace “Mami nayi abinda nayi ne domin taimako amma daga yanxu na bari in sha Allah, forgive me plss Mami, nasan ban kyauta maku ba” Mami tace “Ka hada ina ka ina ka ka koma Damaturu yau ba sai gobe ba, sannan ina jiran makullin gidan yanxu ka same ni gidan Hajiya Rukayya” Tana fadin haka ta juya ta fita a parlon, kai kana gani kasan tana mugun son d’an nata ne, Hajiya Rukayya tace “Heed to what ur mother said right away Aliyu, ita kuma idan tace bata da iyaye ai baxa ta rasa dangi ba ta tafi wajensu” shi dai sudais bai ce komai ba, Hajiya Rukayya ta juya ita ma ta fita, Sudais ya dafe kansa da yyi masa nauyi, gaba daya tunaninsa ya dagule ga kukan Khadijah da yake ji har ransa, su kansu yan biyun kuka suke, lkci daya idanuwansa suka kada, mikewa yyi daga durkushen da yake ya wuce dakinsa ya dau makullin mota ya fita gidan gaba daya, Nanny da duk taji abin da ya faru ta iso gun khadijah dake kuka sosai ta dafa ta a hankali tace “Dama ba mijin ki bane mutumin nan maman twins?” Khadijah ta dago tana kallonta hawaye na sakko mata ta girgixa mata kai tace “Taimako na kawai yayi tun ban haifi yaran nan ba, ni bani da kowa sai shi yanxu” Hawaye ne ya cika idon Nanny tace “Dangin ku fa?” Cikin rawar murya Khadijah tace “Ban san dangin Mahaifiya ta ba, dangin Abbana kuma baxa su karbe ni ba, Ummata kuma ta tafi ta bar ban san inda xan ganta ba” tana kai wa nan ta fashe da matsanancin kuka tace “Ni yanxu ban san ya xan yi da yaran ba” kuka sosai Nanny take duk jikinta yyi sanyi ba kadan ba, ta jawo ta jiki cikin sanyin murya tace “Kiyi hakuri wataran sai labari Allah baxai hanaki yanda xa kiyi ba, kar ki sake kuka don Allah” mikewa Nanny tayi ta tafi gun su Shureim dake ta kuka wai Sudais ya fita ya bar su. Bayan awanni kusan uku Nanny ta gaji da lallashin Khadijah da ta ki hakura da kukan da take, xuwa lkcn kuma su Shureim sun yi bacci, Da kyar Nanny ta lallaba ta taje tayi sllh don duk a sanyaye take, tana xaune kan darduma Sudais ya shigo gidan, kallonsa Khadijah ta dinga yi har ya xauna kan kujera, a sanyaye ta taso ta durkusa gefensa tace “Am sorry I caused you all this, kayi hakuri don Allah ka yafe min” Tana magana hawaye ce idonta, ya kirkiri murmushi yace “It’s nothing Amira, tafi ki hada kayan ki gaba daya a sama” shiru ta yi tana kallonsa gabanta na faduwa, ya gyada mata kai cike da assurance, tashi tayi jiki ba kwari ta wuce sama, ya kalli Nanny da ke parlorn ita ma duk a sanyaye yace “Ki hada kayan yaran da naki gaba daya” mikewa tayi ta wuce sama ita ma, Nanny ce ta fara sakkowa parlorn da jakunkunan kayan su shureim, Sudais dake kallonta yace “Ki kai cikin booth, its open” fita tayi waje da kayan, tana dawowa yace ta je ta taya khadijah, Kuka Nanny ta samu Khadijah nayi a dakin, bata iya tace mata komai ba ta shiga taya ta hada kayanta, Nanny ce ta sauko da jakan ta kai cikin motar, shi dai Sudais na xaune yyi nisa tunanin da yake, jin wayarsa na ring ya dauka da sauri yana kallon mai kiran, tashi yyi ya daga wayar yace “Mukhtar ka iso ne” daga daya bangaren abokin nasa yace “Ehh ina waje” fita yyi ya samesa waje, Mukhtar yace “You mean wannan gidan xaka siyar Barrister?” Sudais ya shafa kansa yace “Ehh shi” Mukhtar yace “Haba, Toh ai wannan yafi wancan wllh, ya xaka siyar da abu ka siya wanda bai kai sa ba kuma har da ciko, amma sun ma same ka da yawa” Sudais yace “kai dai bani takardun wancan gidan, and don’t forget gidan is almost furnished” Barrister Mukhtar ya bude motarsa ya fiddo envelope ya mika ma Sudais ya karba yace “Duk da haka dai, duka duka kayan nawa ne a ciki” Sudais ya amsa envelope din yace “Nagode, bari in dauko nawa” daga haka ya koma ciki ya wuce bedroom dinsa ya dauko wani envelope dake dauke da takardun gidan nasa yana dawowa ya mika ma colleague dinsa yace “Kafin dare xa a kwashe komai na nan din, soo you help me explain to them” Mukhtar da mamakin Sudais ya cika sa ya karbi envelope din yace “Toh shkkn” daga haka suka yi sallama Mukhtar ya wuce, Sudais na komawa ciki ya sa Nanny ta dauko twins suka shiga mota, Ganin Khadijah bata fito sudais ya wuce sama ya bude kofar dakin duk da kukan da ya sameta tana yi kawai cewa yayi “Ke nake jira Amira” daga haka ya juya ya fita, Khadijah ta mike tana goge hawayen da ya ki tsaya mata ta fita, a gaban motar ta xauna Nanny kuma na xaune da yaran a baya suka bar gidan bayan Sudais ya sauka ya rufe gate, tafiyar kusan minti ashirin suka yi sai kallon agogo sudais yake har suka iso wani anguwa, anguwa ce mai kyau shi ma kamar wancan, yyi parking dai dai gate din wani bungalow babba ya fita ya bude gate din ya ja motar suka shiga gidan, sosai gidan ya hadu bayan yyi parking ya bude motar ya fito yana kallon Nanny yace ta fito da yaran da xuwa lkcn sun tashi daga baccin da suke, kallon khadijah yyi ta bude motar ita ma ta fito, Sudais ya nufi entrance din shiga gidan ya bude kofar da makullin dake cikin envelope sannan ya shiga, parlorn na da girma amma bai kai na can gidan sudais ba, sannan dakuna uku ne ko wanne da bayi sai kitchen da dinning area, da kuma bathroom da toilet a parlorn, gidan ya hadu, sai dai fa bai kai na sudais ba, Har TV akwai a parlorn bayan kujeru da center table da dinning table da chairs a area din da aka tanadar don ajiye su, kasa xama khadijah tayi a parlorn, Sudais dake tsaye shi ma ya nuna mata kujera ta xauna, sai a sannan ta xauna cikin sanyin jiki, ya dau little sudais dake ta daga masa hannu wai ya daukesa, Sudais na kallon Nanny murya can kasa yace “Madam ina son ki min alfarma daya na xaunawa tare da su even if it’s just for few years to come for the sake of this twins, I will pay all the money in sha Allah” Nanny da jikinta yyi sanyi tace “Ba damuwa yallabai, Allah ya saka da alkhairi” Nan take sudais ya bata check na shekarun da ya fada, sannan ya nufi Khadijah yana kallonta ya ajiye mata envelope din hannunsa a kafarta a hankali yace “Gashi Amira this is for my boys, da sunansu na siya gidan nan don haka na su ne, mallakin su ne” kasa cewa komai tayi tana kallonsa, ya durkusa gabanta a raunane yace “I have always wanted the very best for you Amira, like… sending you out to UK kiyi karatu ki xama likita, a ko da yaushe hakan yana rai na amma saboda kananun yaran ki…. I decided sai sun kai ko da shekaru biyu ne sai ki tafi tare da su…. Am sad I couldn’t fulfill that but you can ur self, promise me ko bayan babu ni, xa kiyi karatu ki xama babban likita, I mean ki min alkawarin xa ki cika min wannan burin nawa a kan ki” jin bata ce komai sai kallonsa take a tsorace ya kamo hannunta yana kallon kwayar idonta, he understand she’s shock, ya lumshe ido ya mika mata check na kudi, da farko kasa magana yyi can yyi gathering courage with a breaking voice yace “Am going Amira, this is a check of 20 million, I think that all I’ve got for now, kiyi kokarin ganin with this little am giving you kin inganta rayuwar ki da na boys din ki, sannan ki ci gaba da rike mutuncin ki na ‘ya mace duk inda xa ki samu kan ki, I wish na yi kokarin nema maki Umman ki kafin in tafi, I wish na kwato maki hakkin ki a gun dangin mahaifin ki, amma duk hakan bai yiwu ba Amira, ki kyale su xa su mayar maki a lahira idan Allah ya yarda, as for the twins..” Kasa ci gaba yyi, yyi shiru na wani lkci bai son ta ga hawayen idonsa, can yyi karfin halin cewa “I knw i will always love them tamkar yaran da na haifa a cikina, kar ki bari su yi rashi na Amira, ki dinga masu abinda nake masu, I mean ki so su kamar yanda nake son su, you are all they’ve got now, ke kadai gare su, idan kuma kika samu abokin rayuwar da kika ga ya kwanta maki kiyi aure amma ki fara sanar da shi ke wacece, a duk xaman mu Amira idan na taba saba maki da sani na ko akasin haka ki gafarce ni” kansa a kasa yace “I think that’s all, akwai foodstuffs da na siyo daxu a kitchen, goodbye Amira, it’s great knowing you in my life, wishing u better future ahead….” Ganin xai tashi Khadijah ta sakko kasa ta rikesa ta fashe da matsanancin kuka cikin rawar murya tace “Na shiga uku, don Allah kar ka tafi ka bar ni ni kadai, you are all I have with my kids, ka ce min fa baxa ka taba barina ba, don girman Allah kar ka min haka Aliyu, idan ka tafi ya xan yi…” Kasa kallonta yyi, ta daura kanta a kafarsa tana kuka sosai cikin raunin murya tace “Kasan ni marainiya ce, I don’t have anybody, ya xan yi da yaran idan ka tafi ka bar ni da su Aliyu, don Allah kar ka tafi ko don su, ban san inda xan ga ummata ba kar ka tafi ka bar ni ni kadai a duniyar nan” Hakan da khadijah ta fada yasa Nanny ta fara kuka tausayin khadijah da yan biyun ya cika ta, Sudais yyi iya kokarin ganin hawayen idonsa bai sakko ba amma hakan bai yiwu ba, ya dago ta da kyar shi ma hawaye na xubo masa yace “Life goes on with or without me Amira xaku yi rayuwarku da yaran, you just have to manage the little I gave you cos I knw living in Abuja is expensive, surely watarana xa ki hadu da ummanki har ma da dangin mahaifiyar ki, I have to go now saboda Mamina, baxan iya tsallake maganar ta ba kiyi hakuri, ke dai kiyi min alfarmar kula da yan biyun ki, kuma ki daina jin haushinsu ki ja su a jiki, su kenan gare ki a yanxu, kar ki shafa masu laifin mahaifin su” daga haka ya mike ya isa gun twins din ya duka yana kallonsu a sanyaye, dariya suka fara masa suna daga hannu ya daukesu, ya manna masu kiss gaba daya ya lumshe ido murya can kasa yace “Long life to you both in sha Allah my boys, Allah ya albarkace rayuwarku ku xamto *hasken rayuwar* mahaifiyar ku” tashi yyi ya nufi kofa trying hard to control his self, Khadijah na kuka sosai cikin sanyin murya tace “Thanks very much Aliyu, Allah ya biya ka abinda kayi mana, and I will always pray for you in my life, kai din ka xame min _hasken rayuwa_ a lkcn da rayuwata tayi min duhu, daga ranan da na fara ganin ka ka yaye min bakin cikin dake tare da ni, you will always be the *light of my life* Aliyu” Sudais bai iya ya juyo ba har ya isa kofa, yaran na ganin xai fita suka fara kuka, bai yarda ya juyo ba har ya bude kofar ya fita yana goge hawayen idonsa, yana fita kuma ya bude wayarsa ya cire sim din da Khadijah ta san sa da shi ya jefar nan cikin flowers din gidan ya fita ya hau motarsa, and that was how Barrister Aliyu left Khadijah and her twins.

Khaleel na xaune waje idonsa a kan wayar hannunsa Khadijah ta nufosa, ya daga kai yana kallonta har ta iso inda yake, yace “Is he awake?” Tace “Yace yana son ya ga shureim wai” Khaleel yace “Yana sama” ta d’an bude ido tace “Wajen wa?” Bai ce komai ba, hakan yasa ta hade rai tace “But me yasa ka bar sa ya je can? Why did u allow him go to him?” Khaleel ya ci gaba da danna wayarsa yace “He followed him, sae in hanasa…” Juyawa tayi a fusace ta wuce office din Aliyu, Khaleel ya d’an yi murmushi ya tashi ya shiga clinic din shi ma, Aliyu na tare da Dr Mukhtar Khadijah ta shigo office din, duk suka juya suna kallonta, ta dinga kallon office din tana neman shureim can ta hango sa kwance kan gadon masu ciki a office din yana bacci, karasawa tayi xata tashe sa, taji Aliyu yace “Don’t wake him” ko kallonsa bata yi ba xata daga yaron taji jikinsa yyi xafi sosai, ta dinga kallonsa gabanta na faduwa, a firgice ya farka ta rikesa sosai tana kallonsa da damuwa tace “Shureim me ya faru, ur temperature is high” rungumeta yayi yyi lamo jikinta, ta sauke sa kan gadon ta nufi kofa, Aliyu ya bi ta da kallo, ba su kai ga kai wa kofar ba yaron ya shiga kwarara amai, ta dukar da shi da sauri ita ma ta duka hankalinta tashe tace “What’s wrong shureim, me ka ci?” Dr Mukhtar ya taho gun su ya dagosa yana masa sannu, dai dai nan wata nurse ta shigo tana kallon Aliyu tace “Dr, ur attention” daga haka ta fita, Khadijah ta bi nurse din da kallo, Aliyu ya fita office din Dr Mukhtar ya cire ma Shureim rigar jikinsa yana rike da hannunsa ya isa table din Aliyu, duba sa yyi, bayan wani lkci ya ajiye stethoscope din hannunsa ya nuna ma Khadijah bathroom yace “Ki gyara masa jiki sai ki kwantar da shi kan gado, let me get him drug? Ya ci abinci?” Ta girgixa masa kai yace “Ohk” daga haka ya fita xuwa gun nurses, Ganin duk basa wajen yayi tunanin ko an kawo emergency ne, ya kalli direction din Emergency ward, yaga Aliyu tsaye ya jingina da bango, Karasawa Mukhtar yyi gun sa, ganin yanayinsa yace “Me ya faru Dr?” Kallonsa kawai Aliyu yake ya kasa cewa komai, Dr Mukhtar ya shiga cikin emergency ward din, khaleel ne kusa da gadon da sudais yake ya hade kansa da karfen gadon, Dr Mukhtar ya dinga bin Doctors din da kallo, ganin yanda suke tsaye hopelessly, can ya kalli Sudais lkci daya jikinsa yyi mugun sanyi, gaba daya he became lost of words ya kasa karasawa cikin ward din, juyawa yyi da kyar ya fita office din yana kallon Aliyu dake jingine da bango har lkcn, ya dafa shoulder dinsa cikin sanyin murya yace “Hardluck Doctor, Allah ya masa rahama” Aliyu bai iya yace komai tunaninsa daya a lkcn Khadijah, Khaleel ma ya fito ward din yana kallon Aliyu amma ya rasa abinda xai ce, Aliyu yyi karfin halin ce masa “Plss take her home” Khaleel ya bar wajen a sanyaye ya fiddo wayarsa yyi dialing number sudais, yana dagawa a hankali yace “Barrister the boy is late” daga haka ya katse wayar, kujera Aliyu ya nema ya xauna jin ya kasa ci gaba da tsayuwa, sai a sannan ya ji hawaye na sakko masa ya rike kan sa, how will Iman take this?? Who is to break the news to her, Khaleel ma na tsaye ya jingina da bango yana tunanin yanda xai yaudareta ya mayar da ita gida, can ya nufi sama xuwa office din Aliyu ya ganta ta fito office din rike da shureim, khaleel na ganinta sai da gabansa yyi mugun faduwa ya nufeta da sauri sai dai bai bari taga idonsa ba trying hard to be okay yace “Where did u see him?” Da damuwa tace “Amai yake ta yi Dr, kuma jikinsa da xafi” Khaleel ya duka yana kallonsa yace “What happen shureim” yace “I want go to Sudais” Khaleel ya hadiye abu da kyar yace “Okay xan kai ka my boy” daga haka ya mike yace “Bani wayar pls ina son inyi call mine is out of airtime” mika masa wayar hannunta khadijah tayi ya kama hannun Shureim yace “Mu koma ciki in duba sa” tace “Ai wani Dr ya duba sa yanxu” yace “Ehh let me check him again sai a basa magani” tace “Toh ku tafi, let me go to sudais…” da sauri ya juyo yace “Noo ki xo mu je sai ku tafi tare da shureim he won’t be happy idan bai ga shureim ba” a hankali ta bi bayan Khaleel dake rike da shureim, office din Dr Aliyu ya shiga, ya xaunar da Shureim kan gadon office din, ya kalli khadijah yace “You stay with him ina xuwa” daga haka ya juya ya fita, Number Umma ya shiga dubawa a call logs dinta, Ummata… yaga tayi saving number da, nan ya gane number umma ce, yayi saurin kwashe number a tasa wayar, ya sauka kasa bayan yyi dialing, ba a dau lkci ba Umma ta dauka, ya gaisheta cikin sanyin murya yace “Umma khaleel ne, I called to inform you that Sudais is late umma, yanxu ya rasu” mikewa umma dake xaune tayi cikin tashin hankali tace “Innalillahi wa inna ilai raji’un ya rasu?” Jikin Khaleel yyi sanyi jin yanayin da umma ta shiga, a hankali yace “Ku yi hakuri Umma, but har yanxu Khadijah bata sani ba kuma ba a son ta sani a nan so plss, ban san ya xa ayi ko xaki kirata ki dai fada mata wani abu da xai sa ta wuce gida yanxu, cos we can never convince her taje gida ynxu” Kuka kawai Umma take ta kasa cewa komai ta katse wayar ta dinga salati wanda hakan ya ja hankalin Nanny ta shigo, cikin tashin hankali tace “Umma me ya faru?” Da kyar Umma ta iya ce mata “Sudais” tun umma bata fada ba Nanny ta san kwanan xancen ta fashe da kuka ta xube wajen tana salati