When Love Blooms

Chapter Fifty Seven

The raging ringing of the house bell is what startled Nabila from her sleep. Annoyed first, then utterly enraged, she dragged herself out of the bed then rushed out of her room.

He always goes out with the house key, so she wonders why he is going through all that trouble to disturb her sleep.

Not like they're going to talk or anything, they're like two strangers forced to live in the same house especially now that his whole attention is on the person he really want.

And she is letting him do that, at least for the time being. She wants him to hurt as much as she is hurting, by seeing what he love the most being love and cared for by another person.

Nabila turned the key in anger then dragged the door ready to unleash her anger when she came face to face with the least person she expected.

"Mommy...?" She called fearfully then turned back to the wall clock in her parlor wanting to know if she read it right.

She isn't wrong, is indeed after 12 midnight. What could her mother inlaw want that she decide to visit them at this time of the night.

"Am sorry for coming this late..." Mommy's voice cut through Nabila's thought which made her to turn and look at her while her mind did a quick calculation of what could have happened.

"Come in Mommy..." She gesture quickly opening the door wider as she step away from the it. "Is everything okay?"

She asked holding her breath as Mommy walked pass the threshold then turned and look at her daughter in-law.

Offering her a quick fake smile, she nod her head to indicate a Yes, before she moved pass her to the living room, sitting on a single sofa.

"Where is he?" Mommy asked Looking around the house to see where her son will come from.

"He as in..." Nabila trail also following Mommy's eye that's when it occur to her who Mommy is asking.

"Ohhh..." She shutters defensively, folding her hands to her chest before she blink her eyes. "He called...He uhm... he is staying over at uhmm...at the school."

Mommy let her keen eyes lingers on the girl, wondering why she is going through the trouble to lie about her husband's where about.

"The school?" Mommy asked eying Nabila suspiciously.

"Yess..." Nabila shutters avoiding Mommy's gaze at all cause as she stumbling to her room to get her phone cause she really she has no idea where he is.

She is sure Mommy doesn't buy her story but she is not the one to break it to her. Cause in every Mother's eye her children are perfect, especially when it is her favorite.

That aside, the poor woman simply look lost, just as lost as she did when she received the news of the dead of her husband, the only thing she could do is pray that this is not the result of her doings this evening.

As for Jawad, she is using this time to let him do as he wants, look at the person he wants the most whom he could never have cause this time she has vow to herself, she will handle him once they're back in Dubai.

She send him a quick text then drag her hijab to cover herself since her clothe are not appropriate to meet anyone.

She went to the dinning first getting a chill bottle water for Mommy knowing she could use some then walk back to the parlor and turn the air conditioners on her way in.

Mommy collected the water happily and drain half of it in a go. She was so lost in her thoughts that the last time she put something in her mouth was in the afternoon, at the AAA's