Burnt Embers

Chapter Twelve

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Dashing out with only a headscarf on her head,Khadijah thought Ahmad is in trouble not knowing that he has been ranting like a mad man to kill her which made the boy come in to warn her to lock the house .Before she realised what the commotion is all about it was too late, Ahmad hit her with a big stick on the head .

She felt dizzy at first ,the images started getting blurry and eventually she felt faint and fainted at the exact time Zee rounded the corner to Khadijah's house .She wasn't able to visit D since before Mama's death because of school hence the reason why she bailed out on the remaining lectures for the day to see D and she was met with a horrible sight .

" Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun ! Ahmad what kind of an illiterate are you? Your madness isn't enough under your roof now you must let the world know the kind of monster you're huh ?? God save you Ahmad but if anything happens to D you'll answer to me and no one else mahaukaci kawai dabba shashasha " Zee shouted with spite in her voice and with the help of some women that came to see what the commotion is all about ,D was carried into the house .

Ahmad came into the house a while later and Zee used all the strength she have got and shouted with all her might for him to leave the house and never show his face again.

" The way I'm feeling right now is dangerous Ahmad, you better get the hell out of here and stay out or by Allah I will kill you before realising what I've done and I don't want your filthy blood on my hands "

" when she wakes up which I hope she do not ,tell her we are not done yet" Ahmad said while the door closed shut behind him .

Zee called Taheer and in a couple of minutes he came into the house with a first aid kit, by the time he arrived Khadijah had regain consciousness but with a splitting headache.

After dressing the big gash on her swollen forehead Taheer asked what happened and Zee told him what she heard from the onlookers .

That Ahmad came into the street shouting with a stick in hand that he will kill Khadijah ,he must avenge his mother who died because of Khadijah's hypocrisy .

" Dr just get Ahmad out of my sight forever , I swear to God I can't take his bullshit anymore. How dare he accuse D for the death of his mother? It has been ten frigging days after she passed and it's now he came to know about it ? I am not a murderer and I don't want to be one but I doubt if I can control my anger anymore "Taheer was shocked to see this new side of Zee , he knows that she always gets emotional and angry when it comes to D but he has never seen her this way and it made him love her more.

" Calm down Zee just keep repeating azubillahi minal shaidanir rajim and Allahumma ajirnee fi musibati wa akhlifni Khairan minha " Nodding at him Zee burst into tears for the second time in his presence and he was at lost for what to do, he can't hug her to comfort her neither hold her hands so he opted to keep quite. To let her cry it all out maybe the pain and angst she's feeling will reduce .

The cries of the twins made her wipe her eyes and went into the room, D was knocked out due to the effect of the sedatives and pain killers given to her by Taheer she didn't even stir in her sleep .Zee took Ihsan and rock her until she stopped crying before taking her to Taheer then she picked Ilham and closed the bedroom door behind her.

The babies kept crying and Zee is at loss for what to do. She almost cried along with them but held herself back, she pity them more than she pity their mother, she hate their father more with every breath she takes and just then she wished she is studying law or knows someone who is into the legal profession, above all she wish killing is not forbidden, it is not a crime that will be retaliated and punished . But killing people like Ahmad should be legal for fairness and for justice to reign in this unfair world we live in.