paradise comes with a Price

EPILOGUE

He closes the door that leads to his late father’s living room, he halt for a second and move further to the room. He tuck away into an unlit corner near the entrance corridor that is a steps away after proceeding inside the room. He squeezed his jaws, trying to hold back his disappointment chuckles. His face was screaming regrets and relief all at a time.

Hajia rafi’a quietly step into the room, she was holding her granddaughter’s little hand that was so cold. She walked her to the middle of the room and crouched down to her level and say

“Mimie? Walk through that door and go to Labara in the kitchen”  she point the door that is  exposing the main house living room which will take you directly inside the house, it’s literally a second door to the house.

She then look behind her and murmured “ have a sit”

She was referring to Beebah who was standing behind her like a stray cat

Beebah silently drop on one side of the couch looking down on her fingers that is being paint with nail polish.

“Why did you do it?” Hajia ask

She sighed heavily and look up to her mother in law that was so full of disgust and disappointment.

“I am sorry” she utter

“Will sorry ever change the fact that you cheated on your marriage? Or will it change that you got carried away and get pregnant with another man’s child?” Hajia half yell with so much aggression that she felt like beating the hell out of her

Beebah straighten her head to look at hammad that is at the corner of the corridor looking calm and breathing in and out as if he was thinking of something of good memory

“I was feed up, Muhammad. I got tired of waiting for you...” She say and continue

“I love you so much that I hate it when you started avoiding and ignoring me. I wanted you by my side and I couldn’t hold it any longer. But I am deeply sorry….i swear I love you more than you have ever loved me” though she sounds sorry enough for him to say he’s forgiven her however she got shivers all over her body the time he let out a loud laugh that echoes in the room almost thrice.

He fix his gaze on her and let out a smirk that made her swallow whatever she’s been wanting to say.

“it is karma” he brought his hands and placed them on his head that seem like it is spinning

“it is all Karma” he say again and suddenly began to sob

“it is a reap of what I sow, Hajia” he points his index finger at Beebah that was full of lament and proceed

“it was what we did that bounced back to us with force, but I’ve never love you….it was all lust and it dragged me down to the cliff that is waiting for me to fall into it. I don’t think we can continue being couples….we need to divorce”

Beebah was way too shock that she stood physically and ramble to where he is. She throw her knees down and hold tight his kaftan.

“We can sort things out, Muhammad. Remember, I am your first in everything…we were just perfect” she squeezed her eyes hard and opened them

Saying his first in everything made him giggle and snigger then gape at her with his eyes that show all his emotions.

“You have never been my first in anything, perhaps you’re my cheating partner only. I still can recall the time I went to kulthum crying my eyes out because I got tempted and had sex with Samira, my cousin…” he say with the same smirk from earlier