Married To The Gateman

25: Exchange Of Bride

She had already got ready before he came back from mosque and waited for him, because he told her that they were taking an 8am flight in Kano and they had to leave as early as they could from Katsina. He only knocked on the door and she walked out with her feet hurting much less than her heart hurt, but she knew she had to act all tough for the time being. It wasn't time for her to act all whiny and frail, she had to be strong enough to carry the storm she had created herself.

Throughout their drive to Kano, Mujaheed hadn't lifted a brow toward her, and she cried even though without making a sound, until they reached Kano. He wished he could strangle her until she stopped crying because he knew for a fact that she wasn't crying because she wanted him to forgive her, she was crying because of what Adam did to her. Maybe she even wanted him back after what had happen. Or she had missed him and would love for a chance to let him know of her immense love for him.

Throughout their flight, no word was shared between them and when Jibril came to pick them up in the airport, Nana kept crying so hard that Alhaji had to ask him to take her with him. She ran to Fareed and engulfed her into a hug, breaking into painful tears. Fareeda had been waiting for a reason to let her tears out, she broke into tears as well and hugged Nana so tight. Nana had always came when she needed her. She always gave her the best of hugs, whenever she needed them.

She slowly broke their hug and looked at her, "We should get in the car, Nana. People are watching us." She said with a crying voice and Nana nodded her head with her tears still rolling down her cheeks. They sat together at the back of the car and Fareeda couldn't control her tears anymore.

Upon their arrival in the mansion, Fareeda let Nana guide her into the house. Mujaheed hadn't asked her to come to his chamber and she knew she would be roasted if she did. Nana guided her to her room and she sat at the edge of her bed, feeling alienated to her own bedroom. When she looked around, nothing looked like hers, she felt as if this was either her first or second time coming into the room. She didn't think of it as her room even though she had spent almost all her life there. Deep down in her heart, Fareeda knew the only place her soul and heart had gotten accustomed to was Mujaheed's chamber, that was home for her. Not this luxuries mansion that had no sense of life to it. That had too much painful memories that despite the situation she was in, she couldn't help the preview coming to her heart.

Nana came in shortly and she smiled brightly at her, "I've prepared your best food, Ya Fareeda. You should eat something before you sleep, I'm sure Alhaji will summon you in his living room in the afternoon or even in the evening."

She held Nana's hands and smiled weakly at her, "Did you cry a lot while I wasn't home?" She asked and felt as more tears pooled the brink of her eyes. Innocently, Nana nodded her head and Fareeda smiled before she pulled her to her chest. "You don't have to cry anymore since I'm back, Nana, okay?" She said and Nana nodded her head against her chest.

She pulled away from her and stared into her eyes, "Ummah kept saying horrible things about you, Ya Fareeda. Her and Asma'u even said that Ya Mujaheed will divorce you but I don't want that to happen, I want you guys to stay together forever, so I spoke to him." Fareeda felt as her heart lost a bit, she knew from the way she had seen Mujaheed since yesterday that he was going to divorce her. She was even surprised that he didn't divorced her already. Maybe he was waiting for them to sit together with Alhaji before he did it?

She held Nana's hands and cleared her tears away, "What did he say, Nana? That he's going to divorce me, right? She asked, and immediately Nana shook her head.

"He consoled me and told me that whenever they tell me that he's going to divorce you, I should tell them that you're his wife and nothing is going to separate you two, and Insha Allah you'll be his wife until Jannah. Isn't that lovely, Ya Fareeda?" She asked with a loving smile and something shrunk in Fareeda's heart. She knew that he might have said that to Nana to console her and stop her from crying, but deep down Fareeda knew he was going to divorce her and nothing could stop him from doing that. No one, not even Alhaji.