Heart Strings Of Love

chp 4

             ZAID'S POV

After yasmeen's friend Lee and that her careless friend husnah left,i was left with my sister and she was giving me the 'you've got some explanations to do' look, that's only made my frown to deepen more. I just walked outside the mall not giving her the chance to ask me any questions,

She obliged by following me to the car along with her shopping bags,"okayyy, i seriously don't understand what's going on here ya Zaid,we came here all happy,and now you're moody"yasmeen inquired sounding worried.i sighed,a"yasmeen am sorry for the way i acted earlier," i said and then i explained to her what happened at the company,"oh am so sorry about that ya Zaid i wonder what Abbie must be feeling now","insha Allah he'll be fine"i said"I hope so too"yasmeen said and with that the car was filled with comfortable silence with yasmeen typing away on her phone, while i was driving.

We reached home in thirty minutes since we're not that far from Mambolo mall we reside in Efab estate,we said our Salam, greeted mummy,i then asked her where Abbie is seeing that he's not in the sitting room with her"he went to meet one of his friends from work to discuss how to handle the situation before it's get worse"mummy said with a sympathetic look on her face"mummy insha Allah everything would be ok before you know it, trust me","insha Allah mummy" Yasmeen added rubbing mummy's arm in a comforting way to calm her down.

"mummy I'll be in my
room in case you're looking for me"i said heading to my room to get some rest"ok Habibi go and rest cos you need it anyway". Upon entering my room,i went straight to the ensuit to take a relaxing shower and most especially to get rid of this dirt out of my body, because to me it's seems like she smeared her dirty hands all over my body.

I huffed when i recalled our encounter,but decided to just brush it off and to deal with matters at hand,"i don't have time to think of something as useless as this careless girl"i mumbled under my breath,i dressed up in a white polo shirt and black Armani jeans and my black Rolex watch to complete the dressing and to complement my skin color since I'm fair in completion.

By the time i finish dressing up,it was already time for zuhr prayer,i performed ablution and headed straight to the Majid to offer my salah.

When i came back,i met Abbie on a phone call,so i waited for him to finish so i can ask him what the problem is all about,"thank you very much Mr Andrew, we'll talk later bye"and with that he hunged up, i was looking at him waiting for explanations and he told me how Mr Andrew help save the situation by contacting the accounting department since one of his friends is the MD there so that by the ending of every month,certain amount of money would be withdrawn from their account till they finish paying off the company's fund that they embezzled.

"Abbie are you ok with that?i mean come to think of it,when will they finish paying off the money seeing the huge amount they embezzled,i think you should just get them fired since there's a lot of job vacancy,what do you think?,"hmmm,i think they should stay so that this will serve as a lesson to others that are thinking of doing the same, don't you think?"Abbie asked,"fine it's ok with me since am the boss's son and whatever he says is true and we'll surely go with it"i saluted him playfully,he just shook his head and smiled at me.

I have this playful side also, but if you get on my bad side,hmm you won't like it at all i tell you. Abbie pushed me lightly sending me to call mummy together with yasmeen so that they can share the good news together.

You see Abbie and mummy's love is very strong, nothing can break it,even after years of being married he still showed how much he loves mummy openly without a care in the world,i smiled at that wishing to have even if it's half of what Abbie has with mummy.i left mumbling something on how they are giving much attention to Yasmeen rather than me or Yasmeen and i together.

After calling mummy and Yasmeen,i left telling mummy and Abbie that am heading to Ammar's house,Ammar is my best friend,I've known him since primary school,so apparently we knew a lot about each other and our parents are also friends. We've attended thesame primary, secondary, University with Ammar, infact he's like the brother i never had.

I entered my G - wagon and drove straight to Ammar's house that's in Kado estate.once i got there,i texted him that am outside their house,since they have visitors and it would be weird for me to just go in there,considering the visitors are from Abba's office. Yes i know am like their family member,but still it would be somehow to me.

Ammar texted back almost immediately saying something about meeting him in the backyard,seeing that they have a door that'll link you to the backyard without entering the house through the front door. Once i got to the backyard,

I saw Ammar typing away on his phone with a smile itched to his face like a loon,"would you mind looking at me for once?,"I've been standing here for the past ten minutes without you noticing my presence." Am sorry man,you know very well whom am texting whenever you see this smile on my face"Ammar replied back with a smile,his attention still on his phone,"well let me guess"i said rubbing my beard pretending to think"is it Fateema or Fareedah?which ever one you are chatting with."

And that got his attention,he hated it whenever i guessed his girlfriend's name wrong"Zaid i know you said that on purpose just to annoy me right?" Ammar asked clearly getting annoyed by what i just said." It's not like i said that on purpose,it's just that the names are confusing me atimes but am sorry okay?"

He sighed,"ok the correct name is Fateemah and yes you're forgiven,"he said smiling a bit,but i didn't say I've forgiven you for making me for over ten minutes without acknowledging my presence",i said turning to the other side",

"oh common Zaid, please don't take this the wrong way,i just can't leave her hanging without replying to her chat, that's all. Am sorry if you feel bad,"he said sincerely,all traces of lark gone from his face which means he's serious about it.

 
    "Let go in so i can greet Abba and Mami then we go to your bachelor's pad, speaking of which,when are you sending your people for the formal gaisuwa and all the wedding stuff" i asked Ammar "you know you of all people shouldn't be speaking of someone's marriage right?. Since when have i been disturbing you to let go of your past and focus on the present." I sighed,and he goes on with the marriage lectures as if he's married already.

   "Ammar please let me finish grieving over Saudah before facing another lady"." You've been saying that for the past four months now,do you think you can overcome your problems while you are always running away from them?"

Ammar would never understand the situation am going through,had it been he once been in this kind of situation,he won't be disturbing me about getting married.

"Insha Allah Ammar I'll think about it,but for now please let's just go inside",he just sighed knowing clearly that am just trying to dismiss the topic." Alright whatever you say dude let's go".

As we entered the main house,we were welcomed with Mami's strong incense tururen wuta,the house smells nice and welcoming. We greeted the guest and lastly headed to Ammar's side of the house.

We discuss about a lot of things including the little problem we almost faced in the company and whatnot, Ammar sympatized with us and prayed for the company's wellbeing. You see,Ammar here is always the responsible one amongst us since we were kids,and i have always been the carefree and jovial one among us that makes the difference.

"Were are your noisy brothers aka the twins and the girls,?i didn't see anyone since i came,"they went to Adda Zee's house since in the morning,they are probably coming back after isha prayer",Ammar has and elder sister whom is married and has twins also Nawal &Naufal, they are so adorable and sweet,so Ammar is the second born then Layla,amrah and lastly the twins Ayyan and Ayman.

"That explains why the house is absolutely quiet today" i said and we laughed so hard cause his siblings are like tom and Jerry, always fighting one another most especially the twins. 

We chatted till maghrib,we prayed and i bid Mami and Abba goodnight and headed home straight.