Three weeks until classes begin, jidda is eager and excited so is Zainab.
Jidda is now Hajiya Aisha's favorite because of her hard work, she is never tired of working, before anyone is awake she has already finished all the morning chores
Hajiya always give her extra tip for appreciation and motivation.
"Hajiya" jidda and Zainab sat next to her bed post, she raise her head to look at them and wonder why they are here
"Abu akwai matsala ne a kitchen" Hajiya asked and they both shook their head, they told her about their registration and ask her for a leave to study, they promised her to come during Holidays and work with her
No one ever thought Hajiya will understand them and let them follow their dreams, she even assisted them with some money for upkeep and promise to help them find a job in Sokoto with her connections
Indeed even in the most grayish sky there's a silver lining........
Weeks later, School was getting tough and tough but she was liking it, except for the fact that her sustenance is almost finished, she needed to find a job and that to at a blink of an eye.
The small phone Hajia Aisha gave her kept ringing, but she was lost in her world to hear it, it rang the third time and brought her out of her thoughts "Assalamu Alaikum, Hajia inawuni" she greeted
"Lafiya Jidda, daman wata kawata ce ke son yar aiki a gidan danta, just somebody who's going to clean, cook and leave so I suggested you kuma the pay is good"
"Hajia Thank you so so so much may Allah bless you with Jannatul Firdausi" jidda was super excited
Hajia send her the address and instruct her to start on Monday.
8:am she was already at the described location, the house is big nothing like she's ever seen, the tall walls outside where painted gray with a white POP attached side by side making it very beautiful, the tall gate is also white with mini decorations, it took all the bravery in her not to turn back and run so she knocked at the gate and immediately a guy opened, she greeted him and told him she's the new help, he gave her way to entrance and upon getting inside she shivered, the house is fully tiled with royal chairs sitting perfectly, by the right is a large dining table with more than 10 chairs facing each other and a show glass with varieties of plates, mugs, bowls and many more, right after is a door that led too the kitchen, after Bature the gate man showed her the kitchen he went back to his work.
She wanted to see more of the house, so She took a route that leads to the stair case, after the long climb She so doors opposite to one another, each one She opened is a massive bedroom and smells of cigarette,she checked all three but before the fourth one she notice a big sitting room, just like the one down stairs but all the fittings are coffee brown and darker brown.
She gave her self a pep talk "baba I will buy you something like this InshaAllah"
A sound came out from the other room and she noticed there's someone in the room, she tip toed to the stair case and as if on cue "stop" a voice command
She stop in her tracks and turned back to meet the sound, her eyes met a familiar eyes "you" she exclaimed, how is this arrogant fellow here, is this his house? She wandered
"What are you doing here" he said grimly
"I am the new worker" she shrugged
"You have no business up here, go back to the kitchen" he hiss
She went back to the kitchen and started working, everything in the kitchen is electrical not like anything back in the village but thank God for User Manual and she knows how to read, so everything is made easy for her.
After she cooked the dish that was written on the wall (food time table), she did all the dishes and set the table for him, she went upstairs to tell him food is ready and if there's anything he wants.
He gracefully come down the stairs like some king in Bollywood, maybe it's because he's handsome and physically built thats why he is sprinkling attitude everywhere and he thinks he's some king, she mistakenly scuff "did you say something" he asked
"No sir" she said and walk back to the kitchen.
"What the heck is this" she heard him shout
When she comes out there's food all over the floor
"Do you want to kill me" he shouts at her
"You don't know how to cook then what are you doing here, how can you put this much oil in one dish and pepper" he points at the food on the ground
If not for home training she could have slapped him, how could he throw something as sacred as food, that too good food, her siblings will be glad to eat this but now this Mannerless idiot has poured it all to the ground
Jidda being the calm and collected girl she always was, moved over to where the food is and start wiping it from the floor, before she came here to work, she zeroed up her mind, she read a-lot about rich kids and how mannerless some of them are, so she was not surprised after Imran's tantrum.
She went over to the kitchen and met the gate man inside "maam the food was amazing, we have never had a help that cook this good" he said and she sees the excitement in his eyes
She gave him a lazy smile and thanked him, walk over to the cooker where she's cooking another food for her master
If not for financial crises, she wouldn't have spent another minute in this asylum.