ita ma, tausayin khadijah ya sa Umma ta kasa controlling kanta, kuka take kamar ranta xai fita, babu mai lallashin wani ita da Nanny, Khaleel ya kasa komawa sama gun khadijah duk iya kokarin sa na ganin ya dake ya ji ya kasa kuma, kujera ya nema shi ma ya xauna yana ganin abun kamar a mafarki yanxu shikenan yaron nan ya tafi, Nurses din ma gaba daya duk jikinsu a sanyaye yake, Aliyu yyi karfin halin fiddo wayarsa ya shiga kiran Mumy, bayan ta daga cikin sanyin murya yace “Mumy ya rasu yanxu” Yanda mumy ta rikice a lokacin sai ayi tunanin sun yi shekara shidda tare da yaron ne, ta dinga kuka kawai ya katse wayar sa,Sudais ne ya shigo reception din duk hankalinsa a tashe ya nufi khaleel cike da karfin hali yace “Dr plss kar ku ce min yaron nan ya rasu, tell me he is still alive” Khaleel ya kasa ce masa komai, Sudais ya tafi gun wata nurse yace “Take me to him plss” nurse din ta nuna masa emergency, da sauri ya shiga wajen, kallon gawar yaron ya dinga yi ganin kamar mai bacci da murmushin sa a fuska, sudais ya karasa gadon ya hade kai da karfe hawaye na sakko masa ya dinga nanata “Innalillahi wa inna ilai hi raji’un” Bai taba ba yaron mutuwa yanxu ba, ranan da aka haifesa tare da d’an uwansa ya tuno, da irin wahalar da khadijah ta sha kamar baxa ta yi ba, ya ji ya kasa controlling hawayen sa, memory din ya dinga dawo masa freah, tun daga san da yaran suka fara wayo, suka yi mugun sabawa da ahi har xuwa ranan da ya barsu suna kukan xa su bi sa amma har ya fita bai waiwayo su ba, cikin raunin murya sudais yace “Allahummaghfir li-fulanin Aliyu warfa’ darajatahu fil-mahdiyyina, wakhlufhu fi’aqibihi fil-ghaabirina, waghfir-lanaa wa lahu yaa Rabbal-‘aalamina, wafsah lahu fee qabrihi wa nawwir lahu feehi” daga haka ya karasa rufe masa idanuwansa amma ya kasa barin dakin hawaye na xuba idonsa, ya jima bai ji mutuwar da ta taba sa haka ba tun bayan rasuwar maminsa 3 years back, hakan yasa ya kasa daina hawaye, ya ki fita ward din don gani yake kamar yaron xai tashi. Da kyar Umma ta iya dialing number Khadijah, khaleel dake xaune ya jingina da kujera jin wayar na vibrate ya kalla da sauri ganin Umma ke kiranta ya mike ya ba wata nurse yace “Plss ma ki dan taimaka ki kai ma warce ke office din Dr Aliyu wayar nan” ta amsa ta wuce ta kai ma khadijah, a stairs suka kusa cin karo xata sakko, nurse din ta mika mata khadijah ta karba ganin umma ke kiranta ta daga wayar, Umma tayi gathering courage bayan ta saita muryarta tace “Khadijah ki dawo gida yanxu ina son ganin ki” hankalin khadijah ya tashi sosai jin yanayin muryar umma a tsorace tace “Umma baki da lafiya ne?” Hawaye na sakko ma Umma cikin sanyin tace “Ehh bana jin dadi ki dawo yanxu kin ji daughter” tashin hankali ne sosai tare da Khadijah ta dinga kallon wayar sannan ta sauka kasa da sauri, khaleel na ganinta ya mike da sauri, ta nufe sa da damuwa tace “Dr Umma ce ta kira wai bata da lafiya yanxu” ya dake yace “Subhanallah, bata da lafiya kuma?” Ta gyada masa kai hawaye cike idonta, yace “Toh bari inyi dropping din ki gidan yanxu…” Tace “Toh, Shureim din yana ta aman har yanxu amma wani Dr na gun sa” Khaleel yace “Toh shkkn mu je” juyawa tayi ta nufi ward da little sudais yake kafin a kai sa emergency tace “Let me check sudais kafin in tafi pls” Khaleel bai san lkcn da ya fixgota ba ta kusa fadawa kansa da mamaki take kallonsa, ya wara ido yace “Mu je, idan mun dawo sai ki duba sa, bacci yake daga can na fito yanxu” kasa cewa komai tayi Khaleel na rike da hannunta ya nufi kofar fita ta dinga bin sa, Aliyu dake xaune one side of the clinic duk yana kallonsu ya lumshe ido to prevent more tears, he still can’t believe that cute boy, his blood is gone forever, kiran Abbansa ne ya shigo wayarsa, ya san mumy ta kira sa ta fada masa kenan, don tun bayan da Mumy ta gaya masa abinda ya shiga tsakaninsa da khadijah da batun yan biyun ya dauke masa wuta duk da a ranan ma ya bar kasar, a hankali ya mike ya daga kiran Abban nasa. Har suka isa gida khaleel bai ce ma khadijah komai ba, sai dai ya lura duk a sanyaye take, yaji wani mugun tausayinta na dawainiya da shi, jiki ba kwari ta fita daga motar bayan yyi parking ta wuce ciki tana tsoron yanda xata je ta samu Umma, Xaune umma take har lokacin a daki tayi kukan har taji ba dadi, nanny ma duk ta fita hayyacinta da ta tuna sudais ya mutu sai ya rushe da kuka don tun suna jarirai take tare da su. suna ganin khadijah duk suka shanye kukan Khadijah ta karasa da sauri ta xube gaban umma gabanta na mugun faduwa tace “Ummata mai ya faru, why are you crying plss” rungume ta umma tayi ta sake fashewa da wani kukan, Khadijah duk ta rikice ita ma ta fashe da kuka tace “Umma don Allah ki gaya min me ya faru, waye ya mutu?” Nanny ta mike ta bar dakin wani sabon kukan ya xo mata. A sanyaye khaleel yyi reverse ya koma clinic din, dai dai lkcn da Sudais ya fito daga emergency ward, Dr Mukhtar kuma ya sakko kasa rike da shureim, shureim na ganin Khaleel ya nufe sa da sauri, Aliyu ya bi yaron da kallo a sanyaye, khaleel ya duka yana kallonsa murmushin karfin hali dauke fuskarsa yace “How are you feeling now?” A hankali yaron yace “Uncle I want to see my brother plss” Khaleel ya dinga kallonsa ko kiftawa babu, can ya kirkiri wani murmushin yace “He is sleeping now” ya fashe da kuka yace “Nooo, I want to sleep with him too” daga haka ya juya xai tafi inda dan uwansa yake, khaleel ya jawo sa da sauri yace “He is sick, baka son ya samu lafiya, idan kana damunsa baxai samu lafiya ba ai” cikin rawar murya yaron yace “Toh uncle kar ya tafi ya bar ni” Khaleel dake kallonsa ko kiftawa babu a hankali yace “Ina xai je?” Shureim yace “Gida” tashi Khaleel yyi ya kama hannunsa ya fita duk jikinsa a sanyaye. Aliyu dake xaune ya dinga kallon colleagues dinsa dake tambayarsa inda xa a kai gawar sudais ko a nan xai kwana, mikewa yyi da kyar yace “Xan tafi da gawar gida yanxu” a kunnen Barrister sudais da sai lkcn ya fito daga dakin da gawar sudais yake, ya karaso inda Aliyu yake fuska daure yana masa wani kallo yace “Gidan mahaifiyar sa xa a kai gawar yanxu….” kallonsa kawai Aliyu ke yi, Sudais yace “You will be the one to go break the news to her” Aliyu ya d’an bude ido yace “Why me?” Sudais bai sake saurarensa ba ya koma ya dauko gawar ya fita xuwa gun motarsa Aliyu ya bi sa da wani irin kallo. Kusan a tare duk su ukun suka isa gidan, khaleel ya fara fitowa sannan ya sakko da Shureim yana kallon Sudais da ya fito shi ma amma gawar na motarsa, dauke kai khaleel yyi ya shiga ciki yana rike da shureim, Aliyu ya fito daga tasa motar da Doctors biyu suka bi bayan Khaleel, Sudais ya kasa shiga ciki ya jingina da motarsa yana tunanin yanda Khadijah xata dau xan cen rasuwar d’an ta, lumshe ido yyi wasu hawayen na sakko masa, Nanny ce ta bude masu kofa khaleel yasa ta shimfida tabarma a nan balcony, duk gabansa faduwa yake damuwar sa daya khadijah, xuwa yanxu dai umma ta daina kuka bayan ta ce ma khadijah rasuwa aka mata, Khadijah sai kallonta take a sanyaye bayan ta gama kukan ita ma don bata san waye ya rasu ba kuma umma bata gaya mata ba, Umma ta sa Hijab ta fito a sanyaye ba tare da tace ma khadijah komai ba, khaleel ya dinga kallon umma da wasu hawayen ke xubo mata ganin su, Aliyu ya kasa kallonta a sanyaye yace “Allah ya yi masa rahama, ya sa mai ceto ne” Khadijah ta fito daga daki da sauri jin muryar Aliyu, kallonsu ta dinga yi daga inda take tsaye can ta karaso da sauri tana kallon khaleel gabanta na faduwa tace “Dr ina sudais din?” Khaleel ya kasa kallonta kuma ya rasa abinda xai ce, dai dai nan Barrister sudais ya shigo parlorn shi ma bayan ya ajiye gawar sudais kan tabarmar da ya gani balcony baya son ya shiga ciki da shi tukun, suna hada ido da khadijah yyi saurin sunkuyar da kansa, A hankali khadijah ta juya tana kallon umma dake share sabbin hawayen dake xubo mata, ta juya ya kalli Nanny da ta jingina da bango tana hawayen ita ma, a rikice ta nufi Aliyu ta durkusa gabansa cikin rudewa tace “Aliyu ka gaya min wani abu ya sami sudais dina ne, don girman Allah ka gaya min” kasa ce mata komai yayi ya kasa kallonta, lkci daya hawaye ya cika idonsa, mikewa khaleel yyi ya nufi kofa xai fita cos he can’t stand it any more, ta mike kamar mahaukaciya ta bi bayansa da sauri, tsaye khaleel yyi balcony ganin gawar yaron a wajen don bai san Barrister ya shigo da shi ba, ya juya a hankali yana kallon khadijah dake kallon gawar kan tabarma an rufe, lkci daya jikinta ya dau rawa ta kamo hannun khaleel cikin rawar murya tace “Dr meye wannan, what is it….” Jawota khaleel yayi jikinsa ya rungume ta gam, cikin sanyin murya hawaye na taruwa idonsa yace “Don’t forget Khadijah, Allahn da ya baki shi ya fi ki son sa…. Ba wayon ki ba ba dubarar ki ba ya sa ya baki, to yanxu ya amshe kayan sa, sudais addu’arki kawai yake bukata gare sa yanxu, pray to meet with ur son once again in
Jannah….” Jin Khadijah tayi shiru ya dago kanta a hankali yana kallonta, a hankali yaji tana neman sulalewa hannunsa yaki saketa, a haka ta suma yana rike da ita. A hankali khadijah ta bude idanuwanta bayan lokaci me tsawo, kwance take kan gado ta dinga bin mutanen dake xaune dakin da kallo, Wata kawar Umma ta taso ta dawo kusa da ita ganin tashi take son yi ta taimaka mata ta xauna, da kyar tace “Anty me ya ke faruwa?” Umma tayi karfin halin xuwa kusa da ita ta xauna tace “Ya jikin khadijah” shiru khadijah tayi tana ta kallon umma, lkci daya ta fasa ihu ta mike ta fice daga dakin da gudu suka bi ta, Aliyu ne ya fara mikewa a compound din ganin ta fito, ga maxa ko ina, Khaleel dake rungume da Shureim dake bacci jikinsa ya dinga kallonta amma ya kasa tashi, haka barrister sudais, tana ganin Aliyu ta taho gun sa ta rike hannunsa cikin matsanancin kuka sosai tace “Aliyu don Allah kar ka ce min sudais ya mutu, you assured me he will be fyn, kar ka ce min ya mutu don girman Allah” kasa cewa komai Aliyu yyi yana kallonta, ta rungume sa tana kuka kamar ranta xai fita tace “Ka ce min bai mutu ba Aliyu, wllh ina son sa, kar ya tafi ya bar ni” Aliyu ya ja ta suka bar wajen xuwa inda babu mutane ya xaunar xa ita ya durkusa yana kallonta, a hankali yace “Iman kin san Allah xai baki shi?” Ta girgixa masa kai hawaye na xuba idonta tace “A’a”

*Sorry if I disappoint anybody*

*NOOR-AL-HAYAT* ✨

Da safe har su siyama suka tafi makaranta Anty khadijah bata sakko ba kamar yanda ta saba, tun bayan da ta kori kyauta da asuba take fitowa amma yau shiru, Khadijah ta taya mumy suka yi breakfast tun asuba sannan ta kwashi wanke wanke ta tafi tana yi duk da ba ita ce da yi ba baby ce, amma ganin tana bacci take taya ta, Mumy kuma ta wuce bedroom dinta, yanxu kam khadijah ta saba bata jika jikinta idan tana wanke wanke, ta gama wanke plates din gaba daya ta shigo kitchen tana ajiye ko wanne a maxauninsa, d’an dukawa tayi ta dalilin cikinta dake ciwo tun cikin dare, ta rasa irin ciwon cikin, Aliyu ya shigo da shirin fita office, tana ganin sa ta mike da sauri, yace “What’s wrong?” Murmushi tayi tace “Good morning” yace “I asked what’s wrong with you” tace “Ba komai, kawai cikina ke min ciwo amma yana sauki” yace “Since when?” Tana ci gaba da ajiye plates din hannunta tace “Da na tashi daxu” Yace “Ohk xan ajiye maki magani a bedroom, idan kin yi breakfast sai ki sha” tace “Toh nagode, in yi maka cup din coffee?” Yace “Ohk thanks” daga haka ya juya ya koma parlor, ta dau cup ta yi making masa coffee a ciki sannan ta fita ta kai masa, ya amsa yana kallonta yace “Nagode” murmushi tayi ta juya ta koma kitchen. Ita kadai ce kwance dakin banda juye juye babu abinda take, baby ta shigo daukan system dinta ganinta haka ta isa gabanta da sauri tace “Iman, what’s wrong are u okay” mikewa xaune khadijah tayi jin xuciyarta na tashi ta wuce bayi da sauri, amma ta kasa aman, sanin Mumy bata nan baby ta tafi dakin Anty khadijah dake parlor da yar ta suna kallo suna yin lunch din da mumy tayi kafin ta fita aiki, wayarta baby ta dauka tayi dialing number Aliyu da sauri, sosai Aliyu yayi mamakin ganin number Small mun dinsa, can dai ya dauka hade da sallama, Baby tace “Yayanmu it’s me baby, Iman ce bata da lafiya, she is even vomiting gashi mumy bata nan, nobody is at home sai Anty khadijah” Yace “Toh gani xan xo yanxu” katse wayar yyi, tayi deleting kiran a log sannan ta ajiye wayar ta fita da sauri ta koma dakinsu, Aliyu ya bar duk abinda yake cikin few minutes sai gashi ya dawo, hawaye kawai khadijah take da ya tambayeta inda ke mata ciwo, Anty khadijah na ganin ya shigo gidan ta hayo sama kamar me neman abu iklima na biye da ita, kamar dai daxu yanxu ma magani ya bata, sannan ya kira mumy ya sanar da ita bata da lafiya xa su tafi clinic ya dubata, Mumy dai tayi mamakin yanda aka yi ya sani har ya dawo shi da yake gun aiki, amma dai kawai tace masa toh, Hijab khadijah ta sa ta bi sa suka fita, Baby tace “yayanmu xan iya bin ku” ya kalleta yace “Clinic din?” Da sauri tace “Aa yi hakuri” murmushi yyi sanin tun tana yar karama take tsoron asibiti dama, suna isa asibitin office dinsa ya wuce direct da khadijah, sai dai ba shi ya dubata ba wani likitan ne daban ya dubata yasa aka mata series of tests, nan ya mata allura aka bata drugs, tun da aka yi alluran dama take kuka, Aliyu ya nuna mata gadon duba masu ciki yace “Kwanta can kiyi kukan da yawa” ba musu ta kwanta ta ci gaba da kukan nata a haka har bacci ya dauketa. Sai kusan la’asar ya tada ta, ta bude ido a hankali sannan ta mike xaune yace “How you feeling now?” Bata ce komai ba, yace “Toh taso kiyi alwala” ba musu ta mike, bayan ta gama sallah suka fita office din, Eatry ya kai ta ya siya mata abinci sannan ya mai da ta gida. Bayan kwana biyu, Aliyu na tsaye kitchen yana mamakin wa kuma ke shan coffee a gidan bayan shi, cos ya sami powder din ba yanda yake ajiye sa ba, hada coffee din yyi ya fita kitchen din, duk da shirin fita office da yyi komawa bedroom dinsa yyi ya kwanta bayan ya gama shan coffee din jin kansa na juya masa, Mumy ta gama shirin tafiya gun aikinta ganin bai fita ba tun safe ta shiga dakinsa, kwance ta samesa idonsa a rufe, tace “Abuturrab” ya bude ido da sauri tace “Are you okay” yace “Sure I am fine, it’s just headache anjima xan tafi aikin” Mumy tace “Toh Allah ya sauwake, sai ka sha magani, ni na tafi” yayi mata Allah ya tsare sannan ta fita, Anty khadijah dake xaune parlor tayi ma Mumy Allah ya kiyaye, Mumy tace “Ameen” sannan ta fita. Mumy na fita Anty khadijah ta shiga kitchen ta daura tea pot a kan gas, ta dau Lipton da kayan kamshi kamar dai yanda ake dafa ruwan shayi ta xuba a tea pot din, kulle kofar kitchen din tayi ta ciro wani kulli da ta tusa cikin bra dinta ta bude ta juye gaba daya garin ciki a tea pot din sannan ta rufe, bata bar kitchen din ba sai da ya tafasa sosai sai kamshi ruwan lipton din yake, sannan ta juye a karamar flask bayan tayi shifter din shaft din garin, ta kashe gas ta wanke tea pot din ta kife ta dau babban flask din gidan ta bude ta tuttule ruwan Lipton dake ciki a sink ta rufe ta ajiye sannan ta bar kitchen din ta koma parlor ta xauna. Karfe sha biyu saura Anty khadijah ta sa su baby da iklima su shirya wai xa su rakata, ba don ran baby ya so ba ta tafi dakinta shiryawa don tasan masifa xata yi ta masu a duk inda xa su, Bayan baby ta sa Hijab dinta ta kalli Khadijah da ke gyara mata kayanta da ta sassauke ta ajiye saman gado tace “Don’t worry fa Iman, ni ma kawai wahala nasan xan je mu yi, following Anty khadijah is always one of my worst night mare… beside Yayanmu is at home ai yana bacci, he will keep you company, you