Story Of Her Life

Chapter 10

This chapter is dedicated to _jidderh whose birthday is today i love you darling 😌❤
And it's dedicated to husnaah____ as well i love you ❤
Thanks for your constant support

Mubarak's POV

Yesterday was indeed a night to remember
Fatima hugged me! Me Mubarak she hugged me!?
Why am i even getting excited it's not like i have feelings for her or anything

I woke up thinking about what happened after my little surprise for Fatima at the restaurant the hugs!
Strange Huh!? I find myself doing that alot these days

The ring on my phone made me jolt back to reality

I was packing because we'll be leaving for Paris in 3 hours
I checked the caller ID and it was Iman
"Hajia iman what's up"
"Muby ya kake i wanted calling tun jiya because i left the restaurant without say bye wallahi i left in a hurry neh but we can meet up anjima around 5pm if you are free i have a lot to talk about wallahi!"
"Oh my God wallahi I'll be leaving for paris in just 3 hours wallahi
But you can come over here before it's time for us to leave for the airport
Sounds good?"
"Yeah I'll just leave the house now"

Iman has been my friend since the 7th grade
We have been best friends since then
We even went to the same university but then a day after our convocation she just left without saying goodbye
In our school days there were rumours of us dating but we never allowed that to spoil our friendship
I hope i get to catch up with her in these few hours
While i was thinking Aliyu came into the room and noticed i was staring at the table awkwardly for too long and decided to snap his fingers in my face

"What!"
"Bro you seemed to be staring at that table for too long it felt weird"
"I know i know i was thinking about how coincidentally i met Iman yesterday at that restaurant
It surprised me to my guts mahn but i was glad i did
I'm too serious for my own liking wallahi"

"It surprised me too i mean we have been to that restaurant everytime we were in Greece but never met her till yesterday
And now you won't get the gist of everything you are leaving" he says with a serious frown on his face

"Kai Aliyu! sometimes i wonder Anya maama and baba did not make a mistake by saying you are older bah
Your life is surrounded by gulma like a lady or even more" i say while chuckling, "sha she is coming over for us to gist small before it's time for our flight it's better than nothing abi"

"Ehn now you are talking" he says bursting into laughter

Few minutes later she calls me and asks me for my room number and i tell her and she came right up

She came in and said hi to Aliyu who was on his way leaving the room to give us "privacy"🙄

The next thing she did surprised me to the core and i don't even know why
She hugged me! Like not the we are close friends hug but the i like you kinda hug but i cleared that thought and hugged her back with a lesser vibe than hers of course

I let go of her when i felt a bit awkward and she let go too
She sat on the bed and looked at me and said
"I missed you so much Mubarak i tried to reach out to you but i just couldn't and i didn't even know why"
"Where did you go to all these years tho sorry to say but i hated you for leaving but you were always in my mind no wonder i even recognized you merely from touching your hand the other day"
"Promise me you won't tell anyone about what I'm about to tell you"
"What is it?"
"Promise me first"
"Fine i promise"
"After our graduation i eloped with a guy John is his name
We met few months before our graduation and i fell in love with him i wanted to tell my mom and dad but he said i shouldn't cause he might not be accepted by my family due to our religious differences he somehow got me to agree to run to America with him we planned everything and then everything went smoothly we were to get married after he turned to a Muslim and we'll come back and tell everyone everything but immediately we arrived he asked me for sex but i denied making reference to my religion but he felt angry a gave me the beating of my life that day i cried my self to sleep
The next when we woke up he was acting like nothing happened and i went with the flow too
When we were eating i asked him when he was going to convert so that we could get married and he said i have to sleep with him before he gets married to me and i stupidly agree to his conditions he went out and came back home i tried to create a romantic ambience around the house by shutting the lights and closing the curtains and using candles only to lighten up the house but he shouted saying he hated darkness and threw everything away he pulled me to the room by my hair and forced to have sex with him i tried to fight him but he beat me up till he had no energy to continue and raped me" she finished that sentence in tears
I looked at her in pity like this is not the iman i know she has never ever shed tears in her eyes for any reason but for a stupid man she cried
I felt angry but who should i feel angry at?
Her? Who led herself into this mess or him who used her
I held her shoulder and consoled her i told her that she doesn't have to continue telling me what happened if she wasn't comfortable but she continued anyways
"After that horrible night he changed into a terrible person he brings whores into the house and forces me to watch everything they do in the room and after he is done he beats me like it's his duty to
And i couldn't leave him because i had no money
One faithful day he came back drunk and wasn't in his senses to even remember me so i used that opportunity and checked his pockets and found money checked for me visa and i ran away
I came back to Nigeria and i went home my parents denied me and shut their door at my face
I had no option but to turn to the world for help
I found one woman who took me into her house later on i found out she was a famous prostitute in Lagos she asked me if I wanted to join her business i didn't have any option but to agree because i didn't want to be a burden to her so every day i slept with different men funny enough I'm even used to it now
I went back home after a year and my family's anger seemed to have died down then they asked me to move back in with them but I told them that I'm working in lagos
Fast forward to now i am with my sister here
We have been here for the past 10 months now I'm hiding out from a few people but I'll be back in Nigeria soon" she said with a sad smile
I felt soo bad for her this was my best friend but now she looks like a complete stranger to me
"So that is my what i have been upto for the past 5 to 6 years"

"I'm sorry iman I'm so sorry i never this was what you have been going thru i thought you willing decided to cut of ties with me
I'm really sorry please forgive me"

"It's fine Mubarak it's okay
Can i tell you one thing?"
"Yeah sure"
"I love you Mubarak. I don't love you as my friend i love you as a lover i want be your wife and the mother of your kids i fell in love with you the first time i met you but you took me as a friend and i didn't have the courage to tell you so i maintained our friendship but I now have the courage to tell you please marry me Mubarak please"

"Woah Iman I'm sorry but I'm in love with someone
I have always seen you as a friend I'm sorry"
"Who is she?"
"The lady i was with yesterday"
"I should have known
It's okay Mubarak
But i promise you that we will get married no matter what you think or do"
"Iman please no"
"Goodbye Mubarak"
She stands up abruptly and leaves
I regret telling her that i loved fatima because I'm afraid she might hurt her
And i don't even know how to tell fatima about it
Inallilahi wa innna ilaihi rajiun!

I check the time and it's 30 mins to 2pm which means we have 30 mins to reach the airport
I called Aliyu so that we could have a talk before we Leave and he came immediately
I told him everything and he stood there looking completely shocked
He opened his mouth to talk but couldn't say anything
I told him to stand up let's leave so that we won't be late we'll talk about it when we reach our destination and he nodded in agreement.

Another update 💃🎉🎊
So who hates iman already
Well i don't 😂
Who thinks she is lying 🌝
Today was completely about Mubarak I'll try and do more of his POVs that's if you enjoy this one
Do feel free to correct me whether in the comment section or message me privately
The next chapter will be about fatima but you will have to get yourself ready for some action 😁

Oya you guys are welcome let me jejely goan sleep it's 2:00am🤧
Goodnight
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