ALERT: EDITED👁️🗨️
Song: Imagine🎧
Artist: Ariana Grande🎤
Author's POV💕
"At the same time?" Aliyu asked confused looking at his wife who had her phone pressed against her ear
"Yes, fortunately" Rukkaya said as she's trying to calm the two women
"Wow, Allahu Akbar" Aliyu said as he blew some air through his mouth
"Can you please help us?" Rukkaya said giving him a weird look
"Yes sure, I'll get the cars ready, you both try to bring them out one after the other" Aliyu said to his wife and sister in-law
"Can't you just help us carry them since you have muscles?" Rukkaya said
"No, I can't touch any woman that's not my wife" Aliyu said leaving the house before any conversation starts up making his wife smile at him and Rukkaya shaking her head.
"Have you gotten through to them yet?" Rukkaya asked Maryam
"Yes, I've called Arman and he said he'll meet us at the hospital but I can't get through to Umar" Maryam said
"It's okay, come let's just take them to the car, Aliyu can help us to the hospital before Arman and Umar show up" Rukkaya said as Maryam nodded before they started trying to help the pregnant women to the car.
After what felt like 10 minutes the women were successfully transported to the car and in no time, Aliyu drove them off to the hospital with his wife and sister in-law driving behind him.
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Standing outside the ward the family finally hears the cries of a baby as they all started cheering and saying Alhamdullilah.
Minutes later the doctors came out to give them the good news.
"Congratulations, it's a boy" the first doctor said as they cheered joyfully before the second doctor came out of a different ward
"Congratulations it's a girl" she said as the family cheered even more.
They exchanged hugs and after the women and their babies were cleaned up and transported to a different room they finally went in to meet the mums and new babies.
"Masha Allah" Maryam said looking down at Summaya baby girl while Arman just stood dumbstruck looking at the child.
"She looks exactly like Assar" Maryam said as she smiled widely with little tears leaving her eyes
"There's absolutely no difference" Salim said as he looked at the baby in Maryam's arm while Summaya just sat there smiling at them weakly and looking at her husband.
"My love" she said as she held his hand making him look at her
"How are you feeling?" He asked her not smiling
"Tell me how are you feeling?" She said to him instead as he nodded before muttering 'good'
"Why aren't you picking her up, she's our baby" She said to him as he looked at the floor and then looking away from her
"She looks exactly like Assar" he said
"Isn't that beautiful?" Summaya said
"It is, I thought I would love it but it feels rather hard" he said before looking back at his wife
"What if she grows up to look just like her how I'm I supposed to handle that" Arman said a bit worried and restless before the arrival of Umar got their attention.
Umar had a happy look on his face as his eyes traced everyone before landing on his wife as he hurried towards them
"Habibti" Umar as he placed a kiss on his wife lips which everyone awwned to
"Look at our baby, his a big boy" she said which he found cute making him hug her before going to pickup the baby.
"Finally my champion is born" Umar said joyfully as his wife and family chuckled at the sight
"He looks just like you" Rukkaya said as he smiled at her before looking back at the baby
"I hope he turns out to be a carbon copy" Umar said jokingly as everyone laughed
"And a mummy's Boy" Farida said
"Oh no, not a mummy's boy, I want a daddy's champ" he said again as everyone chuckled before placing a kiss on the sleeping baby and keeping him back gently into the crib.
"How are you feeling?" He asked his wife while caressing her face
"Sleepy" she said as he gave her a kiss on the forehead
"I'm here okay baby, you should rest, you've been through a lot" he said to his wife as she smiled before nodding at him
"Okay, go see your best friend daughter" she said referring to Arman as he playfully pinched her nose before turning to look at Arman
He made eye contact with Arman noticing the restless look he had on his face as Arman shook his head at him which left him confused.
"Is everything okay with you?" Umar asked as he arrived at his spot.
"I don't know man" Arman responded
"What's wrong?" Umar asked him
"The child, she looks exactly like Assar" Arman said as smile carved up Umar face
"What?, Really?, Isn't that good news?" Umar said happily as Arman just shook his head at him
"I don't know, I thought it'd be a good thing but I feel so guilty looking at her" Arman said as Umar just stared at him
"Let me see her first" Umar said as Arman pointed to the direction of Maryam who was smiling at the child while her husband was busy recording the moment
"I'll be back" Umar said to Arman as he nodded before going over to meet Maryam
"Can I have her?" He said as Maryam nodded before carefully giving him the baby
Looking at the baby in his arm the smile on his face slowly disappeared, as he looked at Arman before looking back at the child.
Suddenly all the memories of Assar started flashing back right before his eyes, from the first time he met her at the airport, then to the time he kissed, then the times he hurt her and then to her dieing moments.
Suddenly his feeling up with guilts and regrets all over again, all of this has passed but now his wishing he did things differently, maybe, just maybe she would have still been alive and he wouldn't be feeling this way.
"What's wrong" Maryam asked noticing his expression as everyone attention fell to them including his wife.
"Nothing" Umar said said shaking his head
"Arman you too?, What's up with you two?" Rukkaya said as she noticed Arman had the same restless look
"Aren't you both happy about the baby?" Summaya said as she was worried about the impact her baby was having on her husband and Umar
"We are, how could you say something like that" Arman said as he forced a smile on his face
"Hold her" Umar said giving the baby back to Maryam as she wiped his face immediately before looking at Arman shaking his head at him
"What's up with you two?" Aliyu asked as they looked at him
"We know she looks like your ex wife but aren't you two happy about that" Aliyu said to Arman as the man just stared at him before looking at his wife
"Arman, don't you like her?" Summaya said referring to her baby
"I do I love her" Arman said
"Then why are you so restless" she asked him
"I'm not restless, I'm fine, you must be tired, just go to sleep okay, we'll talk when you're up" he said as he gave her a peck on the forehead before hurrying out of the ward
"What's up with him?" Maryam said as everyone looked at the door before looking at Umar
"I need to go" he said not looking at his wife before leaving the ward along with Arman.
"Something's up with them both" Rukkaya said
"What's their history with Assar?" Farida said as they looked at her
"Why aren't they happy about the fact that Summaya's baby look like her?" She said again while everyone looked at her unable to answer her questions except Aliyu who had no idea what's even going on
"You two should rest now, we'll talk about it when you're up" Maryam said before going over to keep the baby back in her crib
"You all have some explanation to do" Farida said again
"Rest first, okay" Maryam said as Farida responded with a nod
"Let's all leave" Rukkaya said
"We'll be outside till you're up okay" she said to Farida and Summaya as they nodded at her before they all left the ward.
"Princess, tell me what's going on" Aliyu said to Maryam after cornering her away from the rest of the family
"Really?, Right now?" Maryam said as he nodded making her sigh
"Well they were both in love with Assar while she was alive and fought over her till she was murdered and well they thought they've gotten over what they did to her but I guess seeing her copy right in front of their eyes is disturbing" she explained
"That's sad" Aliyu said
"I thought they've finally gotten over her" Maryam said lost in thoughts for a moment
"Some people are difficult to get over I guess that's the case here" Aliyu said as he hugged his wife
"I guess" Maryam responded before he broke the hug
"Okay, I have to go pick the kids up from school now, take care of yourself in my absence, I'll come pick you up in the evening okay" he said to her as she nodded
"Tell them, mummy loves them" she said pouting at the end making him chuckle before giving her a kiss
"I will, my princess" he said making her smile
The couples bid each other goodbye before he left while she remained with the rest of the family while they spoke about Arman and Umar behavior.
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