won’t be that lonely” khadijah tayi murmushi tace “Alright bye” daga haka baby ta fita, Anty khadijah na fitowa dakinta ta bude kofar dakin Aliyu a hankali dai dai lkcn da ya bude idonsa suka yi ido hudu, fuskewa tayi ta daure fuska ta shiga dakin ta tafi gaban madubinsa ta dau turarrukansa ta dinga fesawa irin shi ya kawo ta din nan, sannan ta fice daga dakin ta rufe masa kofa. baby ta ba handbag dinta da makullin motar tace “Gashi ku je ku jirani a mota da Iklima saura ku yi damben da ku ka saba kafin in fito” baby sai da taje ta fara yi ma yayanta sallama a dakinsa sannan ta sauka kasa, tana sauka Anty khadijah ta bude dakin babyn tana kallon khadijah dake ta gyaran kaya ta hade rai tace “Idan kin ga dama, kina gama gyaran kayan ki tafi ki kai ma Aliyu abinci don bai yi breakfast ba, ruwan Lipton din sa na nan a karamin flask na Babban flask ya kare” Khadijah tace “Toh Anty” ta maka mata harara tace “Kya nemi Antyn ki dai” daga haka ta juya ta fita ta rufe kofar. Khadijah na ji suka fita gidan a mota, ta ci gaba da gyaran da take a hankali har ta gama sannan ta fita, kitchen ta wuce don debar ma Ya Aliyu breakfast kamar yanda Anty khadijah ta ce mata, tsaye tayi inda karamin flask din yake ta kai hannu kan cabinet din kitchen din ta dangwalo wani garin magani da ta gani a xube wajen, ta dinga kallon bak’in maganin can ta tafi sink ta wanke hannunta, ta dawo ta dau napkin din kitchen din ta share wajen ta wanke napkin din a sink sannan ta shanya ta gama daura masa kayan break din a tray da karamin flask din ta fita xuwa dakinsa, kwance ta samesa idonsa biyu, ta durkusa ta ajiye tray din hannunta tace “Yayanmu ga breakfast din ka, in hada maka shayin” ya girgixa mata kai yace “Noo don’t worry xan yi da kai na, ke ba ki bi su ba?” Khadijah ta girgixa kai tace “A’a…” Shiru ya d’an yi sai kuma can yace “Toh ki je sanusi ya kai ki saloon kiyi gyaran gashin ki” turo baki tayi ta make kafada tace “A’a ni gashina bai yi datti ba Yayanmu, kuma on Sunday mumy ta kai mu ai” yace “Toh me ma ya hanaku xuwa islamiyya?” Ta wara ido tana murmushi tace “Ka mance yau Thursday” ya lumshe ido ya bude yace “Toh tashi ki tafi” mikewa tayi ta nufi kofa ya bi ta da kallo har ta fita, bayan tafiyarta da kusan minti goma ya mike xaune a hankali yana son daurewa ya bar gidan ya tafi clinic, gaba daya ya rasa gane me ke damunsa, it seems he is sick, cup ya dauka ya debi ruwan Lipton dake flask kadan, sannan ya xuba madara da cube biyu na sugar ko bin ta kan Milo bai yi ba ya juya shayin da spoon ya ajiye ya huce, mikewa yayi ya shiga bathroom ya sake wanka sannan ya fito, ya dau wani kayan da xai sa ya ajiye saman gado ya xauna bakin gadon ya dau cup din shayin da ya riga ya huce ya kai baki ba tare da ya bi ta kan dankali da kwai dake rufe a plate ba…. Yana gama shanye shayin ya ajiye cup din. Kallon cup din kawai Aliyu yake bayan few minutes wondering is this really a tea he drank, cos even the taste… komawa yayi ya kwanta saman gado bayan kusan minti biyar ya rufe ido sosai, He just can’t imagine what is ringing all over is head a lkcn, ya sake mikewa xaune da sauri trying hard to control his self daga urge din da xuciyarsa ke masa, loudly xuciyarsa na bugawa sosai yace “Not… Iman” ya kai hannu da nufin sa kayansa ya bar gidan gaba daya amma ya kasa, komawa yayi kan gado yyi cike da karfin hali ya kwanta, jin sanyi na shigarsa ya rufa da duvet, dai dai nan aka bude kofar dakin ya juya da sauri, khadijah ce ta shigo rike da leda karami tace “Yayanmu ga shi sanusi yace in baka aiken da kayi masa daxu, naga drugs ne dama baka da lafiya ne?” Kin cewa komai yyi ya rufe ido kamar mai bacci, ta isa kusa da shi ta durkusa tace “Toh ka ta shi kasha Yayanmu” tana fadin haka ta fiddo duk maganin tana duba prescription amma bata ga ni ba, guda daddaya ta cire gaba daya hudun ta dau table water da ta gani dakin ta dawo gefensa tace “Ka tashi kasha Yayanmu” ya bude idonsa da ya kada yace “Ajiye ki fita” bai taba mata magana yanda yyi mata ba a lkcn amma a tunaninta ko rashin lafiyan ne, kamar xata yi kuka tace “Toh ka fara sha don Allah Yayanmu” lkci daya ya ji kamar an cire gaba daya sympathy dake tare da shi, Ya mike kamar wani xaki ya fixgota cikin tsawa yace “I said leave Iman” hawaye ne ya cika idonta tana kallonsa, cikin rawar murya tace “Ohk” daga haka ta ajiye masa magungunan cikin leda ta ajiye ruwan ma ta mike, da sauri ya jawota ta fado jikinsa ta xaro ido a tsorace tace “Yayanmu” ya rungumeta gam hade da lumshe ido muryarsa na rawa yace “I don’t want this to happen Iman, I….” Kasa ci gaba yayi jikinsa ya dau rawa, yasan he have tried for that long, the urge… He just don’t understand it, it’s unbearable…. It’s different. Aliyu never gave her a chance to raise any alarm duk da kokarin yin hakan da ta dinga yi, kai kana ganinta kasan bata taba tsorata da shiga tashin hankali irin na moment din ba, gashi yyi depriving dinta damar rokonsa ta kuma yi masa tuni da cewa ita marainiya ce ko xai ji tausayinta, domin kuwa ya rufe bakin ta, and that was how everything happened, tana ji tana gani Aliyu ya raba ta da pride dinta, daga nan da ta rufe ido bata sake budewa ba sai bayan wasu mintuna. Kwance ta ganta dakin baby an rufeta da duvet, ta dinga bin dakin da kallo a hankali kamar me son tuna wani abun, ta runtse ido ta dalilin sara mata da taji kanta ke yi sosai, bude ido tayi da sauri kuma a tsorace don a lkcn komai ya dawo mata, xata mike xaune taji wani xafi gaba daya jikinta, kara ta saki ba tare da ta shirya yin hakan ba duk jikinta na rawa tana kiran Ummanta, dai dai nan aka bude dakin, bata san lkcn da wani karfi ya xo mata ba tayi ignoring axaban da take ji ta mike a gigice tana neman sauka kan gadon cikin tashin hankali take cewa “Don Allah yaya Aliyu kayi hakuri ina rokan ka, wlh mutuwa xan yi, kar ka xo don Allah” ya isa har gabanta yana kallonta da idanuwansa da suka yi ja xata gudu ya rikota ya xaunar da ita gefen gado shi ma ya xauna ba tare da ya bari sun hada ido ba muryarsa na rawa yace “Don Allah ki yafe min Iman, sure I cheat you, but…” Kasa ci gaba yyi ya sake hannunta ya rike kansa da yyi masa nauyi hawaye na xuba idonsa, ita ma kukan take a raunane tana son tashi wajen amma ta kasa, sauka yyi kan gadon ya durkusa kan kneels dinsa hawaye na xuba idonsa ya daura kan sa kan kafarta trying hard to speak yace “Ki dubi girman Allah ki yafe min Khadijah, I didn’t do that intentionally, forgive me plss, I don’t knw wat came over me, ba halina bane Iman, don Allah ki yafe bi….” Kuka kawai khadijah take tana ja baya jikinta na rawa, cikin sarkewar murya tace “Na ji, amma ka tafi don Allah ina rokon ka, please go” ya fi minti biyar durkushe gabanta kansa a duke har lkcn hawaye ya ki tsaya masa, ya ji duk ya tsani kansa, of all people why Iman, cike da karfin hali ya mike ya fita dakin. Khadijah ta fada kan gado ta dinga kuka, tun bayan rasuwar Abbanta sai a lokacin ta ji ba ta son duniyar gaba daya, xuciyarta ya karaya taji ita ma da Allah ya dau ranta a lkcn ta huta. Bacci me nauyi ne ya dauketa afterward, bata tashi farkawa ba sai da su baby suka dawo misalin karfe biyar na yamma, ta dinga kallon baby da ta tasheta da idanuwanta da suka kumbura sosai, baby ta ja baya da mamaki tace “Iman, what’s wrong did you cried?” Hannu ta kai jikinta ta ji yyi mugun xafi, ta fita da sauri don kusan tare suka shigo gidan da Mumy, dakin ya Aliyu ta fara shiga ta ga baya nan, sannan ta sauka downstairs don har lkcn mumy da Anty khadijah ba su hauro sama ba, Anty khadijah duk ta gaji da xancen da mumy ke mata ta kagu ta wuce sama don kin xama ma ta yi a parlorn tana tsaye, da damuwa baby tace “Mumy kamar khadijah bata da lafiya….” Katse ta Anty khadijah tayi da sauri tana kallonta tace “Me ya sameta?” Mumy kanta sai da ta kalli Anty khadijah, can Anty khadijah ta ankare ta tabe baki tace “Abun ka da xuciyar musulunci ban da haka ina ruwana, a kan yarinyar da ake min gori a gidan nan dubi yanda na xabura don ba ta da lafiya kamar iklima ce ba lafiya” mumy na kallon baby tace “Me ya sameta” baby tace “Nima ban sani ba, her eyes are swollen kuma jikinta yayi xafi sosai” mikewa Mumy tayi ta wuce sama, sai da Anty khadijah ta shiga kitchen ta dau flask din da ta xuba ruwa taji an diba sannan tayi murmushi ta bi bayan mumy da sauri, Cire bargon Mumy tayi tana kallon khadijah, ita kanta sai da ta tayi mamakin irin xafin da jikinta yyi ga wani shivering da take idanuwanta sun kumbura, Anty khadijah dake ta kallonta ta shimfida damuwa karara fuskarta tace “Me ya same ki haka” khadijah bata iya tace komai ba sai rawa da jikinta yake, Fita Anty khadijah tayi ta nufi dakin Aliyu da sauri ta bude, ganin baya dakin ta shiga don kara tabbatar da cewa ba xanin gadon da ta gani dakin bane daxu da ta shigo sannan ta fita daga dakin, Mumy ta kalli baby tace “Dauko min wayata” Da sauri baby ta fita sai ga ta ta dawo da wayar, Mumy ta shiga kiran Aliyu, yana gidansa kwance for the 1st time tun da Daddy yyi furnishing masa gidan, idonsa a lumshe suke ya bude a hankali jin karan wayarsa ya dinga kallon kiran ganin Mumy ce har ya katse, sake bugowa aka yi, yayi karfin halin mikewa don xaxxabi ne sosai jikinsa, ya dau wayar ya kai kunne bayan ya daga cikin sanyin murya yyi mata sallama, da damuwa Mumy tace “Aliyu where are you, Khadijah bata da lafiya sosai, ka taho yanxu idan ya kama ku tafi asibiti ne sai ku wuce” Da farko rasa abinda xai ce ma Mumy yayi lkci daya hawaye ya cika idonsa, har sai da tace “Hello Abuturrab, are you there?” Yyi karfin halin gyada kai yace “Xan taho yanxu Mumy” daga haka ya katse wayar ya ajiye ya rike kansa hawaye na sakko mishi.

Suna shiga parlorn khadijah ta xauna kan daya daga kujerun ciki, Shaheedah ta ajiye shureim tana murmushi tace “Wai basa magana ne?” Khadijah dai bata san ko suna yi ba ko basa yi amma taji Nanny tace suna yi idan sun ga dama, ta dan yi murmushi tace “Ba sosai ba, har yanxu basu iya ba” Tasowa Sudais yyi ya dawo kusa da ita shureim ma ya sauka kan kujera ya bi twin din nasa, Sadeeq yace “Lallai, yayarku kadai ku ka sani kenan koh” Shaheedah tace “Dama mana” daki Sadeeq ya wuce, Shaheedah kuma ta nufi fridge ta bude ta dauko masu drink da ruwa ta daura kan tray da cups uku sannan ta dawo ta ajiye tana kallon khadijah tace “Ban ma san sunan ki ba” Khadijah tace “Sunana Khadijah” Shaheedah tace “Ayya, ni kuma Shaheedah” Khadijah na murmushi tace “It’s nyc meeting you Shaheedah” Shaheedah ta mayar mata murmushin tace “You too” abinci ta koma kitchen ta dauko a warmer da plates da spoon, khadijah tace “Lahh wllh mun ci abinci kafin mu taho Shaheedah” Shaheedah ta bata fuska tace “Saboda ke fa na yi girkin” Khadijah tace “Ayya da baki bai kan ki wahala ba, kin ga su ba cin abinci ma suke ba sai dai golden morn ko custard” Shaheedah tace “Toh sai in masu ai akwai custard din din ke sai ki ci wannan” da sauri khadijah tace “Kafin mu fito ba basu suka sha, ko kin yi baxa su sha ba da gaske” Shiru Shaheedah tayi kafin tace “Kenan dai baxa ki ci abincin ba Khadijah” Khadijah tayi murmushi tace “Toh xan ci Shaheedah” Shaheedah tace “Yauwa na ji dadi” daukan yan biyun tayi tace “Ku bar Anty ta ci abinci mu tafi ku gaida Mamata” Khadijah ta kalleta tace “Ayya mama na nan ne” Murmushi Shaheedah tayi tace “Idan kin gama cin abincin sai mu je ku gaisa” daga haka ta wuce da yan biyun dakinta, Shaheedah na rufe kofar tace “Mama dubi yaran nan masu kyau maa sha Allah” warce ta kira da mama dake xaune dakin kan darduma tace “Bakin naki sun iso kenan” Shaheedah tace “Ehh har da kanninta ma ta xo, ga su su taya ki hira xan kai ma sa abinci” Daga haka ta fita ta bar yaran a dakin. K’adan Khadijah ta ci tuwo da miyar ganyen da Shaheedah ta kawo mata, cin abincin take amma gaba daya hankalinta na kan yaranta da bata gani ba kuma bata ji motsinsu ba, tashi tayi daga karshe ta dau warmer din tuwon da miya ta wuce kitchen da su, ta wanke plate din da ta ci abincin da cup sannan ta fito parlor ta xauna, dai dai nan Shaheedah ta fito parlorn tace “Lahh har kin gama Khadijah, ko dai ba ki ci ba” Khadijah ta kirkiri murmushi tace “Aa na ci wllh, bacci suka yi ne?” Ita kanta sai da taji kunyar tambayar, Shaheedah tace “Aa suna gun mama ne, mu je ku gaisa tana daki” tashi Khadijah tayi tace “Toh” sannan ta bi bayan Shaheedah suka wuce dakinta, Shaheedah na shiga tace “Mama xa ku gaisa da khadijah” daga haka ta bar bakin kofar Khadijah ta shigo, tsaye tayi bakin kofar tana kallon matar dake xaune kan darduma su shureim a kusa da ita, lkci daya taji komai nata ya tsaya ta kasa kwakkwaran motsi wajen da kyar cikin tsarkewar murya tace “Ummaa” Sai a sannan matar ta juyo da sauri ita ma jin muryar da ta dade tana muradin sake ji ko da a ranan da xata bar duniya ne, mikewa tsaye tayi tana kallonta cikin wani yanayi tace “Khadijah??” Shaheedah da ta saki baki tace “Lahh mama kin san ta ne dama?” Juyawa Khadijah tayi da sauri hawaye cike idonta ta bar bakin kofar, Kan kace me har ta isa gate ta fice daga gidan hawaye masu xafi na sakko mata, da sauri ta isa bakin titi ta tsayar da adai daita ta shiga, tana jin Shaheedah na kwalo mata kira alamar sun biyota amma taki waigawa tace mai adai daitan ya tafi, har khadijah ta isa gida kuka take cikin Napep kamar ranta xai fita, ta rasa dalilin kukan nata, taji xuciyarta yyi mata rauni ga xugin da ya fara mata, mai adai daitan a tuaninsa rasuwa aka yi mata ya dinga bata hakuri bai ma karbi kudin ba ta shige gida, nan parlor ta xube ta kara rushewa da kuka kamar xata tsaga gidan, Nanny ta fito a rikice ta shiga tambayarta me ya faru ina su Shureim sai a sannan khadijah ta tuna da yaran nata, Nanny duk ta rikice ta mike ta fita ta sake dawowa a rude tace “Khadijah tambayar ki nake ina yaran me ya same su, ina suke” Khadijah ta hade kai da kujera cikin rawar murya tace “Ummata na gani Nanny” Nanny ta tsaya kallonta kamar idanuwanta xa su fito, can ta durkusa kusa da ita da sauri tace “Umma? Ummarki dai? A ina kika ganta” Khadijah ta kara fashewa da kuka tace “A gidan da muka je” Nanny tace “Toh sai ta ce maki me, ko bata gan ki ba?” Nanny bata rufe baki ba sai ga Shaheedah ta shigo parlorn a sanyaye, khadijah na ganinta ta kara hade kai da gwiwa tana kuka a raunane, Shaheedah ta isa kusa da ita ta durkusa a hankali tace “Dama ke ce khadijahr da mama ke shigowa Nigeria saboda tun shekaru uku da suka wuce, dama ke ce khadijahr da mama ke yawan maganar ta a can kasar mu?” Khadijah ta dago hawaye wasu na bin wasu tana kallon Shaheedah, girgixa kai Shaheedah tayi tace “Allah sarki khadijah na samu labarin ki a gun mama tun ban yi aure na dawo kasar nan ba, Khadijah Mama ta shiga wani yanayi bayan rabuwar ku, ta je garurruka da dama na Nigeria tana neman ki, ta dalilin ki mama bata da isashen lafiya har yanxu, Wllh wannan xuwan ma tana sauka Nigeria Kano ta fara xuwa wai ko Allah xai sa ta gan ki, daga kano ta tafi Katsina sannan ta taho Kaduna duk wai ko xa ku hadu kafin ta taho gidana nan Abuja kuma gobe ma take shirin komawa kasar mu” Shigowar Umma parlorn ya sa Shaheedah tayi shiru tana kallonta, kana ganinta kasan ita ma tayi kukan, Umma ta karaso parlorn a sanyaye ta xauna kan kujera kusa da khadijah wasu hawayen na sakkowa idonta, Khadijah ta kasa kallonta ita ma tana hawayen, Cikin sanyin murya Umma tace “Ko da baxa ki saurareni ba Khadijah ina neman gafarar ki, ki yafe min, na maki abinda uwar da ta haife ki baxa ta maki, Khadijah don nace ki tafi ba har xuciyata nake nufin haka ba amma