THE HEARTS REAWAKENING

35: STRANGER.

PROVINCE OF APULIA.
BARI, ITALY.

THE NICOLAUS HOTEL.

"Hey girl, what are in these bags?" Lateefa hollered, holding the three paper bags she came across in the living room with a note that says 'Get well soon' stick to it.

Her first thought, Imad was there and couldn't see her so he kept that anonymously to act all cute and she downright finds it cute. The man really loves her, he is just pretending not to because of something that has to do with their failed marriage and ruined happiness years ago. There is no doubt it was all her fault that their marriage didn't work out. She has that guilty look all the time they talked about their marriage, she won't want to pry on that for now.

But what would innocent Amirah do to ruin her beautiful marriage with Imad? The guy was literally obsessed over her and doted over her own footprints all in the name of love. If Lateefa would get something close to what they share with Amirah, she won't leave her home ever and stay in that gorgeous chamber for the rest of her life. Sometimes love makes our women housewives, they are too happy to even leave the confines of their home and go sought happiness outside.

Amirah groaned, she don't want to wake up from her sleep again but after leaving the comatose twice already, she can't go back to another sleep. Nazir woke her up earlier and now the girls did, she is sure there is no more sleep left for her that evening and she might not even get some during the night after spending half her day on bed with eyes closed enjoying the lack of excruciating cramps. It is still there but mild.

Another moan left her mouth before she rolled around to look at the bags she is talking about through groggy eyes. "I don't know who brought them." She yawed around again and try getting some more sleep but no luck.

Lateefa cheered. "Oh damn, it is already working magically like I'd expected!"

This had the other two girls scrunching their brows in concentration of what she is talking about, the girl is like a riddle they can never solve. Now what is working and who is she talking about? Does she have any whiff who brought those and who were they for? Kamilah is sure she didn't see her leaving the site but saw her talking to Imad so what is going on in Lateefa Sheriff's head right now?

Or more like, what had she done this time around? It always smells trouble no matter how many times they try to cocoon it with Cologne. The girl harangues everyone around her.

"What is working?" Amirah groggily brought out the words, yanking them away from Kamilah's.

Lateefa gave a grin filled with mystery that will have anyone exuding diaphoresis, that is how shrewd it looks. "Oh, nothing is. I was just thinking about going through my contact list to share more streaks, you know."

Kamilah gave her that 'I don't trust you but I'm really watching everything' look then took the paper bags away from Lateefa to browse through and see what they can quaff down before dinner. But the question nagged her head, who would bring this to Amirah and she won't know the person? Something is definitely amiss and she'd be damned if she does not find out and it seems like Lateefa knows what is going on.

Amirah's face crumbled in concentration, trying to point out whether something has happened while she was sleeping and decided to just make it look like a dream. Who brought those bag and wants her to get well soon? Who could it be other than...Imad? Yes, he was the only person she told about her sickness.

Her heart leaped and slide inside her ribcage. Could it be him? The man has never been nice to her neither had he been too harsh since she started working under him so it does not make sense why he will send those things for her. Ha, why was she even thinking about that? She is the last person he will ever gift his penny in his life so she banned that thought from rocking her cranium or she'd be filled with bloated hope only for it to burst out in a bad smell.