In another life

chapter 8

"Pregnant"? Ifrah puzzled
"Yes you were pregnant" hanah replied.

“But did you know who was the baby's father?” She asked

"No, I have no idea. We never spoke about it" Hanna replied.

“I will now leave because it is getting late. Thank you so much hannah for giving me your time" she
uttered.

Ifrah went back home trying to understand this mystery.

"May I come in "? Farha asked.

Ifrah quickly hide the diary and said "yes you may"

" Ilham, I really don't understand why you left home but I think it was a good decision". Farhasaid in a shaky voice.

“Farha? Are you okay? What happened?. Why are you crying?.” Ifrah asked politely

"your brother is cheating on me. Cheating with the family doctor.” she said wiping her tears.

"What! Cheating? How did you find out ?” she asked

“I wanted to have a conversation but he resisted. I didn't insist and didn't bother at all. He toldme he wasn't okay so left him alone. I was completely shocked when I saw a message on his phone. I decided to follow him to see for my eyes. I saw what broke me and shattered me.”
farha said, crying.

“He agreed he was cheating but never apologies. I can't take this anymore.”

“I am sorry that you have to for through all this" ifrah interrupted.

"Actually he never loved me once.
I was madly in love and love makes us do anything.” she said in pain.

“At least he can love me for being his child's nanny for all this years.” farha said.

"what do you mean by a child's nanny? are you not Aseer's mother? Ifrah puzzled.

“I am not her mom"

“Then who's the mom? Ifrah asked

" I also don't know. But I was told that he had a baby from his ex and she don't want the baby. I agreed to marry him and be his baby's mom."

Ifrah calm her down and give all sorts of affirmation.

I really need to know who's Aseer's mother.

“Hello aunty may I come in? Aseer asked.

“Yes princes come in" Ifrah replied

"Why are you so excited?"

“Guess what? Tomorrow is my birthday! Aseer replied

“That's so nice, I can't wait to celebrate with you.”
She fraun her face and look sad.

"What happened Aseer? You were just excited a while ago?" She asked

“My parents don't celebrate my birthday. Grandma and my Dad won't allow us to celebrate.”

Ifrah was shocked and tried to look into this matter. What's the fault for the innocent girl.

The family had dinner together and Ifrah went back to her room.

"wait, they said Ali was having a mental health issue and went abroad. So he wasn't at home when Ilham left?.
But on the other hand Aseer was born the same day Ilham left home. What could this mean?".
Ifrah tried to put the puzzles together.

“Is Aseer Ilham's daughter? No, this can't be possible. But if she's her daughter why would the family hide it? Something is clearly fishy and I must find out.” she muttered

***

Ifrah asks yazeed to please take her to Hannah's house again.

"As you wish your highness". He replied.

They entered the car and reached the house. Ifrah opened the door and was about to leave.

“Can we have a bit of conversation if you don't mind? He interrupted.

" yes as you wish".
"Ilham, you know I love you so much right?. I want to know what you feel about me."

*

“I can't do this to you. I love you so much yazeed but I can't still someone's love life.” She said in her mind.

"ain't you gonna say anything"? He asked

"Yazeed, we will talk later. I need to talk to Hannah about something important please"she replied

“As you wish! Take you time and think.” He smiled.

She went to Hannah and told her everything she discovered.

“So, could Aseer be Ilhams daughter?” Hannah asked.

“She could be, probably.”

Ifrah looked through the window and was lost for a while.

“You're looking at yazeed right? Hannah asked.

" No, I was just lost for a while?

"Why would I look at him? "She asked.

“Look you loved him so much before you went missing. Don't you think isn't fair if you keep treating him like this?” hannah uttered

Some painful tears roll down her cheeks.

“Look hannah there's something I have to tell you.” she said holding her hands.

“What's that? Is there any problem?” she asked.

“I am not Ilham. My real name is Ifrah.” Ifrah said.

"You're not Ilham? She puzzled
"Then who are you?” she asked.

Ifrah told her the whole story on how she got here.

“It's so sad, but you still love yazid right?” she said looking into her eyes.

“What love? The poor boy trusted me so much. All these time I was lying to him. How could I even look into his eyes?  I cannot steal someone's love life. I am not Ilham” ifrah said.

"Look, Ilham went missing 8years ago. You came on her behalf and he fell in love with you. He is in love with you and doesn't matter who you are" Hanna confidently said.

“But how do I tell him the truth?" She asked.

“You don't need that now. Just accept his love and move on."

"Thank you hannah. I need your help on something else too"

"we need to check on the hospital where Aseer was born. We need to check if Ali was really abroad that day. And if he's abroad how could she be his daughter?". It doesn't make any sense at all, but we shall find out".

They agreed on meeting the next day to check if there could be any evidencem They went to the hospital and found out Ali wasn't really abroad. Because he actually signed all
the documents.

"Mom!"Ali shouted
"What's wrong son?". Ms Fatima
replied.

"Come with me. We need to talk right now." He said

She kindly followed him to his room to know what's the issue that just arose.

"Mom, why are you doing this? Why did you bring this girl into this house to play the role of ilham? For what reason? I really need to know." He shouted.