kika yi wucewarki kika saka ni cikin kunci da damuwa, duniyar tayi min xafi barin idan na tuna baki da kowa, ban yi ma mahaifin ki hallaci ba, but what will someone expect from a frustrated Mother, God knows i was frustrated…. Shi yasa nace ki tafi, amma ban taba tunanin xa ki tafi ba” sakkowa Kasa Umma tayi ta durkusa kusa da khadijah tana kuka tace “Ki gafarceni Khadijah…. Forgive me plss” Khadijah ta daura kanta a kafarta tana kuka sosai cikin rawar murya tace “Umma baki min komai ba, nima ki yafe min, I know i failed you, amma ba laifina bane Umma, ni ban taba iskanci ba, I was raped….” Umma ta dagota ta rungumeta tana controlling nata kukan tace “I thought as much daughter, na yanke hukunci cikin fushi da tashin hankali ne, na yarda da tarbiyar da na baki, Allah ya saka maki koma waye yyi maki wannan aika aikan, shi ma xai ga sakamakonsa tun a nan duniya” Sosai Nanny da jikinta yayi sanyi tayi murnan haduwar Khadijah da ummarta, ta dinga goge hawayen da ya ki tsaya mata tana gode ma Allah da ya bayyana ma marainiyar ummarta, Shaheedah da duk jikinta yyi sanyi ita ma ta ji dadin reunion din Aminiyar mahaifiyarta da step daughtern ta after three good years. Shaheedah ce ta fita karbo su sudais gun Sadeeq dake mota bai shiga gidan ba, a hankali tace “Dear kaga for ur sake, mama will be happy once again, tayi reuniting da daughter dinta” murmushin karfin hali yyi yace “Sure, but am still confuse ban gane komai a nan ba fa, khadijah dai nasan gidan wan mahaifinta is few houses away from ours, so ban san kuma meye relationship dinta da mama ba” Shaheedah tayi murmushi tace “It’s a long story, idan mun koma gida xan baka labarin dear” Sai kusan bayan Isha Sadeeq ya dawo daukan Shaheedah, Khadijah taki yarda Umma ta bi su don gani take kamar baxa ta sake kara ganinta ba. Da daddare suna xaune kan gado wajen karfe daya su Shureim na jikin Umma sun yi bacci, khadijah na bata labarin rayuwar da tayi bayan ta bar gida, tun farkon labarin har ta kawo karshe Umma kuka take, duk jikinta yyi sanyi don ta san duk ita ja ma khadijah duk abinda ya sameta, shiru ta yi tana tunanin me xata ma sudais kuma a ina xa ta gansa, khadijah da ke share hawayen ta cikin raunin murya tace “Umma har yau bai kara dawowa ba, i will never forget him in my life…” Umma ta jawota jiki tace “In sha Allah xai dawo wataran, he will come back to you daughter” Kai kawai khadijah ke gyada mata a xuciyarta tana addu’ar Allah ya gwada mata wannan rana, Umma ta katse silence da ya biyo baya tace “A ranan da kika tafi Khadijah babu inda ban fita nemanki ba tun ina yi da kafa har na koma abun hawa, sai bayan isha na dawo gida a lkcn ina addu’ar Allah yasa kin dawo sai na ga akasin haka, na shiga tashin hankalin da bana fatan in kara shigarsa har karshen rayuwata don nasan baki da kowa Khadijah, Wa ennan makiran dake gidan dama tuni sun sanar ma Alhaji kafin ma in dawo, ina shigowa kuma ya bani takardata kamar jira yake, hakan yasa naji bakin ciki kamar ya kashe ni domin, ce maki nayi ki tafi kar ki kashe min aure duk da bai kai xuciya ba sai gashi sakin ma na walakanci yyi min don ce min yi 1st thing da safe in tattara ina wa ina wa in bar masa gidansa, hakan kuwa aka yi don ban jira gari ya waye ba na fita neman wanda xai siya kayan daki na, ina siyarwa kuma kafin sha biyu na bar masa gidansa, da kudin kayan ba tafi Ethiopia… Bana son in dinga tuna yanayin da na shiga rashin ki Khadijah, ni dai kawai ki gafarce ni domin ni na ja maki komai da ban kai ki gun yakumbo ba da duk hakan bai same ki ba, ita kuma Yakumbo bani da abinda xance a kan ta yanxu domin kuwa ta riga mu gidan gaskiya” Khadijah ta dago da sauri tana kallon Umma tace “Umma yakumbo ta rasu?” Umma tace “Ta rasu kusan shekaru biyu kenan, electric ring ne ya ja ta har lahira, wai ta sa ruwan xafi a daki” jikin khadijah yyi sanyi ta ma rasa abinda xata ce, bayan wani lkci tace “Allah ya ji kanta” Umma tace “Ameen” a hankali khadijah tace “Umma na ki yafe min” sai kusan karfe uku suka kwanta, washegari da safe Umma tayi ma su Sudais da Shureim wanka suka fito parlor, Nanny da ta gama breakfast a kitchen ta fito ta gaida Umma, Umma ta amsa mata da murmushi nan tayi mata godiya kan tsayawa ma khadijah da yan biyun ta da tayi all this while, satin Umma daya a gidan tace ma khadijah xata koma kasar su amma xata dawo, kuka khadijah ta fara yi tace “Umma kina son ki tafi ki kara bari na ne” Umma tace “Noo khadijah xan dawo, ki bari in je in yi sallama da dangina sai in dawo mu xauna, amma fa baxan xauna wannan gidan ba sai dai in kama mana haya a Kaduna, wannan kuma ki rufe masu kawai” a hankali khadijah tace “Kaduna Umma?” Umma tace “Ehh” sauke idonta Kasa tayi bata ce komai ba, Umma tace “Forget ur past Khadijah, life moves on, don wani baxa ki ki xama a garin ba Beside gari me girma ma a ina xaki gansa?” Kai kawai khadijah ta gyada mata, wannan kuma shine mafarin komawarsu Kaduna, suka bar gidan da Sudais ya mallaka ma twins dinta a Abuja, life in Kaduna was smooth for them, sai dai khadijah ta kasa kwantar da hankalinta ta xauna lafiya a garin, ko yaya sai taji abinda ya faru shekaru uku na dawo mata duk da a kinkinau gidan da Umma ta kama masu haya yake, Tunanin da ta kasa cirewa a ranta yasa ciwonta ke yawan tashi wani lkcn har da kwanciya asibiti, hakan ya dinga daga ma umma hankali ta shiga tunanin to wani garin kuma xa su koma, don gaskiya bata son kano, a hankali dai khadijah ta hakura bayan watannin su shidda Kaduna. Kasuwanci sosai Umma ke yi don har Dubai tana fita Allah ya dubeta lkci kankani dukiyarta ya bunkasa, yanda take ji da jikokin nata ko Khadijah bata samu wannan gatan ba, tamkar ta mayar da su ciki take ji, su ma kuma haka suke sonta don ko da yaushe suna manne da ita, duk anguwan babu wanda yasan yaran Khadijah ne yan biyun masu shiga rai duk tunaninsu umma ce ta haifesu Nanny ma na tare da su har lkcn, kuma kusan tare da ita Umma ke fita waje ta xama kamar yar uwarsu, yanxu kam su sudais da baki ya bude basa gudun uwar ta su da suka dauka yayarsu ce Umma kuma Mumynsu, a haka Umma ta yi iya kokarin ganin khadijah ta samu admission a University of Cambridge dake UK, Khadijah bata ji dadi da farko ba ganin pharmacy suka bata don ba shine burin sudais a kan ta ba, amma umma tayi convincing dinta to go for it, shine ta tafi a haka, farkon xuwanta kasar tare da Umma Nanny da yan biyun ta suka taho suka mata sati sannan suka koma nan kuma ta mayar da hankali tana karatu ba ji ba gani domin xama qualified pharmacy, and then….. 1st khaleel ya sa ta gaba a kasar, that not being enough sai gashi ta hadu da wanda bata burin sake gani har karshen rayuwarta, why????

Sai da sudais ya gama kallon d’an uwan nasa sosai kafin ya kai masa mari yana huci yace “How dare you call me that” Aliyu na ganin shureim yayi kan sudais ya daga sa sama ya rungume sa a hankali yace “Yi hakuri ka kyalesa sweetheart” kuka shureim ya fara yi hana sa dukan sudais da Aliyu yyi, Sudais na huci yace “I don’t like you both” dai dai fitowar Nanny daga shago, da sauri ta karaso tana tambayar me ya faru ganin shureim na kuka hannun Aliyu, sudais ya fashe da kuka shi ma yace “Nanny shureim started 1st, he insulted me” Nanny ta hade rai tace “Ohh har cikin market din ma sai kayi fada sudais, kai dai baka ji kuma nasan kai ka fara tsokanarsa ba ruwan shureim, silly boy kawai from henceforth bana sake xuwa ko ina da kai, ko kace xaka bi ni sai na ma duka” juyawa sudais yyi ya fashe da matsanancin kuka da gudu ya bar wajen xai je gun uwarsa, bin bayansa Nanny tayi tana kwala masa kira don ta can tsallake khadijah take kuma titin is very busy, amma sudais yaki tsayawa kuka kawai yake yana gudu yana kiran Anty, Aliyu na ganin haka shi ma ya bi su da sauri shureim na hannun sa, khadijah dake cikin mota tana xaune maxaunin driver don ita ta kawo su kasuwar haka nan kawai taji gabanta ya yanke ya fadi dai dai lkcn da taji ihun da mutane ke yi, tana juyawa kawai ganin Sudais dinta tayi a tsakiyar titi shi ma duk ya rikice ihun da mutane ke yi, ga mota har biyu sun taho da gudu ko wanne na son kauce masa, tunda take bata taba irin ihun da tayi ba a lkcn, lkci daya ko ina na kasuwan yyi tsit don duk yanda motar ta so avoiding sudais hakan bai yiwu ba, sai kuma a ka dau salati Khadijah ta fito a rikice jikinta na rawa ganin sudais kwance cikin jini ta fasa wani ihu kanta na juya mata, suman da ya kamata tayi nanny ce tayi sa a lkcn, ita kanta bata san me ya hanata sumewan ba, Aliyu da yyi still shi ma ya kasa motsi na few seconds ganin abinda ya faru lkci daya yaji strength ya dawo masa, ya ajiye shureim dake ihu yana kiran dan uwansa ya nufi gun sudais dake a kwance kan titi cikin jini mutane sun taru kansa mata na kuka maxa na salati, har da kyauta cikin mutanen, babu rabon Anty khadijah xata ga abinda ya faru don tsabar kunya bata jira Aliyu ya fito ba ta hau adaidaita da baby suka koma gida, cikin tashin hankali Aliyu ya karbi yaron hannun wani mutumi dake jijjigasa yana salati, a nan Aliyu yaji kamar bai taba xama likita ba duk rayuwarsa gaba daya basira ta dauke masa ya rasa ya xai yi da sumammen yaron dake hannunsa fuskarsa duk jini, cikin matsanancin kuka khadijah ta isa gun ta wani fasa ihu a gigice ta durkusa jikinta na rawa take cewa “Na shiga uku, don Allah ku taimakeni kar ya mutu ku rufa min asiri, kar ku bari ya mutu” daga kai Aliyu yyi a karo na farko yana kallonta jin muryarta, lkci daya signal dinsa ya sake daukewa yana mata wani irin kallo ita kuwa sai jijjiga sudais take ba tare da ta kula a hannun wa yake ba tana kuka tana cewa ya tashi kar ya tafi ya bar ta, kyauta ta saki salati baki bude tana kallon khadijah tace “Kamar khadijah nake gani ni kyautar Allah” khadijah ta kalleta ita ma da sauri, da gudu ta nufe ta rikota tana kuka cikin rauni tace “Anty ku taimake ni kar ya mutu don Allah, kar ya tafi ya bar ni” Kyauta ta kwalalo ido tace “Yaron ki ne Khadijah?” Khadijah ta dinga gyada mata kai tana kuka sosai, kyauta ta fashe da kuka tace “In sha Allahu baxai mutu ba xa mu tafi asibiti yanxu khadijah, baxai mutu ba…” wata mata ta fixge yaron a hannun Aliyu a mugun fusace ganin khadijah kawai yake kallo tace “Dubi mutum kamar an dasa sa a gun ya sa yaron da ba mu san ko ya mutu ba ko yana raye a gaba yana kallo, wannan wani irin uba ne kai, ni na xata taimkon gaggawa xai bada….” Khadijah ta tsayar da kukan da take ta sake kyauta ta nufi matar ta rikota cikin rudewa tace “yaro na bai mutu ba kar ki kara cewa ya mutu don Allah kar ki kara, wllh bai mutu ba, Allah baxai sa ya mutu ba” sosai ta ba mutanen gun tausayi wani mutumi ya sa sudais tare da matar a motarsa domin xuwa asibiti, mutumin ya kamo hannun Aliyu dake tsaye yana kallon khadijah da har sannan bata lura da shi ba yace “kar ka damu he will be alright in sha Allah shiga mu je asibitin tare” bayan motar Aliyu ya shiga suka dau hanyar asibiti, sai a sannan basirar sa ta likita ya dawo masa ya karbi sudais a rude ganin numfashinsa na sama ya dinga basa numfashi, banda kuka babu abinda matar dake kusa da shi take tana addu’ar Allah ya raya sa, jin mutumin dake ta sharara gudu a mota yyi parking Aliyu ya dago kai tare da bude motar ya ga asibitin da yake aiki ma mutumin ya kawo su, Aliyu ya fita rike da sudais yyi cikin asibitin da sauri nan aka shiga emergency da yaron, sai bayan kusan minti talatin Aliyu ya fito tare da wani likita daga emergency ward da aka shiga da sudais suka bar likita daya a kan sa da nurse, Dr Saif ya nufi gun su khadijah dake xaune reception da kyauta da wasu mutane har sun gaji da lallashinta don ko tayi kuka har ta gode Allah, tsabar tashin hankali ko gane asibitin bata yi ba, shureim dake jikinta ma kukan yake yana tambayarta me ya samu sudais, Nanny da ta suma an kwantar da ita asibitin ita ma, mikewa khadijah tayi da sauri ganin likitan, Aliyu ya tsaya daga inda yake har lkcn mask na bakinsa da hanci, Dr Saif yace “Ina mahaifiyar yaron?” Khadijah dake kallonsa gabanta na faduwa tace “Ni ce” Aliyu ya cire mask din dake fuskarsa yana kallon khadijah da wani irin mamaki, at the same time confusion, likitan ya tsaya kare mata kallo kamar bai yarda ba, can dai yace “Toh mahaifinsa fa?” Tana share hawayen dake xubo mata cikin rawar murya tace “Baya nan” likitan na kallon Shureim ya xaro ido yace “Subhanallah yan biyu ne?” Cikin kuka khadijah ta gyada masa kai, jikin likitan yyi sanyi sosai, ya shafa kan shureim dake kuka yana rike da mayafin Khadijah a hankali yace “Don’t worry my boy ur twin will be okay in sha Allah, madam xa ki iya shiga ki gansa amma plss kar ki wani damu ciwo ne kawai yaji a kai sai bruises, so don’t cry while inside, shi kuma wannan ki bar sa a nan ba sai kin shiga ba” daga haka ya juya yana kallon Aliyu dake nesa da su kafafuwarsa sun kasa daukarsa saboda shock yace “Dr plss see her inside, amma kar ta dade a ciki” daga haka ya kama hannun shureim yace “Big boy xo mu je office ka jira mumy” shureim xai masa taurin kai sai ya bi mamarsa ya daga sa sama kawai ya wuce office dinsa da shi don bai son ya ga dan uwansa a halin da yake ciki yanxu, Tuni Aliyu ya mayar da mask din fuskarsa yayi gaba kamar me counting step dinsa Khadijah na biye da shi a baya, tsabar tashin hankalin da ke tare da ita bata ko kalli wanda take bi ba balle ta san waye. Suna shiga ward din Aliyu ya tsaya bakin kofa ita ta shiga ciki gabanta na faduwa, ko gama ganin sudais bata yi ba ta fasa wani ihu, Nurse din ta karaso da sauri ta fitar da ita dakin tace “Haba madam, sai kace ba musulma ba wannan ihu haka” khadijah ta fashe da matsanancin kuka tana jijjiga nurse din tace “Don Allah Anty kar ku bari wani abu ya samu yarona, they all I have, plss ku taimake ni” rungumeta nurse din tayi tace “It’s ohk madam jikin ai da sauki, you just pray Allah ya tashi kafadarsa kuma kada Allah ya sa ya tashi da wata matsala” Khadijah ta xame kasa tana kuka tace “Na shiga uku wllh kilan mutuwa xai yi ya bar ni, don Allah ku taimaka min” juyawa nurse din tayi ta koma ciki ta rufe kofar, Aliyu ya kasa ci gaba da kallon khadijah lkci daya idonsa ya kada, yaranta? To waye ubansu? Abinda ya dinga masa yawo a rai kenan, kawai ya ga ta mike ta nufo sa, kana gani kasan ta gaji da kukan ta riko sa cikin rauni tace “Plss Dr kar ku bar min yarona ya mutu don Allah ina rokan ku, they are all I’ve got in this world bayan ummata, plss ka taimaka Dr ku cire masa abinda ku ka sa masa a hanci ina son yarona” Aliyu ya kasa ce mata komai lkci daya hawaye ya kawo idonsa, da ba don a rude Khadijah take ba bbu abinda xai hana ta gane Aliyu ne gabanta saboda kwayar idanuwansa amma saboda tashin hankali bata gane ba ganin, hawayen idonsa ta tsayar da kukan da take xuciyarta na bugawa tana kallonsa ko kiftawa babu, bayan few seconds cikin sanyin murya tace “Dr ya mutu koh?” Aliyu bai iya yace komai ba ya ji ya kasa controlling kansa hawaye suka shiga sakko masa, he don’t want to believe Khadijah conceived with him, he don’t want to believe she conceived that deadly moment, if so then he is not worth to be forgiven, bai cancanci ta yafe masa ba, don ya mata xaluncin da dole baxata iya yafe masa ba, sai a sannan maganganun da Anty khadijah take a waya daxu ya fara dawo masa, ya juya ya hade kansa da bango yana hawaye sosai duk ya ji ya tsani kansa, yanxu yaran nan nasa ne kenan?? He is there illegal father, the cute boys… Are his and Khadijah’s, they got them out of wedlock…. Lkci daya ya juya ta dalilin sound da ya ji bayansa, nan ya ga khadijah sume a kasa.

