Married To The Gateman

14: Amusing Childishness

She immediately stood up from the sofa she was seated on and released the curtain of the window she was holding onto. "I need to go back home, I haven't even taken my bathe." She knew he was sometimes amused when she acted some sort of way, but right now he was just staring at her. "What? Why are you giving me that look?" She asked, and he quickly shook his head, taking his eyes off of her.

"Nothing, you're just so comfortable." He pointed out, and she stared at herself, she had taken off the hijab and also the wrapper, she was only in the night gown she couldn't wait to take off and also her turban that she got tired of.

"That's why I need to go back inside, Mujaheed. I'm really tired of this night gown, I need to take my bathe and have some rest." She whined while flapping the loose ends of the gown and Mujaheed shook his head while he wrapped his hands around his chest.

"You can't go back now, Fareeda. I don't know what they're planning, and it's only the beginning of the night, can you wait some more?" He said, and before a whining Fareeda answered him, they heard a soft knock on the door.

"Who is it?" Mujaheed asked and walked toward the door, he unlocked it and Nana stared back at him with a wide grin. "Nana! I've been meaning to call you, come inside." He opened the door for her and she walked carefully holding the tray in her hands.

"This is so heavy for me, Ya Mujaheed." She whined, and he laughed before he collected it from her and placed it on the centre table and she ran to where Fareeda was, embracing her. "I've missed you, Ya Fareeda. Here..." She said as she pulled out some garments, "I thought about how you haven't taken your bathe all day, your favorite night dress."

Fareeda chuckled before she broke their hug and planted a kiss on Nana's forehead, "I love you, Nana. Have I ever told you that?" How could a small girl like her be this thoughtful and sweet altogether?

"You've always said that one day you'll kill me if I keep on annoying you. It feels good to know that you love me." Nana got a smack as a response and Fareeda stood up immediately.

"I need to go to your room to take my bathe," she informed, staring at him. She knew he would hardly let her go but she had to try. And if not in her room, where was she going to take her bathe?

"No! Please don't go, because I had to sneak into your room before I got these out, Ummah has been there since you left, she said she's going to kill you tonight since Alhaji wasn't home and you're already thinking of killing her. So she'll kill you..." Before Nana was about to finish, Fareeda had already rushed to the door.

"That woman, who did she think she was? Last time she got saved, but I'll have to make sure she doesn't live to see the next day." She said through gritted teeth but before she turned the doorknob to leave, Mujaheed held her wrist and pulled her back into the house.

"What do you think you're doing, Fareeda?" Her wrathful eyes glared at him and she softly hissed.

"You can't stop me, and that's final. Let go of my wrist, this is my father's house, and she can't stop me from living the way I want to in my father's house." She was angry beyond words could tell, and she wanted nothing right now but for her to meet with this woman and see who amongst them could come out alive. She was tired of everything she was doing to her in this house.

"You can't leave here until she's left your chamber, Fareeda. Nana will call me when its safe for you to do so. I don't want any trouble, will you for once act like the grown up woman you are?" Even though his voice carried the air of command, when she looked into his eyes, he was practically pleading her with his eyes.

She stubbornly lifted up the night dress Nana brought for her, "I have to take my bath, I feel disgusted with myself right now." She said, and he shook his head before he softly pushed her to his room.