Nurul Qalbi

chapter twenty -two

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I was dumbstruck... Reality dawning on me...am moving in with one of the meanest person on earth... After trying to be strong for my family, thinking i might start over..then this?...anty Asma'u has been this aunty that every one fears..no one dares to misbehave in her presence.. Even little babies do not cry in her presence.. Now i was moving in with her for only God knows how long.. I should have just been sentenced to jail with hard labour..

Because of her, we dreaded visiting kano,  daddy insisting on us going always ends up with us being uncomfortable and her getting rilled up and always complaining.

We arrived kano and drove straight to her house.. Nobody has uttered anything during this period..million of things running through my mind and her feigning ignorance to the pain she was inflicting on me emotionally..

We got to her house which was actually kinda big since i last remembered it..opening the door..i quickly said my salam and pushed the door open..i was eloped into a bone crushing hug by her daughters.. Hafsah and raudah..her sons on the other hand uncle muhammad and yaya mukhtar just beamed a smile at me and continued watching super sports..

"Anty hanan..if not mummy had gone to pick you, you had long forgotten about us , anty maimuna just left now, you just missed her".. Raudah spoke

Anty maimuna was their elder sister..

"Hanan..look at you.."kin lallace wallahi"  hafsa who was around my age spoke..

I forced a smiled and a voice boomed behind us..

"What are you people doing standing there, take her to her room and am hungry"..anty Asma'u spoke..

Hafsa and raudah cringed "mamita..you will get wrinkles if you continue shouting that way"..

My mouth was wide open..did raudah just talk back at her..oh no..

Anty asma'u sent deadly glares enough to melt our bodies and we immediately scampered away..

This is going to be hell...

I was shown my room and i went in to settle down..i could not decipher why my parents would allow me come to this hell hole..even if they wanted me gone..i had lots of aunties i would gladly had gone to..

I sighed and took my bath..thinking about the two little seeds growing inside me i thought of my dead husband, tears began pooling in my eyes but i just could not cry..a lump formed in my throat and my chest constricted..i could not breathe properly..after what felt like hours..i finally got relief..

The door creaked open and four pairs of eyes were staring back at me...

"Hello.. Little angels.."

"We are not little..my name is muhaisina and this is my brother muhseen..we are four years old..my mummy said we are not little anymore"..she spoke arms akimbo..

"Two musketeers"...raudah screamed..

The twins hurriedly left my room giggling and running..

I sighed..this wouldn't be so bad after all..

According to anty Asma'u..am not allowed to sit alone nor stay idle..she makes me go on long walks and gives me less strenuous chores saying it would keep me fit and occupied.. Lest i lie, it was working.. I no more felt sore in my foot which were swollen before..

The kids continued keeping me company..staying with her really made me understand that not everybody is as you think..behind all her iron fences and straight face..she was so soft towards her family..anything she does was for the best interest of the family.. We really misinterpreted her..the only thing was that when she caught me brooding i was punished by making me clean the twins room which was a rat hole if you ask..