A hankali khadijah ta bude idanuwanta da suka mata nauyi ta dinga bin inda take kwance da kallo, Umma ce xaune dakin da Nanny da ta ci kuka har ta gode Allah, sai kyauta da tayi tagumi, Umma ta mike da sauri ganin khadijah ta bude ido ta karasa kusa da ita da damuwa tace “Sannu daughter, how are you feeling now?” Mikewa xaune Khadijah ke son yi amma kanta yyi mata nauyi ga kirjinta dake mata xugi, Umma ta riketa tace “Koma ki kwanta” Kyauta ta iso kusa da ita ita ma da damuwa tace “Sannu khadijah” Shiru khadijah tayi kamar me son tuno abu, Umma ta hade rai tace “Don’t stress ur self thinking of anything, just relax….” Hawaye ya kawo idonta ta kamo hannun kyauta cikin rawar murya tace “Anty mai girki ina sudais dina, ya mutu koh? Don Allah ku gaya min, kar ku” Umma ta dakatar da ita a mugun fusace tace “Ke kika kashe sa halan? Ji wani xance da kike ma mutane khadijah” Girgixa kai khadijah tayi da sauri hawaye na sakko mata, Kyauta tace “Toh yana nan lafiya khadijah, har ya tashi shi ma, suna can tare da d’an uwansa da wani likita” Khadijah na goge idonta tace “Toh xan iya ganinsa don Allah?” Harara Umma ta watsa mata tace “Da drip din xa ki je ki gansa, kuma ki rufe min maki haka, ance maki yana lafiya” Khadijah bata sake cewa komai ba sai dai ban da faduwa babu abinda gabanta yake, Umma ta mike ta shiga hada mata shayi, Nanny ta xauna kusa da ita cikin sanyin murya tace “Kiyi hakuri Khadijah, Sudais yana nan lafiya har ya tashi, suna tare da Shureim yanxu haka” Sai a sannan khadijah ta ji hankalinta ya kwanta sosai, Nanny ta mika mata wayarta tace “An kira ki har sau biyu, but I picked…” Khadijah ta karbi wayar tana kallon wanda ya kirata ta ga Khaleel ne, ta kalli nanny a hankali tace “Me ya ce?” Nanny tace “Na gaya masa abinda ya faru, yace xai xo clinic din” Khadijah bata ce komai ba ta ajiye wayar, ta ji tana ma son ganinsa, jin xai xo hankalinta ya kara kwanciya. All this while Aliyu na ward din da sudais yake tare da Shureim, kwata kwata bai son ya bar su ko na minti daya, da ya fita ba a jimawa xai dawo kuma har lkcn ya ki cire mask din bakinsa da hanci, damuwa ce sosai tare da shi, da ya kalli yaran ya tuna nasa ne sai yaji hawaye a idonsa, shi kuma irin tasa kaddarar kenan?? Har yan biyu ba ta hanyar aure ba, har ransa yake jin tausayin kyawawan yaran, he wished ba ta haka suka xo ba, Shureim bai ganesa ba sai dai ya lura da irin yanda sudais dake kwance ke kallonsa, A hankali ya isa kusa da yaron ya duka a sanyaye yace “You want something??” Sudais ya girgixa masa kai, Shureim ya kallesa da sauri na few seconds kafin yace “The voice…. sounds familiar” murmushin karfin hali Aliyu yyi ya sauke mask din fuskarsa a hankali yana kallon yaron, Shureim yyi shiru yana kallonsa can ya juya ya rungume hannunsa ya hade rai yace “You caused my brother’s accident” Jikin Aliyu yyi sanyi sosai, ya mayar da dubansa kan sudais ya ga ya ki kallonsa shi ma ya hade rai, bude kofa aka yi xai mayar da mask dinsa da sauri yaji muryar colleague dinsa, Dr Muktar ya karaso yana kallon yan biyun yace “Maa sha Allah, he is recovering fast” ya kamo hannun Sudais yace “How are you feeling now handsome?” A hankali Sudais yace “Alhmdllh” Dr mukhtar yyi murmushi yace “Good” kallon Aliyu yyi yace “Kasan kuna yanayi da boys din nan sosai, da ba don na san baka taba aure ba bbu abinda xai hanani cewa yaranka ne Dr” Aliyu ya kirkiri murmushin karfin hali yace “Gaskiya ne” Dr mukhtar yace “Naga kamar sun ma shiga ranka kai ma tunda gashi ka ki barin ward din tun daxu” Aliyu yace “Sure they are cute” Dr mukhtar yace “Just came to check on them dama” daga haka ya juya ya fita, Aliyu ya kamo hannun yaran murya can kasa yace “Am sorry for all that happened sweethearts forgive me plss” a hankali Shureim yace “Ohk…” Kallon sudais da yyi shiru yyi yace “And you sweetheart?” Sudais ya sauke kansa yace “Me too” jawo yaran jikinsa ya yi cikin sanyin murya yace “I love you boys” lkci daya idanuwansa suka kada, how he wish Khadijah xata yafe masa ba tare da ta sa masa heart attack ba, ta ajiye komai su xauna tare da yaransu, bai taba saba maganar mahaifiyarsa ba amma da kamar wuya wannan karan, it will be different…. he will marry Khadijah and have his boys in sha Allah, and he will neva be ashame showing them as his children, wani mugun son yaran ne ke fixgarsa yana rungume da su, bude kofar dakin aka yi Umma ta shigo tare da wani likita, khaleel na biye da su a baya, A hankli Aliyu ya daga mask dinsa sannan ya juya suka yi ido hudu da khaleel, Dr Abdul yace “Dr their grandma and a Dr also, my frnd Dr Ayman” Aliyu sai kallon khaleel yake kamar yanda shi ma khaleel ke kallonsa duk da fuskarsa a rufe yake, Umma ta kalli Dr Abdul sanin ance baxa a bar su su shiga gun yaran ba tace “Mun gode Dr” Dr Abdul yace “Ba komai Mama” Dr Abdul yace “Ayman bari in koma bakin aiki na” khaleel yace “Tnxx Abdul” daga haka Abdul ya fita, Shureim ya sauko saman gadon ya rungume khaleel, khaleel ya daga sa sama yace “How are you” kamar xai yi kuka yace “I am fine but my brother isn’t” Khaleel ya ajiye sa ya karasa yana kallon Sudais cike da tausayinsa, Shureim kuma ya nufi gun Umma dake kallon Sudais ita ma a sanyaye, plaster ne gaba daya kansa, khaleel ya kamo hannunsa yace “You will get well soon in sha Allah my boy” Sudais xai fara kuka ya rungume sa yace “Noo don’t cry be a strong boy” Sudais yace “Uncle ina Antyna” khaleel yace “Xata xo yanxu” sudais yace “Ka kai ni wajenta I want to see her” Khaleel yace “Noo she will be coming soon” Aliyu dai na tsaye yana ya na kallonsu, Can ya kalli Umma yace “Plss Maa it shouldn’t take long xa ku iya tafiya yanxu the boy need rest” Umma tace “To xa mu fita yanxu Dr” khaleel ya juya yana kallon Aliyu, mikewa yyi ya isa gabansa yana kallon cikin idonsa yace “Then discharge him now, xa mu je gida in ci gaba da treating dinsa or I take him to another hospital” Aliyu yyi murmushi daga cikin mask din fuskarsa yace “And who are you to say that? His father? Or?” Umma tace “Aa bai kai haka ba Dr xa mu fita yanxu ai” wani kallo khaleel ya dinga ma Aliyu, Umma tace “mu je khaleel tunda a bakin aikinsu suke” kallonta khaleel yyi, duk da bai yi niyyar fita ba amma ya ji kunyanta yace “Toh umma” daga haka ya nufi kofa Shureim ya bata fuska kamar xai yi kuka yace “Uncle are you leaving us?” Sudais ma ya dinga kallonsa Kamar xai yi kukan, Khaleel ya juyo yace “Noo sweetheart I am around” Daga haka ya fita, Umma ta bi bayansa tana kara ba Aliyu hakuri tana fita ta rufe kofar, wata cleaner ce ta shigo dakin da abinci da ruwa da Aliyu ya sa ta siyo, ya mika ma Shureim nasa ya karba, Ya shiga ba sudais nasa da kansa. Khadijah duk ta damu tana son ta ga yaranta ganin har da Shureim ma tun da ta bude ido bata gansa ba, amma tsoron Umma yasa ta kasa cewa komai don tana iya balbaleta yanxu tunda ta ce mata they are all fyn, Khaleel dake tsaye dakin yana kallonta ya lura da yanayinta, ita ma ta tsaya kallonsa amma ta kasa ce masa komai ya san she Wants to say something, ya kalli Umma dake magana da wasu neighbours dinsu biyu da suka xo duba sudais, Nanny kuma ta koma gida tayi girki, Kyauta ma ta koma tace xata dawo ko da daddare da mai gidan ta, Khaleel ya karaso kusa da ita a hankali ya d’an duka yace “What?” Murya can kasa kamar xata yi kuka tace “I want to see my kids plss” wani kallo ya mata, sai kuma ya d’an yi murmushi yace “To sannu mai kids” ta bata fuska tana kallonsa alamar please, yace “Ohk wait bari Umma ta raka bakin nan sai in kai ki” lkci daya hankalinta ya kwanta tace “Toh ngdd” Umma na fita don yin rakiya ya cire mata drip din hannunta da ya kusa karewa, duk da jirin da take ji ta mika masa hannunta ya rike ta sauko daga kan gadon ta sa takalminta sannan suka fita ward din da sauri tana jin kamar xata fadi ba don ya rike hannunta ba, direct ward din da yan biyun suke ya nufa da ita, a hankali ya murda kofar ya bude, khadijah tayi ido hudu da Aliyu dake ba sudais abinci, still tayi a gun taji komai nata ya tsaya, xuciyarta ya dinga bugawa da sauri da sauri, Shureim ya sakko ya taho da gudu ya rungume ta, sudais yyi murmushi cike da jin dadi ganin uwar tasa yace “Anty….” Mikewa Aliyu yyi ya rufe abincin yana kallonta da khaleel yace “You can come over… But just few minutes” Khadijah ta warce hannunta a na Khaleel ta janye Shureim a jikinta ta juya ta bar wajen kamar xata tashi sama, direct reception ta nufa, tana kallon nurses din cike da masifa tace “Who is the Dr in charge of this hospital…” Kallonta nurses din suka tsaya yi, can wata ta mike tace “Me ya faru madam” tana huci tace “ohk, I want my kid discharge immediately, ku bani bill din in biya in bar nan yanxun nan plss” cikin tsawa ta kare maganar nurse din ta koma ta xauna tace “Easy madam, this a hospital, they are patients all over, ki je gun likitan da ya karbe su, shi xai yi discharging dinsu ba mu ba madam” khadijah na mata wani kallo tace “Wani likita kenan ina office dinsa kuma?” Nurse din tace “Dr Aliyu, kina haurawa sama office dinsa is by ur right, xa ma ki ga sunansa a jiki” kallonsu Khadijah ke yi xuciyarta na bugawa jin sunan da suka kira, can ta juya kamar xata tashi sama ta wuce upstairs din, Har lkcn khaleel dai na tsaye bakin kofa yana kallon Aliyu, Aliyu ya isa dab da shi yana masa wani kallo yace “Da matsala ne malam, naga kallon yyi yawa?” Wani murmushi khaleel yyi yace “You watch and see” Dawowa khadijah tayi dakin cikin tashin hankali ta nufi gun yaranta ta cire dip din hannun Sudais ta sauko da shi kan gado ta kama hannun Shureim ta nufi kofa, tsayawa gabanta Aliyu yyi yana kallonta da kyau yace “Ba inda xa ki je da su Iman” xaro ido tayi jin abinda ya fada ta tura sa da karfi amma go gezau, xuciyarta na heaving da mugun mamaki tace “Ba inda xan je da su kamar yaya??? ka taba sanin su ne, ko kuma ni ka san ni ne? Where did you knw us from” yyi wani murmushi yace “Khadijah, am giving you my words, you are not moving a step forward with my kids, ki fadi duk amount da kika ga yyi suite din ki, tun daga daukar cikinsu, rainon cikin, haihuwarsu har xuwa girman su yanxu and I will pay you, kilan hakan kadai xai sa ki yafe min idan na amshi wahalata da na hada ki da at a very tender age, ni kuma baxan ji kunyan daukansu in kai su gida gun iyayena a matsayin yaran da na haifa out of wedlock ba, shikenan kema na raba ki da wahala na raba ki da rikon ‘ya yan da kika samu ta hanyar fyade da aka maki, sai ki tafi kiyi auren ki hankali kwance ba tare da kin kara tunanin kina da yaran da kika haifa ba ta hanyar aure ba, I am collecting my boys today for ur own good”
Kallonsa Khadijah take ko kiftawa babu, bakin ciki da takaici ne fal idanuwanta, xuciyarta ya dinga mugun bugawa, ta hadiye abu da kyar, lkci daya idanuwanta suka yi jajir cikin muryar da ba ta ta ba tace “Come again Aliyu… I didn’t get you” Cire mask din bakinsa yyi gaba daya yana kallonta da kyau cikin husky voice dinsa yace “You are not daft Iman, you heard me right, or you ask ur bodyguard xai maki bayani da kyau” bai rufe baki ba ta sauke masa mari tana huci, wani murmushi khaleel yyi yana shafa sajensa yace “Seems you both need privacy” daga haka ya juya ya bar wajen har sannan yana murmushi, Aliyu ya kauda kansa na few seconds kafin ya juyo a hankali yana kallonta da wani irin mamaki, hawaye na sauka idonta tana girgixa kai tace “Allah ya isa tsakanina da kai Aliyu, shari’ar mu da kai dama na fada maka sai a lahira, kuma yarana ba naka bane, ba kai ka haifar min su ba, you don’t have any right over them, idan duk duniyar nan xa su hade nan wlh wllh baxan baka su ba, ni na sha wahalan kayana ni na haife su, baka isa ka raba ni da su” ta fashe da matsanancin kuka xuciyarta na mata xafi, hakan yasa su shureim ma suka fara kuka suna rike da ita, kallonta kawai Aliyu yake da idanuwansa da suka yi jajir, ganin khaleel ya bar wajen khadijah ta kama hannun yan biyun ta da sauri ta juya xata bi bayansa Aliyu ya fixgota yayi jamming kofar yana mata wani mugun kallo, lkci daya ta cakumosa tana kuka mai taba xuciya tace “Ka bude mana mu fita Aliyu, ka bude kofar in fita da yarana kar in tara maka jama’a” yanda ta rikice haka yaranta ma suka rikice suna kuka, daukar ta Aliyu yyi ya nufi bathroom dake ward din ya tura ta ciki yace “I will teach you sense Khadijah….” daga haka ya rufe kofar da makulli ta dinga bubbuga kofar a rude tana kuka tana kiran sunansa, Sudais ya kara fashewa da matsanancin kuka yace “Why are you doing this to our Anty, plss let her out” Shureim ya dinga bubbuga kofar shi ma yana kuka yana kiran ta, Aliyu ya hade kansa da bango ya runtse ido xuciyarsa na bugawa, lkci daya ya juyo ya kama hannun yaran gaba daya suna turturjewa ya watsa masu wani mugun kallo da idanuwansa da suka yi ja, ba shiru suka yi tsit ko wanne a tsorace, ya bude kofar ward din ya fita da su, ward na intensive care ya shigar da yaran tunawa da yayi bai taho da motar clinic din ba, banda kuka babu abinda suke yi suna kallonsa a tsorace, fuskarsa daure yace “I don’t want to hear any of you cry again” shiru suka yi sudais ya riko hannunsa yace “plss bring out our Anty from the toilet” sauke idonsa kasa yyi a hankali yace “Ohk i will do that now” daga haka ya fita ya rufe kofar yanda baxa su bude ba, sama ya wuce da sauri ya shiga office din Muktar ya dau makullin motarsa sannan ya sauko, yana bude kofa su sudais suka yi tsit daga kukan da suke, Shureim yace “Uncle where is she plss” hannunsu ya kama ya fita da su, ya bi ta bayan asibitin xuwa parking space, back seat ya saka yaran gaba daya sannan ya shiga driver seat ya tada motar ya bar asibitin. K’asa kuka twins din suka yi a motar saboda Aliyu da ya hade rai, kana ganinsu kasan a tsorace suke barin Shureim, driving kawai yake har ya iso gida bayan yyi parking ya fito ya bude masa motar yace “Come down” da farko kin sakko suka yi, ganin kallon da yake masu duk suka fito, Shureim na goge idonsa cikin rawar murya yace “I thought you where a good friend, plss don’t kidnap us away from our Anty, she will be sad” Duk da hawayen da ya taru idon Aliyu hakan bai hanasa durkusawa gabansu ba ya rungume su gaba daya yace “I didn’t kidnap my kids, I brought you two to ur Granny” Sudais ya xaro ido yace “We left her at d hospital and this is not our home” Aliyu na kallonsu cikin sanyin murya yace “This is your father’s home” A tare suka hada baki gun ce masa “Where is he?” Shiru Aliyu yyi yana kallon handsome boys din, sudais yace yace “Anty told us our father… Is a Barrister, she said he travelled immediately we where born and that… he will come to us one day” Jikin Aliyu yyi mugun sanyi yana kallonsu, Shureim yace “We will love to see our dad” mikewa Aliyu yyi ya kama hannunsu ya wuce cikin gida da su. Sudais ya bata fuska kamar xai yi kuka yace “I thought you are taking us back to our Anty” gaba daya yan gidan na parlor xaune ana jajanta abinda Kyauta ta ma Anty khadijah, saleem sai cewa yake da ma da shi aka je ya lallasata ya cire mata hakora ya ga wanda ya tsaya mata, mumy dai bata ce komai ba sai kallon Anty khadijah dake kwance kasa take duk jiki yyi tsami don ma ta gasa jikin da ruwan xafi, baki a kumbure har da ido, iklima ma an sallamota tana sama a kwance, gaba daya occupant din parlorn suka dinga kallon Aliyu da twins din hannunsa, Anty khadijah ta mike xaune da sauri ita ma tana kallonsu, Baby ta mike da mugun mamaki tana kallon yaran tace “Laah yaran da muka gani a kasuwa daxu, yaya where did u knw dem from, mai ya samu kan wannan” Aliyu ya isa har gaban Mumy dake kallon yaran ya sake hannunsa, a sanyaye yake kallonta, yyi gathering courage da kyar yace “Yaran da Iman ta haifa kenan, she got pregnant after the incident” Ba Anty khadijah kadai ba har Mumy sai da ta girgixa ta mike tana kallon yaran dake ta kallonta sannan ta mayar da dubanta kan Aliyu cikin wani yanayi tace “How did you knw Abuturrab, where did you get dem from???” hawaye suka shiga sakko masa yana kallon mahaifiyar tasa a sanyaye yace “I met them today mum, I don’t knw if Khadijah will ever forgive me… I ruin her at a very tender age, this boys are my blood, Mumy na kawo su gida ne don nima in yi facing ko da kadan ne daga cikin abinda tayi facing a rayuwarta duk da ni na fita ga ta….” Kasa ci gaba yyi ya bar parlorn ya wuce sama hawaye na sakko masa, Anty khadijah dake ta xufa ga cikinta da ya tsure tace “Mun shiga uku, Anty fati kin ga wani sharri koh, kin ga wani hauka irin na Aliyu ko? yaushe Aliyu ya isa haifan wa ennan yaran? ta je an mata ciki a wani waje ta makala masa kuma ya yarda saboda wawa ne shi… a ina ma ya ganta???” Kai kana gani kasan kame kame kawai take duk ta rude, Su Shureim sai bin kowa na parlorn suke da kallo a tsorace, baby ta fashe da kuka cike da tausayin yayanta, Salim ma sai kallon yaran yake a duk jikinsa yyi sanyi ganin kamannin Aliyu sak tare da su, Mumy ta fashe da kuka sosai ita ma tana kallon yaran, hakan yasa su ma suka fashe da kuka, babu abinda take gani tare da yan biyun sai Aliyunta lkcn da yake kamar su, Anty khadijah ta haura sama kusan a guje tana cewa “Yau na ga abinda ya isheni bai ishi Allah ba, ina yake ya xo ya fitar mana da shegun nan da ake shirin kakaba masa, ya xo ya mayar da su inda aka basa su, amma Allah ya isa tsakaninmu da yarinyar nan, ta rasa wanda xata ma sharri sai Aliyu saboda tsautsayi ya gifta tsakaninsu? Ni dai nasan da hankalin Aliyu baxai mata fyade ba, sharrin shaidan kawai da kuma sharrin ta don ita ke shisshige masa, wlh baxa mu amshi shegu gidan nan ba, kaf xuri’ar mu ba a taba haka ba baxa a fara a kan d’an yayata ba” tana wucewa sama mumy na share hawayenta ta kama hannun yan biyun ta wuce sama xuwa dakinta da su. Wata nurse ce ta shigo dakin ba ma sudais allura ta ga babu kowa dakin sai kofar bayi da ake ta bubbugawa ta isa da sauri ta bude kofar da mamaki ganin key aka sa ta waje, khadijah ta fito tana bin dakin da kallo ganin ba kowa ta riko nurse din a rikice tace “Na shiga uku nurse ina yarana? Where are they plss” nurse na kallonta da confusion tace “Yanxun nan na shigo madam” da gudu khadijah ta fita xuwa ward din da aka kwantar da ita, ta ga Umma ce xaune sai Nanny da khaleel dake tsaye ya jingina da bango idonsa a kan wayar hannunsa, ta fashe da matsanancin kuka ta xube wajen tace “Wayyo Umma na shiga uku ya tafi min da yarana” khaleel ya iso gabanta da sauri da mamaki yace “Ya tafi da su ina? Kina kallonsa ya tafi da su” ficewa yyi ward din da sauri, Umma da ta gigice tace “Wa ye ya tafi da su Khadijah, waye shi” Khadijah ta riko Umma tana kuka sosai tace “Umma Aliyu, ya tafi da yaran, ya wuce min da yarana” a sanyaye Umma ke kallonta, Nanny ta bi bayan khaleel da sauri tana cewa “Me ya kawo sa asibitin, mun shiga uku” umma ta dago Khadbijah ta rungumeta, cikin rawar murya take cewa “Umma kar ku bari ya raba ni da su, baxan iya rabuwa da su ba, don Allah a taimake ni a karbo min yarana ni na yafe masa duniya da lahira ya bar min yaran, wllh na yafe masa har cikin xuciyata amma yayi hakuri ya ba ni yarana” tana kai wa nan ta kara fashewa da matsanancin kuka tana kiran Umma, hawaye ya shiga sakko ma umma ta rasa abinda xata ce ma ‘yar tata.

