Growing (An Islamic Life) *COMPLETED*

Chapter 44 (The Truth Part 01)

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I got out of the car, and turned back to see Ali, locking the doors. I inhaled a breath and turned to face the houses. Some eyes were on us; intruders of their homely community, but I saw myself living somewhere like this place, with my future baby and my husband. It was the perfect place to raise children and have a family, not just a home and a house.

"Why are we here?"

"You'll see." Ali held my hand, guiding me towards one of the houses. It was a two-storied house with a balcony on the second level. The exterior of the roof was brown, and made of wood, whilst the paining of the inner part of it was painted white.

As we stood on the wooden porch, Ali rang the bell. We waited patiently until the sound of clicks were heard from the other side of the door. The door opened to reveal a man, probably in his mid-thirties. His eyebrows darted in confusion as he examined me and Ali, but mostly me. Islamaphobic Jerk. He had curly golden blonde hair with blue eyes. "Can I help you?"

Ali cleared his throat, stepping forward. "Mr. Celeste. I spoke to you on the phone earlier today. I'm Ali," Ali put his arms around my waist, looking at me, "this is my wife Amina."

"Oh! Right right. Come in." Mr. Celeste opened the door wider and allowed us to step in. Instinctively, I grabbed onto Ali's hands.

"Why are we here Ali?" I asked in a hushed tone. Something didn't feel right and my baby hormone was all over the place.

"Trust me." I sighed in defeat.

"Mr. Celeste, as I told you over the phone-"

"Please, call me Drew," he insisted.

Ali nodded with a small smile. "Drew, as I told you over the phone, this is very important to us; for our future. This may be a mistake, but this is my last hope after 3 months of searching. I want to know for sure before I give up."

Drew nodded listening to Ali's every word. "Well, it's my kid's birthday party. It's just my family. She's out in the back with the kids. If she's not the one, then don't approach her and ruin my kid's day. Come, let me show you the way."

Ali and I followed him out to the backyard. There were a couple of kids running around, playing 'run and catchers.' There was a big cake in the shape of a car racing course. Surrounding the cake, attached to the table were baby blue balloons. I looked in awe and didn't even realise where I was until Ali nudged me softly. Only then did I return to reality.

"Over there." Drew pointed to a woman, facing away from us. Her long silky blonde hair danced in the wind as she bent down to talk to a small kid. "Victoria!"

The woman turned to face us, and I gasped, taking a step back until my body collided with Ali's. "It's OK," he whispered.

I shook my head frantically, tears threatening to fall. "I can't do this. I- I can't. Not again. No. Please!"

"Ssssh." He caressed my head while I held onto his shirt leaning against his chest.

"Trust me?" I nodded and he moved me aside, coming into view. I turned around and saw shock registered on her face. Sienna's face.

"Honey, can you come here for a second?" She hesitantly looked between Ali and me. She took some steps forward, each step cautious in alert.

"Yes Drew. What is it?" she asked once she was standing in front of us.

Drew pointing to us said, "These people wanted to speak with you."

"Who are they?"

Ali clenched his fist taking a step forward. Drew however came between them. I held him by his hand pulling him back.

"You are in my house. Don't your forget that!" Drew warned.

"I'm sorry." Ali raised his hands up in surrender. Taking something out of his pocket, he handed it over to Drew. "If she doesn't know who we are, then this picture is her in my office. It was printed off of the CCTV footage. Care to explain where you were at that time?"

Drew examined the pictures, and turned around to face Sienna. "I thought you were at your mom's. This picture proves otherwise." Sienna's eyes starting tearing up. Her hands started nervously shivering. She turned around and walked up to the kids. Whispering something in their ears, she ushered them inside and once again stood next to Drew.

"They weren't supposed to find me," she said as she took the picture from Drew's hands, "he said that it'll be over. I took the money and left. You weren't supposed to find me!"

Drew shook her demanding an answer. "Victoria. Calm down. Who said it'll be over?"

"Victoria?" Ali and I said at the same time.

"Yeah that's my name. I'm not Sienna. That was the name given to me."

"By?" Ali asked.

Sienna shook her head, tears spilling down. "Please just leave."

"Not until you tell me what happened," I demanded, "you owe me that much for ruining my marriage." She looked at me and her eyes travelled down to my stomach as she burst into a fit of cries.

"Nothing happened. I swear. It was all a set-up. I didn't want to do it... I didn't think I had to do this much. But we needed the money-"

"We needed the money? No Victoria! You needed the money. We were managing just fine," Drew interrupted.

"Yeah right Drew. How do you think the kids are going to tuition classes now? How do you think little Alex has toys to play with? I did it for us baby." She took a step closer to Drew but he backed off.

"You did it for yourself!" With that, he stormed off inside. Sienna, or Victoria, whatever her name was, fell down, whilst covering her face with her hands.

"I'm so sorry. So so sorry," she mumbled between her cries. Recollecting herself, she stood up and wiped her face. "Ali never cheated on you. It was all a set up."

"Bu- but I saw it with my own eyes." Victoria shook her head again.

"It was all a set-up. I mixed a drug with his juice. Hallucinogen- that's what I was given. He was hallucinating the whole time. Things he thought happened never did. I would never betray my husband. I swear. I- I had some people remove his shirt and all. I was waiting until you come to get inside the covers. Then, everything played out itself," she kept on looking down, as she continued, "the next day, I was given back my old name, and tons of cash and was simply told to leave or else.... I have a family, a husband. I never meant to get into this mess. I am so sorry Ami-"

I didn't let her finish that sentence as my hands collided with her cheeks.

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So what do you think? Who is behind this? Omar? Or is it someone else? Dun dun dunnn!

What if the good guy was never a good guy? What if her friends were the real bad guys? Or what if it was Omar all along? What are your guesses?

I'm sorry for the late update. Really didn't have the time but if you want an update, don't be afraid to annoy me and ask me lol.

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