UmmuAbiha ( Her father's mother)

Chapter 33

Ummi staggered at the news Adda Amra just gave her.

How, how can she die? How can ammi leave me? She promised right? So how; ummi thought to herself.

Ummi left Mami's room and went to the room no one will dare enter without permission- Abi's room. She closed the door and fell to the ground, she wanted to cry but she got no tears, she was beyond heartbroken, it feels like her world has just shattered, she just wanted the ground to swallow her.

What is it I have done in life to deserve this, I wasn't even there to hold her hand when she was leaving me, why didn't she just wake up and smile at me before leaving ?; ummi thought to herself.

She sat there, her eyes were devoid of any emotion, she couldn't cry, all she did was stare into nothingness.
Just then Adda Amra came in and asked her to freshen up.

With heavy leg's and heart she went to the bathroom and took a relaxing shower that will cool her mind and she will come out to see that it was all a dream but she came out and the reality hit her, it wasn't a dream ammi is gone, forever never coming back.

Adda sabeeha came and helped her to where all the family members are sitting accepting condolences. Ummi wasn't in her right state of mind, all she did was stare, she has no tears to shed. Her heart has turned into a rock.

Hamma Aneel called Abi and he said he will arrive in an hour.

Amira and all her cousins surrounded her, they wanted to cheer her up but she was completely out of this world.

They tried everything possible for her to bring out her tear's but to no avail.

Just then a friend of ammi came and gave her condolence. The woman is a therapist. She called hamma Aneel and explained things to him.

"You have to make her bring out her tears otherwise she may turn into a heartless person or a psychopath" the woman said and hamma Aneel nodded. All the men, her cousins heard and they were afraid of what will happen to her.

Meanwhile the principal has already told her classmates what was happening and they will visit her later.

The news spread like fire, radio's and television, everywhere that the wife of Muhammad Barkindo is dead.

She didn't eat anything nor drank since the news was told to her, all she did was stare.

Just then her male classmates came in and gave their condolences. They sat outside with the guy's.

Then boom mami got a call, Abi had a plane crash.

"What plane crash" mami shouted dropping the phone.
And the whole room erupted with the sounds of Innalillahi wainna ilaihi rajiun ( from Allah we are and unto him we shall return). In no time the news spread like fire, Alhaji Barkindo is dead.
Just after the news her female classmates came in.
Adda sabeeha went to call ummi with a heavy heart. She went upstairs and brought her down.
The sons of Alhaji Barkindo were called upon to tell them the news.
Everyone was crying but ummi didn't even know what was happening until she heard someone mention plane crash then her eyes lit up.

"Where's Abi?" She asked with a shaky voice.

"It's a plane crash ummi, no one survived" hamma Aneel said trying to be strong.
And she held her head letting out a scream that made the whole house tremble.
She let out another scream which echoed more than the first one. The news was too much for her to handle and the last thing she saw was black.

"Bring water pls" mami said and after three attempts her eyes opened.

"Mami I had a bad dream" she said after opening her eyes. Then she looked around and deja vu hit her making her heart burn, it wasn't a dream, it's the reality which was too much for her to handle.

She silently walked out of the place without saying anything, her classmates followed her and surrounded her they consoled her and took their leave promising to come back. Ikram, hauwa and rayyan cried. Infact all her classmates cried for her. They pitied Barkindo more than anything now.

After they left she was called upon to say goodbye to her Abi, she came downstairs but couldn't go out to see him, everyone went out except her.
Just as they were about to take him, she stormed out from the front door and asked them to stop. They kept him and she sat down close to him. She looked at him and started laughing like a maniac which left everyone puzzled at her reaction.

"She sure will turn into a psychopath if we let her bottle up her feelings" ya salim said fear evident in his voice.

"Abi wake up, wake up and tell them you're not dead, wake up and tell them you will never leave me, they're taking you away wake up, don't do this to me, you can't leave me just like Ammi did....." and the talk went on and on.

Hamma Aneel came and dragged her from the place and people carried him.

This is the end, everything came crashing down after she thought she will finally be happy.

She still hasn't cried she was just staring into space. Her heart was heavy, making her feel as if it will come out any minute. Her heart hurts more than anything right now.

"Ummi, ummi pls just let the tear's come out" Adda sabeeha said shaking her.

Everyone has surrounded her, thinking of way's to let the tear's come out.

"Ummi pls just cry, don't turn yourself into something else" Adda Amra pleaded.

Everyone tried his luck but to no avail, even Amira and Muhammad.

"Ummi, whether you cry or not that won't change the fact that they're gone, forever they're never coming, so just let the tear's out and don't turn yourself into something else, pls" ya salim said and for the first time since they started talking she looked up and gave ya salim a slap.

"Never, ever open your mouth and tell me that my parents are dead, they're not dead, so why can't you all just believe me....just believe me pls" she said the last part as a whisper and slipped to the ground, this time the tear's came running down and she herself couldn't picture out from where they came from.
Everyone heaved a sigh of relief.

"I'm sorry ummi, I just had to do this, even your parents won't want to see you like this" Ya salim said and smiled weakly at her cleaning his own tears.

There was no doubt, each and every person cried for mr. and Mrs. Barkindo. They were too good to be hated. They were loved by all.