Serendipity

chapter 9

Hashim and family were gathered around the dining table, momina peeked through her lashes at everyone then cleared her throat "I got a job" she says without looking up "where and what kind of job?" Fariyah asked, she bit her lip not knowing how they'll react on her baby sitting a kid "the pay is quite good, it's a decent job Hye jin helped me in getting it " she could feel their eyes on her but momina being herself refused to look back " ok that's good but what kind of job is it?" Fariyah asked again "I don't have to interact with many people, it's comfortable for me and I'm doing it with my own willingness" fariyah tuts "momina if you didn't tell me then I'll throw this spoon at you" she snapped her head up "baby sitting" the silence after she uttered the words was very loud, the noise of crickets could be heard "momina-" "congratulations my daughter I'm very proud of you, give your best which I'm sure you will. May Allah open the path of success for you" Hashim cuts fariyah short and smiled warmly at her "I'm starting tomorrow inshaAllah" she informed "who are you working for?" Hashim asked "do you remember the man who came to return the tire, mr jeony?" Hadi eyes widened "Mr jeony? Are you baby sitting him?" He asked in disbelief and momina thought she was the stupid one "are you stupid hadi? I am baby sitting not adult sitting" she explained but he was momina's brother "then who are you baby sitting?" He asked "his 10 months old son" the disbelief on his face was evident "what how can he have a son?" Momina looked at her parents then back to her brother "just like how Amma and Abba had us" fariyah gasped and threw a teaspoon on her "Abba your wife is getting violent again" she complained "do you even watch before you speak or not" she shook her head "I can do both simultaneously Amma, I can talk, hear and see at the same time" she smirked but fariyah threw some slangs her way which she ignored "I thought he was single" hadi whispered, his lips formed into a pout "why does it matter hadi? Now I'll buy you alot of stuff" she ruffled his hair but his heart was sad, he was heartbroken.

Winter was on its peak, by the time momina reached jeon's mansion her nose and cheeks were red, she checked her watch 7:55 and went in, his beautiful car was Parked right outside she stood there for a minute to appreciate the beauty then kissed it like she did the other day. She rang the bell and waited, a middle aged woman opened the door for her "Hello, good morning I'm momina-" Susan nodded her head and let her in "Mr jeon told me that you'll come, welcome dear" she greeted her politely which brought a huge smile on her face "I'm Susan, I clean the house and then I'll leave after my work is done" she nodded "ah okay miss suzi" she uttered then halted "is it okay if I call you suzi?" Susan smiled "of course you can what may I call you?" "You can call me chuchu" Susan laughed "really chuchu?" She nodded proudly until they heard "I didn't hire you to give company to Susan and Susan get back to work don't waste time in chatting keep your conversations as limited as possible understood?" Susan scurried away, bowing apologetically "good morning Mr jeony" she smiled but he ignored her and went to kitchen " idiot" she whispered then went after him "so what am I supposed to do ?" She asked sitting across the counter "what do you mean, what are baby sitters supposed to do? Look after Han" he says as a matter of fact "I know that Mr jeony you're so stup- I mean show me where he is where are his belongings what does he eat and where are his toys" she explained eyeing his breakfast which was just black coffee, he sighed and stood up "I'll wait, finish your coffee first" she offered but jungkook grabbed his cup "I can multi task unlike you" he comments and walked toward his bedroom followed by momina "says the one who can't change a flat tire" jungkook glanced back but she smiled. Han was sleeping in his cot, she peeked in and cooed at the sight "this cabinet contain his clothes, this one contain his toys" he walked toward another corner "here's his diapers and bathing shampoo and body wash etc" she nodded "and his formula milk is in kitchen along with all his bottles anything else?" She doesn't answer and stared around then came and stood in front of him. She held her phone out "give me your number, if I need anything else I'll ask right now I don't have any queries" he took her phone, and added his number "don't disturb me too much" she raised her eyebrow " as if I'm dying to talk to you" just then Han woke up "good morning sunshine" she picked him up, he was still sleepy so he puts his head on her shoulder as she rubbed his back gently. Jungkook was getting late so he went to put his cup back in the kitchen. Momina and Han waved him through the glass wall "bye bye Mr jeony" she held Han's hand and waved to which Jungkook smiled at his son and drove off.