His Redemption

Chapter 10

Nazreen's Pov

Staring at the Sky, with my mind getting absorbed on the grey colored clouds that are hiding the sun and it's light. Indicating that, a storm is about to come.

Inhaling the fresh air that surrounds me along with the woodsy, flowery essence that fills my surrounding along with the endless chirping of different kinds of birds that are residing in the trees of the forest.

Shifting my eyes to the trees that are in front of me whose branches are waiving from side to side causing leaves to fall down to the ground due to the heavy wind.

Moving my hands to ensure that my hijjab is secured and will not be blown out of my head by the heavy wind. "Nazreen, come inside. I don't want you to catch a cold my dear",  a concerned voice that belongs to Aziz reaches me. Turning around to look at him I find him closing my cabin's door and he starts to head my way to the bench that I'm sitting on.

Upon reaching me he gives holds out his hand for me to take it. "Come on love, let's go inside", he says to me  as manages to pull me up.

"Did you watch the news today?" He asks me when we're making out way back to the cabin. " No I didn't, is something of matter?" I ask him back along with my answer. However, he suddenly stops walking causing me to also stand as he has my hand onto his.

I look up to meet his brown orbs only to find them already looking at me. His eyes were full of worry and fear. Feeling that something is bothering him, I move my hand from his hold and onto his cheek as a way of me, comforting him then I ask "is something wrong, why do you look so disturbed and scared?"

I still keep staring at him trying to decipher what's going on and how can I be of help to him. when suddenly drops of water fall on us from the sky indicating that the storm is beginning this causes Aziz to blink his eyes. This act shows me that his mind had been far away and he didn't hear my question.

Surprisingly he removed my hand from his cheek, and then he bends down to pick me up and carry me bridal style leaving me with no other choice than to encircle both my hands around his neck and lay my head on his chest where his heart is beating on a rhythm of its own.

Once we're inside the cabin he puts me down on the two people sitting cauch and then he bends down removing my coat and scarf that I had been wearing outside, leaving me behind with my hijjab, jumper, sweatpants and socks.

Shifting my eyes to the fire place only to find that he had already started it before he came to get me outside. Looking at the Orangish, yellowish color of the fire, that seems to be eating the wood slowly, it brings back a memory of me waking up at the hospital a couple of weeks back after suffering an anxiety attack inside a grocery store.

After passing out, I later on wake up to the beeping sound of the heart monitor that I was attached to. But when I became more aware of my surroundings I felt a heavy weight lying on my abdomen. Looking for the cause of it, I find Aziz 's head lying on my stomach.

I slowly moved my hand to his silky, dark mop that has silver in it. He suddenly woke due to my hand movements on his hairs. The first thing he did was to get up and kiss my forehead then he pressed the button that was near my bed on the wall, which alerted the doctor and the nurse in charge of me that I had woken up.

A few hours later, after a lot of resting and new medication that had been prescribed to me. It's when Aziz decided to tell me about, Bilal seeing me and was also the one that had helped me at the grocery store.

At first I panicked but later on after calming down, he told me about his plan of moving me to another place.
But this time I supriced both him and me, when I told him that, it was not necessary and I wish to remain in my current location.

It took a lot to convince Aziz about not moving to some other area. Eventually he gave in and the reason behind is that I told him, till when Will I keep on running from my past. It is about time that I come face to face with it and that if they find me then it'll be best and if they don't then it will also be good.

"Nazzy... Nazzy.... Hey Nazreen what's wrong?", Coming back to the present, I find Aziz standing in front of me with worry marring his face and a crease is formed onto his forehead as he scrutinize me and his hands holding two mugs of hot chocolate that I think he was trying to hand me one.

Smiling at him trying to ease his worry, I take the brown mug and leave his with the white one. Taking a sip of the hot chocolate, my mouth is filled with a delicious warm taste of the hot chocolate causing me to sigh with satisfaction. I feel Aziz sitting beside me, I turn my head on his side to look at him then I answer him honestly, "Nothing is wrong my Aziz, I was just remembering the talk we had when I had been hospitalized a couple of weeks ago".

Aziz doesn't comment on my answer. We remain quiet for a long time letting silence envelope is on its embrace, with each one of us absorbed in our own thoughts.

"Nazreen, I need to inform you on something", Aziz finally speaks breaking the silence around us.

I turn to look at him giving him all my attention where he takes it as a permission to continue "My dear, someone powerful and dangerous is going to move into this town, I need you to stay safe." He says with so much fear to be detected in his voice and facial expression.

"Okay but why are you so worried Aziz, as you know I don't go out often and I don't interact with people besides, I live in the middle of the forest on one ever ventures here as it's a little bit outside the town but it is also known to be a private property." I say to him softly trying to remove his fear.

"Nazzy.. honey, it's Anwar that's going to move Into this town. I don't know how and why exactly is he doing it but it had been announced on the news. That's why I asked you earlier if you had seen the news", after he spoke I felt my heartbeat stop and my breath hitch. Aziz started to get scared  of my reaction because am sure my usual pale face is more pale almost white as if I have no blood in my body.

"Nazzy ..... Nazreen ..  honey, if you want we can move even right now, just say the word" Aziz says in a worried tone trying to calm me. He then picks me up and places me on his lap and lays my head on his chest in the exact place where his heartbeat can be heard.

"Nnnno, tttherr's no nnneedd, lett him mmmovee", I stummer trying to control my nerves. Then I add on "there's nnno cchhhaaannnce ttthat will meet or he'll know that I'm here. Besides I'm his ex- wife, the wife that had betrayed him." I finally was able to control my last sentence apart from  starting with a stummer in which I am trying to convince Aziz while in reality am trying my hardest to convince and console myself with regards to the matter of Anwar moving here.

Aziz breathes heavily, then he looks down at me and moves my face by placing his hand under my chin and making my face move upwards to face his. Then he kisses my forehead and pulls me back onto his chest again.

We did not speak again as each one of us has something in their mind.
In my mind it is the face of the man that has destroyed me, broke me, took away everything from me. The man that who was supposed to protect me, believe me and trust me. The man that I loved so dearly to the extent I worshipped the ground he walked on.

Eventually darkness starts to surround my sight and before I know it am falling a sleep and end up dreaming of a boy with eyes similar to mine. The boy that I've never met in my life but I can't help but feel a close connection with the 10 year old.