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One promise, one favour plus a broken heart brings two people from entirely different worlds together.
On one side is ordinary...
"When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy" -Rumi
RUKKAYYA <Transparent>
UNEDITED
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After dinner, Mummy and Nana returned back to my room to retire for the night. Nana fell asleep immediately she laid on the bed - probably tired from the three hour journey - while her phone was clasped in her hand. She was bent on finishing a download...well except if she'd continue monitoring it in dreamland. I took the phone from her and dropped it on the bed side drawer.
I was a bit disappointed when she fell asleep because I wasn't planning on retiring early. I figured, if I'd delayed, Ya Ahmad would be asleep before me. I couldn't blame her though.
As I did unnecessary things like fixing the curtain and rearranging the items on the vanity, Mummy called my attention.
"Naam Mummy, do you need something?"
"No, come here," Mummy pats the side of the bed where she is sitting. I know then that she wants to talk, my stomach forms some knots as I walk over to her.
"Tell me," she begins. "How are you?"
I do not reply immediately as the question was yet to sink in properly. She wasn't asking how i'm doing physically, no. There is more it.
"I am fine, Alhamdulillah."
Mummy looks at me and smiles. "Yes judging by your appearance, you look fine Rukkayya. I am glad. What I mean is how is everything? Are you okay? Are you happy? Is he treating you well?"
Well I knew it but I didn't know how to start answering.
"Everything is fine Mummy, they are very nice people and they've shown me nothing but love and kindness. There have been challenges here and there but he has helped me through them all. He is very kind and considerate. When I was sick a few days ago, he stayed with me in the hospital, he took care of me, he got very little sleep. He is caring, he has someone look after me whenever he wouldn't be around. He doesn't make me feel small or insignificant. I never expected him to be so down to earth."
While I poured my heart out, I might have forgotten it was to my mother. Just a few questions and I was pouring it all out like water through a faucet, no not just any faucet, you know those bore holes that cough out large amounts of water.
When I realized how much I'd trailed off, my eyes clashed with hers and she had the biggest grin on her face.
