IN TWENTY ONE DAYS

36; MURDER.

ABUJA, NIGERIA.

"W-what are you saying? Can you repeat that now?" Zara move closer to Mika'il and put the phone right close to his ear after listening to what the maid is talking about.

"Bushra murdered Hajiya in cold blood, Madam. She just started yelling for help after making everything clean while trying to act innocent. Madam, you need to tell Mika'il to come down here as soon as possible before she lead people astray. I saw her killing Hajiya myself!" The woman shrieked from the other end and Zara let out a victorious smile. That isn't what she planned but it turned out to be much greater than that.

She only sent Fuzail there to give her mother in-law a warning because she didn't like how she spoke to her earlier, her pride is getting crushed all in the name of something called love. She has tolerated enough from Mika'il, his family and his wife so this is time for some action, she needs to keep them in check. Starting from her mother in-law, the woman should learn how to love her or it won't end well for them. Her next target would've been Bushra Amani Abubakar Sadiq Danbazau but she don't have to do anything anymore, her husband will do that by himself while she watch from the sidewalk with her popcorn.

When she thought it was never going to work out for them, it worked beyond where she has pictured it to. Her initial plan is to only warn her mother in-law first and if she doesn't listen, she will just injure her but never kill her. It only means one thing, Fuzail killed her mother in-law in cold blood but Bushra was the one who was found in the crime. Life is just perfect. She wouldn't have appreciated Fuzail killing her mother in-law knowing her husband will be disoriented and she don't want him like that when she is close to achieving her goal of having him by her side.

If Bushra is going to be accused of this murder, then she is definitely going to give Fuzail what he wants in life which is her. Even if it is just for one night, she is going to do it for the joy he has brought her life and how easier he made everything for her. She won't have to do anything to the woman again, she is already done for. As soon as this maid gets to say it in court, everyone is going to believe since there are no cameras inside the rooms and the maid might've been lurking around to see Bushra inside the room holding the dead woman. She shouldn't have been too concerned, poor poor Bushra.

Even her father won't be able to save her, this is a murder case!

She will do her own part knowing Mika'il will not believe what is said against Bushra at first, that is where she comes in the game. This is the place where her words are going to work sharper than Cupid's arrow, she won't let this chance slip off her fingers without fighting tooth and nail. If there is any chance of Bushra and Mika'il getting separated, then this is it and she'd be damned if she don't work through with it. Her stepbrother murdered someone, the least she could do is make use out of this crime. She won't let her stepbrother's effort go to waste, this will come in handy.

"What the heck are you saying? Are you out of your mind or intoxicated?" He yelled into the phone like she has expected it, she didn't let that get to her. His yells and red eyes won't discourage her from going through her plan, it is going to motivate her actually.

"I'm serious, Sir. I heard Hajiya yelling and when I arrive, Bushra was standing atop her. I am also afraid and don't want to believe but that is what I saw with my own eyes, Sir. Everyone is now inside the room and Mr. Masari is on his way here, you should come too." The woman kept rambling like a mad woman, he could tell that the death affected her deeply. She has been working with them for a long time, losing someone in the family must've ruined her head too. He could only imagine his siblings and father now.

Some might think Zara paid this woman to call and tell her all these but she didn't call no one, she didn't even know the woman has her number, they only talked once and she said she was her fan, that was it. The number isn't even saved, she just answered the call thinking Fuzail changed his number yet again like always. Because according to him, people always want to talk to him two four seven.