Unknowingly Married

~05~

Manal's POV

I woke up the next day to find mama and hafsah close to me. "M- mama." I said faintly. "Manal me haka ne, kin ga yanda kika sa Hankali na ya tashi! A kara mai, baban kima se da ya mini fada!"(Manal what is this, do you know how worried you made me! To add to that, your dad even shouted at me)! Mama yelled and I flinched.

"M- mama?" I called out. "What!" She yelled. "Yi hakuri, ban San haka ze faru ba."(sorry, I didn't know this will happen). I muttered, tears rolling down my eyes. "Ya Allah, toh yanzu wa ya kawo ki gida?"(Ya Allah, so now who brought you home)? Mama asked.

"Mm- Abubakar." I muttered. "Abubaakar?" She asked and I nodded slightly. "Waye wannan."(who's that) she asked. "Uhh, bansan shi ba, Amman wai shi cousin in hanifa che."(uhh, I don't know him, but he's hanifa's cousin). I muttered. "Hanifa!" She yelled. "Na'am." Hanifa uttered from afar.

"Wai Wanda ya kawu to gida jiya, wai cousin inki?"(that the person that brought her home yesterday,he's your cousin)? Mama asked. "E mama, Abubakar ne."(yes mama, it's Abubakar).

"Okay wai me full name?" Mama asked. I wonder why she wants to know. "Umm, Abubakar lawal babangida." Hanifa said. "Lawal babangida?"mama asked suprisingly. "Ina zuwa."(I'm coming). Mama said.

She went out of the room to only god knows where.

Hameeda's POV

"Usman! Usman!" I yelled when I entered the room. "What happened?" He asked. "The person that brought Manal home yesterday is ABUBAKAR LAWAL BABANGIDA son of USMAN LAWAL BABANGIDA." I muttered.

"What?" He asked suprisingly. "I was also suprised." I said. "Toh." He said. "I just pray and hope these children do not come to know about the secret we've been hiding." He said.

"I pray so too." I simply muttered and he went out of the room. "Oh ya Allah protect my children please." I prayed, my hands heavenwards. "May they never find out this secret we have been hiding, atleast not at this moment, especially Abubakar and Manal." I muttered all at once.

I went back to Manal's room to check up on her and clean up her bruises. I entered the room and went to her side lamp drawer to get the first aid box. "Mama?" Manal called. "Mhmm." I answered. "Why did you seem nervous when hanifa said his full name?" She asked.

"Me? Nervous? No  I- w- wasn't nervous." I stammered. "I'm not believing that." She said. "Manal keep quiet!" I yelled and she flinched.

I treated her wounds for her and went out of the room without uttering a word.

Manal's POV

I feel like mama is hiding something from me, I don't know why but I just gave that strong feeling in me. I'm going to get to the bottom of this. And I'm going to find out what she's hiding.

"Baba?" I called. "Yes." He replied. "Yesterday when hanifa told mama that Abubakar lawal brought me home, why did she get so nervous?" I asked. "I- I don't know dear." He stammered.

"Umm okay." I said and went back upstairs. Wow, so now even baba is hiding something. What do I do. Okay I'll go to hanifa to give me his address.

"Hanifa?" I called as I opened the door to her room. "Yes Manal?" She answered. "Umm... I wanted... wanted to know Abubakar's address." I muttered stammering. 

"Abubakar? What do you want to meet him for?" She asked. "Umm...uhhh... I wanted t- to thank him, yes to thank him." I said as that came into my head. "Oh I get it okay, I'll follow you." She muttered. "Uhh.. no no no Abdullah will go with me." I muttered. Well that took a turn.

"Okay, be sure to be safe fah, and make sure he follows you." She muttered. "After yesterday, he sure will." I said and we broke into laughter.

We were in the car with Abdullah going to Abubakar's address. "You sure you just wanna thank him?" Abdullah asked. "Yesss." I said. "Nope, your hiding something, spill it." He said. "Abdullah I'm not." I muttered trying to convince him.

"Spill." He said again. "Fine, I feel like baba and mama are hiding something from me, soooo I want to find out from him." I said. "Uhh... wait how will Abubakar know what their hiding?" He asked. "Well because it's related to him and.... It's a long story." I said and looked away. "Okay fine, chill." He said and I didn't hesitate to roll my eyes.

We reached our destination after a 30 minutes drive. "Okay I'm going." I muttered. "You? No we are going." He said. I didn't hesitate to laugh at him. "Overprotective brother kenan." I said and continued laughing. "Manal I'm serious." He muttered. "Abdullah I'll be fine just wait for me here." I said and went out of the car.

I rang the doorbell and a not so young lady opened the door for me. "Uhh... I'm looking for abubaakar?" I said. "Oh sir? I'll call him right away, you can come in." She said and I nodded and smiled at her.

I went into the beautiful mansion that was built infront of me. I sat down on a couch and waited for him. After sometime, he came down.

"Manal?" He called suprisingly. "Umm... yes." I said nervously staring at his chocolate brown eyes and curly hair. Omo this guy is handsome o.

Manal shut you mouth up before it gets you into trouble. My inner self warned and I lowered my gaze.

"Actually I wanted to talk." I said. He sat down on a couch close to mine. "Go ahead." He said. "Okay Umm... yesterday?" I said and paused.

"What happened?" He asked. "Today when I woke up, my mom asked who brought me home, and I said it was you." I said and paused again. "Yes so?" He said.

"She asked for your surname and hanifa said it was lawal babangida, she was suprised and nervous and I also tried asking my dad but he also avoided me." I said. "So what's wrong?" He asked. "Umm... I feel they are hiding something from me so I thought you might know about it or like you face something similar." I said.

"Mmm... my parents do hide things from me and I've been trying to find out ever since I noticed, I got to know that it has to do with my life and someone else's there's this connection, I tried asking my grandad before he died but it was too late." He muttered and faced the floor.

"Oh I'm sorry, my- actually my grandad passed too- I loved him-

I broke down into tears remembering my grandfather. He came closer and raised my chin up and wiped my tears. At this moment I felt like kissing him.

I held onto his collar tightly and hugged him without even knowing what was going on. He hesitated to hug back until he gently placed his hands on my back and patted it.

That was when I came to life. And I released him.

Heyyy...
How was this chapter ooo.

Ah e be like say Manal is falling for this Abubakar oo. He won't even let her get husband first.

He's handsomeness is already snatching her away.

Abeg lemme run 🏃‍♂️

Bye byeee

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