Shadow of Doubt

Chapter 15

This chapter is relatively short compared to the other chapters but I wanted to post tonight. 😁

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Chapter 15

"By the way, Saif said I should tell you that he won two prizes at school." She said as I walked her down towards the back door of the house, she reached to take the picnic basket from me but I held it.

"That's amazing." I grinned at her. "When is he coming back? We have to celebrate this, just me and him."

She rolled her eyes before saying, "Good night then."

"Good night Hafsah." I said to her, "Remember what I said, we can't write our stories ourselves because Allah knows best, it's all going to work itself out at the end of the day." She only nodded in response and this time around, I gave her the basket. "I'll call you when I reach home."

I walked away from her and thought back to how her father called me a few minutes after I dropped her at home and told me to be present at the house tomorrow because he wouldn't be around and that I should keep the car with me for easier access. If I didn't know any better, I'd say he's one of the most generous people I knew but he was still my parents murderer.

"What if there was more to the story?" A part of my mind had been shouting at me ever since Baffah Sadiq started being nice to me but I didn't want to lose sight of my mission. All those pesky thoughts were as a result of his generosity towards me and the feelings I have for his daughter. Nothing more and nothing less.

I thought back to Hafsah. She had asked me what was going to happen and I told her I didn't know. She was calm as always as she listened to me patiently, looking away when I said something she didn't like. She only really gave me a piece of her mind when I told her she was out of my league and that if things were going to work out between us, how was it possible for me to make her happy and cater for her needs. She had first told me that she didn't care about all that, she knew I had a good job and that was enough for her unless I was saying all that to keep her at an arms length.

We had parted ways with her with the intention of giving this thing a week or two, to see where it'll take us. I told her it was unfair to her but she didn't seem to care.

She had asked me if I was going to break up with Hauwa and I only sighed in response, so she quickly added that she was sorry. It was selfish of her to even ask.

The truth was that this confession came out of nowhere, I never wanted to confuse her further. But I couldn't bear seeing her miserable and knowing that she was going through all that because of me. I didn't want her to think that everything was happening because I didn't love her.

The few days I had away from her was enough to put things for me into perspective. All I thought about was her, all I wanted to do was talk to her. I was even surprised that I aced the training and even got an award for a part of it. Likewise, it was still then that I realised I was leading on Hauwa, I wouldn't be able to give her the kind of love she deserved. I was conflicted on whether to sit with her or just approach Baba Labaran himself, but it seemed fate had it that I had to sit with Hafsah before them.

Was I being selfish? Was I being ungrateful towards Baba Labaran and all he did for me? How badly would they react towards all this? What were the chances of me ending up together with Iram even if all these weren't put into consideration? And then there was the fact that I wanted to lock up her father, was I being delusional? How was I supposed to look her in the eye if I succeeded with my mission?