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"nadeey, aaima I've to go, mama is calling me" Basma declared,

"bye my regards to everyone at home" Nadia waved at her as she hung up the call leaving only Nadia and Aaima.
"ehn, ehn, Aaima I'll be coming to Kaduna this weekend" Nadia said,

"It's time already?" Aaima asked,

"Yes it'll be by the weekend" Nadia smiled painfully,

"toh safe journey, have you told Abdallah?" Aaima asked,

"no I haven't, but I'll tell him very soon",

"May Allah make it easy" Aaima prayed,

"Ameen" Nadia replied, "talk to you later" Nadia said,

"thanks for calling, take care bye" Aaima replied,

"bye" Nadia waved as she hung up.

Abdallah went back to his room tip toeing, he couldn't understand why Nadia was going to Kaduna and why she felt sad saying it. He couldn't help but eaves drop on her conversation because he wanted to know more, but unfortunately, she hung the call up.

****

The next day, Abdallah and Nadia did their routine, dressing up, eating and leaving the house together. Abdallah pulled his car up in front of Nadia's workplace,

"thank you" Nadia muttered getting out of the car, Nadia was about leaving when Abdallah honked at her bringing back her attention, he rolled the glass down, so she could see him properly,

"don't steal the ingredients again, or else I may sack you" he smirked as he drove off. Nadia stood at the place perplexed,

How did he know,

does he have CCTV in the kitchen or what?

She thought of all possible ways he might have found out while slowly walking towards the café.

****

"Take a look at this" Ruqayya said happily placing a flyer on the desk in front of Nadia,

"what is this?" Nadia said, picking it up to read it's content, "you don't mean it!" Nadia squealed happily embracing her,

"we did it" Ruqayya smiled throwing her hands up,

"more like you did it" Nadia playfully hit her arms,

"common as the chief baker, I know you've a lot of talent" Ruqayya said,

"ok I'll take that as a compliment, thanks" Nadia extended her mouth to give her a toothy grin,

"you're welcome"

"erhmm erhmm" Ruqayya cleared her throat, "on behalf of the entire staff of Triple A, we nominate you to represent the café" she added smiling,

"no way !" Nadia shook her head in amazement,

"yes way, congratulations" Ruqayya said clapping,

"why me?, I just started, there are many other qualified candidates even you" Nadia asked still surprised that she was nominated,

"well, we had a board meeting, and they all choose you, even the staffs here agreed you're well-qualified"
"and you also know I can't go because I'm in charge of this place" Ruqayya smiled, "so stop asking questions and hug me" Ruqayya said opening her arms widely,

"thank you so much" Nadia said closing the hug,

"you're welcome dear, you deserve it".

****

Nadia couldn't wait to tell someone about this huge achievement of hers, she barely held herself from blabbering everything to Abdallah when he came to pick her up, but she stopped knowing he might not be interested, she postponed it until during dinner since she has another thing to tell him as well.

****

Immediately Abdallah finished eating dinner, he was about to stand up to take his plates to the kitchen, but Nadia stopped him, "don't worry I'll do it" she said collecting the plates from him,He released the plates to her nodding his head, "can you please wait here, I've something to tell you" she asked, holding his plates and hers,

"okay" he replied in a low tone before seating back on the chair,

After quickly washing, rinsing and drying the plates, Nadia went back to where she left Abdallah, she took a seat opposite where he was seated,

"where should I start from" she muttered lowly closing her eyes tightly, Abdallah looked at her clearly amused by her actions. "Okay" she said opening her eyes throwing him a small smile, "I got nominated to represent the café in a baking contest in Istanbul turkey" she said happily,

"ohh congratulations" he replied dryly not even smiling,

"he's such a vibe killer" she said to herself mentally rolling her eyes, Since he wasn't as excited as she expected him to be, Nadia decided to move unto her next topic,

"uhmm, I'm going to Kaduna next tomorrow" she played with her fingers as she spoke,

"why are you going there?" he asked inquisitively,

"for visitation" she replied simply,

"okay, stay safe"

"thank you" she said.

****

Abdallah laid on his bed, but he couldn't sleep, he wanted to know the reason why she was going to Kaduna, he knew there was more to it.
He knows it isn't at all safe for her to move around during this period that election was approaching, his father's opponents would try to win his father using him and now that Nadia was in the picture they'll try to harm her also, that's why he makes sure he drops and pick her up from her workplace, but he knew exactly what to do. He picked up his phone to dial a number, when the other person picked up,

"salam alaykum"
"I need your help" he said over the phone.

Uhhmm🤔🤔🤔

There are a lot of things I can't understand here.

Why do you think Nadia is going to kaduna?

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