Twist Of Luck

chapter twenty-four

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Layla's POV

"Layla you need to start explaining things.....from the start" she shot her gaze worried like she's going to choke.

I sat up and looked at my fingers, bids of sweats running through it already and I feel suffocated to utter a word.   Aishah had pulled on my hand and we rode on her scooter to her house. We met her ummi in the kitchen trying to tidy up before leaving for her mini store that's down the road. She hadn't questioned us about coming back so early because aishah whispered something in her ears and she gave a nod then turned back to whatever she was doing.

"Layla say something... What about our code of friendship" Aisha panicked again, cutting me to reality. I regret fighting in school but aishah would not believe me until I spill out, she had doubted me and given me the chance to say everything yesterday but I let it slide. She sat close to me and held my hand. "Layla you can confide in me right?" She asked softly.

I shook my head, I have always confided in aishah, she was my small mum and she means a whole lot to me but things are different now. The pains I feel in my heart is non comparable to any word. I touched my lips and it has swollen a bit. She's trying to take things slowly with me so I can spill but where do I even start from. To tell her sulayman smokes or to let her know how I fainted or to even tell her how much he had hurt me and breached the contracts. Sulayman and I are even now so I am going to hide all that from everyone. I am just going to focus on our relationship and maybe we can work out.

"I regret fighting aishah.... I do..... But I want to sleep" I finally said. Aishah held her head in her arms like she's trying to calm all her unanswered questions. "Why won't you talk layla" she shouted and stood up away from me, she's angry now and I know it but there's less I can do. My life is messed up too and I am trying to stay sane.

"Because I am tired, I am tired of being controlled and used up by any of you" I pushed the tears that's going to whelm in my eyes. "Today its sulayman ordering me around... then farouk and now you.... I am tired aishah" i demonstrated letting the tears fall off at its will, I blink my eyes severally from my blurry vision. I don't know if thst shut her up but it was all calm. If a pin had dropped this moment, it would have sounded like a musical instrument, that was how quiet it was.

I stood up few minutes after the awkward silence, I have been thinking real hard and I want my life back. I regret fighting in school and I want to remain the unnoticed back sit Muslim girl I used to be. It won't take long before I am being called by the DSA of the school, I have violated a rule and it would make everything worse, maybe suspension for a week or so. Resumption is fresh and I just had to start off like this.

"How intimate did you go?" aishah asked in disgust and I just scoffed, she's over thinking everything but its fine because I can't find my peace nor avoid my ill luck. I don't care what anyone thinks.

She walked back to me like she was counting her steps. "Layla please talk to me... Let me know so we can pla..."

I raised my hand half in the air. "No planning aishah.. There's no need for such.... My life is ruined already and I blame you because of every plans we made.... You were not there to help me, when I needed you the most. You preferred your cousins nikkah over whatever happens to me in that fake marriage... I suffered, I was hurt, I lied, I did cover ups but I am not giving all that up" I bent to pick my bag that was beside the bed stand. "I am just going to face my punishment at school and pretend this never happened".