It was a Saturday and the rains had just stopped.zainab prayed asr and settled on the couch to type her project on the system. She is a final year student of economics at Bayero university Kano.her final defence is by the corner so she has to finish her project soon.
"zee!, where do these cooks keep the food items. I've been looking for my daddawa but i can't find it" ummee asked from the kitchen
"ummee i don't know, you know i haven't entered for almost a month now in the name of cooking" zainab replied closing the system and moving to the kitchen to meet her mom
"Toh where did they keep it then" ummee said looking around
"I don't know, besides why are you even cooking?" zainab asked leaning on the counter
"because i feel like, besides these women cooking are not machines.they also need a break" ummee said glaring at her
"But ummee you hired them, you can just relief them of their duties.we will do all the work" zainab said and ummee huffed
"you and who?,amir is always out of this house doing other chores and you know faruk will not even touch a thing" ummee said opening the upper cabinets
She found the daddawa and brought it out,she then gestured for zainab to pass her the other ingredients laying on the counter.
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Zainab is the last born and only girl of the Riyadh family, 22 years old and has four elder brothers.
Mahmud being the first, a doctor and married with a son.he lives in Abuja.
Yusuf is next,he is 29 years old and two years younger than Mahmud.he is a navy officer and mostly not around.
He is followed by othman whom they call Amir, he is 27 and an architect.
Faruq is next,25 and a computer engineer.
Their father professor kasim Riyadh is an Arabian,he came to Nigeria for his masters degree and later met their mom who is a typical Fulani woman from yola.they later got married and settled in Nigeria.
The children all looked like Arabians especially zainab and Yusuf who is extremely handsome.they speak hausa and Fulani fluently with a little bit of Arabic.
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"Assalamu alaykum" amir called entering the parlour
"wa alaykumu salam" zainab replied
He slumped on the couch and sighed to relief the stress in his body.zainab stared at her brother with a questioning look,their eyes met and he understood what she meant.
"get me water first" he said sitting up. She did as she was told.ummee joined them.
"Zee get food for amir" ummee said
"what of the.........." amir asked looking at his mother
"I gave them a break"she said smiling
"ummee who does that, I mean who gives their workers a break when their is work to do" amir complained
"what work?"
"Abii is coming back tomorrow with uncle Ali 's family,just you and Zee can't clean the whole of this house and prepare food for them"
"it's not tomorrow" ummee said with a triumphant smile
"but that was what Abii said on phone when we spoke yesterday" amir said surprised
"amir you know the type of father you have,he just told me this morning that they'll be back on Monday"
"so the cleaners and the cooks will be back by tomorrow?" he asked
"in sha Allah" ummee smiled
Amir is the most caring among all her children,she is sure that all his complains are because he doesn't want she and zainab to be worked out.
Zainab dropped the food and settled on the couch next to amir.
"I can't wait for uncle Ali and his family to come already"zainab squealed
Uncle Ali is their father's cousin that have decided to relocate to Nigeria for a business life.he deals with clothes and accessories together with his wife mamma.abii presented the idea to them when they came for a one time business and made lots of profits.they heeded abii's advice and decided to bring their family along and just settle once and for all. Abii has gone to bring them.
"why" amir asked
"I want to see the girls"
"yeah i also want to see Ahmad" amir said happily
"who is Ahmad" zainab asked
"you don't know him? " her mom asked with a puzzled look
Zainab shook her head in the negative.
"his first born, the only boy" amir replied
"you should have told me it was that arrogant thing that was busy feeling himself during Ya Mahmud's wedding" zainab said
"oh maybe because he didn't pay attention to you right?,you are used to boys hovering over you and you giving them the bitchy attitude then you met Ahmad and he didn't even spare you a glance" Faruq said coming down from the stairs obviously just waking up from sleep
Zainab glared at him and rolled her eyes before replying
"I was not even the one that tried talking to him for your information, it was rukaiya and he was like "sorry i don't like talking to girls in public" " zainab said annoyed
"Seriously was that what he told her?" amir asked amused
"yeah imagine" zainab said and ummee and amir laughed
"I would do the same if i were him" faruk said with a smirk
"yeah right, birds of the same feather flock together" zainab said using her fingers to show air quotes
"it will be so much fun having uncle Ali's family here" Faruq said with a wide smile
"yeah i can't wait" zainab said sarcastically putting on a fake smile that didn't last a second
Ummee and amir burst into a series of laughter and Faruq joined them.zainab packed her books and laptop and ran upstairs annoyed.
Faruq has always been on her neck, looking for trouble except if Yusuf is at home.he is zainab's favorite.
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