Finally,it was just 2 days to Aydah's wedding.they finished preparing everything with the help of some of her Aunties.
They finished her gyran jiki,henna, pedicure and manicure and all. Some of her cousins have already arrived,it isn't a big wedding so there's no much people.
The last time she talked to imam was day before yesterday when he called to ask her if she needed anything.
To say Aydah was happy would be an understatement.
Anty j ran to her sister's house because she couldn't hold it anymore, nobody's talking to her nor cares about her. She's even lucky they still hadn't said anything about what she did,and they didn't take any action.
Hajiya is indeed an evil,she betrayed her...
Time flew by and it was already Aydah's wedding Fatiha, the wedding fatiha is taking place at the central mosque that is very close to their house and the women would be having their walima at home.
Aydah be fast please, the makeup artist is waiting for you...ya khadija said as she watched Aydah trying to wear her skirt.
She muttered an "ok" and finally she finished dressing up and walked to where the makeup artist was.
Hey! Aydah said smiling.
Hey! My name is farha...she said with a smile.
Hey farha...Aydah smiled warmly and farha started her magic on Aydah's face just immediately.
In kin gama kizo kici abunci...anty fahisha (Mama's younger sister) (Aydah's mother)told Aydah.
Ok Anty fahisha...Aydah replied.
In no time, they finished the makeup and she looked just breathtaking.
Thank you...Aydah smiled warmly
You're welcome,goodbye,allah sanya alheri...farha said and immediately walked out of the room.
Aydah heard her phone beeps,it was a message from imam.
"About to tie the knot,pray for us zawji"
She smiled and felt like crying at the same time,she just couldn't believe she's getting married today, to imam, right now.
She checked the time and it was 10:40am,the wedding fatiha is taking place by 11:00am sharp.
Khalid was dressed in a navy blue kaftan, he wore a black Rolex wristwatch and a navy blue flat shoe.
The mosque isn't far from home so he did everything accordingly without rushing.
He searched for his navy blue cap but he couldn't find it,he searched everywhere but he couldn't find it, he hissed brushing his hair in frustration.
Now who took my cap...he muttered to himself and started searching for black since he had no choice. He found black cap but it has green on it. He hissed and threw it away.
Just then an idea popped into his head, he searched for baba's room key and walked directly to his room.
Just maybe he has navy blue or black cap...the thought of his father made him want to cry, he always says he wants to see Aydah and Khalid's wedding day but now,he isn't here.
He unlocked the door and went straight to his wardrobe, baba's clothes were neatly arranged and some of his office files. He shook his head and searched for the cap but he couldn't find anyone.
He raised his head up and saw a lot of caps neatly arranged there but his hands cannot reach there.
He went to the dressing mirror and dragged the stool to the front of the wardrobe before stepping on it.
He spotted a navy blue cap and he released a sight of relief before grabbing it,just then the stool started shaking making Khalid to fall down with the cap and some papers.
Ouchhhhh...he groaned massaging his toe gently, just then he realized that the stool doesn't have one leg.
He kicked the stool before standing up,he walked to the mirror repairing the cap and it looked really nice on him.
He checked the time and it was 10:50am...he quickly walked to the wardrobe and started packing the papers that fell down but then,something caught his attention, a picture of him when he was 7 carrying baby Aydah smiling widely at her. How can he forget that day, the day Aydah was born and the day his mother died.
He looked at the picture briefly smiling sadly before slowly opening the envelope that was attached to it.
