AN AUTANMAMA BOOKS COLLECTION
WRITTEN BY:khadyjatt
JILTED
(Fauziya's Struggles)
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Pounding the pepper inside the mortar Fauziya sigh and wipe her sweaty forehead, the last 2 weeks has been nothing but miserable she was much more at peace when she has nothing to do with her mother now that her mum suddenly want her in her life Fauziya was doubtful and her doubt was all clear when Dr idris came a week ago with the proposal about picking interest in her she was straight forward with him that she was married, but she never expected her mum would stood so low to telling the doctor that her husband died and she was still not over him, it brought up a lot of disagreement and Fauziya told the doctor half the truth of what happened because her heart also yearn for the lovely gentle doctor, she hasn't feel anything like the way she feels toward doctor idris since her husband passed away two years ago,
but Fauziya isn't ready to move on even if she is what is she gonna do with Aliyu's marriage that is more than a year on her yet she hasn't set an eye on him.
"Salamu'alaikum."her mum familiar voice says and she didn't bother to look glance from where she was sitting on the kitchen door, they had a heated disagreement that morning as Fauziya cautioned her mother about collecting things from the doctor when she knows they aren't gonna be together which infuriate hajiya Maryama.
"Ke Fauziya."Hajiya maryam call but Fauziya didn't answer she stand up and exit the kitchen with a hiss.
"Who are you hissing at?"her mum throw the question and Fauziya didn't response, she hates her mum at these point Fauziya knows that she does not want anything to do with her mum, her heart has turn ice cold and calloused toward hajiya Maryama but the feelings between the two is mutual one could stare them and see the resemblance between them but their eyes has says it all malice and hate is all one could see.
Fauziya turns to leave but hajiya Maryama grab the iron bucket next to her and throw it on the girl.
"You are hissing at me?
Useless girl who can't be productive of any good,
That is how you will continue to roam around fauziya,
Har ki mutu billahillazi
Very wicked..........
"I never disrespect you ummah and all these curses on me Wlh it won't affect me in any way you are not a mother that someone would be proud of."fauziya spit and Hajiya Maryam nod staring at her daughter with an aching heart.
"You must leave this house Fauziya......
"You cannot sent me out,
This is my father's house mummy,
I have leave your precious apartment for you so leave me alone to deal with mu problem since you have already casted me out of your children,
Kin tsine mun kilache
So what do you want from a daughter you have cursed and casted out?"Fauziya spat and hajiya Maryama tackle Fauziya but this time Fauziya' s heart doesn't comprehend with her she knocked her mum down which unfortunately hajiya maryam landed on her butt with a heavy impact as she scream in disbelieve.
"What is going on here?"Fauziya elder sister zakiya walk in along side Aunty Husnah Fauziya head back to her bedroom without a care ignoring her mother's scream, inside her bedroom she breaks down, her heart feels like exploding as she thought of her dad,
Her late husband and her late son, she was in soo much pain, the curtain flips open and Fauziya didn't bother to look up, her elder sister starts to beat her while Fauziya just cry not because she couldn't retaliate but because she feels she was the worst daughter any mother would wished for, her elder sister got tired of beating her and leave her on the bedroom floor crying as her daughter sit next to her crying as well.
