OBLIVIOUS REDEMPTION

CHAPTER 47: Bad Moon Rising

~Regret is a tough but fair teacher. To live without regret is to believe you have nothing to learn, no amends to make, no opportunity to be braver with your life~

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Yasmeen

What a beautiful night, I thought as I watched the beautiful sky full of starts.

The darker the night, the brighter the stars,
the deeper the grief and loneliness. Either ways, I love the silent hour of night, For blissful dreams may then arise, Revealing to my charmed sight what may not bless my waking eyes.

As I stood there, I wondered if all couples struggled so much to understand one another, spoke so little at dinner together, spent so much time camped out in front of the TV or at work or elsewhere just like Ahmad does. Did all women sometimes feel distanced from their man while they are together?

And occasionally, I wondered how someone could love their beloved so much that their dedication to them became one of the wonders of the world, just like my parents.

I realized that the thing that hurts the most is feeling someone slowly lose interest in you. They don't ask how your day was or how you're doing. They don't show much interest in the convo, they don't even look at you. It's like they're slowly backing out of your life and there's nothing you can do but sit back, smile, and let it happen.

My ringtone startles me. I quickly picked up my phone, hitting the answer button.

"Yasmeen, how are you doing" the caller asked, as soon as I picked up

"I'm fine rukayyah my friend, and you?" I answered

"Is your husband home?" She asked

"No, not yet. He's at work" I answered

"What time does he close?" She asked again

"5pm, maybe there's a bad traffic. And why all the questions? I asked, curiosly

"Because I just saw him with a lady in the front seat of his car" she told me

I felt that, I felt it like a stab to my heart. But I managed to keep myself calm.

"Oh, I just remembered. That should be a colleague, her car is faulty so he told me he'll be dropping her off after work". I replied, covering things up

"Sitting in a car with a female colleague at this hour doesn't seem right to me whatsoever the situation, that's my own opinion though" she said, furiously

"Don't worry my friend, there is nothing to worry about" I assured her

"Okey" she said, before hanging up, but still not satisfied with my answers. She sounded as if she knew something about my husband that didn't

This is the third time I have received a phone call from a friend or relative telling me they saw Ahmad with another girl in his car or elsewhere.

I'm tired of this bullshit. Can't they find someone else to stalk? Is Ahmad the only standing man on the face of the earth? I wondered

It sounds fishy though. Perhaps I should confront Ahmad, maybe he has a valid explanation for it. Or maybe he's just cheating

I sat by the window so that I would be able to see when Ahmad comes in because he hardly comes to the house straight, he spends the rest of his evening with ummy and his siblings. He comes home really late and spends the night in the living room

After an hour of waiting, he finally arrived and as usual he went straight to ummy's house. I quickly draped my scarf and followed him

I spotted him sitting next to Habiba and I welcomed him home, I got a cold response though.