Yours

Chapter 25

"Should I reduce the AC?" Ya Abdul asks as he looks to my direction.

I chuckle "no, it's fine, na saba da ac din motan nan yanzu ai."

He smiles, nodding.

I was in the passenger's seat of his car and he was driving us to the site like he promised, the others were all already there waiting for us.

"Amma wajen da nisa." I add after a few seconds.

We've been driving for almost 50 minutes.

He nods "its in the outskirts of Keffi."

"Waii, Ashe garin za mu bari." I joke.

He laughs.

He opens his mouth to say something but his ringing tone cuts him off.

He picks up the phone "Hello?"

"Yes Mr Brown, we are a few minutes away...alright."

He's silent for a few more seconds before he ends the call.

This is the second time this man is calling.

I voice out my thoughts "ba ya da haquri."

He shakes his head "koh kaddan."

His ringing tone interrupts us again and I gape at it not believing that it's Mr Brown calling again.

Ya Abdul smiles at my reaction. "Don't worry, it's not him."

He picks up the call and he places it to his ear.

"Hello?....Really? Alhamdulillah, Allah ya raya, I'll come to the hospital later In Sha Allah...alright...alright."

I was way too nosy for my own good, I waited for him to finish the call "who gave birth?"

"Amma's sister." He replied.

I blink at him in confusion "Dr Fatima is married?"

He turns to look at me, surprised "how did you know they're sisters?"

Shit.

Shit. Shit. Shit.

Busted.

How do I explain that I and Hameeda gossiped about him and his girl?!

I try to think of something fast.

"I-..uhm..i remember seeing them together at Aliya's Suna, I assumed they are sisters." I save.

Phew.

His features settle into realization and he nods "oh..right, yes they are, but it's not Fatima who gave birth, it's their older sister."

I nod, not even wanting to continue the conversation anymore because my heart was beating so fast from the thought of him figuring out I'm literally obsessed with him.

If he doesn't know that we know Amma is sisters with Dr Fatima that means Hameeda didn't confront him like she said he would.

Good that she didn't, he doesn't need to know I like speaking about him.

Why are you so bothered by what he thinks?

Shut up!

The car is silent for the next few minutes as he begins to descend into the rocky road that leads us to the site, and in another 7 minutes I was pushing my door open as a very hyper Sarah rushes to me with her arms wide open.