Direct office din Dr Abdul khaleel ya wuce, ya samesa xaune yana aiki, ganin khaleel ya bar abinda yake yi yace “He is improving ko Dr” khaleel bai tanka sa ba isa gabansa ya dafa table yana kallonsa bbu yabo bbu fallasa yace “Dr Aliyu…. Where is his home?” Dr Abdul yace “Aliyu? Ba yana office ba?” Khaleel yace “Baya nan” da mamaki Abdul yace “Hope babu matsala dai?” A takaice Khaleel yace “Babu, ina gidansu yake” Abdul yace “Toh, he is not the type that mingle gaskiya I dont knw his home” juyawa Khaleel yyi ya fice office din, direct parking space ya nufa ya hau motarsa ya wuce gidan Farouq. Umma ta dinga kwantar ma khadijah hankali duk da taki saurarenta, daga karshe Umma ta fita ta biya bill dinsu don bata ga amfanin xaman asibitin ba, na khadijah kadai suka karba ban da na sudais kamar yanda Aliyu yyi instructing din su, da kafa suka fita asibitin don Umma bata xo da mota ba, suna isa bakin titi ta tsayar masu da abun hawa suka wuce gida. Girgixa kai Farouq yyi yana kallon Khaleel yace “Ni fa ba ruwana, kamar yanda na ki ba sa address din ka, to kai ma baxan baka address din sa ba gaskiya, ku kuka san abinda ya hada ku can..” Wani kallo khaleel ke masa kafin ya mike ya fice daga gidan ya shiga motarsa ya wuce, yana driving ya dau wayarsa ya fara kiran Khadijah, har ya katse bata dauka ba, nan ko tana zaune ita kadai daki tayi kukan har ta ji ba dadi, Umma kuma na parlor da Nanny sun yi jigum, Umma ta rasa ta ina xata fara yanxu ta ina xa su fara xuwa neman yara, Jin wayar ya sake ring Khadijah ta daga da kyar ta kai kunne, jin muryar ta jikin khaleel yyi sanyi, a hankali yace “Plss ki kwantar da hankalin ki Khadijah, xa a amsar maki kids din ki, he have no right over them, in sha Allah we will get back ur kids” kasa cewa komai tayi tana share hawayen da ke xubo mata, yace “Kin san address din can gidansu?” Shiru tayi kafin ta girgixa kai cikin sanyin murya tace “Na manta” yace “Amma xa ki gane gidan?” Nan ma ta d’an yi shiru, anya xata gane gidan yanxu kuwa, murya can kasa yace “Khadijah?” Tace “Kilan in gane” yace “Good, kuna clinic din har yanxu?” Ta girgixa kai tace “Mun dawo gida” yace “Toh xan taho yanxu, but promise me baxa ki sake kuka ba plss” a hankali tace “Toh baxan yi ba” yace “Good, ina tahowa yanxu” daga haka ya katse wayar, Sosai Khadijah ta ji hankalinta ya kwanta, ta ji ta samu natsuwa. Tun da Aliyu ya shiga dakinsa bai sake fitowa ba, Mumy da maganganun Anty khadijah suka fara sa mata ciwon kai ta daga kai tana kallonta a karo na farko tun shigowarta dakin, ban da kumfar baki kamar wata xararriya babu abinda take tana nuna yan biyun dake xaune kan gadon Mumy, suma yaran kallonta kawai suke a tsorace, Baby ma na tsaye sai hararan Anty khadijah take tana tabe baki, Mumy ta dakatar da ita a tsawace tace “Khadijah ki fita ki ban waje don Allah ki bar ni in ji da guda daya, ciwon kai kike kara min ki fita don Allah, ko makaho ya shafa yaran nan yasan na waye, Baxa ayi DNA din ba….” Anty khadijah da idanuwanta suka kankance da mugun mamaki tace “Anty fati ni kike cewa in fita in baki waje don ina nuna damuwa ta kan shegun da aka makala ma Aliyu aka ce nasa ne, Ni Anty fati??” Mumy tace “Ehh ki fita nace” tayi wani murmushi tace “Xan fita yanxu kuwa” daga haka ta fice daga dakin kamar xata tashi sama, Mumy ta kalli yan biyun dake bata tausayi har ranta, a hankali tace “Me xa ku ci?” Sudais dai bai ce komai ba, Shureim ya girgixa mata kai shi ma bai ce komai ba, karasowa tayi ta xauna gun yaran tana kallonsu, wani sonsu take ji a xuciyarta, ta d’an yi murmushi tace “Ayi maku noodles and egg?” komawa Sudais yyi ya kwanta ta kai hannu jikinsa taji xafi sosai, kallon baby tayi tace “Xaxxabi ne jikinsa fa sosai…” Baby ta karaso ita ma ta taba yaron taji xafin jikin ta kalli Mumy tace “Mumy ko in kira yaya?” Mumy tace “Kira sa” juyawa tayi ta fita, ita ta fara dawowa dakin sannan Aliyu ma ya shigo, kallon yaron yake har ya isa kan gadon ya taba jikinsa, dago sa yyi ya xaunar da shi, yana kallonsa yace “Are you feeling pain anywhere?” Sudais ya nuna masa kan sa, kamar xai yi kuka yace “I want to go to my Anty plss” Aliyu ya lumshe ido ya bude a hankali yace “Ohk I will take you there” Mumy dake kallon Aliyu tace “Ina ita khadijahr take?” Kamar Aliyu baxae ce komai ba, sai kuma ya shafa kansa murya can kasa yace “Bayan ta bani su tayi tafiyarta” wani kallo Mumy ke masa ganin yanda yyi maganar, can ta girgixa kai tace “Karya kake…” Da sauri ya kalleta, sai kuma ya marairaice yace “Mumy bata sani ba na taho da su, idan ta sani baxa ta bani su ba” Bude baki Mumy tayi tana kallonsa, da damuwa tace “Me yasa xaka yi haka Aliyu, me yasa xaka raba su da uwar su….” Kasa cewa komai yayi, Mumy da duk jikinta ya kara yin sanyi tace “Aliyu tell me how everything happened, garin yaya kayi ma yar mutane haka, where was I that day? kar ka boye min komai plss, tell me the truth….” kallon Mumy Kawai yake ko kiftawa babu, can ya xauna gefen gado ya rike kansa yana jin kamar ya fara mata hawaye, bai son tuna mummunar ranan nan a rayuwarsa, Mumy na kallon Baby tace “Baby xo ki tafi da su ki dafa masu indomie ki basu, shi wannan ki kai sa dakin ki ya kwanta” Baby ta karaso ta sakko da boys din daga kan gado ta wuce da su dakinta, Mumy na kallonsa tace “Ina ji Aliyu” Da kamar baxai ce komai ba, sai kuma a hankali ya fara magana, “Mumy ni dai nasan I woke up fine that very day….” Ya d’an yi shiru, nan ya fara ba ma Mumy labarin abinda ya faru ranan bai boye mata komai ba har yanda bayan kwana biyu ya ba ma khadijah kudi me yawa yace ta wuce gun ummarta, hawaye kawai Mumy ke yi tana kallonsa a sanyaye, bai iya ya dago kai ba shi ma hawayen na sakko masa cike da karfin hali yace “Mumy nayi abinda nayi ne out of confusion, I was confused, ban taba xaton xan aikata ma khadijah haka ba, bayan tafiyar ta ku shaida ne, nayi bankwana da kwanciyar hankali da farin ciki na, I never had rest of mind again kuma na kasa gaya maki abinda ya faru ban san ya xa ki dau xancen ba, shi yasa a ko da yaushe nake ce maki ki taya ni da addu’a, wani lkcn idan na kwanta bacci ita kawai nake gani, kuma it’s not as if nasan da cikin bane, kawai ni dai nasan ban kyauta mata ba saboda marainiya ce bata da kowa, ban san ta Inda xan fara nemanta ba don ban san kowa nata ba, da babu abinda xai hanani nemanta Mumy, idan baki manta ba akwai wani lkci da na taba tambayar ki ko kina da number warce ta kawo ta kika ce baki da shi, ni ban sa ko Khadijah xata yafe min ba and it looks as if I don’t deserve that…. Amma abinda ke bani mamaki har yanxu shine yanda aka yi Anty khadijah ta san abinda ya faru bayan bata gidan kuma ita ta fita tare da su baby a ranan, gidan ya rage daga ni sai Khadijah, sai kuma jiya tana waya a bathroom din dakinta, I overheard all what she was saying on the phone…. Nan ya gaya ma Mumy duk abinda ya ji Anty khadijah ke fada a waya jiya, yana girgixa kai yace “We shud keep on pretending mum, she was so shock da ta gan ni a dakin, but i pretend ban ji komai ba, hakan kuma ya sa hankalinta ya kwanta, a sannu abinda take yi xai bayyana a fili tun da ba mu da hakkinta, kuma ina mai tabbatar maki soon komai xai bayyana, ke dai kawai ki ci gaba da sa mata ido, xan dai sa su Sanusi su tone bayan gidan to check what she was talking about on phone” Mumy ta dinga kallonsa ko kiftawa babu cike da shock, ya goge idonsa har lkcn bai kalleta ba yace “And… Mumy kilan idan ke kika yi ma khadijah magana xata iya yafe min, ni ta ki saurarata har yanxu, kuma mumy plss kar ki ce min baxan iya aurenta ba, hakan kadai ne xan iya mata in wanke kaina, I knw I can’t pay her all what she passed through, kar ki hana ni aurenta mumy…” Mumy ta sauke ajiyar xuciya har lkcn tana mamakin abinda Aliyu ya fadi mata kan Anty khadijah, she is still finding it hard to believe that, infact bata ma yarda bane tasan Anty khadijah baxata yi abinda Aliyu ke fadi ba, Aliyu yace “Mumy kinyi shiru” Mumy ta kallesa ta kara sauke ajiyar xuciya sannan tace “Idan kuma ita bata son ka fa?” Ya d’an hade rai yace “Toh sai ta bar min yarana taje tayi aurenta shikenan na raba ta da wahala, idan kuma ta yarda ta aureni sai mu xauna mu rike yaranmu, domin kuwa su din abun kyama ne idan ta kai su wani gidan, ko ba yanxu ba wataran xa a kyamace su, to idan muna tare fa? We can never do that to them” Mumy bata kuma cewa komai ba tayi nisa tunanin da take na Anty khadijah, Bude kofar dakin Anty khadijah tayi ta shigo tana kallon Mumy da kumburarrun idonta da ta sha kukan takaici, kallo daya Mumy ta mata ta dauke kai xuciyarta na kara karyata Aliyu, Aliyu kam bai ma kalli inda take ba, tana kallon Mumy tace “Ina son sanin matsayin auren iklima a gidan nan Anty fati, na hada kayana idan Ita ma in hada nata ne toh…” Sai a sannan Aliyu ya kalleta yace “Anty aure ya taba mutuwa ba ayi saki ba?” Hararansa tayi ta juya ta fita, dakin baby ta bude ta dinga kallon yaran dake kan gadon cike da tsana, a tsorace suke kallonta su ma, can ta juya ta fita dakin ta sauka downstairs xuciyar ta na tafarfasa, Baby ce kitchen tana bare eggs da ta dafa masu indomien na kan wuta, Anty khadijah ce ta shigo kitchen din ta dau cup ta xuba ruwan xafi daga flask, Baby ta kalleta ganin yanda ta tsaya tana tunani, da sauri Anty khadijah ta bude gun da madara suke ta fiddo kayan tea ganin kallon da baby ke mata, tana hada shayi tace “Baby ina wani sarka da na baki ki ajiye min ranan da aka yi bikin iklima a gidan nan?” Baby tace “Anty yana cikin jakata a daki” Anty khadijah tace “Je dauko min kayana” Baby tace “Yanxu Anty?” Anty khadijah ta balla mata harara tace “Aa anjima” a sanyaye baby ta juya ta fita kitchen din bayan ta rage gas kar indomien ya kone, Anty khadijah ta fara kalle kallen kitchen din da sauri, lkci daya ta fita waje ta kofar kitchen din ta tafi gun da ake ajiye snipper, Baby har ta fara haura stairs ta d’an tsaya, da sauri ta koma ta rabe jikin bango tana lekan kitchen din ta ga Anty Khadijah bata ciki, har xata juya ta bar wajen sai ga Anty Khadijah da gudu ta dawo kitchen din ta bude abun hannunta ta xuba cikin indomie da ke kan wuta, Xaro ido baby tayi taji kafafuwarta sun kasa daukar ta, lkci daya hawaye ya cika idonta ta juya da sauri ta haura sama, dakin Mumy ta shiga ta fashe da kuka, Aliyu ya mike yana kallonta yace “Me ya faru?”

Bayan kusan minti talatin khadijah dake ta xaune daki hankalinta ya ki kwanciya ta kalli wayarta da sauri jin yana ring, ganin khaleel ne ta mike ta sa Hijab ta fita tana addu’ar Allah ya sa twins din ya dawo da, Nanny kadai ce parlor ta ce mata tana xuwa sannan ta fita waje, hade rai tayi dai dai lkcn da su shureim suka sakko daga cikin motar ko wannensu rike da leda khaleel ma ya fito, rungumeta suka yi gaba daya cike da farin cikin ganinta, fuskarta daure tace “Oya mu wuce ciki…” Suka juya suna kallon khaleel da ya rungume hannunsa, jallabiya ne sanye jikinsa ya dinga kallon yaran suka daga masa hannu sudais yace “Uncle are u coming tomorrow plss” Khaleel yyi murmushi yana gyada kai yace “Sure” khadijah bata basu daman sake ce masa komai ba ta tunkudasu cikin gida, Hijab dinta taji khaleel ya riko ta juyo da sauri, murya can kasa yace “Wait” ta kalli yaranta da har sun shige gate, ta kwace Hijab din fuskarta daure tace “Meye haka pls” yana kallonta a hankali yace “Ba gaisuwa xa ki wuce?” Hararansa tayi tace “Wanda na maka daxu a waya fa?” Jinginar da ita yyi da mota, yace “Daban” ta sauke idonta kasa xuciyarta na bugawa jin bai ce komai ba ta dago kanta taga kallonta yake, da sauri ta kara sunkuyar da kanta, yyi murmushi murya can kasa yace “Can I come gobe mu gaisa da Umma?” Ba tare da ta dago ba tace “Why?” Yace “Haka nan, twins suka ce in xo in gaida Ummansu she will like me” kin cewa komai tayi, bayan few seconds yace “Khadijah” dauke kai tayi tace “Allah ya kai mu” Ya d’an yi murmushi yace “Ameen, to yaushe xa ki koma?” Sai a sannan ta kallesa, lkci daya ta sauke idonta tace “Monday in sha Allah” ya dan wara ido yace “Har Monday?” Shiru tayi, murya can kasa yace “Alryt then, we go together” kai ta gyada masa kawai, yace “Toh sai da safe” ta saci kallonsa a hankali tace “Allah ya kai mu” daga haka ya bata hanya ta wuce ciki ya bi ta da ido. Umma dake parlor ta bi ta da kallo har ta shiga daki sannan ta mike ta bi bayanta, xaunawa gefen gado tayi tace “Saurayin ki ne wanda ya xo Khadijah?” Khadijah ta xaro ido tace “Saurayi kuma Umma, aa ba saurayina bane” Umma tace “Kawar ki ce kenan, it’s high time you settle down with a husband daughter…” Khadijah ta kalleta da sauri, Umma tace “Ehh, kuma ban son ya wani dau lkci, in dai kina da wanda ya kwanta maki kika yaba hankalinsa, ki fito da shi, kin ga wannan dama ce da xa mu samu na xuwa katsina…. Idan ma kawun nan ki baxa su daura maki aure ba baxa ki rasa wanda xai daura maki ba” Rasa abun cewa Khadijah tayi, don ita dai tasan bata da saurayi, Umma tace “You think over it daughter” daga haka ta mike ta bar dakin. Kasa bacci daren ranan Khadijah tayi maganar da Umma tayi mata ya tsaya mata sosai, ko kadan aure ba ya cikin tsarin da tayi ma rayuwarta, babu abinda ke sake daga mata hankali sai ganin how serious Umma tayi xancen, gashi ta ma kasa ce mata ta hadu da Aliyu saboda bata ma son xancen, sai dai kuma ko don Aliyun ma ya kamata tayi auren ko xai fita rayuwarta da yake kokarin shiga yanxu, har asuba bata wani ritsa ba, sai a sannan ta fara da ta sanin dawowa ma da tayi.
Aliyu ya kalli Mumy a karo na farko tun shigowar ta dakin tana masa magana babu yabo babu fallasa tamkar dai umarni ma take ba sa, ya d’an yi murmushi sannan yace “Mumy ba fa aure tsakanina da Iklima….” Strictly Mumy tace “Haka kace?” Yace “Ehh mumy, domin kuwa da ciki aka daura auren, yanxu kuma naga alamar sun je sun xubar da cikin” Mumy ta dinga masa wani kallo ko kiftawa babu, juyawa tayi ta fice daga dakin rai a bace, yyi murmushi ya na ci gaba da analysis din da yake tun safe amma ya kasa arriving komai, ya lumshe ido keenly, yana naxari… it all started bayan ya sha coffee da safe ranan, and then? Kawai ya dai ji ya kasa fita aiki, and… Bude kofar da aka yi ya bude ido ya juya da sauri, Saleem ne ya shigo dakin Aliyu ya masa kallo daya ya dauke kai, murmushi ya dinga yi ya ki cewa komai, aliyu ya kallesa a karo na biyu, ya mike yace “Ya aka yi malam?” Dariya saleem yyi yace “Wani xance naji yan gidan nan ke yi yaya, is it for real?” Wani kallo Aliyu ya dinga masa cikin cool voice dinsa yace “Get out and close the door behind you saleem” Saleem ya daga kafada yana murmushi yace “But I neva expect that from you, ni da ake ma warning a da, sai gashi kuma…..” Dariya yyi ya fita ya rufe kofar, Aliyu ya xauna xuciyarsa na tafarfasa ya ji duk ya tsani yan gidan nasu gaba daya, ya hade kansa da table din gabansa….
