AN AUTANMAMA BOOKS COLLECTION
WRITTEN BY:khadyjatt
JILTED
(Fauziya's Struggles)
CHAPTER TWENTY TWO
Ali wakes up to the knock on fauziya's door, when he open his eyes he looks around the bedroom before it finally clicks to him, he gently tap fauziya and she wakes up as confused as he was.
"Someone is at the door."he says and come down from the bed, he glance at the wall clock in the bedroom and sigh, 5:25a.m he sleepover at fauziya's unbelievable he didn't wake up.
"Fauziya."Jessica's voice call and fauziya comes down from the bed while Ali head for the bathroom, she unlock the door and wasn't surprised to see Jessica.
"Good morning."she greets resting her head on the door .
"Ma said you should come,
Please hurry I've been knocking since."
"This early morning?"fauziya says tiredly and Jessica narrates to her that they are going somewhere very early, fauziya told her she's gonna pray first before she head back inside locking the door with a sigh,
She rest her back on the door as she stare at Ali who was praying, she sigh and head to the bathroom, she cannot even believe he slept here, for the first time she sleeps straight throughout the night without waking up, she sit on the edge of the bed and glance at Amal surprise that the girl didn't wake up in the night as she usually does to request for water or just to disturb.
"Won't you pray?"Ali's voice ask and she tear her gaze from her daughter's to him.
"Why didn't you leave yesterday?"she ask standing up and Ali didn't answer her, he stand up and walk to where Fauziya was sitting on the edge of the bed.
"Why?
Didn't you enjoy my company?"he ask with a raise brow and she looks away and stand up.
"Just go please before anyone sees you."fauziya says and walk pass him but Ali grab her hand.
"What happened?"he ask surprise by fauziya fluster mood.
"Nothing, just go."she says and remove her hand from his and head for the bathroom, she slammed the door shut and he heard the lock click, he releases a heavy breath and glance at the wall clock.
He grab his phone from the bed top and exit the bedroom, he wasn't surprised to see so many messages and missed calls from sa'adatu he call his driver to meet him at a nearby cafeteria around before he head there, he would spend every night with Fauziya if that's how a peaceful night sleep felt like, sa'adatu's call came and he releases a baby breath before answering.
"Where did you slept at?"sa'adatu ask and he hissed before he hung up.
He call his best friend and he was on another call so he sigh, he barely arrived the cafeteria the driver comes, he climb and the drive home was a quiet one,
Whenever he's with Fauziya he finds himself at peace, his mood would lighten up and he doesn't think much about his past, she's like that remedy to his misery.
When he arrived home he head straight inside to freshen up he was surprised to see sa'adatu at home but he doesn't ask why.
"Where did you slept at?"she ask and Ali glance at her before heading for the closet not in the mood to speak, fauziya's mood really has taken away his excitement this morning.
