DIYAM

The Masked Man

"Madam?" Na maimaita cikin kokonton abinda kunnena yaji min. Sai ya dauke idonsa daga cikin nawa ya wuce mu ya tafi gaban taron ya daga murya yace "Thank you, all of you. I really appreciate this surprise party and I am really surprised" ya danyi dariya, "but I am sorry I can not stay, I have something really emergency that I need to do. You guys should go ahead and enjoy yourselves. Thank you ones again" sai na juya da sauri yayi hanyar waje, abd without even a second glance at me ya fice daga building din. Da sauri organizers din partyn suka bishi a baya, ciki har da Saghir, nima sai na samu kaina da binsu a baya, hoping to see him again, to talk to him even dan in tabbatar cewa da gaske shi dinne kuma da gaske bai gane ni ba. "Can it be? Ace Sadauki bai gane ni ba ni Diyam?"

Ina fita kofa yana tayar da mota, yaci taya ya bar gurin a guje ba tare da ko ya tsaya ya saurari ma'aikatan sa da suka biyo shi a baya ba. Nabi motar da kallo har ya fita daga gate, sai kuma na zame na durkusa a gaban wata flower bed na jingina kaina a jiki ba tare da ko damuwa da menene zai iya fitowa daga ciki ya cutar dani ba. I only wanted to wake up, wake up from this nightmare where Sadauki doesn't know me.

Ina jin su Saghir suka wuce suka koma ciki suna ta maganganu babu wanda ya lura dani, bayan mintina kadan kuma sai aka fara watsewa kowa yana fitowa yana neman shiga motarsa. A lokacin ne kuma naji muryar Saghir ya na nemana "Diyam! Diyam!" Amma na gaza bude baki ballantana in amsa masa har yazo inda nake sannan cikin whisper yace "what the hell are you doing here?" Maimakon in bashi amsa sai hawaye ya fara kwarara daga idona kamar an bude pampo, ya fincike ni ya tayar dani tsaye yana grinning at mutanen da suke wucewa sannan ya kaini mota ya cusa ni ya rufe kofar muma muka fita.

Ba wanda yayi magana har muka je gida, yana packing ya zagayo ya bude inda nake ya fige ni zuwa cikin gida ya jefa ni a kan kujera yace "me kike tunanin zakiyi archiving ne by embarrassing me a cikin mutane? By trying to destroy my carrier? Oga na yana miki magana ki wani tsaya kina kallonsa kamar statue? Sannan kuma ki fito ki zauna a cikin flowers are you nuts?" Na dafe kaina da hannuna, ni ihun da yake min ji nake kamar zai tsaga min kaina gida biyu. Har yanzu kaina yaki budewa balle in yi tunani. Farkon abinda nake so in fahimta shine me Sadauki yake yi a gurin aikin su Saghir? Kuma har nani suna addressing dinsa as if shine manager dinsu daya dawo daga karatu suka shirya masa party. Can it really be? In kuma har ya kasance haka ne to how comes? Ni dai Sadaukin dana sani sanda muka rabu seven years ago bashi da komai, kuma shekaru biyu bayan rabuwar mu Saghir ya samu wannan aikin then how comes Sadauki yayi kudin da har zai bude companyn motoci a cikin shekara biyu? Bayan wannan kuma shin sun gane juna ni suke playing ko kuma suma kansu basu gane ba? Anya kuwa Saghir zai karbi aiki a gurin Sadauki in har yasan shine? Sai wani tunani yazo min, as we were growing up ni da Sadauki, bazan iya tuna ranar da Saghir yaje gidan mu ba, lokacin ma shi kusan kullum baya kasar. And Sadauki was never allowed to enter gidan Alhaji Babba tun yana dan karamin sa har sai sanda naje nake shigo dashi a boye and even then basu taba haduwa ba. So what I was sure of shine basu san faces din juna ba.

But, me yasa Sadauki zai yi acting kamar bai sanni ba? He did looked surprised akan party din but he did not act surprised to see me there, meaning yasan dangantaka ta da Saghir. And then many things started to become clear to me, sunan subay'a, aikin Saghir. Tabbas Sadauki ya gane Saghir bayan yayi masa tambayoyi a gurin interview wannan shi yasa ya dauke shi aiki even with his pass certificate and lack of experience, kuma shi yasa har yanzu ba'a kori Saghir ba daga aiki duk da negligence dinsa. But why? Ina son insan me yasa Sadauki yayi haka? Is my Sadauki still behind the mask of Mr Abatcha?

Sai bayan na dawo daga tunani na nayi realizing har lokacin Saghir fada yake yi. Na tsaya ina kallon sa ina realizing cewa he had no idea mai ya faru a gurin nan. Shi kawai fada yake na wulakanta ogansa. Nayi gyaran murya nace "Allah ya baka hakuri. Ni ba'a saba cemin Madam bane ba shi yasa na kasa amsa masa. Amma kayi hakuri, nan gaba in ance min madam zan amsa" na mike zan hau sama yace "ina jakarki?" Sai lokacin na lura bata hannuna nace "ta fadi a gurin" nan kuma sai ya koma fadan yar da jaka "tunda bake kika siya da kudin ki ba ai dole ki yar" ni dai nayi wucewa ta sama na barshi a nan.