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Chapter 15- The Request

*Zahra's POV
I paced back and forth in my room as I thought of my last conversation with musa.

'Zahra, I know it's too early but what I feel for you is uncontrollable,  I really want to marry you but that's only if you agree. We can go far away from here and I'll  help you forget your problems,  please just marry me'

Musa proposed, but I couldn't give him an answer. I just walked away and left him standing there.

I couldn't let musa distract me, I had a goal to achieve and I won't let some silly boy distract me just because he took my virginity... Jamal means a lot more than that to me.

I took out my phone dialled salma's number.

'Hey sis, I heard on the other end of the line'

'Sally,  how are you all? You all forgot me, what did I do to you?

'Haba sis, wallahi it's not like that. A lot has been happening here at home, baba hasn't been feeling well and he said we shouldn't tell you so you don't get worried'

'SubhanAllah! What's wrong with him? Never mind, I'm on my way home now'

With that I ended the call and took my veil and headed out.

'Assalamu alaikum' I said as I pushed the front door open.

Salma and basma both ran to hug me and I almost fell.

'Where's baba?' I asked after breaking the hug

'He's in his room, mama is there too' basma said

'Assalamualaikum' I said as I walked into babas room

'Goodevening baba,  Goodevening mama' I squatted and greeted them.

'Baba was wrong?  Salma told me you have been ill, what's the matter? '

'It's nothing serious Zahra, his back pain is back that's all' mama said

'Please take it easy, don't over work yourself and eat well'

He simply nodded and raised his hand to dismiss me. As I reached the door, he called my name and I turned

'You and your husband should come over for dinner tomorrow,  I need to speak with both of you'

I almost lost my balance. What he didn't know was that I was no longer married, if I tell him now I'll just worsen his situation... I need to think of a way out.

I nodded in approval and left the room.

*Jamal's POV
I paced back and forth along the passage way leading to the BQ where Zahra stays. She hadn't been home in almost six hours and I had started to worry.

Soft footsteps approached me, I turned and Zahra's figure was in view.

'Where have you been? I thought something happened to you, are you okay?' I asked, I'm sure my eyes gave me up

'I'm fine, I went to see my parents' she said...she looked so sad

'Oh that's a relief... but why do you look sad?'

'Baba has been ill and no one told me... I guess it must have been really serious for them to have been quiet'

'SubhanAllah. May Allah grant him shifa.. When next you're going to see him please let me know so I can tag along'

Way to kill two birds with one stone. I laughed in my mind as I remembered that i wanted to take her out for dinner.

'I'll be going tomorrow evening, will you be free?' She asked

'Yes I will, call me when you're ready'

I turned to leave and i realized I don't have her number so i turned back.

'Umm..I do-'

She cut me off before i finished my sentence

'I guess you don't have my number' she collected my phone, punched in the digits and returned the phone then walked away.

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I put on my cap, sprayed some perfume and picked up my car keys then headed out. I had a big grin on my face and I quickly dropped it when I saw bahijja. 

Since our marriage I have not had one peaceful day with this woman, she has been nothing but trouble.
It's either she doesn't let me touch her or she burns food or worst of all she goes out whenever she wants how ever she wants. Who can cope with a wife like that? She isn't even wife material.

I walked past her and I heard her hiss and mutter something under her breath. I really didn't care because I didn't want to spoil my mood before seeing Zahra. 

She walked towards me smiling a bit. I couldn't help but stare, she's so beautiful. I wonder how I didn't see all these qualities while I was still married to her.

'Heyy' she said

'How have you been?' I asked because she looked like she had been crying

'I'm alive' then she let out a little laugh

'Shall we'  I said as we moved towards the car. I was too tempted to open the car door for her but I didn't want to attract the attention of the workers. I may be having problems with my wife, but I can never show my domestic workers.

The ride was quiet and awkward... It was the first time we were in the same car. Her parents house wasn't really that far from our place but it seemed like we were travelling to a far place so I put on the radio so we could listen to some music and at that moment Justin Bieber's song sorry came on and the lyrics made it even awkward so I decided to just put it off.

I drove into the compound and parked beside one of the cars which I guessed was for one of the twins... but why didn't Zahra have a car when her younger sisters did? Maybe she didn't want one.  I let that thought sink in as we got out of the car and walked up to the door.

Assalamualaikum, both Zahra and I greeted in unison.

We found a place to seat as the twins talked excitedly and their mum went up to get their father.

We all moved to the dinner table after a brief conversation and dinner was served.

Right in middle of dinner, their father cleared his voice and asked for everyone's attention, after we turned toward him he dropped his cutlery and said

'You all know I'm not in good health,  and at my age I can only say I'm waiting for God's time so I can meet my creator so I ask all of you, if by chance anything happens to me please live in peace. And as for you' he looked up at Zahra and i 'I want a grand child before i pass away, please do me that favour'

Somewhere beside me I heard a glass fall to the ground and shatter, it was Zahra. I still didn't understand why that happened till a few minutes later.

...He wants a child from me and Zahra.

The dictator dropped a bomb...

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    Raheena💖
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