Between The Heavens And The Embers

TWENTY FOUR

MASK UNVEILED

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   Durrah watched the dark silently as her husband tiptoed into their bedroom after coming home extremely late for the third time in a week .

  She flicked the bedside lamp on to iluminate her frowning face "from where?" She asked. Like a mother whose child has just passed curfew.

   "I was working" he gave thesame excuse

  "You weren't working Labeeb, i called your office, they said you clocked out since 4pm!" She exclaimed, trying her best to keep her anger in check.

  Labeeb sighed and sat down on the couch a few metres away from the bed, facing his wife directly, he spoke with a low tone "so what now? You've started stalking me?"

  "Stalking?! Stalking?! Labeeb you come home by..." she checked the time on her phone and turned back "by 3 freakin am claiming to be working and you accuse me of stalking?"

  "I said i was working!" He repeated,his voice stern.

  "Which type of work lasts till 3pm, hm?"

Labeeb kept quite and went ahead to remove his shoes and socks like she wasn't even there.

  Durrah rose from the bed and sat up "you dont get to do this"

  He ignored her

"Labeeb!"

"Durrah for heaven's sake, i was working. You don't want to believe that, that is on you" he yelled

  She silently picked up her phone bot in the mood for an argument. She knew he wasn't working but she did not know exactly what he has been up to.

  "I am pregnant. If you like, keep on coming home late from 'work' after i give birth to our child" she stated. Without waiting for another word from him, she walked out of the room, banging the door loudly in her wake.

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   Durrah stretched, yawned and turned with a smile. Her eyes were welcomed with the sight of her beautiful husband, his features prominent while the sun peeked through the curtains and casted a glow on his ebony skin.

  Unable to stop herself, she reached out. Her palm making contact with his face, she started tracing his features with the tips of her fingers.

  "Should i be worried?" He muttered, his eyes still closed.

  "I was asked to memorize your face" she chuckled "they said that you will never look at any woman again"

   Nadir laughed with his eyes still closed  "by all means, carry on"

  "In fact, decapitate me so i won't appeal any woman, but you"

  A light chuckle escaped Durrah's lips "and if i decide to leave?" She teased

  "You are not going anywhere, i will tie you to a chair if need be. Me and you Hayaty ,is forever and ever. Mutu kar raba"