Chapter 41
Nobody's POV
Jalilah groaned rolling over on her side to see that it was 2:26 in the morning. Khalil was crying. Ayah was up while she was asleep. And her husband Dulamah was working late again.
"Turn the light on", she groaned. Ayah turned the lights on and waited by the door. "Why are you up?", Jalilah asked. Ayah shrugged. "I wanted to wait for Dulamah", she said. Jalilah rolled her eyes. "You are gonna stay awoke until he gets in at Fajr?? Ayah go to bed please", Lila said.
She sat up and picked up Khalil. She took out her breast and began to feed him. He moaned as he drank. His crying quieted. "Can I lay in here with you?", Ayah asked. Jalilah allowed her too and Ayah climbed into bed.
"Tell me a story mommy", she said. "Shut up", Jalilah said mostly to herself. Ayah laid her head down on a pillow and closed her eyes. She popped them back open.
"How did Khalil come out of your belly?", she asked. Jalilah didn't respond. "Did he fly out from your mouth? Huh mommy?", Ayah asked shaking Jalilah. "Ask Dulamah when he comes in", Jalilah said before closing her eyes.
"Dulamah doesn't know this stuff", Ayah says surely. "I want to ask you!", she says jabbing her index finger into my arm. "Ask him. I'm really tired sweets".
"You can't be tired if I'm up mommy. You have to stay up or I'll do something bad", Ayah said. Jalilah raised an eyebrow. "Try it if you want and you'll see my leather strap on you. Now shut up. Turn off the lights now. Climb into bed and go to sleep", Jalilah said.
Ayah nodded and turned off the lights then climbed back into bed. Jalilah slowly took Khalil off of her nipples. He was addicted to it and was very greedy when sucking.
He hated leaving her breast that was sore and were beginning to feel numb. He was now asleep. She laid him on top of her afraid that if she had laid him on the bed the Ayah would talk and wake him up.
"Ayah", Jalilah whispered. She could hear light even breathing. She was finally asleep.
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Dulamah sat in a chair with his head on the desk. He was really exhausted. "Mr. Amhar, was there anything else you needed?", Candy had asked. "Yes. A nice strong coffee no sugar. I need to stay awoke", he said still with his head down.
"Coming right up", she said walking away in her red heels. Dulamah was trying to ignore the headache that he had. It was from Candy's perfume. He had been trying to avoid her and the smell but I guess nothing was working so he just had to deal with it.
A minute later Candy returned with the hot coffee in her hands. She sat it down in front of him and sat down in a chair. Dulamah looked up. "Thank you", he says. "Always welcome", she smiled. He didn't say anything after that. All he wanted was for her and her perfume to leave now.
"How's your wife? Jamilah right?", she asked. She knew Jalilah's name well. "Jalilah. She's good. And so is the rest", I replied quickly before she could even ask.
"How old is the baby?", she asked. I was annoyed at the moment and all I wanted to do was leave this place and go home to my family. "A nice age", I smiled. "Listen I have work to finish. Thanks for the coffee Candy but please see your way to the door", I said standing up.
She looked at me in shock. "Um okay. We'll talk later tomorrow probably", she said. I didn't reply back. I was gonna be home with my family.
"Mmhmm yeah bye", I said waving her away.
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I woke up to the sound of Ayah yelling wake up. I sat up and looked around. I had fallen asleep in my office.
