Always And Forever ✵

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F.C.T Abuja, Nigeria.
2021.

There she stood staring at her very neat and obsessively organized wardrobe looking for what to wear. That has always been her daily routine.

She got tired of the cold liquid trickling from her hair to her shoulders, so she sat before her vanity table to dry her damp hair which was almost dry due to the amount of time she took staring at her wardrobe.

Figuring on what to wear has always been a big deal to her. One needs to find something simple and very comfortable.

It's so damn hard.

She took the small hand dryer that was lifelessly laying on her bed, plugged it in and started drying her hair while waiting for Hazna to return from Ammi's side.

Hazna has always been a chocolate lover, she once took a whole basket of her mom's favorite Turtle chocolate and ended up with a drastic tummy ache and ever since then, Ammi made sure to hide every piece of chocolate in the most bizarre places even though hazna always found them but yet, that didn't stop her.

Speaking of the devil and the devil barges in.

"Will you please hurry up before your crazy ass sister wakes up." Hazna said throwing a bounty bar in her mouth.

Wait till Ammi finds out.

"I just can't stand that creature." She continued, referring to my step sister.

"Neither do I, but yet I'm stuck with her." I frowned.

"Then hurry up." She shouted, this Nigga doesn't have an indoors voice.

"Yh, I don't."

Did I say that out loud?

"Yep."

"Stop that." I laughed.
"Where are we going ne wai?"

"Just the Cinema" She said then her phone started ringing. She picked it up and walked to the other side of the room and started talking in a Hushed tone which I found weird but I didn't want to pry.

I packed my hair in a messy bun and applied a little amount of gel to lay my edges down.

"Hmm, show off. Leeya just called me, I'm going to check on her now. I just hope she's ready, you two waste too much time." "Oh, and just meet us at Ammi's side."She said and rushed off before I could even reply.

*FLASHBACK*

Maama do you have to leave?  An unhappy looking six year old sobbed laying on the lap of a woman who looked to be in her mid thirties.

Yes my darling, I have to. The woman smiled sadly pecking her on the forehead with so much love and affection.

She stood up abruptly.
But maa, she came again.

*END OF FLASHBACK*

LUBNA

Adorned in a pink gown, I draped a white veil around my head even though I hate wrapping it that way but I have to, to avoid mommy's taunts.

Even Zahra Bayero almost got arrested for leaving her hair open on her bridal shower.

I don't even think that's her real hair. Just saying.

It was just 9am so I tiptoad my way out of the house to avoid bumping into Mommy (my stepmother) and her darling witch Aneela.

I don't know how and why it happened but my mother's twin sister ended up being my step mom after my mom's disappearance, from what I've heard they weren't on good terms even before she left.