Thought it was Khayr✅

Chapter 55: Retribution

A/n: second update coming later today. Don't forget to vote😇

Mind you, this is not the last chapter

I was listening to this soundtrack called Eternity of Reality from Alice in the Borderland while writing this😭😔 it's such a sad track i swear 😭

Sul's POV

"Zauna, Sulaiman(sit, Sulaiman)" she pointed at a seat, walking into the middle of the parlor and sitting on the three seater calmly.

I did as she said, taking my seat on the one seater adjacent to the three seater which was facing the TV.

"Are you okay?" She asks.

I don't understand the question but I reply with a "yes I am, perfectly" anyways

"No you're not. If you can abandon your mother completely; no calls, no visits, no funding for more than a month, then I don't think you're okay. Its either kasamu matsala ne(you've gotten a problem) physically or mentally, or maybe nayi maka laifi bansaniba(I've offended you without my knowledge)."

"The last time we talked with each other was when?" She asked.

It's fascinated me, how calmly she spoke.

I recall that on the day Aisha left, Mama kept screaming. She threw such a big fit until she fainted. She had to get admitted in the hospital once again. Since then, it has always surprised me how she always managed to keep her anger in check. She only lost it twice during these nine years and on both occasions, I was the one who tried to fool with her. The time when I kept evading the marriage talk when she brought it up and also when I lied to Khayr that I was in Abuja, after Mama discovered.

Silence was my response to her as I stared back at her just the way she did me, with seriousness.

"Answer me!" She barked, making my head feel like it was hit with a rod. It has already began to rain heavily.

"That day in Ramadan,." I answered...that Ramadan day when i took Khayr shopping.

That time when life was perfect. Those good days before hell had broken loose.

"Yanzu ko kunya bakaji ba? Nice ma na kiraka dakaina alokacin fa(you're not even ashamed of yourself? Even then it was me who called you first. Do you remember?)?" She raised her index finger at me

"Your wife's mother died." She continued "Saifa cikin gari mukaji labari. Wane irin iya shege ne wannan(yet we only heard about it from others. What kind of nonsense is this) ?. Are you trying to make a fool out of me once again? What would people have said had it been I did not attend the ta'aziya(janazah), whilst being a core member of the family; an in-law. My image in thier eyes would've been completely tarnished had it been I did not hear the news by chance. All due to your negligence."

"Nayi maka laifine, Sulaiman(have i offended you, Sulaiman)?" She clasped her fingers together, holding them to her chest dramatically "Ni nasan fada guda ne kawai nayi maka. Nace ka kula da matanka. Da nace ka kula da matanka bance kaje ka bauta mata ba(i only asked you then to take care of your wife!when i ushered you to take care of your wife i didn't ask you to go and worship her!)"

The scenario was becoming too funny at this point. So in that her dense mind, she believes I did everything because I heeded her decree?

"Nasan kana aiki. Nasan kanada iyalinka wanda hakkinsu ya rataya akanka. Nasan matanka tana cikin jimami mutuwan mahaifiyarta(i know you're busy. I know you have your own family now. You have a lot of responsibilities on your head. I know your wife is in mourning). Heck this your attitude had been ongoing way before her mom died to even use her as excuse. You have no excuse Sulaiman! You have no excuse to completely forget about our existence like this. You didn't care if we had food for Eid, if we had clothes for Eid. All because now all you're about is your wife. Are you really serious?"