BROKEN (completed)

Chapter 4

"We will come back later insha Allah. Make sure you lock the door when we leave." Adama put on her shoe and carried her veil.

"Okay" Ruqayya nodded and went out of the room. Everyone is getting ready for the dinner except her. She doesn't feel like going anywhere. She entered Aliya's room and sat on the bed. They were busy getting ready to acknowledge her. She stared at them awkwardly not knowing what to do. She is tired of pressing her phone.

"You still haven't change your mind?" Farida asked,putting on her necklace. Ruqayyah rolled her eyes. She is acting like she is the bride's sister.

"I am not feeling good." Ruqayya was not lying. She feels restless. Like something bad is about to happen.

Farida nodded and told her to help her wear the necklace. She has been trying to do that herself. Ruqayya helped her and went out of the room. She went to her parent's house to take few things she might need. Some of her aunts were in the room.

"Assallamu'alaikum" She muttered. They all replied,staring at her. She told them she wants to take few things.

"She doesn't have to act like it's her room. We know it is." Ladidi, one of her aunt whisper.

"She is just trying to show us it is her room." Zainab whisper, glaring at her. Ruqayya doesn't understand why her aunties hate her so much. They are always complaining about everything she does. She went out of the room with her nighties and went to the next house.

They were all set, ready to leave. She dropped her nighties in Aliya's room and came back downstairs.

"Here are the keys" Adama handed over the keys to Ruqayya and entered the car. They drove off leaving only her in the house. Some of her cousins left with Hamida earlier. She went back into the house and lock the door. She went to Aliya's room to take her bath and pray. She came back downstairs to watch something because she was not feeling sleepy.

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"I have been calling her number but she is not picking." Afnan explained to a furious Adama.

"My keys are with her. The back door is also locked. How does she expect us to enter the house?" Adama asked no one in particular. They came back from dinner like 10minutes ago and they have been calling Ruqayya to open the door for them. They all sat outside, not knowing what to do.

"Why are you outside? Is everything okay?" Sameer asked. He just came back home with Adnan and saw his mum and cousins outside.

"Ruqayya locked the door and she is not picking her call." Adama explained. She was already feeling headache.

"Here's Dad's key. I just collected it from his office." Sameer opened the door and they all entered the house.

"Why is the house so dark?" Adama switch on the light and hissed out loud.

Batoulah screamed gaining the attention of others. They all rushed to the living room to ask why she was screaming. The scene in front of them left them shock. Ruqayya was lying unconscious on the floor. Her cloth was torn and she was bleeding. She had bruises all over her body. No one needs to explain what happened in the living room. She was sexually assaulted.

"What....is this?" Adama asked no one with a shaky voice. She couldn't believe her eyes. Her niece was raped in her house. How the hell did that happen?

"Who did this?" Afnan asked. A lone tear escaped her eye. Who could have done something like this? They were all looking at her. Everyone was shock to react.

"Sameer and Adnan the both of you should leave here. Can't you see she is half naked. Why are you staring?" Adama asked, glaring at them. Everyone is shock but that doesn't give them the right to stare at her like that. They left quietly knowing she is right.