Yaron Mama

Episode 21

This is a long episode. Sit tight.

It was 2 weeks into the holiday, Nino had traveled to several states still doing research on the business he was about to start. The more he interacted with local businessmen and farmers, the more his heart grew to like the whole idea of farming. At first, it was hard for him, he didn't know how to interact with people. His communication with Asma'u had been suffering and she was beginning to act up, Nino had kept the whole business away from Asma'u. So Asma'u didn't know what he was doing in Kano and now that the communication is suffering, there was only one inference she had "he has started seeing other girls"

Asma'u sat in her room, she was really worried about what was going on, Nino rarely picked her calls, and if fortunately, he picked, they would only talk for a few minute. She didn't know what to think.

'Is he cheating on me?'

'Is he tired of me?'

'Has he found someone else?'.

With all these thoughts brewing in her head, she started to panic. She called Dai'ba to check if she was home. Dai'ba happened to be en-route to her place, perfect. After the whole greetings and teasing

'Daiba' Asma'u said in a gentle tone

'Na'am' Dai'ba sat in front of the big mirror in Asma'u' room, she was putting on some expensive make-up she saw on the table.

'Please help me' Asma'u said looking at Dai'ba as she applied her make up at the other end of the room. Her eyes were already teary, she was really unhappy

Dai'ba didn't notice Asma'u was serious until she saw her teary eyes through the mirror's reflection, she turned almost immediately 'What happened, Lafiya kuwa?'

'Everything is not fine, I am not fine' Asma'u said as her head sank into one of the pillows on her bed, the tears were pouring uncontrollably.

'Eh! What happened now my baby' Dai'ba rushed to her side and tried to hold her head up.

'I miss him so much and I think he has met some other girl' Asma'u looked at Dai'ba, the tears just kept on pouring, she tried to hold them back but she couldn't. Dai'ba was very scared, she had never seen Asma'u like this before, the last time this happened she wasn't close by. Her eyes were really red and swollen and she also looked somewhat pale and malnourished.

'Adamu has another girl? kai! I don't think so' Dai'ba said as she placed Asma'u' head on her thigh, she stretched and took tissue papers from her handbag. She wiped Asma'u tears, the tissue papers were useless, as the tears were not stopping.

'He hardly calls these days, for the past 1 week plus, I can count how many minutes we have spoken on the phone, let's not even talk about messages, normally I get at least three messages each day even when we fight but now I can't even get common "please call me back"' Asma'u tried to raise her head up, but Dai'ba overpowered her.

'Has he been doing this before or he just started?'

'He started this last week'

'toh kwantar da hankali ki, 1 week is not enough ki fara zargin sa, amma I will call him and talk to him about it'

Dai'ba rubbed her back trying to calm her down. She was really sorry for her, Asma'u looked so vulnerable, she cried like a baby that got her lollipop snatched from her.

'a'a kada ki mashi magana, kawai just help me find out what's wrong with him'

Asma'u said as she wiped tears from her eyes. Just as they were discussing, Asma'u' phone started buzzing, she reluctantly checked to see who was calling. It was Nino, she sprung up from Dai'ba's thigh, straighten up the t-shirt she was putting on, cleared her throat.