Khadijah na kitchen tana girkin lunch misalin sha biyu Shureim ya kawo mata waya dake ring, Karba tayi ta daga ta kai kunne, muryarsa ya daki kunnenta, yace “How was your nyt?” Tace “Twas good, ya gida” yace “Alhmdllh, ya twins?” Tace “They are fine” yace “Alryt. Anjima xan xo” tace “Allah ya kai mu” daga haka yyi mata sallama ya katse wayar, ta juya xata mika ma Shureim wayar, wani mugun faduwa gabanta yyi ganin irin tsayuwar da yyi yana jiranta, lkci daya Aliyu ya fado mata ta mika masa wayar a sanyaye, yaron ya karba ya juya ya fita ta ci gaba da abinda. Aliyu ya fito daga bedroom dinsa rike da makullin mota xai bar gidan ganin he is nt arriving at anything better a tunanin da yake tun safe, baby ma da fitowarta kenan daga dakinsu ta juya ta koma ganinsa, tun ranan da Anty khadijah ta fadi ma yan gidan abinda ya faru tsakaninsa da Khadijah kusan duk suke canxa hanya idan sun gansa, gaisuwa ma sai sun ga dama, duk wannan baya masa ciwo sai irin yanda Saleem ke making jest of him ko da yaushe cikin masa dariya yake, he is just trying hard to control his self baya kulasa, Mumy ce ta fito daga dakin Anty Khadijah tana kwalo ma Saleem kira hankali tahse, shi dai Aliyu na tsaye don har ita bata bin ta kansa a gidan, Saleem ya fito tace “Maxa ka dauko makullin motar iklima ce ba lafiya, kayi sauri don Allah” Aliyu na jin haka ya sauka Downstairs ya bar parlorn ya hau motarsa ya fice a gidan, direct gidan Farouq ya nufa, yana isa bakin gate ya kira sa ya sanar da shi yana kofar gida, fitowa yyi daga motar bayan Farouq yace ya shigo yana ma compound, Aliyu ya shiga gidan yana amsa gaisuwar mai gadi, can ya hango Farouq su biyu xaune kan biyu daga cikin kujerun dake wajen, har ya isa wajen idonsa na kan wanda ke xaune tare da farouq, shi ma dai dai nan ya dago kai suka yi ido hudu, kallon kallo suka shiga yi da wani ex gaba daya fuskarsu, Farouq dake nuna ma Aliyu kujera yana murmushi yace “The great Dr, mu dai mun je daurin auren ka baka nan, ban kuma kira ka ba saboda ba aji mutuwar sarki a baki na ba” kin xama Aliyu yyi yace “Ehh naga alama, I was just passing by dama nace in shigo mu gaisa so ba dadewa xan yi ba, ana jirana a mota, I will leave now” Farouq ya masa wani kallo yace “Bana son walakanci fa, daga xuwa sai tafiya, yaushe ma ka dawo Nigeria” tuni Aliyu ya juya ya bar wajen da sauri, Farouq ya mike yace “What’s the meaning of this Aliyu!” Ba tare da ya juyo ba yace “Sure, a gaida min su Haiydar da Madam am in a haste” Farouq ya bi sa da kallo baki sake kafin ya kalli abokin sa dake xaune yana danna waya, dago kai khaleel yyi shi ma ya kallesa yace “Kila don ya gan ni ne yasa ba ya son xaunawa….” Farouq ya ma khaleel wani kallo, sai kuma yyi dariya yace “Toh ai ina ya san ka da xai ki xama saboda kai kai kuma da wani xargi, that’s Aliyu for you, haka nan yake ba wai don saboda kai bane it’s his habit” murmushi Khaleel yyi yace “Toh ya ji dadi, nima yanxu xan wuce ina da inda xan je” daga haka ya mike Farouq yace “Haba dai, so early yaushe rabon mu hadu Dr Ayman?” Khaleel yace “Assuming babu inda xan je I will stay kai ma ka sani” Farouq yyi murmushi ya mike yace “Toh shkkn, wai ya Jawahir din ka, saura watanni nawa bikin?” Khaleel yyi murmushi da kamar baxai ce komai ba sai kuma yace “Uku kawai” Farouq yace “Toh Allah ya kai mu, my regards to her, Anty kuma kace mata plsss tayi hakuri ina nan xuwa in gaisheta” Shi dai khaleel bai ce komai ba suna tafiya har suka fita gidan, sai da suka isa gun motar khaleel, khaleel ya juya yana kallon Farouq strictly yace “Don’t dare say anything about me to that guy that just left Umar, tell him nothing about me if he shud ask” da mamaki Farouq yace “Anything? Like? Ka taba sanin sa ne?” Khaleel yace “No ban san shi ba, I just know xai yi ma tambaya a kai na, kar kuma ka gaya masa komai” daga haka ya shiga motarsa Farouq ya dinga kallon sa yace “shi aliyun?” Dariya yyi yace “Yanda kake haka yake shi ma ai, banbancin ku kadan ne, soo nasan baxai ma min tambaya a kan ka ba, beside shi ma a UK yake ai, a Dr also” Shi dai khaleel bai ce komai ba ya ja motarsa ya bar wajen. Yau dai Khadijah mayafi ta daura kan atamfar jikinta ta fito amma ba tare da su Sudais ba, duk da bata yi kwalliya ba amma tayi kyau ne ba kadan ba, ta glass khaleel ke ta kallonta ganin jingina tayi da motar bata bude ba ya sa ya bude ya fito ya xagayo ta inda take, ba tare da ta kallesa ba tace “Ina yini?” A hankali yace “Cool, ya boys dina” tace “They are inside, mu je sai ka gaisa da Umma” daga haka ta nufi cikin gidan ya bi ta da kallo da farko kafin ya bi bayanta, Sosai Umma ta tarbi khaleel da yaki kallonta kansa a kasa, xaman ma bakin kujera ya xauna kana ganinsa kasan duk a takure yake, Umma ta tambayesa mutanen gida yace duk suna lafiya, dariya ya ba Khadijah don bata tana xaton yana da kunya haka ba don ko da wasa ya ki dago kansa, Umma da ta lura da haka ita ma ta bar masu parlorn, sai a sannan khaleel ya dago kamar munafuki, khadijah dake ta murmushi tana xuba masa lemo a cup tace “Kamar gaske” mikewa yayi ya mata wani kallo murya can kasa yace “Karya ce dama, am outside” da sauri ta kallesa tace “Me xa kayi a waje” yace “I can’t stay here” ta bata fuska tace “Abinci fa xan xuba maka” yace “Ni bana jin yunwa, kawai ki turo min twins” daga haka ya nufi kofa kamar ana hankada sa, Khadijah ta bi sa da harara har ya fita, tsaki ta yi ta xauna kujera tana turo baki, Ba a dau lkci ba ya fara kiranta a waya har ya katse bata dauka ba, ya sake kira ta ki dauka, text ya turo mata yace “Plss Khadijah, ina mota fa ni baxan iya xaman parlorn ba, idan baxa ki fito ba ki turo min su sudais kawai” tashi tayi ta wuce dakin Umma don suna can suna kallo basu ma san ya xo ba, Umma na ganinta tace “Barin sa ki ka yi shi kadai a parlor?” Khadijah ta tabe baki tace “ya fita yana waje” Umma tace “Saboda me?” Tace “Wai baxai iya xama a parlorn ba” Murmushi Umma tayi tace “Shi kuma haka yake da kunya, Khadijah ina kika samo balarabe?” Xaro ido Khadijah tayi lkci daya ta fashe da dariya tace “Ba balarabe bane fa shi” hararata Umma tayi tace “Ya xa ki ce min ba balarabe bane” Murmushi Khadijah tayi tace “Toh ni dai haka yace min” Umma tace “Ya dai ce maki hakan ne, to ki fita ki samesa tunda baxai xauna parlor ba” Tare da su Sudais ta fita, khaleel ya fito daga motar yana kallonta bayan yyi pecking yaran da suka yi murnan ganinsa yace “Har da walakanci koh?” Tace “Nima ae shi ka min” shiru yyi yana kallonta, can yyi murmushi yace “Baki san ina da kunya sosai ba ko” Khadijah bata san lkcn da tayi dariya ba ya dinga kallonta don bai taba ganin dariyarta haka ba, har da rike ciki, ganin yanda yake kallonta ta hadiye dariyar tana murmushi tace “Amma a nan Nigeria kake ajiye kunyar idan xa ka UK koh?” Xaro ido yayi ba don yaranta dake gun ba da babu abinda xai hanasa jawota jikinsa tayi bayanin abinda take nufi, dariya kawai khadijah take tana kallonsa, khaleel ya kasa cewa komai, kawai ya 6uge da shafa lallausan bak’in gashin kansa, ta sata kallonsa ta sake kyalkyalewa da dariya, yyi murmushi ya cire glass din idonsa murya can kasa yace “Xa ki yi bayani ai xa mu koma UK din” ta hade rai tace “So?” Yana murmushi yace “Nothing, ki gaya ma Umma xa mu je shopping da su sudais plss har da ke” khadijah da bata sake kallon fuskarsa ba tace “Noo ban da ni” yace “Plss” tace “Ni baxan je ba da gaske, su dai ka tafi da su” da kyar da kyar khaleel ya lallabata bayan ta sa ya rufe idanuwansa da glass din da ya cire sannan ta yarda xata bi su, amma bayan ta gaya ma Umma idan xata yarda, ganin tare da su sudais ne Umma ta yarda suka tafi bayan tace kar su dade, front seat ya bude ma su Shureim suka shiga, ganin haka ta bude back seat ta shiga, sai da suka yi nisa khaleel yace “Mu je ki gaida mum dita nima, it’s just malali here ba nisa….” Da sauri khadijah tace “Noo plss, sai in je a wa?” Yana kallonta murya can kasa yace “A surkarta to be” shiru khadijah tayi ta na kallonsa da mamaki, ya mayar da dubansa kan titi yana driving, da sauri tace “Noo, sae dai a matsayin friend dinka, and am not ready for that Dr don ban ce ma umma xan je ko ina ba daga inda kace xaka kai mu” a hankali yace “Ohk then, amma xa mu biya gidansu jawaheer mu dauketa, I think she wants to shop also” kallonsa Khadijah ta tsaya yi ta ma rasa abinda xata ce masa, ai ko suka isa anguwarsu jawaheer din yyi parking ya dau waya ya kirata yace yana waje, khadijah tayi karfin halin cewa “Toh su sudais su dawo baya” Khaleel yace “Noo xata xauna baya ita ma, no probs” Ba a dau lkci ba jawaheer ta fito, she is a real definition of black beauty, kyakkaywa ce ita din ta karshe, ta bude front seat tace “Sweetheart ashe da gaske xaka xo din” ganin su sudais da Shureim ta wara ido tace “Waoww cuties, ina ka samo su swthrt? They are so cute” gaisheta yan biyun suka yi, duk ta yi masu kiss a goshi, Khaleel dake kallonta yace “Yarana ne” dariya ta yi tace “Kai dear, don Allah waye su, sun min kyau wllh” ya kalli khadijah ta madubi yace “Ga Aunt dinsu a baya nan” sai a sannan jawaheer ta kalli baya da sauri tace “Ohh ban lura ba, hello” Khadijah tace “Hi” jawahir na murmushi tace “You’ve got sweet siblings” murmushi khadijah ta kirkira, kamar baxa ta ce komai ba sai kuma murya can kasa kamar ana tilastata tace “Thanks” jawahir ta bude bayan motar ta shiga ta rufe khaleel ya ja motar suka bar wajen, ta madubi yake ta kallon khadijah da ta kauda kai tana kallon waje, ita kuma jawahir na ta basa labari da siririyar muryarta da ya cika motar. Farouq dake ta kallon Aliyu da d’an mamaki yace “Ko meye dalilin da yasa kake son sanin sa Dr?” Aliyu ya hade rai yace “Idan xaka gaya min ka gaya min” Farouq yace “He is my good friend, tare muka yi karatu a England degree and masters, his mum from Saudi Arabia, the most simplest woman I have ever known, his dad a Nigerian from kano, shi kadai ne namiji gidansu with 4 siblings duk mata, Dr Ayman ba shi da matsala, he is free with everyone sai dai he don’t make friends easily, he is a genuine… He was among those that graduated with d best result during our time, yanxu haka PhD dinsa yake a Uk…” Katse sa Aliyu yayi yace “Am not asking you about his life history or how intelligent he is, ina gidansu yake?” Farouq ya dinga kallonsa da tuhuma kafin yace “I don’t think i wil tel you that Aliyu” murmushi Aliyu yyi yana shafa beard dinsa.

Tun da suka shiga shopping mall din Khaleel ke kallon khadijah ganin yanda ta daure fuska, duk yanda khaleel yayi da ita ta dauki abubuwan da take bukata nuna masa ta yi bata bukatar komai, Jawaheer da twins suka dinga daukan abinda suke so a gun, khaleel dai na biye da su a baya, xagawa Jawaheer tayi gun chocolates da biscuits duk wanda yaran suka dauka ita ma sai ta dauka, khaleel dake ta kallon khadijah bayan jawahir ta bar wajen yace “Wait, wai me yasa baxa ki dau komai ba Khadijah, or did I offend u in any way plss?” Khadijah ta tabe baki ba tare da ta kallesa ba tace “To lallai ne sai na dauki abu a mall? Kuma don ban dauka ba sai ya xamanto anyi offending dina? Am not just interested” Shiru yyi yana kallonta, a hankali ya juya ya bar ta tsaye gun ya koma gun twins da jawahir, nesa da su wani mutum ne tsaye yana dauke da wata yarinya da baxata wuce shekara uku ba an mata kitso irin na yara gashinta har kusan bayanta, kusa da shi kuma wata mace ce rike da trolley tana xuba kayan da ta dauka, kallon su Shureim kawai yake ko kiftawa babu, har sai da matarsa dake gefensa tace “Barrister mu je mana” sai a sannan yyi saurin dauke idonsa kan yaran ya bi bayan matarsa, ya sake juyawa yana kallon yaran da khaleel ke rike da hannunsu har ya bar wajen ya daina ganinsu, khaleel ya biya kudin abubuwan da suka siya yana kallon khadijah da ke bakin kofar fita tana jiransu, ganin kallon da yake mata ta dauke kai da sauri dai dai lkcn da idonta ya sauka kan barrister sudais dake tahowa rike da kyakkyawar daughtern sa, matarsa na biye da shi tana rike da ledan siyayyar da suka yi, still Khadijah tayi a gun da take tsaye taji komai nata ya tsaya cak, yanda take kallonsa shi ma haka yake kallonta ko kiftawa babu har ya iso dab da ita ya sauke idonsa kasa ya mika ma security dake bakin kofar receipt din kayan da ya biya aka mayar masa sannan ya fita mall din, matarsa na biye da shi.

Khadijah ta bi sudais da kallo cikin shock sosai, fita tayi da sauri tana ci gaba da kallon sa xuciyarta na bugawa, dai dai lkcn da shi ma ya juya bai san ta fito ba suka kara hada ido yayi saurin dauke kansa, motarsa ya nufa ya bude, matar ta bude back seat ta ajiye ledan hannunta sannan ta bude seat din gaba xata shiga ta dakata da sauri tana kallonsa tace “Lahh Barrister na bar masu wayata a counter…” Bata jira cewarsa ba ta juya da sauri ta koma mall din, Sudais ya kara daga kai ya kalli khadijah, bata san lkcn da ta nufesa ba tana kallonsa ta fashe da kuka sosai cikin raunin murya tace “Why are you pretending you don’t knw me? Did I deserve that Sudais…. Me yasa kake yin kamar baka taba sanina ba” sosai hawaye ke xuba idonta, Ya kasa kallonta ya kuma kasa cewa komai ba, ganin Jiddah na fitowa mall din ya sa ya shiga motarsa ya rufe, gwiwa a sake Khadijah ta koma baya tana kallonsa ko kiftawa babu kai kana ganinta kasan she is over shock, Tun daga nesa jiddah ke kallon khadijah da tayi saurin share idonta, har ta iso tana mata wani kallo daga sama har kasa tace “Baiwar Allah, do you have any problem? Tsayuwar me kike a nan” Khadijah bata kalleta ba ta juya da sauri ta bar wajen ta koma can jikin wani mota xuciyarta na mata xafi, ta fashe da wani matsanancin kuka, me yasa ko da yaushe a cikin mall take haduwa da abinda ke mugun daga mata hankali, yau ga ta ga sudais yyi kamar bai taba sanin ta ba, me tayi masa xai mata haka, ta sulale wajen ta hade kai da gwiwa tana kuka sosai, bata yi deserving yyi mata haka ba da ya bari ko godiyar abinda yyi mata a rayuwa ta kara masa don tasan baxa ta iya biyansa ba kuma ba lallai su sake haduwa ba. Jiddah na shiga motar ta kalli sudais fuska a murtuke tace “Wacece ita Aliyu?” Buda hannu yyi alamar bai sani ba, ganin kallon da take masa yace “Kawai ce min fa tayi in ara mata waya xata yi making call, ni kuma nace bani da airtime, that’s all madam” tsaki jiddah tayi cikin bacin rai tace “Da ta fada a gabana in koya mata hankali yau wllh, irin yan iskan matan nan ne masu bin maxajen mutane a titi, banda haka ta baka ajiyar kati ne xata ce ka ara mata waya?? dear idan baka son matsala da ni wllh ka bar ko da responding wa ennan mutanen, idan xa su shekara suna ma magana kar ka ko da kalli inda suke balle ka bude baki ka basu amsa ka xama kamar deaf and dumb, domin kuwa yawancinsu da asiri suke xuwa, ni dai na gaya maka kada a fara jin kan mu kuma” “Toh” kawai Sudais yace ya tada motarsa ya bar harabar mall din tana ci gaba da mita, Khadijah taji xuciyarta ya mata nauyi ta dinga kuka ko xata samu relieve amma kamar ana kara mata ciwon da take ji, babu irin neman da khaleel bai mata cikin mall din ba amma bai ganta ba, jawahir ma sai dube dube take tana neman ta, atm dinsa ya mika ma jawahir yace “Dear gashi you pay the bill” tace “But the pin?” Fada mata yyi ya fita mall din ta bi sa da kallo a sanyaye, little Sudais na kallon jawahir yace “Anty ba mu ga Antynmu ba” jawahir ta duka tana masu murmushi tace “Yanxu Dr xai nemo mana ita cuties” daga haka ta mike ganin an xo kanta a gun biyan kudin. Tafiyar few minutes sudais yyi ya tsayar da motar, Jiddah dake kallonsa ganin yanda ya ja tsaki tace “Ya aka yi Abban Amira?” Ya d’an dafa kansa yace “Wannan matsalar dai da nace maki motar ta bani last week, I don’t knw what’s wrong with this car” tace “Yanxu baxai tashi ba kenan?” Yace “Sai wani ikon Allah, gashi ban san ko Ahmad na garage ba da na kirasa ya taho yanxu… Am just bored of this car” ta hade rai tace “Toh ni ya xa muyi yanxu ga ranan yamma” ya kalli cute angel dinsa me suna Khadijah yana kiranta da Amira ya ja hancinta ganin yanda take kallonsa da kwala kwalan idonta yace “Kar Amirata ta sha wahala bari kawai in tsayar maku da adai daita ku wuce gida ni xan taho daga baya” Jiddah tace “Wai to ka kara gwada tada motar mana, ba girman ka bane barrister a gan ka bakin titi mota ta lalace” Murmushi yyi ya bude motar ya fita ya tsayar da adai daita ya gaya masa sunan anguwar su sannan ya xaga ya bude motar yana kallon jiddah yace “Ki fito ku wuce yanxu xan taho nima in sha Allah” ta hade rai tace “Aa mu je gaba daya kawai, ai babu me satar motar idan ya so sai Ahmad yaje gida ya karbi makulli ya lallaba ya kai motar gareji” kallonta ya tsaya yi kafin yace “Plss be a good wife and humbly come down kinga na tsayar maku da d’an sahu, you don’t worry about me I will be okay sai kace ba namiji ba” da kyar ya lallaba ta ta sauka ta shiga napep din ya mika mata Amira da kayan da suka siya a supermarket, yana tsaye har napep din ya sha kwana sannan ya shiga motarsa da sauri ya tada yyi reverse ya koma mall din at high speed kamar xai tashi sama. Babu irin duban da khaleel bai ma khadijah ba a haraban Shopping complex din, har yyi give up a xaton sa gida ta wuce sai dai kuma haka kawai ya ji ransa ya baci, ya juya kenan xai koma ciki ya hangota durkushe bayan mota, da mamaki ya dinga kallonta lkci daya ya isa gabanta ya durkusa yace “Me ya faru Khadijah me kike yi a nan?” Ta kasa cewa komai sai shessheka take hawaye na sakko mata, a rikice yace “Ki min magana don Allah khadijah, me ya faru” ganin ba shiru xata yi ba ya daga ta ya nufi gun motarsa bai damu da mutanen dake kallonsu a gun ba ciki har da jawahir da ta fito da su shureim ya bude back seat ta shiga ya rufe, Sudais ya taho gun khaleel da sauri hankalinsa tashe yace “Uncle what’s wrong with my Anty” Daukan sa Khaleel yayi yana murmushi yace “She is having a headache” kokarin sauka ya shiga yi a jikinsa kamar xai yi kuka yace “Uncle ina son in xauna kusa da ita I don’t like d front” bude masa bayan motar khaleel yyi ya shiga sannan ya rufe, shi dai shureim na tsaye can kawai ya fashe da kuka, jawahir ta duka tana kallonsa da mamaki tace “Me ya faru handsome” Khaleel na ganin haka ya karasa ya daukesa shi ma ya bude back seat din ya xaunar da shi sannan ya rufe, jawahir dai na tsaye tana kallonsu ya bude mata front seat ta karaso ta shiga, ya xaga ya shiga maxaunin driver, Khadijah ta hadiye kukan da take da kyar ganin yanda yan biyunta suka rikice su ma suna kukan tana yin shiru su ma suka yi shiru, khaleel sai kallonta yake ta madubi duk ya ji ba shi da nutsuwa kamar ya jawo ta jikinsa ya lallasheta, Jawahir ma sai kallon khadijah da yaranta take, Khaleel na fita mall din da motarsa sudais ya shigo shi kuma da tasa motar, ko parking din kirki bai yi ba duk da maganar da securities din gun ke masa ya wani rikice ya dinga duba nook and cranny din wajajen yana nemanta har ciki sai da ya shiga amma babu khadijah, ya fito jikinsa a sanyaye ya hade kansa da motar sa.

