Chapter 13
I waited for my Jeddah to knock my uncle out of his shoes when she saw him. She grabbed him as tears began to fall. Definitely not what I expected. My Jed, aunt, uncles, and pretty much the family crowded in to hug him. All except my father and Qasim Ameen. My father stood back shaking his head. Ameen stared at the floor with a hard look. I looked up at Dulamah and he looked back down at me. He raised his eyebrows and I held onto his hand tighter.
We went to take a seat on the couch and then things that waited began. My Jeddah started yelling while crying. At her age of sixty three that wasn't healthy at all. My Jed tried to calm her down but still she continued to yell. My auntie Anisa turned him around to face her and she reeled her hand back then it connected to his cheek hard. His face turned red as he looked to the floor before talking. "I deserved that", he says. "Damn right you deserved that.....I should slap you again", she says. He looks up at her and she stares at him with an angry look.
"Jahdami, all of these years? You knew exactly where I lived. Where momma lived. Is this funny to you?, to show up ten years later as a married man with kids?", she asks him. He looks of at his wife and kids. "I didn't know where you lived Anisa", he says. "Well hell if you didn't know where I lived why didn't you think about momma? I know you knew where she lived cause you lived with her", Anisa yelled at him. My Jeddah shook her head in sadness. My other uncle Taheem looked at my favorite uncle Jahdami shaking his head in disappointment.
"I did go back home after I was released from the hospital", he says. "So you tell me you went home to momma's old house?", she asks. He nods his head. "Yes. I knocked and everything and this white couple answered the door......I asked if momma was there and they said nobody by the name of Haqikah lived here anymore", he says looking at the ground.
"Stop staring at the ground and look up at me", my aunt orders. He slowly looks up at her before a tear falls from his eyes. "You didn't think about calling anyone or trying to find us or something", my Auntie says. "I DID TRY TO FIND YOU ALL!!! I TRIED EVERYTHING!!", he yelled. "Lower your voice Jahdami", my Jeddah said. He ignored her. "I FOUND MY NIECE YESTERDAY AT A RESTAURANT WITH HER HUSBAND.....she made happy when I saw her. I thought that you all wouldn't ask questions like her and be a mama bitch about it Anisa!!! Please.... leave me alone", he says storming out of the livingroom.
The front door slams and that's the end of Uncle Jahdami's yelling spree I think.
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2 and a half days later....
Dulamah's POV
I sat alone at the desk of my office thinking about my beautiful wife Jalilah. Her family was good people but everything that had went down two days ago that wasn't really right. A knock came at my door and I looked up after clearing my throat. "Come in", I said. The door opened and my co worker Candy smiled while walking in. "What can I help you with?", I asked. "Brian needs you to fax these to Harry Goodwin at the hospital please", Candy says. I nod and take the papers from her.
She sits down in a chair in front of my desk and picks her nails. I look over the papers before walking over to the fax machine. "How's your wife, Jalilah right?", she asks. "Yeah Jalilah. She good", I say. "And big mouth?", she asks. I turn around to look at her before I give a smirk. "She's good too", I say.
I fax the papers off then I hand them back to Candy. She takes them then looks at me with a small smile. "There's an office party on Friday, can you make it?", she asks. I shake my head. "Naw I gotta go home to my lovely wife and lil sis. Can't be partying", I say to her. She nods her head before backing away. "Close my door", I say to her. She walks out then closes the door behind her.
