BROKEN (completed)

Chapter 9

"Uhm...we should go home. You have been discharged." Adama said. Ruqayya wanted to cry to let her stay in the hospital for few more days. That house feels like hell to her. She is suppose to be happy she is going back home,but she is sad. She won't even call that place home. Her father never made it a home for her in the first place.

"Okay" She nodded and got up from the bed. Afnan was still sitting on the bed. She was still shock about what Ruqayyah said. She has so many questions she wants to ask her. Why will she kill Farida? They were not fighting or anything.

"Afnan will you like to sleep here?" Adama rolled her eyes. She doesn't understand why everyone has to be dramatic. She went out of the room,ignoring Afnan. They walked out of the hospital and entered her car. Afnan and Habibah also entered Hakeem's car. They left the hospital to Farida's house.

"The autopsy test proved Farida was also....raped." Adama whispered to Yusra who was pressing her phone. Ruqayya rolled her eyes at the back seat. Why will she say it if she doesn't want her to know?

"Umar told me about it." Yusra said, typing on her phone. She was acting indifferent about everything.

"Okay" Adama drove them to Farida's house. She parked her car in front of the house. There were many cars there but she managed to find a space.

"Let's go." Adama said and opened the door.

"Can you call Afnan please?" Ruqayya asked Adama to which she nodded. She went out of the car to call Afnan. They were also here with Hakeem's car. Adama went inside the house after Afnan entered her car.

"Is there a problem?" Afnan asked Ruqayya who was fidgeting. Afnan knows she shouldn't be asking that question.

"I can't enter inside. I can't do it. I can't bear to see Farida's mum in pain because of me." She started crying,remembering everything that happened. She doesn't think she can forgive herself for Farida's death.

Afnan simply stared at her. She is confused about the whole situation. She overheard someone talking on phone yesterday. The person was saying something about keeping a corpse in front of someone's house. Farida's body was found in front of their house today. She doesn't know who was talking yesterday. The person left the garden before she could see the face. She just remembered the whole thing when Habibah was telling them Farida's body was found in front of her parent's house. The autopsy test also proved Farida was repeatedly raped before she died. There was bruises all over her body. According to the test, she died due to how she was repeatedly raped. Ruqayya is the only one that can help them out of this mystery.

"When you guys left that night,I went upstairs to take my bath and pray. I locked the room door because I was the only one at home. I wore my nighties after taking my bath and prayed. I was still on the prayer mat when Yusra knock. I was scared because I didn't know who it was. I opened the door after I confirmed she is the one." She wiped away her tears and continued. "She told me she forgot something in the room and she is here to pick it. I nodded and went inside the bathroom. When I came out of the bathroom, she was no where to be found. I thought she must have gone back to dinner so I didn't pay much attention to it. I locked the door again and sat on the bed watching a movie on Aliya's laptop. There was a knock on the door again after some minutes." Ruqayya closed her eyes as the memories of that night flooded her mind.

There was a knock on the car window,startling them a bit. Afnan made a sigh of relief when she saw Habibah knocking on the door. She ignored her and jump to the driver's seat. She ignited the car engine and quickly drove them out of the estate leaving a surprised Habibah.

"Thank you, Afnan." Ruqayya smiled at her from the backseat.

"You are welcome." Afnan figured out Ruqayya is not ready to face Farida's mum. Not when she looks broken. She knows Adama will surely punish her for driving away with her car, but who cares. She parked the car and sighed. She is not really good with driving so she doesn't want to spoil her aunt's car. She will chop off her head if there is a single scratch on her car. Adama is obsessed with the car.