All The Way From Home

chapter 30

I woke up at the middle of the night thinking about the incident that took place during the dinner .
I'm really surprised on how Mubarak handled the issue , he stood up against his sister among a huge crowd and she ended up really embarrassed. Well , I guess that'll teach her a lesson

Flashback

"Just hold on right there "
Mubarak said as he stood up to walk towards amal

"Ya Mubarak weren't you listening wai? "
I heard you amal
None of that matters , It was her past and I accept it . And she's actually told me about it so i suggest you drop this talk right now , this instant

I sat down frozen on my sit
Did he just lie in front of everyone for me ? But why would he do such ?

Amal looks at him with a disbelieving look and walks to her table looking furious as ever

He looks at the crowd and apologize sincerely for what happend and told the host to continue with the event .
But even at that , I wasn't feeling myself anymore. I just wanted answers

This guy still hasn't even told me he loves me , yet he stood up to defend me that way
Or maybe he just did it to avoid public humiliation
Yes ...that's it

After the whole tiring event , helwa and my two friends came to my rescue saying it was time to go home .
And i was so glad to hear that because my feets were killing me from the heels I wore

But then i remember that I have to give answers to everyone. Abbu, Ammi and my family members on how I know haneef

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After explaining on how I know haneef to everyone at home . Ammi and abbu now know I actually have someone's that interested in me and they ended up pleading to me that I accept Mubarak and move on .

And that's exactly what I sticked to...moving on even tho it'll be hard

End of flashback

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"An daura aure ( the knot has been tied )
An old woman came into the house announcing while some women started to yodle

And I'm still frozen on the same spot because of how the news hit me hard

I'm married
I'm married
I'm married to Mubarak Mahmoud
Innalilahi waina illaihi rajiun
It's over for me
I really have to forget haneef now
It's just now this marriage got to dawn on me really hard . I didn't even know when i started to cry

"Haba Firdaus , this isn't the time to cry okay ?"
Ammi held me and hugs me tight . She then walks me to a chair , sits down and put my head on her laps

I'm going to miss my Ammi . I don't care if i look like a big fat grown up baby right now . All I know is I'm going to miss her

"Shhh shh Firdaus"
She tries to relax me while Patting my back but it just makes me cry harder

"Ammi "
I say between my sobs

"na'am habibti nurul ain "
She answers sweetly to me just to make me feel better

"I'm going to miss you Ammi , I don't think i can do this anymore "
I say and continue crying

"Kul Firdaus , kul. Don't say that again , every girl goes through this stage in life and you have to "

"But Ammi I don't even like him "
I say and sit up to look at her

"Habibti, you'll grow to like him in shaa Allah ...just stop crying and be faithful to your husband from now "
She said while rubbing my tears from my face