Alone

Im Back!

Things have actually been good lately. I woke up in Zaryab's bed and I've been sleeping there ever since. I've even moved all my clothes into that room. It feels like my room now.

He sits with the newspaper high above the table, barely touching his food. He doesn't eat anything again and neither do I. Mainly because. Crap.

I roll to the bathroom and throw up. This has been happening for a few days now. I have chosen not to eat a lot solely because I will be sick.

"Aleena are you okay?" He yells from the kitchen. Finally he puts the newspaper down.

"Mmhmm, just eat your food." I yell back.

When I go back into the kitchen the plate remains untouched and he is putting on his jacket.

"Where are you going? You haven't touched your food!" I exclaim.

"I don't have time I have a meeting today I'll grab coffee when I'm there."

"You always have a meeting. Why can't you just eat the meal I prepared." I grumble. Uh oh. I don't want to fight. Everything has been so good lately. I shouldn't have said that...especially since I'm about to say... "By the way Sumayah is coming back for her job." I say quickly as he is walking out the door.

He is halfway out the door when he swivels his head around and walks right towards me.

"What?" He asks and gets right up into my face.

"I asked for her to come back, I need some extra helps anyways. I mean I have been getting the hang of it but you keep piling stuff onto me that I can't do alone and-"

"She can't come back! I won't allow it."

"Well if you want me to do all of the stuff you have given me to do than you have to deal with it."

"Then I'll give you less work to do."

"I don't believe that, she's coming back anyways." I state and then push him out the door, "Now hurry or you will be late for your meeting!"

He walks out in a huff and I call Sumayah. I had told her previously that she should come but now I want to make sure she is coming.

"Yes miss, I am definitely coming to help out around the house!" She says cheerfully.

"Great!" I say.

Now what should I do before Sumayah comes. My stomach has some pretty bad ideas.

*****

A half hour later Sumayah comes. I was going to keep giving her the weekly pay check so she could support her family but I guess she will be getting it anyways.

"Hello miss!" She says and takes off her jacket. I greet her and immediately she's ready to work. She sets off cleaning and I get some time to relax.

All this cooking, cleaning, laundry, ugh I can't even think about it. I mean it's only been a few days, I'm not even sure why I'm feeling like this. I've barely had any time to study.

I start to watch tv but I'm not really getting into it so I decide to dust.

As I roll over to the pictures on the wall I see that all of my pictures are still there. Hmm that's weird. I assumed Zaryab took them down because he moved all of the stuff we set out back to my room and closet. I guess he just forgot.

I finish up my dusting and I have nothing else to do. I miss cleaning. And cooking. And doing chores, I guess it was fun being a wife. Huh. What am I supposed to do. I can roll around the house doing donuts and wheelies in my wheelchair? I don't even know I'm so bored.

"Sumayah??" I call. She's comes down the stairs from where she was cleaning.

"How are the...umm...chores coming?"

"Dinner is in the oven, the laundry is washed and folded, and I only have one more room left to clean." She replies quickly. Wow she's fast. Good she's fast.

"Come come sit." I say and she looks at me weirdly.

"So, do you know any card games?" I ask and she smiles.

*****

Zaryab POV

I don't really have a meeting but I can't deal being in that depressing situation again. This past week...Aleena has been just, acting like we're married!

Okay well I guess we are but this is ridiculous. She's smiling at me like we know something no one else does.

She made me a home cooked meal again which I thought only signified she wanted something. I thought all women were manipulative. Like...I can't even think about her right now it's too much. I thought I was over her.

Aleena needs to lay off me she's too marriage-like. I thought she would have divorced me already. I mean I know it's not proper and it's not Muslim but it's been a week. Isn't she tired of me. She just needs to leave already.

I'm tired of this endless game we are playing with each other, I know she's unhappy and me, I'm unhappy too, I mean I've been sneaking out pretending I have a meeting. And I know she's already been cheating on me.

But with me as an influential business man, power and status is everything, I can't divorce her it would set the wrong image, she has to divorce me. I'll just have to get her to divorce me. I have to make her want to divorce me so badly that she finally does it. Oh and believe me after I'm done she will want to.

But...she's been sleeping in my bed lately. It's been so nice. I just wish I didn't have to divorce her. I just cant have her spilling my secret. I know she will eventually. All women are evil bastards that only use you to get what they want.