My Schizophrenic Husband

Chapter Twenty Eight (1)

*Three months later

Faiza was getting ready to leave the hospital, she smiled softly as she stared at her boxes packed and filled with gifts from her supervisors, Mrs Adams and some of the friends she made at the hospital.

They were all so kind to her and even did a farewell party to her which he wasn't expecting considering she'd only known them for a short while.

She had less than two weeks left in the hospital and she was feeling better than ever. She was cleared from all her mental disability less than a month ago and she'd even been paired up through Imam Nassir to have multiple discussions with Arwa which went fairly well and she had no negative reaction to it whatsoever.

But her supervisors made sure Arwa kept it confidential and didn't inform her husband she'd been meeting with Faiza.

Arwa who has been loving the new attention her husband was showing her wasn't even interested in mentioning Faiza's name to him, she hoped and prayed he would forget about her as the days went by.

Whereas Farooq was planning to go to Faiza's workplace again as he'd been doing ever since he was cleared of schizophrenia and started living in his house.

He made sure he went to Faiza's workplace every other day and hope he'd perhaps have a glance of her or find out where she might have been.

Her absence had created a huge dent in his heart and he was willing to do anything other have her back. Even if it meant him having his mental illness for the rest of his life, or being in her place if she had died.

His heart beat accelerated at the thought of her being dead and he shook his head immediately.

He sighed as he settled on the couch, thinking about the fruitless trip he had taken to her workplace again.

He met Arwa at home cooking, she set the food on the dining and invited him to eat.

He stood up to eat and ate a little portion of food, then he put the rest in the freezer and went towards their room uttering a simple word to Arwa, "Thank you," he said.

Arwa's gaze dropped to the food and her gaze fell, although Farooq had been more appreciative and attentive. He was still distance and was never present whenever she wanted to speak to him.

She played with her food as she had lost her appetite and she just sat there for minutes, thinking of anything she could do to make him feel better. And after a while, a slow smile formed on her face at the thought she had, she glanced at her baby and chuckled at her thought.

"You mommy is so smart, Nu, just wait till the plan works out. I'm positive this time," she said smiling and then she ate her food as she pondered on her plan.

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Arwa had gotten the news that Faiza had left the hospital, she stood up from the bed hurriedly and strapped her baby to herself. Then she rushed out of the house and called Faiza to meet her at the park.

Faiza was confused as she read the message and she furrowed her brows. She was wondering how Arwa knew she had already been cleared and stable enough to leave the hospital.

She turned to Rose who was focused on the road and she almost read out the message to her but then decided against it, knowing Rose, she could prevent her from going to the park or worse go with her and rain insults on Arwa. And she most definitely didn't want that, not after she was just getting cleared off.

Rose sensed Faiza was off and asked her, "Is everything alright?"

Faiza nodded almost immediately as she thought of what to say before she blurted out, "I want to go to the park!" Rose frowned in confusion at the sudden interest to go to the park she had detested almost all her life.