Zara

Chapter 18:She is back

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BB's POV

"Ya Moh please is 20+10 not equal to two thousand and ten? " I asked him anger evident in my voice. Ya Ash knows his way to unnerving me and I hate that, I know that I'm a dummy when it comes to mathematics but I can sum up numbers without using calculator. " How could 20 +10 be twenty ten for Allah's sake ? Ya Moh answer me mana. " I stamped my feet in annoyance cos he didn't seem to be in our own world. He held his phone in his right hand while the other one searched for his hanky. He had beads of perspiration over his forehead and it's either he is viewing their pictures or reading that bitch's threatening messages.

It had been three days since they visited us and I hate to admit that I have become so attached to him. Something I never do because I believe who ever gets a way into my heart breaks my trust. It's true abi? Because it's only Ya Ash and Kakale that love me, but for now I still can see sympathy, love and care in Ya Moh's eyes towards me. When I learnt about what that bitch did to him,we cried a river and we surprised Kakale and Ya Ash, Binta Bukar hardly cries,but there was something about how 'Madre and Padre' rolled off his tongue, his voice was laced with longing and sorrow,Ya Ash told me that he hasn't cried since the death of his loved ones and I couldn't help but feel proud of myself,atleast I was able to make him cry out his sorrow. I cursed that outing excuse of a bitch hundred times, yes I'm sure it was hundred times because I used a counter.It was the day after they came when he insisted of staying for a week as he found Ringim a better place for him. Kakale had asked me to give them my room and that was when the drama started.

"Binta you have to stay in my room for the next 7 days..."

"Gaskiya Kakale I don't see anything possible in what you are saying, how can this man stay in my room? I have my underwears everywhere, my books are also there I don't even have to explain I can't stand him seeing my zeros. Kaii what if I want to dress up? Cab if they can sleep in the courtyard that's quite alright if not we have a mosque nearby."I replied her as I ran to my room, holding my spongecase and my towel with both hands, I had forgotten about our so called guests I would have taken a Hijab with me before heading to the toilet.

"Ikon Allah, please where is the Binta I know? I can't understand the sudden change, so is it the Shy-Shy you I'm seeing or I'm dreaming Bintalo? " That was my annoying Kakale.

"Whatever dai, I'm not giving them this room. " I hissed as I rubbed body cream on my dark skin. I'm not that dark but because I'm stubborn, they would always call me 'baka. "Mtsww"
I hissed when Kakale called my name again.

"What is it? " I answered rolling my eyes even though she couldn't see me.

"Please come cook something light for Muhammadu, he might be hungry. "

"Me? Cook? For that creature? You mustn't show it Kakale I already know that you hate me. " I tried blackmailing her but she beat me to eat.

"Twenty Naira will be yours tomorrow, that's if you care to cook for him."I didn't know what happened but I found my petite self wrapped in a towel inside our kitchen looking for pot and matches as if I wasn't the one being shy about the towel issue. Who jokes with money? Atleast I will eat awara with zero tension.

"As if I'm not here Kakale I'm hungry too but you don't even care enough,Hmm you will see who will buy Kolanut for you next time. " Ya Ash whined.

"Ash it's her again " I zoomed out of my reverie when I heard Ya Moh's frightened voice.

"Who?" Ya Ashraf asked as he dropped the calculator on the thing that supposed to be my mathematics book. It looked more of 10 leaves instead of 40 all thanks to my own self, I either tear out my papers for canoe or write my name on the first line and pass it to our class rep for noise makers or vernacular speakers.

"it's her Ladidi Kangiwa she won't leave me I wonder what I've done to deserve this do you know what she said now? "Luck never gives, it lends, thank your stars it has lend you time to get ready, for a thousand bitter deaths, you will regret never dying with your loving Madre and a caring Padre... Lol" He read the message flailing his hands.

Kangiwa, Kangiwa, Kangiwa, even if it's Kanakuya or Kanalade I don't care why does she have to be torturing him? Sending him threatening messages in the name of seeking revenge? Isn't she the one at fault? She even warned him of not filing a case in court as she heard rumors on that,since the incidence, she was nowhere to be found, why would someone be so cruel like that? Why?

"Ya Moh man up mana,Allah will never leave you remember?Only your inner strength will bail you out, pray and pray watana, is she not a human being as you are? She can do nothing to you except what Allah has already planned, I don't like the way you behave wallahi sai ka ce mace? " I didn't realize that they had long forgotten about presence until when they watched me in surprise and I couldn't help but chuckle at how there mouths were wide agape.

"How did you know her? " Ya Ash asked in his authoritative voice, I wonder what made him do that because I never dream of me being intimidated by his so called 'no nonsense voice '.

"I'm sorry, I a kind of eavesdropped on your conversation last night, I couldn't sleep wallahi, I wanted to know what was behind Ya Moh's change yesternight, he wasn't himself, I just wanted to know so I went to your room only to hear him reading the bitch's message to you it wasn't intentional . "

"Language BB who's the bitch? "

"What an answered question, In this whole world, there is only one and only bitch, Ladidi Kangiwa of course, I feel like puking whenever I call her name wallahi, Mtswww." I finished my statement with my signature eye roll,something I think of it being natural.

"Zarati you are always my strength you know that right? " This name O Allah I love it, he was smiling and I knew it was because of the eye roll, it amuses him and I like it.

"Watana(my moon) I know, I replied nodding my head closing my eyes with palms, I just felt shy out of nowhere.

As for 'watana' and the strength issue, it was when we went for outing earlier in the morning, when he told me about his family,what I told him really had a secured place in his heart and always will.

"No problem in your life is here to stay forever. Everything passes with time, just like your happy days were driven into the past, all your sorrows also will soon disappear and make way for new happy moments to seem in."

I couldn't help but feel jealous at how he kept mentioning Saudat's name, I just felt the sudden urge to be her, to be his beloved sister, I wanted him to be my late mother, he was lucky to have been with his for 18 good years,I stayed with mine for just 7 months, she died before she gave birth to me, I still recall his expression when I told him that, it was that of sympathy at the same time contentment that he had atleast lived with his for quite a long time compared to me. His Madre my name sake Zara.

Assalamu Alaikum, I don't know if I have the right to talk, I'm sorry like very very sorry you know what it takes to ba a student, reading having tests almost every week won't let one update frequently,this chapter is better than none insha Allah, find Time to read it, the journey is yet to begin.

Ma'assalam