Twist Of Luck

chapter four

Layla’s POV

Sometimes life can be so unfair to most people and very comfortable for some. It actually depends on the perspective you view the “LIFE” from.

My life has been in great pain ever since I had the conversation with that jerk I call my crush. I just can’t develop an iota of hatred for him.

I locked myself up in my room over the weekend. I can’t dare to face my family because of all the throbbing questions in my head. The moment I saw ummi, I had imagined what Sulayman said.

Audhubillah

Aishah came over on saturday and I explained every single thing to her.

“he must be joking” she said shaking her head in anger. “I am going to beat his face to a pulp when next I see him” she roamed my room hitting her fist on her palm.

“what am I going to do” I asked amidst tears.

You are going to tell abbi everything and ask him about his business” she replied still roaming my room.

“No I cant, I don’t want to see him sad.

I overhead bhaiya and ummi discussing about it when I got back from school last week. I asked bhaiya and he said its something I shouldn’t bother myself about” I fumbled with my fingers. "I never knew this was it".

Aishah remained silent and sat on the little stool beside my bed. She bit her last finger, trying to think of something.

“I guess its out of control now” I continued. “I am so confused, abbi has been keeping late nights and ummi is surely brooding because I locked myself in this weekend, no one came to check on me not even ridwan.

My family is in big debt aishah!” I renewed my tears soaking my head on the pillow.

Aishah left the stool and sat beside me.

“This is going to be a tough one Layla, stop the tears and lets think of a way forward” she said pitifully, stroking my back gently.

I raised my head. “what am I going to do?” I asked again. “abbi is hypertensive, I can’t loose him now or ever. I love my family so much and I don’t want to see us break” I said drying up my tears with the towel aishah gave me.

“I am so confused right now doll, I know Allah will guide us" she sighed loudly. "This moment I feel like breaking that jerks face” she fumed in anger again.

I raised my head up. “But thanks to him aishah, I wouldn’t have solved the puzzle happening in my home” I looked deeply in her brown orb

Aishah is so impatient, she doesn’t like to see me down. she has a way of finding solutions to my petty problems. She would do anything to make me happy but right now we are both helpless, I can see it all over her that she has no idea of what I am going to do. She looks so sad and helpless too.

“I am going to say yes to his proposal” I said filling up the silence.

“Are you going nuts layla? You would do no such thing” she widened her eyes in shock standing up from the bed.

“Then I have to watch abbi die, my family thrown on the streets when the bank comes to close the house, seeing ummi die of depression. Life getting hard for deliyah and ridwan’s engagement cancelled because of me. All because of me” I said amidst tears and stood up too.

I fell on my knees on my way to the rest room and wailed in pain. “this is too much”.

Aishah rushed towards me“Layla Layla breath out! breath breath. Calm down you are not strong for all this just breath doll” she instructed me worriedly shaking me and giving me a tight hug