JIRWAYE✔

Babi Na Arba'in Da Biyu (42).

JIRWAYE..... The Stained Veil!

An Engausa Story By Haphsertuh

Babi Na Arba'in Da Biyu.

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"Maa... Maa".

"Who's your Maa?". Ta tambaya harshly "Begum... I am Begum. Now say it let me hear".

"Be.g.ggum". Ya fadi a tsorace.

"Masha Allah. My little lion". Ta taba masa kumatu kan ta tambaye sa abunda yasa yike neman ta.

Tunani khalifa ya dinga yi all through the drive back to his guesthouse from Laylah's place. There he was, seated at the backseat of his posh ride, reminiscing about his childhood instead of mourning the love he had just lost.

"Khalifatullah.... son why are you crying?".

"It's Khalid. I punched me and snatched my bat".

"Shine kake kuka?" Begum ta fadi rai a bace. Da karfi ta kira me aiki ta fadi mata cewa ta dauko mata tsumagiya daga dakin ta which she used to whip little khalifa.

"From now henceforth you won't come to me complaining about every little thing. You'll fight back like a man and stop shedding tears like a sissy" Ta fadi masa in a stern tone "One day you'll be the giant of the Al-Haydar legacy. Cowards don't rule over Al-Haydar empire my boy. Fight! Like the lion that you are". Ta fadi masa kan ta kira me kula dashi ta fadi mata ta wuce da shi ciki. Sai can da dare ta shigo dakinsa, shikam khalifa ya kwanta shuru kamar me barci, a hankula ta buda palms dinsa ta fara rubbing balm a inda ta doke sa, Jim kadan yaji abu me dumi ya fado tafin hannunsa; hawayen mahaifiyar sa. Thinking he was asleep Begum apologised for being strict, she only wanted to build him up, she wanted to prepare him for the battle ahead, against a cruel world full of greedy people and conspiracies. Looking back, khalifa sai yaga to an extent his mother's strictness did him good.

"What journalist! Allah kiyaye da na ya zama journalist. Khalifatullah kai daya gareni and I won't sit and watch you waste away your life by becoming a journalist. You'll be an engineer, you'll have a second degree in business administration from Cambridge. I started making all necessary plans for your future tun ranar da na gane ina dauke da cikin ka, baza ka lalata mun lissafi ba". Murmushi yayi da ya tuno decision din Begum regarding his career. With no option left, khalifa left for England to pursue degrees in the field his mother chose for him. Kan ya dawo kuwa an sama masa mata.

"Her name is Fatima zahra. Her father was once an ambassador, now a minister. We'll profit alot from the alliance. Tun kana shekara sha biyar muka finalising zancen auran ku da iyayenta".

"But Begum....".

"No son" Begum ta dakatar da shi "Begum Sahar hears no ifs nor buts. Get ready, you'll go see her tomorrow" . Tana fadin haka tayi kissing forehead dinsa ta bar dakin.

Ruwan shower ya kunna ta shiga ba tare da ya tube kayan da ke jikinsa ba. For a while he was under the water, walking down memory lane. All his life, he's lived under his mother's shadow. Begum has every little detail planned out for him and she's trying to do the same to his son. Poor Fadeel. Yana fita shower din ya sanja kaya, ya sa wani simple T-shirt da sweatpants kan ya dawo ya zauna a armchair inda ke bedroom dinsa, saura kiris ya kunna waya sai kuma ya tuna warning din Nawfal kawai ya share with intention din kiran Nawfal din da safe, with a secret contact which only Nawfal and Tariq had. Intercom ya dauka yayi waya zuwa kitchen, ya bada order din a kawo masa coffee up to his room.