LAURA

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Abdulrahim’s POV:

I couldn’t wait for Anty walida to call me back, so after magrihb prayer I decided to go to her house.
They were about to have dinner so I joined them. After dinner Anty walida’s husband Yaya hashim and I were in the living room watching a football match while she went upstairs with their children.
I was so eager for her to come tell me what she found out from their driver and she knows that.
After isha when yaya hashim and I came back from the mosque. We met her in the living room waiting for us.
That was when she started talking about what brought me to her house.
‘I asked the driver about what we talked about earlier and he confessed that he spilled the food I gave him so he had to buy another one to replace it and about the kunun gyada he did not know how it got there. But I think they mistakenly put the flask containing the kunun gyada in the basket.’ She told me.
‘how can Bashiru be this careless what if the food he bought had food poison we would have been saying a different thing now’ said yaya hashim angrily.
‘I told him that too’ anty walida continued
‘I think we have to suspend him for this carelessness’ he told her again
‘Haba ba kai haka ba mana, I have scolded him we don’t need to suspend him please’ she pleaded on bashiru’s behalf.
‘where is the driver now I need him to take to where he bought the food’ I spoke for the first time. ‘I need to see where he bought the food if it is a clean enviroment’
‘Are you sure Abdulrahim I don’t think it is important for you to go there’ yaya hashim suggested.
‘yes I think so too’ anty walida added.
I still insisted I want him to take me to the place. Anty walida called the driver for me.
‘Bashiru that place you bought the food from do they open at night I want you to take me there’
‘yallabai I don’t think they open at night’ he replied to me.
‘okay then just give me the address to the place’ I requested.
He gave me the address before I left the house.

It has been two weeks since I collected that address from the driver . I have not been able to go to that place because I have been working on the Fetuga oil project. Insha Allah we are closing the project today.
Ummi is still not back from Kano, Hajiya’s health has deteriorated, she have been diagnosed with a heart problem long before I was born after her lastborn went missing. I just pray she gets better soon.

Laura’s POV:
I have been having this feeling that someone is looking at me all morning. Even now when we are about to close for the day which we usually do by 12pm.
Inna and Anty sa’a traveled to keffi today, one of neighbor lost her so they went for a condolence visit. They will be back today..
I turn to leave after closing the shop when I almost collided with a human wall. I trailed off checking out to the man I almost collided with.This man is just the real definition of African Adonis. He is just so handsome tall and well built. Oh Allah can this man just be mine. He is too handsome.
‘Excuse me’ he waved his hand at my face. That broke me out of my day dreaming.
‘whhhat are you saying’ I stutter
‘I said do you work here or are you the owner of this place’ he asked
‘no I don’t own this place’ I replied shyly
‘oh but I saw you where the one making the waina today and did you make the kunun gyada’ he asked again.
‘yes I made it the girl helping just sell to customers, wait what do you mean you saw mean, are you the one who have been watching me all morning’ I asked him
‘maybe’ he shrugged
‘what do you mean maybe, you have been watching me all morning from God knows where, and you are even admitting it as if its noting’ I said angrily.
‘who does that I don’t even know you’ I continued my ranting
‘are you done? I have a job offer for you and if’ he asked arrogantly
‘did I tell you I am looking for a job that you will just come here offering me a job.’
‘I want you to leave this place and come work for me I will pay you triple the amount you are been paid here’ he said to me
I felt a new anger at him. So he have money to show off that he will come offering me a job.
‘Mr richee rich you think you can just walk here and offer me a job, then let me bust your bubble I will never work for you’
I walked away from him while he was still standing there.

All day I couldn’t stop thinking about that arrogant guy. I really need a job so I can help Inna with some things we need but not working for someone as arrogant as Mr Richee rich. Besides I don’t even know what kind of job he is offering me.

‘Assalamualaikum So all of you are here, I have good news, something unexpected happened at work today’ Yaya Babangida who was just coming into the sitting room said.
‘Wa alaikumsalam welcome’ Anty sa’a Inna and I answered
‘Baba welcome back’ the twins chorused while their little sister Zainab ran to hug him.
‘My husband and rivals dragged me here to come watch a movie with them and I met this two gossiping as always’ she gestured to Anty sa’a and I.
‘Haba Inna we were just talking about something not gossiping’ I argued.
‘Yes Inna we were only gisting as always’ Anty sa’a added.
‘I have good news. Today at work my boss called me to his office for the first time he said he has decided to promote me to the post of the head of other drivers in the company. And he also said he wants me and my family to move into an apartment he owns. He then told his secretary to take me to the house and when we got there it was a three bedroom apartment with boys quarters behind it.’ He said
Ameera was the first one to speak ‘Baba do you mean we are moving to a new house’ she asked her father.
He smiled ‘yes my princess’
Her and her brother squealed happily and ran out, I know they are going to tell their friends who are our neighbors and their sister followed them even though she did not understand what is happening.
‘Masha Allah, Allah ya sanya alkairi’ Inna said.
‘But I just feel this is too good to be true, since I have been working for my boss as a personal driver before been transferred to one of his company driver. I have never heard of the post Head of drivers not to talk of giving the person a house to just pay 20% the house rent and also increasing my salary by 100%.’ Ya babangida sighed.
‘Baban Ameera I think Allah has just answered our prayer’ Anty told him
‘Yes I think Anty sa’a is right Allah has finally answered our prayer’ I said too.
Inna smiled too ‘Babangida just give thanks to Allah that is all’
He sighed before smiling too ‘Alhamdulilah I give thanks to Allah and also Inna you and Laura are going with us. The house is located in Gwarimpa’
‘Gwarimpa is far from here how do I do my business’ Inna asked him.
‘Then you close down your shop besides you are suppose to be resting not working you are getting old let us provide for you’ he said.
‘yes Inna we want you to close that shop and stop selling waina. We will provide for you what you need and Insha Allah Laura too will get a job very soon. You don’t have to worry about anything.’ Anty sa’a said too.
‘May Allah bless you, may he grant you your heart desires may you find help anywhere you go may he reward the both of you’ Inna prayed for them with tears running down her hace.
I was crying too, this people have shown us love and kindness right from day one. I know we cannot repay them so I pray to Allah to reward them.
‘Yaya babangida and Anty sa’a thank you may Allah reward you’
Anty sa’a tried to console Inna ‘Haba the both of you should stop thanking us you people are family and family stays together so any where we go you go’