Nikkah With My Roommate

Far to suddenly (6)

'Where were you?' yells my mother.

'At work' I reply and as soon as I say the last syllable I'm slapped by my father.

'Do not talk back to your mother!' screams my father.

'When did you become so disrespectful?' asks mum sounding shocked.

Since I found out my fiance is abusive, but you will marry me off anyways. Since I was betrayed by my best friend and almost raped in the process. I lost faith in a lot of people far to too quick. Far to suddenly.

'I'm sorr-' I'm interrupted by Ziyah.'Ismail dropped her off and he allowed her to go' defends a loving but lying sister. My parents exchange a look and go inside without another word.

I hug Ziyah and she squeezes me tightly. We head up to sleep and prepare my outfit for tomorrow.

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The next day I come into my office to see four people inside.

'I'm Amy, this is Trent, Jack and Jim we were sent by Ben to help with your issue' no wonder they are nice Ben sent them.

'I'm Riyah....I have tasks that I needed to do I'll give them to you....I'm going to have to go the university campuses to take photos' I smile when Ben walks in. Even though my voice is low they hear me perfectly.

'Hey, Riyah if you need to go somewhere I'll drop you' offers Ben grinning.

'Its alright I'll take the train' I offer yet he shakes his head and I'm left confused.

'You are coming with me because I don't want you wasting your money and give the tasks to your teammates. I'm waiting downstairs' Um alone in a car? He's your boss.Don't worry.

I quickly give them roles on what to do. Rushing down I see Ben on his phone. I follow him to his convertible mustang and enter inside it.This car is so comfortable.

'Like my ride? I can give you more you know?' he asks. Why do I need more?

'No thank you' I spit out and he laughs. Why? Another thing I don't know.

'Can I ask you why did you start wearing the scarf?' WHAT!

'I'm s-sorry' What am I apologising for?

'Its just your portfolio had photos of you without your hijab' he confesses. His cheeks are tainted a light shade of pink.

'I always wore the scarf  but Ziyah must of sent the wrong polio' I tell him.

'Fuck' says Ben interrupting our silence.

'What happened?' I hope he's alright.

'Anna requests that I come back but lucky your here' he answers parking the vehicle.

'Bye Ben' I smile at my hero boss as he acts as if a arrow hit him before driving way.

*Reaches the office after some time*

As you know I cry a lot but ever since I began to work I haven't cried once. That girl was left outside of the building. My dream to be a world class photographer, it starts here.

Ziyah recommened I scearch for houses in the city. For the next week I continued looking for a place after work.The days go on with hanging out on breaks with Nikki, Rakesh, Carol and Harrish. Anna stays critical and Miranda is locked in her office all the time. Nonetheless I'm so glad I made friends.I wake up with a smile on my face...this is new for me.

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One more week till I have to cancel the wedding. After much debate Ziyah decided I write a note that I ran away.  I wrote it a few days ago and hide it under my bed. According to Ziyah screw confrontation if it will end up in me getting beaten. And now it wont be classified as child abuse. I think my parents deserve to hear me yet Ziyah will bash me more than my parents if I stay.

*several hours later*
I go a place that says the sale will expire at five shit there's barely anytime left. I rush up to the 30th floor to see the apartment.