TALEEB
"Drive to my estate at gwarimpa" Alhaji instructed and i nod stealing a glance from him through the front view mirror, the man look helpless as he ran his plams down his face in a very tiring manner.
Earlier this morning, Alhaji and his wife had a serious quarrel, a very heated argument. Believe me, it was nothing like the usual ones. Hajiya, that woman is much more than i see her, and judging by what i witnessed today mhmm Alhaji is really going through a lot. He is a patient man because how is someone able to tolerate so much, what a nasty nagging wife he's got there...
She followed Alhaji outside and didn't stop even when he reached the parking lot and entered the car. She was still in her silky night gown with her robe unfastened around her body and her messy hair wide open like a forest gross!
Screaming atop her lungs, insulting and even threatening; she will do this and do that...she kept on yelling, not even when we drove out of the house did she stop!
The gateman opened the gate and i drove in.
"Don't worry" Alhaji stopped me as i was about to come out of the car.
"you should go, i am spending the night here and if sadiya ask you about my whereabouts, tell her you have no idea" he added existing the car.
"Return the car before going tomorrow"
"Ok. Alhaji sai gobe" I said driving out if the compound.
I will be traveling to kano tomorrow for my regular end of the month's holiday but this time, i will stay longer. To say i am eager to see my family again is an understatement, especially siyama. Its been long i saw her since she started university, except for the calls once in a while so i am being hyper about meeting her soon.
My thoughts wander back to Alhaji. Alhaji is a nice man with beautiful intentions, he is a man of good ethics and is most beneficial to the people around him. He deserves none of all these going on with him, hajiya sadiya is really frustrating his life, the things she does to her husband are things i see only on telivison dramas or sorts of...
Riches? Alhaji is extremely rich, he lacks nothing at all, he is blessed with wisdom and sound health MashaAllah. So name them, money? goods? Properties? but not just peace of mind. In his own house! under his very own roof? honestly it's really sickening. kamaal's problem as a son alone is even enough to give his father a high blood pressure, then sum up with hajiya's nagging, its even hard to tell which of them amongst the mother and son is the worst because in this case it is 'like mother like son'.
Kamaal. That one doesn't even care about anything or anyone, he does whatever he wishes and no one can stop him from doing what pleases him, not even Alhaji..well, he's words not mine. Not long ago was he bailed from the police as he was arrested for only God knows what.
All these troubles and his wife can't at least make him happy? she is the wife of the renowned politician ALH. muhammad zainawa, she lacks nothing, all she does is to stay at home all day without any job and have everything done for her, and sometimes just like that, even during the weekends that Alhaji is around -the next minute you'll just see her dressed up ready to go out. Out of the house and most likely won't return till night.
And i always ask myself; why a married woman would leave her husband's house all dressed up at noon and come back after magrib who does that for goodness sake!? I wonder where she's always going to that she has exact times, because its a regular routine for her.
Soon, i was blowing the car horn and Faisal wasted no time to open the gate.
"three star for being active..." I joked, driving inside and he laughed. I noticed that none of kamaal's cars where missing.
