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6# DECISIVE

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AYMAN or JAMIL?

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THE KHALIL RESIDENCE,
ASOKORO.
DECEMBER, 2020.

Ayman watched Jamilah and his brother on stage, something vile bubbling in him.

There was an animosity in him that he could feel very clearly, but he managed to rein it in, faking a smile.

He watched Jamil's blank face and Jamilah's excited one, silently.

Jamilah stood some inches away from his brother on the stage.

A moment later, she turned to Jamil and said something inaudible to the audience.

Jamil looked a bit surprised, his eyebrows rising the slightest bit.

The girl stared at him pointedly for a while, before saying something yet again.

This time, something that hadn't happened in a long while did.

Jamil laughed.

Where the crowd had been looking at them in confusion, murmuring rowdily, there was an abrupt silence.

Everyone present looked shocked as the man laughed, a deep, hypnotising sound that seized everyone's minds.

Jamil Khalil had actually laughed?!

Most of the people there didn't know the man personally, seeing how he preffered to live a private life, away from the camera.

Only a select few people knew him and could identify him, but there was hardly a person who had access to the internet in the entire country that didn't know his name.

It was quite a strange situation, having the knowledge that there was a name that carried that much weight in the country, but not knowing who owned it.

Already, Jamil had the backing of the Khalil name. As the first born son of the most powerful family in the country, he already had  insurmountable respect from people.

What more if people knew that he was the owner of one of the fastest growing fashion studios worldwide.

And here this man was, in such an unnatural state of being.

He was laughing!

The girl opposite him looked a bit surprised at this sudden, unprecedented outburst of laughter.

But rather than remain in shock, she found herself smiling the more she watched him laugh.

And before long, she was chuckling too.

The duo were indeed a spectacle for everyone present, their laughter ringing clear in the silence.

It started slowly, a laugh that couldn't be held back.

Another came up moments later, then another, and yet another, until the room was filled with the sweet sound of laughter.

The only people who didn't find the situation hilarious were probably Ayman, and the girl, Mary.

Everyother person had their heads thrown back in laughter. A crazy sight seeing as they had no idea what it was they were laughing about.

By the time the night ended, majority of the audience were left with a good impression of the event, and an unsurprising but oddly beautiful one of the host.

And though it was never voiced, there was a silent approval in the hearts of the people who'd seen Jamilah and Jamil together.

And though their deep rooted for the resentment for the girl would never let them utter a word of praise to her, somewhere within them, they felt admiration for her.