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Chapter 6- Shock

Khalid

"When is she going to be here? She said 6, its already past 6",Zaynab groans as she paces the living room with impatience.

"Girl calm, she'll be here",Aaleyah tells her.

"She's never late. What if something happened to her?".

"You're acting like y'all friends or some-"

"She's nice. I like her presence, it's calming and nice to talk to her",she smiles.

"Sounds like y'all formed a bond",aunt Adelola chuckles.

"Yeah. I think we did",Zaynab smiles.

"And you're positive, she has her research done? She TOLD YOU that they can move in to get your son?",uncle Abdul asks Zaynab who nods.

"She said, she'll come with her son, Malik is also coming. They're going to go through the next step".

"How old is her son?",Aaleyah asks.

"Am only like a few months older than him",Zaynab replies.

"Ah ah nize one",Aaleyah hums.

"Why do you sound happy?",Fawaz raises an eyebrow at her.

"Aww is someone jealous?",Zaynab and Aayan start reading Fawaz who rolls his eyes.

"Damn right, she sound way too happy".

"It's not even like that",Aaleyah chuckles.

"Better not".

"That's actually sweet. That you're jealous".

"How? Am pissed when you're jealous",he looks at Aaleyah who rolls her eyes.

"I know, but that's just you",she shrugs.

"Daddy, am tired",Azeez hugs Fawaz's waist.

"You gonna go sleep then?".

"No. Am just tired. Carry me".

Fawaz sighs then bends down and picks Azeez up in his arms. Azeez instantly clings onto his neck.
I smile a little at the scene then look towards Aayan who has Amir on his lap.

"She's here",Idris walks into the living room with Malik and an unfamiliar, both in their work uniform.

"Sup y'all, this is Ibrahim. His mom will be a bit late. But she on her way, Ibrahim. Meet the fams",Malik introduces to Ibrahim who turns towards us and smiles then he looks at the elders and bends down in a greeting way.

"Good evening".

"Wow, she taught him oo",aunt Adelola smiles.

"Good evening. Hope your ride here wasn't a trouble?",she asks him.

"No ma, it was okay".

All the elders were just smiling with an impressed look on all their faces.

"So, uh, ma said to continue with the meeting. She'll meet us on whatever we're on",he explains.

"But we don't know what this is",Zaynab tells him.

"Well, I don't really know what the case is. This is my first time hearing about it".

"So she hasn't told you anything?",I ask him.

"Well no. I just got back from Dubai last night. But apparently, Malik has all the information".

I look at Malik who stops throwing Azeez in the air then turns towards us.

"Oh yeah. My bad",he places him on the floor then picks up a blue file from the table and starts skimming through it.

"Wow. She's good",he whispers.

"What did she do?",Aayan asks him.

"Photos and video clips of EVERY meeting he had with his "men", of all the "goods" being sold. Literally, all this will have him jailed for possible lifetime. Especially this voice clip of him talking to someone on the phone about the dead bodies of his two other wives",he explains then closes the file.

"She has all that?",uncle Abdul raises an eyebrow.

"She's good at what she does",Ibrahim shrugs.

Uncle looks at Ibrahim who looks away.

Weird.

I swear his whole family is weird.

"Okay s-".

The doorbell rings cutting Malik off.

"She's here",Zaynab smiles then ushers Idris off to go and answer to call.

"I swear you have legs",Idris rolls his eyes.

"I swear you have a beatable face",Zaynab replies which made everyone except Ibrahim and Idris chuckle.

I look at Ibrahim who's just staring at Zaynab and Eniola. He kept glancing back and forth from the two.

"You okay? Why you staring st us like that?",Eniola asks him.

He cuts his deep stare then looks at her.

"You look alike...sisters",he whispers.

"What kind of eyes do you have? They look NOTHING alike",Aayan says.

"Thank y-", Zaynab stops when Aayan Adda to his statement.

"Zaynab is too ugly to be compared to Eniola's fine self like",Aayan smirks.

"Haha",everyone except Zaynab laughs.

"You're actually an ass like",she smacks him repeatedly until she had him begging for forgiveness.

"Well she's here",the door opens and Idris walks in with Taibat.

The laughter suddenly stops then uncle Abdul, aunt Adelola and Eniola stand up with their eyes widened with shock.

"Mommy?",Eniola let's out.

"Jumoke?",Uncle and aunt both gasp.

Taibat looks at them but she doesn't look too surprised. It's as if she already knew they'd be here.

"What do you mean mommy? That's Taibat. She's the lady I've been telling y'all about",Zaynab tells her family who look at her then at Taibat then at her.

"Zaynab. That's her middle name. Her name is Jumoke Taibat. That's not just anybody. That's mommy, OUR mom",Eniola tells Zaynab who, as if in slow motion, turns to Taibat then her body just suddenly goes limb. She hits the floor with a thud before anyone could react.