HIGHNESSES

CHAPTER 7

He closed the door and stood against it gazing at the empty space before him.
"That was close ,I haven't thought of them meeting me there at all.."

Ranka Shi Dade( may you live long), welcome back.
 
He turned to face the direction to which the voice was coming from a little startled which can only be known by the slight widening of his eyes. Looking at the new face he gained his composure and  asked calmly , "please who are you?"

Your majesty, my name is Kamil Baffa from the staff house, am your new servant known as "Na Dama". Before head dogari or anyone can reach you...

"Ohh.. Allah Sarki ! You are like my personal butler ,right? "

Yes your majesty ...

" It's nice to meet you Kamil, I hope we get along well in sha Allah ,be great together and take care of eachother verrry well.."

He further bow his head , it's my pleasure your grace ,I will in sha Allah take good care of you ..

KJJ smiled at that.

"Ma sha Allah, may Allah bless us together and see us through"
They both chorused an "Aameen."

" Well Na dama, I guess you were the one who stopped dogari( palace guards) and escorts from coming here."

Aahh... Uhm... Yes your majesty.

KJJ raised a brow to that, a smirk placed on his face.." so you have already started your work without meeting me personally?"

With immediate effect my king

"oooh I can see that!" KJJ answers smiling

Kamil was taken aback by the warmth and reception of the king. How is he so free with the servant he just met?

"Well, am sorry to cut this conversation short Na Dama, I want to see the mother queen now after zuhr, see you later."

Uhm ... Can I accompany you your majesty?

"  Ah no, that won't be necessary."

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"SubhanAllah"

"The situation is not that bad Mai gida." She said smiling brightly. "Remember we prayed about it last night and I believe this is khair in sha Allah.."

"SubhanAllah"

"Ah ah... Mai gida ,please ya isa( it's okay) let's wait for noora and hear what she has to say ..."

"Assalamu Alaikum..." They both answered their daughter's salam while  she enters and took a seat close to her father.

" Good evening PaPa, mother " she greeted with a smile "how was your day?"

"Lafiyah noora ,how are you? I haven't seen you since morning ,you didn't even come for morning greetings."

" I did mother but you were sleeping and papa was with bako(a visitor)"

Her mother smiled at her pouting, "okay .."

"What's this mother, why are there alot of gifts and there's even a jewelry box har da card(with a card) ?"

" Yes ,that's the reason why I called you here, you see..." She looked at her husband thinking he may want to tell their daughter himself but he just nods his head, a sign for her to continue.

" ...you see, we got a marriage proposal from the royal house." She stopped looking at Noora to see her reaction but she just kept her head low listening.

" And it's a special proposal with a card from the king." Hearing that she quickly looked up to meet her mother's gaze.

" For me mother?" She asked pointing at herself with shaky hands,

"Yes noora, for you." Holding her gaze she continued, " now I want you to go to your room and quietly decide. You know we only have your best interest at heart and we won't force you to do anything you don't want to, all that matters is your happiness and we will respect your choice. So think deeply and act wisely, marriage is a forever thing and one mistake on it could lead to destruction, so carefully guage all your ideas and reasons why you want it or not and let us hear your final decision, that's all that matters to us."

She smiled and quietly answered, " In sha Allah I will do that mother and get back to you."

She turned and faced her papa ,who is also looking at her smiling, he doesn't have anything to say,his wife has said it all and it warmed his heart how his daughter reacted to the issue.

She smiled back and excused herself.

"Am proud of you." He said before she left the room and that made her strong!

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"Assalamu Alaikum, Ya umma"

He entered the chambers unannounced , swaying slightly. He is beat tired ,in fact, exhausted. After zuhr he had to attend to a number of persons who stopped him at the masjid to discuss some issues that needs urgent attention which left him hungry and all, his plan to see his mother immediately all shattered until now that he is at her presence seating down on her soft long one arm chair eating some groundnuts with food and fruits beside her on a table waiting to be eaten.

" Waalaikumussalam wa rahmatullah.. ah ah sarki, ya na ganka haka ? ( king, why am I seeing you like this)"

He smiled and lied down beside her laying his head on her lap, she gently removed his cap and kept it beside her .

" Am tired umma, I haven't eaten lunch yet so am also hungry and exhausted"

"So get up and eat my love then you rest afterwards, no resting on empty stomach!"

"Let me stay like this for a while umma please, am tired."

"Oohh ,kaji min da, you will soon marry and leave this lap to rest before the arrival of my grandkids "

He felt shy at that and closed his eyes. She laughed.

" Don't sleep on me Julaybeeb,you must eat first."

" Twenty minutes ma manga, just twenty minutes."

She smiled. "Okay".

Salaams can be heard from the door as the person is waiting for permission to enter. Picking Jakadiya's voice ,ma manga answered quietly allowing her to enter. Upon entering ,she smiled when she saw KJJ sleeping peacefully on his mother's lap.
  
" greetings ma manga , we got responses from two houses" she said in a low tune smiling brightly.

" Which and which Jakadiya"

"House one and Two Ma Manga"

"MA SHA ALLAH!!!" She said excitedly which made KJJ to stair gently opening his eyes

" Sleep dear, sorry, go back to sleep, it's yet to be twenty minutes" he smiled and closed his eyes without noticing Jakadiya.

" We will discuss that later after he rest well Jakadiya. Alhamdulillah, am very happy, truly happy. Please make sure his dinner gets prepared immediately after Isha, he will eat what I have here for lunch when he awakes, also , please tell babangida that he won't be meeting anyone till tomorrow in sha Allah,he should relay that to the new boy and the operation room . You may leave now."

" I will do that ranki Shi Dade. A huta lafiyah."

She smiled and gently stroked his head, " sleep all you want your grace , we have a long discussion when you awake."

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Alhamdulillah. Sorry for mistakes.