LOUD SILENCE🌬

Episode 1

LOUD SILENCE🌬

By Bilkisu musa🌺
27/012/018
   
Episode one

She twisted and turned, she stood up,opened the closet and retrieved another duvet and added to the one she was already using but the cold was still there.
The weight of the day came strong on her as she recalled all that has happened; The day has started just fine and had seemed promising until a knock came from the door, she was busy preparing breakfast for Adil when he had called out,
"Hajiya!, princess!, someone is at the door am trying to summit the article help check who's it".
    She let out a sigh and dropped the serving spoon she held and headed for the door. "I wonder which august visitor
  I have in September". She needed not to have worried her brain guessing because the face that stared back at hers was that of cousin Hanan . "Is Adi in?" Cousin Hanan demanded, as she stood with her hands on her hip staring deep into Ama's eyes, she straightened her posture and met her gaze evenly
She didn't answer her question neither did she adjust her body to grant her access into the building.
"Princess!, who is that?" Adil called out from the bedroom but before she could say anything cousin Hanan had already announced her presence "Its me Adi", She walked pass Ama and made herself comfortable on the couch; Ama wanted to scream and ask her to leave, she had disliked cousin hanan right from the first day they had met at Adil's uncle's house, It was her first time meeting his family and everyone had been friendly except her. when he had first called her name with the cousin tag she had wondered why.
But afterwards she had found out that the so called cousin hannan wasn't what she was being referred to as, rather she was a very distant relation who doesn't have a single English name tag but then Adi like she calls him likes referring to her as cousin.
And the way she had been all over the place during their wedding made Ama even more unlikable towards her, she had even had her stay in the same room with her and told her tales of how she was meant to marry Adi and how they had had their first kiss, Looking back she wished she shouted and tossed her bridal purse at her face to shut her up, And now the temerity she has to show up without any warning, She looked down at her, Everything about her was loud from the red velvet dress to the color of her lipstick which matches the dress. She recalled the way Adil had confirmed the kiss and afterwards added "But all that happened when we were so young and naive", My heart beats for you now" In an attempt to console her, now nauseates her. Ama's gaze shifted to Adil as he walked into the living room "Ask her to leave", she wanted to say but her voice came first, "I came to see how you are faring its been a while since the wedding, well it seems your wife have made her mark on you "haba", Adi today is exactly 4months since the last time we met you couldn't even call". It wasn't what she had said that disturbed Ama, It was the way she said it in a tone that suggested over familiarity.
The bewilderment Ama had been feeling gave way to intense anger and she wasn't sure how strong it was until he replied with a smile and said    
  "cousin Hanan you know you can't be forgotten I just needed time with my wife I was going to come visit you one of these days". So she stayed and made herself comfortable like she owned the house, Ama counted and waited for the hours to go quickly so she could leave but that didn't happen and when she came to serve him his dinner he was busy laughing and giggling, saying stuffs she knew he didn't fully understand. "Alhaji your meal is on the dining table", she announced with a smile that seemed to affect only the corner of her lips. She turned to look at cousin hanan "You should be on your way already it's getting pretty late", she reminded.
"ohh I didn't tell you am spending the night here, you sure won't mind lending me something to change into", she asked, In a tone that couldn't have belonged to anyone else. she wanted to tell her she minded in fact there was a thin line stopping her from grabbing her by the tongue and shoving her out of her house and her life, but she wouldn't dare, super Adil won't let her and he had said as much to her when she insisted on her leaving,
it has resulted to an ugly fight. Backs were turned and doors were closed.......
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She couldn't control her anxiety, he had said he will arrive an hour ago, "what's keeping him?" She was thinking of reasons why he hasn't showed up. she stood few miles from the house she shares with her mum and brother. She had promised to come home early to prepare the yam porridge mummy had requested but this too is very important, she was about to give up the wait when she saw the glistening silver colored car moving towards her "Thank God" she murmured in relief.
  It must have been half an hour since she had stepped into the car but all he had been saying hadn't make sense. she adjusted her sitting position now facing him directly to the face; "I don't understand what you're saying what do you mean my name wasn't included?"
The tears she had been hiding now flowed freely. Meena , please understand what am trying to say it came to me as a surprise, the... "Stop!" She begged. "You have said enough, you have said all you needed to", She stepped out of the car and headed home, her pace unsteady as she thought about how to face her mum....

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