AN AUTANMAMA BOOKS COLLECTION
WRITTEN BY:khadyjatt
JILTED
(Fauziya's Struggles)
CHAPTER 9
Anas dead hits Fauziya hard even twice than when she lost her dad, Hopelessness she finds herself in,
And tears? If they would resurrect a dead man Anas certainly would have been awake, but unfortunately all she could do is mourn, her family didn't show up and even Anas family who show up had pitied her Fauziya cries that day was heartwretching even her enemy will pity her, Anas mum told her she should know that she is leaving the house and that the only grace the family would do for her is to stay until she finished her iddah, it's been exactly a month since Anas died and Fauziya still find it unbelievable to accept the harsh reality, some days she cry other days talk to herself but none of that makes her feel any better, she has been awfully sick and today she uses the little bit of the strength inside her to go to hospital, she just got back and she was told that she's pregnant, certainly this isn't a news she would hate,
She was happy, Anas friend who came to pay their condolences assure her that she would be getting little pension from her late husband place of work but the month has ended and Fauziya is yet to receive an alert, there was very little in Anas account she wasn't surprised when she saw little below 10k they were struggling Anas salary was never enough the money is already squander and the food in the house its just manageable.
"But these are Anas things and islamically they belong to us, he have a daughter and I just found out I'm pregnant."Fauziya says staring at her mother in-law.
"And he's my on
God forbid to let you inherit my son's things,
You were the reason he died,
He was doing good until you came into his life,
He lost everything and when there was nothing to lose he lost his life,
And you should know that you will leave this house,
The owners want to sell it,
The only reason the house was not sold was because Anas was staying in it,
This is his father's house not his,
So leave with your bad luck spirit,
I will never forgive you Fauziya."her mother in-law says as the people she came with cleared the house, her clothes and her daughters thing are the only things left, the furnitures and even the kitchen utensils she came with the woman took it.
"But these are my things,
I brought them from home."Fauziya protest.
"Your things?
That you went behind the back to your husband office wanting his pension,
You thought I won't know,
Just so you know, not an Atom from my son wealth you will benefit from it,
Because you were the reason he isn't here today,
You want his pension?
You are a very wicked girl Fauziya and
God will judge you."Anas mum says as Fauziya just hold her daughter watching everything speechless.
The house was cleared and the only things left were Fauziya's and her daughter's clothes even the baby wardrobe was taken, it was a horrible day for Fauziya, her mother in-law let her knows that she has two days to leave, she took every Anas credentials and with his cards, everything all Fauziya could do was cry as her daughter stare at her confused.
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Sitting in front of the porch Fauziya sigh, she thought of the pregnancy she's carrying and she feels like its another burden of responsibility, she don't know how she's gonna do, she doesn't wanna go back home because she feels like her family doesn't care about her well-being for them not to show up or even call to pay their condolences Fauziya feels she is better off without them, the gate open and she looks up.
"Fauziya."Abeedah call shutting the door behind her as Fauziya just stare at her, when she call abeedah and told her she lost her husband she sympathize with her and she makes sure to call regularly to check on her but the calls became less and Fauziya didn't bother to call because she's at a point in life where very little matters to her.
