Stars Align✅

CHAPTER 45: LOVE, SECRETS AND A FAMILY

GOMBE, NIGERIA.

"Listen, Sarah dear. I'm not going to lie to you. The things you've done are terrible, especially to Jannah. The poor girl has suffered immensely for your actions. And you are very well aware of her condition" Didi spoke. This made Sarah look down as she blew out a shaky breath.

She knows that what she did is wrong. Everything she had been doing so far is on borderline wrong, even though all she had been doing was following her father's orders. Did exhaled lowly. "I'm not against your relationship with my son, and I'm certain his father won't be against it too. However, like Jameel told you before, you need to pay for your actions"

Sarah who had her head hung low, nodded.

"Confess to the police about everything you know so far. I'm sure you know your father is a fugitive who had hurt a lot of people for his sordid wants. A girl lost both her parents because of you, don't you feel pity for her at all?" Didi rose a brow.

Sarah nodded solemnly, her hand reaching out to caress her tummy. She then looked up to look at Didi, "I will turn myself in to the police. I'd face any charge necessary. If I have to go to prison, then so be it"

Jameel sighed lowly. He knows that there's a high chance she'd end up behind bars for everything she had done. However, the selfish part of him, the part of him that's deeply in love with her and their unborn child didn't want her to go.

How else would he explain to their child that his/her mother is in prison for committing murder? He'd also have to raise their child alone.

He extended his hand and placed it over hers, applying a bit pressure on it as a reminder that he's there with her, every step of the way.

"You'd also have to testify against your father. Can you do that?" Didi didn't mean to pressure to the girl. However, she has to talk rational sense into her before she faces everyone else. Didi knows that they might not be as understanding as she is being at the moment.

However, if she convinces the girl to confess before she meets the rest, it might lessen their anger towards her.

"I will" Sarah didn't hesitate to reply. She knew she'd be saving a lot of lives by doing so—including her twin brother and her mother's. Hence, why she didn't hesitate to agree to confess.

Sure enough, they don't know that she's planning on speaking up, or that she had already confessed everything to her husband and her mother-in-law. But, she knew that Saheeb had been helping Kamal out, she wanted to help in her own way too.

She married Jameel to get close to Suhad and Jannah in a way by getting information about them from him. Yet, she didn't get close to them but ended up falling for the male. Sounds bizarre right? She didn't regret falling for him though. She'd choose Jameel a thousand times over her father and his schemes.

Not once has the man considered her or her brother as his children. She wasn't that surprised considering he doesn't care about his second wife, the lawyer he married in Nigeria, and the woman that took care of Layla as a child, along with her son. He cares the least about them. All he cares about is Daihaah, who is his favorite child, and Layla.

They along with money is all he ever cares about. However, since all his assets and accounts were frozen, he resulted to trying to dub money out of his own sister.

Hence, why he had been after Jannah—his sister's only daughter and niece.

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ABUJA, NIGERIA.

"Your Highness, based on the report given by your son's former doctor, and based on the tests we've conducted so far, we've figured out what's wrong with your son"