THE HEARTS REAWAKENING

46: MUTINOUS

KANO STATE, NIGERIA.

A week after that confession between Imad and Amirah, she got more motivation from Lateefa to keep pushing but not in an obvious way. Imad made sure to block every part she would bring the past again but that aperture is close to getting opened. She don't want to cause trouble but it doesn't mean she's given up. The fault actually isn't hers so that got her more hot and determined to execute all her plan and get back with Imad.

She needs to ask whether there still is a chance of them together, she knew there is but needs to make sure about that fact or dive deep into abysmal dept. She's annihilated all problems out of the way, keep tabs on everything happening in the palace too. Usayma is getting too evading and spends so much time with Jannah which she don't want to trust. Something is brewing between them and she'd be damned not to know.

So with that personal inspiration, she got closer to one of the women the best way a chamberer could. She does everything to perfection the moment she takes over and even once massaged Usayma's neck cause it was aching and it took all Amirah's self restraint not to wring her neck. She will force smiles and talk like a mature woman just to be closer and the woman can share a bit pieces of her life.

She never did though, she's always been cautious but with time, Amirah got convinced that she is not saying much because of the other maids. Everyone knows what maids do when they are alone and why they hang around like leaves, to hear more and feed it to their other friends and Usayma seems personal. Amirah won't stop trying though and that is how that day, she found herself inside a room with Usayma, not the one she shares with Imad but separate one with almost same furniture.

Usayma was the first to bring the topic and fortunately, where she wants to touch. "Have you worked for Amirah before? Imad's first wife I mean."

Amirah stopped arranging the throw pillows on the loveseat for a moment so she could act like she's heard the question and is thinking things through then opened her mouth. "No, I haven't worked for her but I've met her twice before. They didn't stay here for more than twelve hours after their marriage, they flew to Chicago straight after."

Usayma nodded, Amirah took that chance to smile and take that mature side of hers to use. "Why are you asking, your Highness? Are you jealous?" They could make light conversations like that so she decided to chirp in the jest to not make it anticlimactic.

The other woman chortled lowly, as if she finds what she is asking absurd which she did. She's been jealous the whole time but not because she loves Imad, it is because Amirah will always be special in Imad's life no matter how many times she is going to break his heart into smithereens after gathering the sheaf. But she never got that special place in his life, nothing other than casual sex and friend who became a priority after one drunken night that got auditioned without their consent.

She's liked Amirah a lot even after knowing she broke Imad, the story is a blur to her but it doesn't mean she won't get jealous and will allow Amirah back again. Even if she were in love with Amirah, she won't give her the green card to come back into Imad's life. He's suffered enough from her and if anything, she should distance herself from him but that is not happening. The exact opposite is what is happening to them.

They now work together and if only they knew, Ameena is actually Amirah in their chamber!

"I am not jealous of her. I actually liked her before when we met for the first time in Chicago." Amirah closed her eyes at that. So Usayma really liked her? But is she saying the truth or is she saying this to Ameena because she wants to look good in the maids' eyes? You never know and she does not trust people now.

"Wow. I never thought you two have met." She shook her head as if that is crazy then went back to vacuuming the whole room while Usayma sat in the middle of the royal bed in her robe.