Khaleel ya fara ajiye jawahir a kofar gidansu, yana lura ranta bai so ba ta bude motar ta fita da kyar ma ta dau ledan siyayyar da tayi kamar baxa ta dauka ba, ko sallama bata yi masa ba ta dai daga ma su sudais dake kallonta hannu ta wuce ciki abun ta, ya lumshe ido ya bude sannan yyi reverse ya bar layin, yana isa kofar gidansu khadijah ya bude motar ya fito sannan ya bude back seat yana kallonsu sudais da suka yi jigum kamar xa su shige jikin uwarsu, yyi murmushi yace “Toh ku fito” da taimakonsa suka sauko kasa ya basu ledojin yace su shiga ciki, Khadijah xata fito khaleel ya dakatar da ita, sudais dake lekanta yace “Uncle Anty bata sakko ba” khaleel ya shafa kansa yace “Xata sakko yanxu ku shiga ku kai ma Umma chocolates din ku ta ajiye maku” yaran suka wuce ciki suna yi suna waiwayowa, khaleel ya shiga motar yana kallonta da damuwa yace “Ki gaya min plss me ya sa ki kuka khadijah, is it me?” Girgixa masa kai tayi a sanyaye wasu hawayen na gangarowa idonta, ya kasa daurewa ya rungumeta yace “No plss I don’t want to see you cry, it hurt me, don Allah ki gaya min meye matsalar ki, me ya sa ki kuka a supermarket?” Tayi lamo jikinsa taji ta kasa kukan kuma, duk kamshin sa ya cika ta, murya can kasa yace “Khadijah” a hankali tace “Uhn” yace “Kukan me kike yi?” Ta lumshe ido cikin sanyin murya tace “Sudais” still khaleel yyi na kusan 10 seconds kafin ya dake cike da karfin hali yace “What about him?” Har lkcn idonta a lumshe tace “I saw him” dagota khaleel yyi da sauri yana kallonta at first a bit shock, sai kuma ya hade rai yace “Where?” Ta ki kallon kwayar idonsa tace “A inda muka je shopping” da kyar ta ci gaba wasu hawaye na taruwa idonta tace “He shunned me, he pretend he don’t knw me….” Kasa ci gaba tayi ta fara kuka a hankali, khaleel ya lumshe ido, jin ta a jikinsa kuma yasa tayi shiru, a hankali yace “Khadijah…” Cikin sanyin murya tace “Na’am” dai dai kunnenta yace “forget about sudais plss, forget him….” Sai kuma yyi shiru, Khadijah taji kamar an xare mata radadin da take ji a xuciya, taji ta samu relieve, hankalinta ya kwanta fiye da xaton ta, murya can kasa tace “Toh, nagode” ji yayi kamar yyi kissing dinta but yyi controlling kansa bai yi hakan ba, har lkcn idonsa a lumshe yace “I… I know I love you from day 3 of our encounter…..” Duk da yanda gaban Khadijah yyi mugun faduwa don bbu Wanda ya taba fadi mata wannan Kalmar duk tsawon rayuwarta hakan bai hanata fara tunanin me ya faru a rana ta uku da suka fara haduwa da khaleel a UK ba.

Khaleel ya dago kanta yana kallonta, tayi saurin rufe idonta, murmushi yyi murya can kasa yace “Kin tuna ko in tuna maki” dauke kanta tayi xata bude motar yace “Wait” still tayi a wajen bata yi motsi ba, yace “promise me baxa ki sake kuka a kan hanya ba, sannan you wil forget your past and face the future” shiru ta yi ba ta ce komai ba, ya kamo hannunta cikin sanyin murya yace “Khadijah” ta gyada masa kai kawai, yace “Noo, say it out” bata san lkcn da tayi murmushi ba a hankali tace “Ohk” yace “Ohk kadai” kamar bata son ya ji ta tace “I promise” yyi murmushi yace “Yauwa baby” ta turo baki tace “Tana can kayi dropping dinta a gida” wara idanuwansa yyi yace “Wai jawahir?” Khadijah ta ki dago kanta, murya can kasa yace “Ita daban ke daban…” Daga haka ya bude side dinsa ya fita ita ma ta fito yana kallonta, a hankali tana fidgeting fingers dinta tace “Thanks” bata jira cewar sa ba ta wuce cikin gida da sauri, ya bi ta da ido. Aliyu na jin alamar Farouq xai shigo parlorn ya jefar da wayarsa dake hannunsa kan kujera kusa da wanda yake, yyi concentrating kan nasa wayar dake hannunsa, Farouq yace “Toh baka taba abincin ba har ynxu Dr” Aliyu yace “I told you I am not hungry fa, ni xuwa ma xan yi in tafi yanxu” Farouq yace “So soon” mikewa Aliyu yayi yace “Sure, tun da baka da kirki” Farouq yyi murmushi yace “Ko da kai da khaleel baku fada min komai ba na dai san akwai yar tsama tsakaninku, domin kuwa kamar yanda ka min xancensa haka shi ma yyi min naka, amma bai yi requesting karban digit dinka ba ko sanin inda kake, shi yasa kai ma baxan baka na sa ba” ko Kallonsa Aliyu bai yi ba ya nufi kofa Farouq ya bi bayansa yana murmushi, Aliyu na isa gida direct sama ya tafi, har xai shiga dakinsa ya dawo ya bude kofar dakin baby, tana linke kaya ya same ta, ganinsa ta hade rai ya karasa cikin dakin, da farko rasa abun cewa yyi can kuma yyi karfin halin cewa “Ina yan gidan?” Ba tare da ta kallesa ba tace “Suna asibiti” yana kallonta yace “Who is sick?” Tace “Iklima” sai a lkcn ya tuna yana kokarin fita mumy ta kira saleem yayi driving dinsu xuwa asibiti, yace “Anyi hospitalizing dinta ne?” Baby ta gyada masa kai, yace “Su waye a asibitin?” Tace “Su mumy, mun dawo daukan abu ne da Anty Khadijah” yace “Tana ina?” Tace “Tana dakinta ina ji” fitowa yyi daga dakin har xai wuce nasa sai kuma ya bude na anty Khadijah, babu kowa a dakin ya gani, ya dinga kallon jakarta dake kan gado an xaxxage komai na ciki, karasawa yyi ya ga duk tarkacen takardu da kayan kwalliya ne sai wani kulli a fallen zani, dauka yyi yana jujjuyawa yana kallo, murya ya ji kasa kasa a bathroom, yyi still ya kasa kunne don saurare, “Wllh ban sani ba, sai bayan da aka daura auren alamomin cikin ya fara bayyana….” Aliyu yyi tiptoeing xuwa bakin kofar bayin ya jingina da bango yana jin muryar Anty Khadijah radau amma fa a hankali take maganar “Ko kafin bikin sai da na fita tsakar dare na duba ajiyar yana nan yanda yake na kan dutse” shiru ta d’an yi sai kuma tace “Aa gaskiya ta gun angon kadai ne da matsala, shi ma da bai gano cikin ba nasan da idan ya sha wannan garin da ka bada a ruwan shayi shkkn sai kuma yanda muka yi da shi to bai sha ba, to bai sha ba” da damuwa tace “Haba na kan dutse tuni fa aka cire cikin ban san meye matsalar ba tana dai can a kwance har yanxu cikinta ciwo kamar baxa tayi ba, kilan rashin sabo ne, kasan da karafuna ake cire cikin, ni dai yanxu abinda nake so shine ka taimaka ka karkato mana da hankalin shi yaron, wllh shi ke ba mu matsala” tace “Ehh Aliyu sunansa, wlh taurin kansa ya fi karfinsa, ka ladabta min shi… ka tuna wani hadi da ka taba min da dadewa shekaru masu d’an yawa na xuba masa a ruwan tea….?” Da sauri tace “Yauwa to ka kara min irinsa ta haka ne kadai xa mu samu abinda muke so, sai ya tattara ta ya tafi da ita, ita kuma ‘ya ta ka tada min kafadunta” runtse ido Aliyu yyi jin furucinta na karshe ya dinga nanata innalillahi wa inna ilai hi raji’un a xuciyarsa, Anty Khadijah tayi wani ihu tace “Dubu Dari da hamsin kuma na kan dutse??? Haba haba a dube ni domin Allah mana, yanxu kudaden wuya suke wllh, ina xan samo har dubu dari da hamsin ni ba Sana’a ba, sai fa yayata ta bani…. Da ma atm dinta na guna ne ban ki in sa ta ba, Duk fa yan kudadena sun kare ta dalilin xuwa gun ka da nake na kan dutse” ta kwantar da murya bayan wani lkci tace “Amma ka fa san nace ni baxan sake wannan harkar da kai ba kake ambatosa yanxu, sai in ce ma yayata xan je ina? Kawai duk ka bi ka wahal da mutum haba na kan dutse, wajen fa da nisa” da sauri tace “To to na ji, ko xuwa jibi xan taho, sai kuma batun yan gidan don Allah ka kara gume min bakinsu wannan karan har da wata kakarsu ta gun uba ana ce mata yaya naga xata bani ciwon kai ita ma, da yake ta fi shekara 10 a gun yar ta dake aure kasar waje to dai yanxu ta dawo duk da ba gida daya muke ba amma dai ance prevention is better den cure, ita ma a kulle min bakinta plss, sannan abu na karshe, ina yarinyar nan da na sa kayi ma Aliyu hadin nan saboda ita, wata warce nace yayata ta dauketa shekarun baya……” Da sauri tace “Yauwaaaa na kan dutse, to ina son yau dai a bincika min ita, a wani garin take yanxu, kuma ya rayuwa ta kaya da ita, ta haife cikin ne ko ta xubar? A bincika min na kan dutse” cike da confusion Aliyu ke kallon kofar bayin don bai gane komai ba a xancen ta na karshe ba, wani hadin take nufi aka yi masa, wani cikin? kuma wacece?? daga haka tayi sallama tace “Toh sai ka ji ni na wajena” Aliyu dake ta xufa yyi saurin barin bakin kofar sai dai tun bai bude kofar dakin ya fita ba ta shigo dakin, wayancewa yyi kamar shigowarsa kenan, tayi tsuru tsuru tana kallonsa, ya sunkuyar da kai yace “Ina yini” kasa amsawa tayi, just to make her comfortable yace “Yanxu na shigo baby ke ce min an kwantar da iklima ban sani ba” ta hadiye abu da kyar tace “Toh ya aka yi?” Ya isa gefen gado ya xauna a hankali yace “Anty ina son mu yi magana dake plss” tana kifta ido tace “Ina ji” yyi kasa da murya yace “Anty ki taimaka ki taya ni ba mumy hakuri, nasan tana fushi da ni, Anty abinda yasa ku ka ga na damu hada ni aure da aka yi da iklima naga ba jituwa muke ba, kuma fa kuna ganin bata jin maganar kowa gidan nan, idan ta fita sai lkcn da ta ga dama take dawowa to ta ina xan fara bata umarni ta bi a matsayina na mijinta yanxu?” Tuni hankalin Anty Khadijah ya kwanta ta kara tabbatar da shigowar sa dakin kenan bai ji wayarta ba, tace “Toh Aliyu hannunka na rubewa ka cire ka yar ne! Sannan ikliman da ka sani da ba ita ba ce yanxu, wllh wllh ta canxa fitan nan xuwa gidan kawaye da take duk ta bari, wllh ta nutsu saboda rokon Allahn da ake mata” a hankali Aliyu yace “Toh shi kenan Allah sa hakan ne mafi alkhairi” Anty Khadijah tayi mugun jin dadi ta na murmushi tace “Toh Amin, amma ka dade baka sanya ni farin ciki irin yau ba my son, Allah ya maka albarka, kuma duk abinda ya faru a da can mu yafi juna Sharrin shaidan ne” yace “Haka ne Anty, yanxu asibitin xa ku koma?” Ta girgixa kai tace “Yanxu daga nan ma kasuwa xa mu da baby kayan ciki xan siyo in farfesa mata shi ke ran ta….” Aliyu yace “Toh mu je sai in ajiye ku a kasuwan daga can in karasa asibitin dubata” Anty Khadijah ta dade bata shiga farin ciki irin na ranan ba, ta kasa yarda Aliyu ne ke mata wannan jawabin, ta dau jakarta ta bi bayan sa tana shi masa albarka. Tare da baby suka tafi kasuwar, Aliyu ya tsaya cikin mota ya jira su gama siyayyarsu ya ajiye su gida sai ya wuce asibiti kamar yanda ya ce, har lkcn he was very shock, ya kasa gaskata abubuwan da ya ji, duk jikinsa ya yi mugun sanyi, Anty Khadijah ta dinga sa ana yanka kayan ciki har na dubu shidda duk na Iklima kadai, Baby dai na tsaye kusa da ita tana kallon ikon Allah, kamar ance baby ta juya ta wara ido tana kallon wasu twins dake tafiya tare da wata dattijuwa duk tana rike da hannunsu, da sauri tace “Innalillahi Anty kalli yaran can” da sauri Anty Khadijah ta juya ita ma idonta ya sauka kan yaran ko kiftawa bata yi, Baby tace “Anty don Allah da wa suka maki kama?” Anty Khadijah ta share wani xufa tana ci gaba da kallon yaran tunani kala kala a ranta, kamar daga sama suka ji ance baxawara??? Duk suka juya da sauri, kyauta suka gani tsaye cikin shiga ta alfarma gun mai kayan miya tana rike da haba baki bude tana kallon Anty Khadijah, Baby tayi wani kara xata tafi ta rungumeta da gudu Anty Khadijah ta fixgota, kyauta na rike da haba har sannan tace “Ikon Allah su baxawara ashe rai kan ga rai? Ana nan ana xawarcin gidan mutane ko anyi aure?” Anty Khadijah da kamannin ta suka canxa tayi kan kyauta kamar xaki kan kace me ta cakumota tana kunduma mata xagi tace “Ni kike kira baxawara don kaza kazan ki, a ina kika taba sani na” dambe ta fara yi da Kyauta da ta xage ita ma lkci daya sai gashi ta na na Anty Khadijah ta da kasa ta dinga duka tana tula mata kasa a fuska mutane suka taru kansu amma kyauta taki saketa dukarta take kamar an aikota tana tula mata kasa a fuska da baki, Baby da ta rude ta tafi da gudu ta kira Aliyu dake mota, Cikin masu kallon fadan har da Nanny da ta ja yan biyun hannunta suka tafi wani rumfa suka tsaya kallon ikon Allah, da kyar aka janye kyauta kan Anty Khadijah da jini ke ta dalala a hancinta da baki, Kyauta ta kunduma mata wani mugun xagi tace “In kin cika yar halak cikin uwar ki da uban ki mu hadu a ba wani shege gobe mu da sa daga inda aka rabamu, axxaluma yar uwar shaidan kawai” daga haka kyauta ta bar wajen tana cewa “Alhmdllh na san inda na dosa a rayuwa yanxu, ke kam a cin arxiki xa ki kare kina rabe gidan mutane” Aliyu ya bi ta da kallo baki bude, Da kyar aka daga Anty Khadijah dake kunduma ma kyauta xagi bayan ta ga ta tafi, Baby ta kama hannunta suka nufi gun mota da sauri ganin yanda ake kallonsu, naman da basu amsa ba kenan duk da ta bada kudi, Aliyu dai ya kasa motsi inda yake, a hankali ya juya xai bar wajen ya ji ance “Uncleee” ya juya da sauri idonsa ya sauka kan twins dake wani gefe a tsaye Nanny kuma na siyan abu a shago bayan taga karshen damben, ya wara ido ya buda hannunsa shureim ya taho da gudu ya daga sa sama ya rungumesa yace “What are you doing here sweetheart?” Shureim ya washe fararen kananun hakoransa yace “We came with nanny and Anty to get something, Ga Nanny a cikin shop Anty kuma tana cikin mota tana jiran mu” kallon sudais Aliyu yyi ya ga yana tsaye ne yana kallonsu, a hankali ya ajiye shureim yana rike da hannunsa ya isa gun sudais haka nan yaji gabansa na faduwa ya duka dai dai height dinsa yace “How are you angel?” Sudais ya sauke idonsa yace “Am good” daga haka ya shiga shagon da Nanny take ciki, Aliyu ya bi sa da kallo, shureim yace “Uncle what are you doing here?” Aliyu yace “I came to get something also, why is ur twin behaving strangely, and he looks sick…” Fitowa sudais yyi don ba can cikin shagon ya shiga ba yana kallon Aliyu yace “Because I don’t like you, stay away from me and my brother” Kallonsa Aliyu yake ko kiftawa babu, Shureim ya tura sudais yace “You are mean….”