Her Arrogance ,His Humbleness

Chapter Seventeen

*Your strength comes from your faith in Allah*

This chapter will be a third persons narrative ! Enjoy !!

Ameer safely landed and got to work immediately, the moment he checked into his hotel room ,he perused through the map of Amsterdam before going out not even bothering to have rest or eat something. He hailed a cab telling the driver to go round the town with him ,it was the first step he planned to take at least know the surroundings first before launching into action .

They drive across town the driver showing him important places like the museums that made Amsterdam famous ,the train stations ,the best hospitals ,the best coffee shops and shopping malls. An idea which never occurred to anyone since the disappearance of Muntaseer came to Ameer's mind and the only thing he kept repeating over and over again is Alhamdulillah with a heart full of hope that his haunch will be true and he will see Muntaseer. He was exhausted and it was already past 10pm ,he didn't even offer his prayers so he went straight back to the hotel room with a new determination of finding his dearest friend.

The next morning ,he woke up as early as 4:30am and browsed all the hospitals in town ,jotting them down and making somewhat kind of a map .He ordered breakfast by 6am gobbled it down and texted Simran and Manal telling them he will be checking the hospitals today and left his room muttering a silent prayer.

It was not as easy as he thought, he was super exhausted around noon and decided to take lunch in a small cozy restaurant .He ordered for fries and a cappuccino . He found a place to offer his salat and proceeded to the next hospital which is a walking distance from the shop he had eaten . The questions he ask at the reception are the same ,whether they have any patient whose family cannot be located the answers were all in the negative ,the few positive ones said that the families had been either located or the patient was discharged. He almost gave up hope but kept going till he reached St Mary's hospital.

James was at the reception trying to pay some of the bills for the month when he heard Ameer asking of a patient whose family can't be located ,he wanted to just go back to Muntaseer's room ,but from the accent and color of his skin, he might come from the same place the person lying unconscious for over two months is .So he cleared his throat and interrupted the receptionist who was trying to tell Ameer that there is one patient at room number 4.

" I have a patient whom I couldn't locate his family too,maybe you should come take a look " he offered and the look of relief mixed with hope in Ameer's heart made him wish it should be Muntaseer he is looking for .He is tired of feeling guilty ,tired of hoping that everything is going to be okay ,he is on the verge of giving up on Muntaseer.

" Okay I will appreciate that " Ameer followed suit sending the receptionist a grateful smile and trailing behind a hopeful James .

The room was eerily quite apart from the beeps of the heart monitor which by now James is used to . Ameer walked in with a salam and the sight he was met with made him froze .He was brought out of his shocked stance when James said

" I hope he is the one you are looking for, I've tried all the best I can to locate his family but it seems like he's not from here and you look somewhat of the same skin complexion " Ameer sighed loudly and said " It is him ,we've been looking for him right from a few days after he left Nigeria ,I came here yesterday hoping to find him and Alhamdulillah here he is " Ameer said looking happy, confused and in a dilemma .

Taseer lay as if he's dead so he asked James who is already trying to call his mother and tell her what happened . He narrated his story to Ameer ,apologizing for drunk -driving and for not being able to locate them on time .Ameer wanted to be angry at him ,but what's the point in doing that? It wasn't a hit and run and the guy has regretted his actions and is supporting and catering for Muntaseer to the best of his ability .Ameer asked to see the doctor who also briefed him about the patient's condition saying that now that a familiar person is here it may be good for the patient and will hasten up his recovery. Ameer kept saying Alhamdulillah repeatedly ,he went to Muntaseer's bedside and sat down ,holding his hands in his own and whispering all sorts of dua he can think of . It was then that it dawned on him that he hadn't prayed asr and Maghreb and it's almost ishaa time .He excused himself and went out in search of a mosque or somewhere to pray .He came back looking dejected .