"Khalid,Aydah or anyone reading this, I want to tell you something very important, I want you to sit and calm down before reading this. When I was in my final year of university,my elder brother hisham got married to the love of his life khadija, we wanted to get married at the same time but our father said I must finished my university before getting married, they were happily married and at that time I met Aisha(Aydah's mother), we so much love each other but my father said I must finish school before marrying her and I had to agree to that. After 1 year, khadija, hisham's wife gave birth to a bouncing baby boy but she wasn't feeling well, she had lost a lot of blood,she called hisham and I immediately, she wanted to talk to us privately, she held her husband's house before saying "hisham darling, I'm sorry to say but I know I won't make it, I want you to take good care of my baby please, move on with life, marry a wife that would take care of my baby please hisham, I trust you, and you imran, you're the only one I can trust with my son apart from hisham, try and take good care of my baby too,please imran"...his cried like there was no tomorrow hugging his wife telling her everything would be right but then she couldn't make it, she died the following day, hisham was depressed, he couldn't do anything like normal people do, he totally changed, his love of his life died, after 1 year, when I was done with school, I got married to Aysha. One faithfully day, around 7:00pm, hisham called me and told me he was going to kano for a business trip the following day,"imran, you heard what khadija said last year before she died, I want to repeat that to you right now, I'm going to kano tomorrow, I'll leave my son with you and your wife, please take care of him, amana,please imran, I trust you, you're my brother" hisham had told me and I promised him that. I took hisham's son to my house and Aisha was really happy because she loved children. The following day, I received a call around 2:00pm and that call shattered me, it broke my heart and I felt like a dead person "hisham had an accident on his way to kano, and he died"....my one and only brother died. I was depressed for a whole year before I finally gave up and took the fact that he actually died, I can't do anything about it, Aysha was really taking care of KHALID, she loves him and treats him like her son and I was so happy about that, she gave birth to her first daughter and named her after hisham's wife "khadija" when Khalid was 2 years old and she treated them the same way. After 3 years, she gave birth to her second child "sauda" then finally after 2 years she gave birth to her last born "Aydah" I never thought Aydah would be our last born but then the same thing that happened to hisham's wife happened to her, she held my hands and begged me for a favor, she was crying when she was begging me,"I know I can't make it imran, I'm really sorry about that, please forgive me, I can't take care of our children, I'm really sorry, please imran I beg of you, please just do me 2 things and I'll be very happy about that, the first one is I want you to get married to a woman that would take care of our children, don't say no to it because I will never forgive you for that, and the second one, the second one is Aydah and Khalid, make sure they get married to each other, get them married, I wish I can witness that day, I always wanted my child to marry Khalid, please do me this favors imran".... when she died, I never thought I'll live for another 24hours, to say I was depressed would be an understatement, the love of my life has died, the mother of my children, I never wanted to get married but then whenever I remember Her words, I'll feel guilty, so I promised myself and vowed that no matter what will happen, I'll get married and I'll get Khalid and Aydah married, that's how I ended up marrying jiddu not that I loved her, but because of what My lovely Aysha said, I can't love anyone in my life other than her.....
So whoever is reading this, Dan darajan annabi muhammad, Dan allah, do this huge favor for me too, fulfill the dead man's only wish,Khalid should marry Aydah, dan Allah Dan annabi...
and another thing is that Khalid is still my son, he has right on everything I own, I want him to have 50% of my property, please and please.
Thank you so much and I hope you're having a very good time there, I missed you all....
YOURS"Alhaji Imran Sakanau".....
By the time khalid finished reading it, his clothe was already sucked up with tears. The paper fell down from his hand as he stared blankly at an empty space.
To say he's shocked would be a terrible understatement, he couldn't explain what he was feeling.
Huh! Finally, you're here ya Khalid,I've been looking for you, imam just called saying they've been waiting for you and you're not picking calls, the wedding fatiha is about to start, we have only 2 minuets, what are you doing here? Khadija said all in one breath walking towards Khalid.
She couldn't see his tears because his back was facing the door.
She gasped upon seeing his tears before bending down to his position.
Ya Khalid! She called out cupping his face but he was still staring at an empty space.
What's wrong with you? She asked but he didn't say anything, he didn't even looked at her.
Go and stop that wedding fatiha...he said almost like a whisper but loud enough for her to hear but he's still not looking at her face.
What! Why? Are you ok? She asked all in one breath.
Right now....he added still not looking her way as tears continued to flow out of his eyes.
Ya Khalid are you even hearing yourself? Do you really know what you're saying? Khadija yelled.
Go-and-stop-it-right-now-khadija....he shouted and finally looked into her eyes, his eyes red and all his veins popped out as he clinched and unclenched his fist.
Ok...she silently said her body already shaking, she had never seen ya Khalid like that, there was something definitely wrong.
She quickly ran out of the room and quickly called uncle Musa(their uncle from Zaria).
Uncle Musa you have to stop that wedding now,something is wrong...she blurted out the moment he picked the call.
What! Why? Uncle Musa asked.
It's something really dangerous uncle, just stop that wedding and come back home, we'll explain everything...she said with tears in her eyes.
He huffed before muttering an "ok".....
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