(On Hold)The burning candles in our hearts

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Aisha walked into the loving room as she recklessly removed the veil she  used to wrap her head...

"Hello everyone!" She said as she sat near her brother who was half sitting half laying on the couch with his crouches next to him.

"Welcome back. How was school " adda zee asked her

"Jam ni Alhamdulillah." Aisha replied her

"A warti na?(you are back) Her brother said"

"Eh.. noi bandu ma( how are you feeling)" she asked him

"Alhamdulillah never been better!" He replied her back smiling.

Their mother walked in with a cup in her hand as she handed muhammad the cup.

"Drink up!" Their mother said in a stern voice as he squeezed his face trying to pour down the "concoction" as Aisha calls it.

"Mummy a nyalli jam ni?( i hope you had a good day)" aisha asked her mother

"Alhamdulillah. How was school?"

"It was okay"

"Muhammad I said drink everything in that cup. I dont want to see a drop of that medicine in the cup" mummy warned muhammad like she would warn ameer immediately he dropped the cup on the side table near him.

Adda zee chuckled at how her mother was scolding her brother that has two wives with a child on its way.

"Mi yardi fa( i have drank everything)" he said picking up the cup to show her

"Toh good. Aisha keep the cup in the kitchen and come here. We need to talk about something important "

She collected the cup from her brother, walked to the kitchen with an uneasy heart as she wondered what important. She felt a lump forming in her throat before She opened the fridge, brought out a bottle of water.
She gulped down almost everything in the bottle before stopped.

She took a deep breath before she poured the rest down her throat and walked out of the kitchen after she dropped the bottle in the dustbin that was under the sink.

She sat down where was previously sitting before her brother started talking.

"I heard you met someone the last time you went to yola." He said trying to make a conversation

"Yes I met someone. Hajja made me meet him actually because left for me I wouldnt have" she replied nonchalantly

"Did you like him?" He asked her again

"Why are you asking me that hamma? I dont like him and i never liked him one bit but why are you asking me that"

"Do you and Ibrahim have any plans of ending up together?" He asked again her pretending he didnt hear what she asked him

Aisha started blushing and she couldnt say anything

"Tell me Aisha. This is important" he said in a serious voice

"Yes" she answered him shyly after she looked at her mother and her mother nodded indicating she was free to answer her brother .

"Good. I want you to tell him I want to meet him tomorrow at home after maghrib. "

"But hamma why do you want to meet him? Does it have anything to do with the guy i met back i yola?" She asked worriedly after his last sentence ."