The Muslim Criminal

Chapter 31 - Meeting the other guy

I went back inside to face Nuh's glare. Wow, does he think he's scary or sommat?
"What did you do?"
"Nothing. What are you talking about?" I plaster an innocent look on my face.
"You know what I'm talking about Zayna, you did all that to him"
"I'm shocked that you think that!" I say sharply "if I did all that then why would I make sure he's ok"
"You sent him home though didn't you"
"Yes I did! Anyone with eyes could see he was in discomfort so I told him to go home and agreed that we continue our dinner some other day. Are you happy now? You'll see him again! Next time think before you accuse" I snap before storming upstairs.

Ibrahim comes to my room.
"So you didn't do all that?" He asks once the door is shut.
"Of course I did. Do you think I could risk Dad knowing. He'd kill me, but I did have to agree to another dinner. But let's just say he won't be agreeing to marry me anymore" I smirk. He grins along.
"That's was so funny though, he's face went red when he ate the food. His pants looked like he wet himself and he couldn't stop itching like mad"
"Ayaan gave me some ideas" I admit.
"It was pretty cool anyways it's late and I'm tired. Goodnight" he says.
"Goodnight" I reply before getting ready for bed myself.

*****

"I called Humzah and he said that he doesn't want another dinner. He's lost interest and doesn't think the marriage would be a good idea" Nuh says when we were at work.
"Oh" I say looking sad when actually I want to punch the air because of how happy I am.
"It's fine Zayna there's another boy that's coming tommorow"
"But it's my day off tomorrow" I say
"I know, I will leave for work late and he will come in the morning for breakfast"
"Ok" I say quietly. I don't even have time to drive him away. Tommorow morning! And I don't leave from work until 1am and that too with Nuh. I sigh. Guess I'm going to have to pray he doesn't like me and is scared of me!

*****

The sound of heavy rain fills my ears waking me up to this dreaded day. A glum weather for a glum mood and a glum me.

I use so much effort to make my way to the bathroom to wash my face and read wudhu. After reading Fajr which is the only thing that will make me happy I went back into my bed hoping to sleep the day away.

That didn't last long as knocks on my door interrupted my sleep. I chose to ignore the knocks and pulled the duvet over my face. The door flings open and the cheerful voice I hear makes me more annoyed.

"Come on sis, wake up!" Ibrahim says out loud.
"Zayna, come on you've got a meeting today" I hear Nuh say. Stupid bast- urgghhhhhhh, stupid donkey is doing all this on purpose. Chief isn't giving me a choice either! He knew that I drove the other guy away and this time he warned me to not do anything.
"I'll get up if you guys get out"
I've lasted so long without letting Nuh see my hair and I'm not going to let him now.
"Alright come on lets go and leave the princess to get ready" Nuh says. For some reason he sounds genuinely happy.

Of course he does, he's giving you away. He's getting rid of you, he's obviously happy.
The door shuts.
"Zayna, they've gone" Alex says. I open the covers and get out of my bed. I see trolleys of cosmetics and hair products.
"What are you planning to do?" I ask her.
"Don't look at me, your father wanted you to look 'well groomed and presentable' " she uses quotation marks.
"I'm not a dog" I mutter as I head for the shower. After the shower I slip on my fluffy white robe and walk out. I sit on the chair letting Alex work her magic.

She blowdries my hair and uses this spray.
"Tie your hair up how you want to" she orders. I shake my head at her demanding manner.
I brush my hair to tie it and am shocked at how soft it is. Once my hair is tied in a bun and out of the way I sit back on the chair and let Alex carry on.

She carefully does a sharp winged liner along with a neutral brown eyeshadow. She combes my eyebrows so they're neatened.
"You're eyebrows are really nice Masha Allah" she says.
"Thank you Alhamdulillah" I reply, I've been telling her to use some Arabic words whenever she says stuff.