LAHADI (SUNDAY)

Chapter Twelve

🌹... That feeling you get deep down your gut that makes your stomach churn...that's, oh! Fear...🌹

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Nana fiddled with her fingers as her sister stared at her with mirth.

"Boarding school?" Nuratu asked biting her lips to stop smiling like an idiot.

"Yes. Her mother was very angry with tha,saying her daughter was tortured by me and I'm the one that made him take her to boarding school." Nana sighed and spread herself on her bed.

Nuratu laughed and lay on bed too. "What did she do to him this time?" Nuratu asked laughing harder.

"Wallahi,his boss and his political party were having a meeting in the main living room. She and Sameera passed by them after coming home from school. She didn't say her salaam nor greet any of them. It made it worse because Sameera greeted them,so of course they knew she did it on purpose. He was so embarrassed he made meeting awkward and it had to be adjourned." Nana replied watching Nuratu smile in glee.

"Oh dadi kan dadi! (Happiness on top of happiness!) I hope its somewhere far  away so she won't be bothering you much?" Nuratu asked wriggling her eyebrows.

"Yes. She's also finish SS3 so she'll be there throughout. She goes to her mum for the holidays so she'll be gone for the rest of the year!" Nana said spreading her arms out then hugging herself.

"Kaiiii!!!! (Oohhhh!!!)" Nuratu laughed and danced around. She appeared to be happier than Nana in finally getting rid of the 'demon child.'

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Sameera peeked into Huda's room to see what she was doing. Huda was animatedly talking on the phone,Sameera heard a few bad words spoken.

She knocked after she was sure Huda was done talking.

"Ya Huda? Are you okay?" She asked when she saw Huda curled into a ball and her head buried in her arms.

Huda looked up and sniffed. She was crying apparently.

"Are you sad you'll be taken to boarding school?" Sameera asked,hating the fact that she sounded so timid.

"No! It's Ya'u. He's an idiot!" Huda raged as she threw her phone. Luckily,it hit the bed first then bounced to the floor. Ya'u was Huda's boyfriend.

"You don't need him,you have me!" Sameera smiled and spread her arms.

Huda laughed,then she wrapped her arms around Sameera's torso and dragged her onto the bed,cuddling her.

Sameera giggled when Huda buried her nose into the crook of her neck.
"Stop that it tickles!" She complained.

"Shut up. You're a teddy bear. And teddy bears don't talk." Huda replied rubbing her nose on Sameera's neck to make her giggle more.

"Gosh Huda! You're impossible!" Sameera complained even though she hugged Huda back.

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"Oh,I remember you have to go to the dentist tomorrow. Brush your teeth before you sleep." Nana instructed Sameera as she picked up the dirty plates and dropped them into the sink.

"I'm afraid Maami. Can Huda come with me?" Sameera pleaded,fiddling with the strings of her oversized hoodie.

"No." Nana frowned. "She still has to finished buying all her school provisions."