Impulse

TWENTY TWO: SETTLE

Her fingers played around on my face, I guess the rumors were true, Zeenat was also into women. Not something I cared about as long as she kept her hands to herself because truly bisexuality or lesbianism was never on the list of things that would ever interest me, to fault imagining myself going down that road disgust me.
I swallowed trying hard to keep my bluntness and thoughts to myself.

"I just need international recognition, that way the courts wont be bias, you can do that for me Zeenat" I finally spoke breaking the tension she was building deliberately.
"I understand what you need Teemah, but what do I get in return?" Her pale skin radiantly shining made me envy her a little, I have heard so much about Zeenat and her alluring beauty, I just have never seen it up close.
"What do you want??"
"I want to train you"
"I already left this life, you can't drag me back into it"
"It's the only thing I want" she replied holding my hands and leading me to the couch, we both sat down facing each other.
"Why, there are so many other girls out there who would..."
"I know" she interrupted "but they are not you, ever since you came to me demanding I pay you back you allowances, I decided to dig into you and I found a lot of myself in you. I must say I developed a liking to you"
Anyone could see through my shock, I didn't even attempt to hide it, I also knew to be very careful with a woman like Zeenat she was too powerful for me to mess around with.
I knew it was my quo to leave before she develops even more interest in me and then there would be no going back,  I stood up abruptly "It's ok, I'll find another way"

For the first time her brows formed an arc of a frown as she watched me leave "thank you so much for seeing me and I'm sorry if I wasted your time" I added politely as I reached for the door, I wouldn't dare leave that room without showing some kind of submission. Because unlike the Barrister, if Zeenat wanted me dead then I would be dead without a doubt.

"Stop" she said before I could leave, much to my regret. I hope my fears weren't visible because the last thing I need is someone else thinking they can control me because they were powerful.

                      ZEENAT
She stood up abruptly, I could sense the fear in her, it must be because my reputation precedes me, nobody wanted to be on my bad side. She look frail, like someone who wasn't eating well or sleeping well. She reminded me so much about myself, she was a fighter and I liked that about her. "Stop" I called just as she open the door and she stopped "come" I added, I could see her reluctance, contemplating whether or not it was a good idea, but it didn't take long for her to decide it was not in her favor to disobey me.

I took to my heals and looked closely at her "where have you been staying??"
She took a deep breath before closing her eyes "I'm sorry I can't tell you that" she replied when her eyes finally opened
"You're on the run, I suppose that must not have been easy???"
"He sent thugs to kill me"
I thought as much and that was why she looked like a street rat. "Do you trust me?"
She shook her head slowly, and I knew of course she had no reason to.
I held her hands reassuringly, more different than the first time I touched her, this was more like a motherly touch "you should, I can help you and I will but I want to suggest you stay here, under my protection"
"Zeenat.." she started, her face had all these questions written all over them.

"No strings!!!" I assured her
"But why???" She asked
"Because if you go back out there you will die before you get any justice, if the Barrister doesn't catch then you will die of hunger and fear" well that and I knew something she didn't, the Barrister has been relentless in his pursuit of her, I had been tracking all his underground activities since the news of a certain blackmail by a mistress came to my ears.
"Sleep here tonight, eat and rest, we have a lot of work to do tomorrow" I could tell she wanted to say no and for a moment I thought she almost did but then she nodded.

                              TAHIRA
I felt something soft touch my face, it felt so good so I buried my face deeper into it, it was those kind of sleeps that made you never want to wake up, so good like there could be nothing better. "Tahira" I heard a voice calling me, but I really didn't want to wake up from this beautiful sleep "Tahira" the voice called again and I tried to buried the voice deeper in my sleep "baby girl" the voice called again and this time I could not ignore it, I knew exactly who the voice belong to, I slowly opened my eyes, his face was a few inches away from mine and his hands lay soft on my face.

I pushed myself up trying very hard to get rid of the slumber. "What??"
"Its 2pm love, you should get up and pray" he replied with a smile plastered across his face. God had I been sleeping for that long, I woke up for fajr and immediately after went back to sleep, I must have been so exhausted I over slept.
Soon as he saw I was up he left.

I took a shower and then prayed, then after I looked for the simplest ankara I could find out the box I came with and wore it. Before you know it my stomach made the loudest rumble, there was no denying how hungry I was. I slowly opened the door, there was no sign of him so I took advantage to finally see the house I would be calling my own. The parlor was very big, big enough to have more space after consuming the whole of my chair set, there was a dining room, but because Ajeay's house was small we didn't bother to get chairs and table for a dining area, so the space was empty.

My stomach rumbled again, "hungry much?!" I was startled by the sound of his voice coming from behind me which made me turn.
He wore a simple white T-shirt, my eyes flickered through his sand colored skin, his tight yet thick abs, his rippling biceps, everything about how he looks signifies strength. I quickly looked away before he noticed I was looking at him.

"There food in the kitchen" he added
I made a slight frown not attempting to hide my surprise "you cooked???"
"God no, Mommy sent one lady in the morning to bring food" I wasn't surprised, my mother was always the most considerate person
"Oh!" I simply replied
"And a few other people also brought food, but I could totally cook for you if that's what you're into" he said moving closer to me flirtatiously, his muscles bulge with every minor movement. He slid his hands into mine much without my permission but I guess he doesn't need that anymore to touch me "come" he said as he dragged me to the parlor and sat me down "wait here I'll get you food.

ABDULMALEEK
She watched me in full concentration, she still had bags underneath her eyes, there was no doubt she was exhausted from the wedding events. As I sat her down, I went over to the kitchen and served her with the potato porridge that was sent over by her mother, Might I just add that it was the most delicious porridge I have eaten in a very long time, there were large chunks of meat in it and some soft bones that were easy to chew.

As she ate the food faster than I've ever seen her eat, I suspected she didn't really eat much these past days, Tahira lost a lot of weight and that just brought out more of her curves making her the sexiest girl I have ever seen, and believe me I have seen many.

"Ajeay was released earlier this morning, I made sure of that" she stopped chewing as fast and looked up to me, I could see anger slowly growing on her face. "I just thought you might want to know" was I ashamed of what I did to Ajeay? Yes but did I regret it? No after all it got me here sitting with the most amazing woman I have met yet.
She dropped the plate on the floor "are you ok?" I asked because she didn't eat half of what was on the plate.
"I just lost my appetite" she simply said and almost immediately came a knock on the door.

"Do you want to get that?" I asked her, people stopped over while she was sleep, some dropped food others just came to see the new couple and congratulate us especially those from my family who had no idea I was getting married but I refused to let anyone wake her, I insisted she was very tired and looked sick.

"No! This is your house, you get it" she said as she took the plate and walked to the kitchen with it. I took in her words and her reaction before reaching to open the door. The most horrific view stood outside my door when I opened it to find my father in law, my wife, her mother and her twin sister standing just outside the door.