Road To Jannah

Chapter 10

"One bad chapter doesn't mean your story is over."

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"Aww my poor baby needs the diaper to be changed." Shirana exclaimed as Yusuf, her youngest son grinned with shyness. Shirana was preparing curry in the afternoon as her little son disturbed her. She turned the flame low while taking her son towards the washroom of the hallway. She tried to open the door of the washroom but it seemed like someone was already there. She waited for a while and then knocked as her curry could be in danger of being burned.

"Is someone in? My flush isn't working so I thought to come here. I'll ask Ahmish to call the plumber today itself." Ahmish's mother spoke as she joined Shirana in a while.

"And I don't want to climb up as my curry is cooking on low heat. I need to run for it."

"Abdullah your bad habit of prolonging the use of washroom hasn't left you yet." spoke the old lady while thumping on the door.

"Sheesh ammi, I don't prolong the use of washroom." said Abdullah as he came running down the stairs.

"No one knows you better than your mom." said ammi as she kept her hands on her waist.

"Really, how much time do I take?" Abdullah said as he came to stand near his ammi folding his chest and raising an eyebrow.

"If you are here then who is inside?" Shirana gasped at the thought dismissing the debate that was going on between the mother and son.

"I had to get my watch from the washroom as I left it last time when I came here to do wudu. But whose inside?" Abdullah said as he knocked the door once again.

"Ahmish has gone to office and Fatima and Ibrahim are playing out there." Shirana thought for a while and said counting the number of members in the family.

"Then whose there?" Abdullah said as the other two wondered at the question. Who could it be? Anyone from the neighbor? Any thief or a murderer? They could only think the best they could and started banging the door with a loud thump.

"Come out or else I'll straightaway call the police." Said Abdullah being stern in his voice but no voice came in return.

After few minutes of knock, the door finally creaked with an opening sound and all the eyes were stuck at the door in horror. Who could it be?

"You people cannot let me use the washroom peacefully." Ahmish stepped out of the washroom grumpily as he loosened his tie.
Everyone present there took a sigh of relief at sight of Ahmish.

"When did you come back?" Shirana pondered as this wasn't the time of his arrival.

"Well that was a sweet welcome of your hubby, assalamu alaikum madame." said Ahmish sarcastically to his wife to which she gave a tight lip smile followed by the answer of his greeting.

"We are also here." Abdullah declared as their ammi made her way to the washroom leaving the three behind.

"Oh yeah the one who was willing to call the police, salam to you too." Ahmish rolled his eyes towards Abdullah to which Abdullah smirked.

"Ammi was blaming me for extending the time in washroom while she forgot her elder son." Abdullah's smirk grew wider.

"But why so soon." Shirana wondered and Ahmish explained that he had some work nearby and so he thought to have lunch with his family and then proceed with the work.

"Is something burning?" said Abdullah sniffing his nose.

"Oh my God, it's my curry." gasped Shirana while she looked around to find something and said "where's Yusuf? I came here to change his diaper. Allah I need to go, Ahmish
Please find Yusuf and change his diaper, my curry is burning."