Shadow of Doubt

Chapter 11

Phew!! It's here finally! Idk if it's worth the wait but a part of this has been written for over six months, I only got to complete it this week. It's a very long chapter and I just hope I'll be able to write more very soon. I hope you'll enjoy this. Xx

PS: You should probably go back and brush up on the story, it's been a year! Lol

Chapter 11

I couldn't believe myself, I answered to Iram about this dinner without thinking and there I was, 30 plus getting ready to attend a graduation dinner that would be filled with mostly teenagers just because I couldn't say no to a certain tall beautiful girl.

There was a knock on my door and I sighed, it was Hauwa'u definitely. I was already tired of avoiding her and she was starting to realise that because lately, she was starting to give me attitude too and for the life of me, that didn't make me any less confused. I hated how I was treating her and how I was unable to reciprocate her feelings but most of all, I hated how Iram was making me lose my focus.

"Come in." I answered.

She opened the door with a salam and I answered her, smiling broadly at her. "Jiddah." I said to her and that made her blush, she was beautiful but she wasn't Iram.

"Are you going out?" She asked and I nodded, a part of me knew she wouldn't smile at this.

"Yeah, Hafsat has a thing and I was invited." Just as I'd predicted, her face turned into a noticeable scowl and she looked away from me. "You can call it a work thing I guess."

"Yaya, you're all dressed up." She said with a scoff. "I've never seen you dress up like this since you started working." She eyed me up and down before folding her arms against her chest and looked away again.

"This is my job, Hauwa." I told her. "I signed up for this before I stopped working with her. I can't go back on my promise."

She turned around and walked out of the room while murmuring "A dawo lafiya."

Women.

It's been almost a month since I stopped working with Hafsah and I must say that I miss her with all my might. I used to see her whenever I'm around the house but recently, she just avoids me and only texts when it's necessary. Like two days ago when she texted "Are we still on for Friday?" I simply replied with "I gave you my word."

I checked my watch to see that time had passed and I brought out my phone to text her. "Almost ready?"

"Almost. Are you almost here?" She replied almost instantly.

"Almost." I replied as I stood up and took the keys in my hand. When Baffah Sadiq heard that I was going to dinner with Iram, he was relieved because he thought he could trust me. What a fool.

Iram can trust me, I'd protect Iram with my life but I have nothing but disdain for her murderous father. I wondered how someone as ugly hearted as him could give birth to someone as innocent as Iram. Those wonder twins on the other hand, are definitely his progeny. Because they look and sound like spawns of the devil.

I quickly cleared those thoughts from my mind because I didn't want to ruin my mood and I stepped out of the house, thank God I didn't meet Hauwa anywhere or any of the family members. I walked outside of our gate to the Prado parked outside, courtesy of Baffah Sadiq. I was given the day off and a car to make sure Iram has the time of her life today.

I checked my WhatsApp to see the location Iram pinned for me. It was the location of the makeup studio she was at and apparently it's close to the event centre their graduation dinner would be holding. I put the location on google maps and patiently followed the directions until I was parked inside the plaza in Wuse 2. I sighed and tried to calm my racing heart.