Ties

~Chapter 20

It's better late than never, right guys?
~Enjoy!

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Loved.
That was how jannah felt. In all her 23 years in this world, she has never felt this loved till this day. Jafar, ummi, nina, and paa made her feel so loved and wanted that it made her heart swell with joy.

They were all together in the living room talking about everything and nothing, laughing and enjoying each other's company.

"You should've seen jafar as a child, jannah. He was so chubby kaman zai pashe." Ummi laughed as she reminisced it.

"Ai jafaru kam shi yayi kiba kuwa." Nina chuckled.

"Those days mai daukan shi sai ya koshi." Paa added, and we all chuckled, excluding jafar of course.

"You guys are exaggerating fa." He complained

"Oh, what I'd give to see you like that jaf." Jannah laughed as well, imagining baby jafar.

"I have some of his baby pictures in my room. Let me show you."

"Haba, ummi, why do you want to embarrass me? J won't let me hear the end of this wallahi." Jafar whined.

"Kai ka sani, showing her kaman an yi an gama. Let's go kinji jannah?" Ummi stood up and took jannah with her.

"You're choosing favourites, ummi."

"Of course, jannah is my favourite. Bata damu na kaman kai, Dan haka leave us alone." Ummi replied, and jannah laughed at his expense and stuck her tongue at him before they were out of sight.

Ummi brought out an album from her closet, they sat on her bed and started going through the album.

"This was jafar when he was six months old. Everyone wondered how I managed to carry him. He was so chubby." Ummi said.

"He really was, I have to take pictures of these honestly." Jannah brought out her phone and snapped the pictures as they went through them.

They spent quite some time going through the album, and when they were done, ummi stood up to call jafar. "Don't worry, ummi, you stay. I'll call him." Jannah stopped her.

"Are you sure, jannah?" Ummi inquired. She didn't want to stress the girl.

"Of course, ummi, I'll be right back." Jannah assured.

"He should be in his room. It's the last one by the left." Ummi informed, and jannah nodded, then exited the room.

She knocked on the door but got no response. She decided to just go in. She was taken aback by the sight before her, his room was beautiful, like really beautiful. Simple, but beautiful. One look at it, and you'd know it was an architect's room. The interior of the room was all white along with the decor. His work table was by the far end, opposite the door. His bed was situated by the right, just a couple of inches away from the built-in book shelf. His walk-in closet occupied the left side. There was no other door, so she guessed the toilet was in the closet. The best parts were the LED lights that were behind the cosy looking couches and his work table. The room was also dimly lit. It was perfect.

She walked further into the room slowly, as if watching her steps. That wasn't the case, though. She was just taking in the beauty of the room. She went to the book shelf and brushed her fingers through the spines of the books and moved to his work table, and did the same, her eyes stopping on the project he was working on. Personally, she can never be an architect. She can't handle that stress.

Her leg hit something, and whatever it was fell with a light thud. She bent to pick it up. It was a folder, and the papers were scattered on the floor. She gathered them, and one of the papers piqued her interest. She stood up to get a clearer view of the paper, her eyes narrowed, her brows furrowed, and her body froze at the content of the paper. She bent down and rummaged through the papers hastily reading them when she heard a door open.

"J, what're you -" Jafar couldn't continue his sentence when he noticed the papers she was going through. He closed his eyes shut and sucked in a beep breath, he knew he was fucked.

He walked towards jannah and touched her shoulder, but she moved away as if she made contact with a boiling liquid.

"Jannah, just hear me out -" Jafar tried to  explain, but she cut him off. "Hear you out? What could possibly justify this jafar? I trusted you. I fucking trusted you and this is what I find. This?" She threw the papers at his face. Her voice was very low, her eyes glistening with unshed tears.

"Jannah, listen to me please, I promise it's not what it looks like." Jafar pleaded for her to listen, but will she? Of course not.

"Listen to what jafar? It's clear, seeing papers that contain every bit of information about me jafar? You sent a freaking P.I. to stalk me. This is crazy."

Jafar blew a sharp breath, "Jannah -" He started yet again but was cut off, but this time it wasn't by jannah. It was by ummi. Much to both their surprise.

"Jannah, go to my room, kinji? I'll be right there." Ummi gave her a warm smile. She nodded and hastily left the room.

Ummi walked deeper into the room and stood in front of jafar, "It's time she knows the truth, jafar."

"But ummi, this isn't how she was meant to find out."

"Things don't always go as planned. She has to know. Let's go." Ummi dragged him to her room where jannah was.

"Jannah, there's something you need to know, a lot of things, really."

"What are you talking about, ummi?"

"You should sit down for this....."

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Yess it is a cliffhanger!

It was a bit short too, the next one will be longer.
Hey guys, sorry for the late update.
How're you doing? Did you miss me??

I wonder what ummi is going to reveal.. aren't y'all curious, I know I am.
I'll see you guys on Sunday In Shaa Allah, okay?

Bye lovelies!

~Love
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