Broken To Become Stronger

Chapter 37•~Affection And Deception

                     Chapter 37

        •~Affection And Deception

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                                  6th Sept, 2020

A person does not have an understanding of the religion of Islam until he thinks of a hardship as being a blessing, and comfort and luxury as being a tribulation.

~Sufiyan Al Thawari~
   

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Standing in front of the main door of the house, Ahmed scrambled into his pocket for the slip of the paper.His eyes scanned the address scribbled on the paper for one last time before he pressed the door bell.

Just in a few seconds he heard movements from inside and the door cracked halfway open.

A man with clear grey eyes looked at him and before he could say anything he asked in a placid voice,

" Yes"?

" I am looking for sister Yasmeen. Does she stay here."

Ahmed uttered his purpose with a characterised haste.Had it not been for Eisha and the circumstances she was in, he would never do any such thing.

"Yes she does."

"Umm...I'm here to meet her. Could you please call her. She knows me very well".

"Okay... and whom shall I say is here?"

"Oh...I am her friend Eisha's younger brother, Ahmed."

"Okay! come on in Ahmed." He invited, his tone warm and kind.

Fahil led him into the room and sat him on the lounge while he himself went inside to inform Yasmeen.

Ahmed unshouldered his back pack and rummaged through it.Eventually his hand grasped what he was searching for and he pulled out a yellow envelope.

Moments later Yasmeen emerged in the room,smile of delight lit up across her face.

Watching her walk in the room he stood up and greeted her.

"Is Eisha here too?"

As if on cue, she asked him the very next second.

"No...it's just me.Actually I am here for a reason, Eisha has sent me to you to give you this letter". He held his hand out to give her the envelope.

Abruptly, without giving herself time to decide,she pulled the flap up and allowed the paper in the envelope to slide out into her hand.

"I can't believe she has actually written to me..."

He didn't know what reason to state so he stayed silent,his lips twitching into an awkward smile.

"Also Eisha has asked you to not send any letter to her on that old address coz... she is not available on it anymore.I visit the town every weekend so you can send your message to her through me".

She looked puzzled to hear that but nodded nonetheless.

Before leaving he had to mention the important part of his visit.He did exactly what Eisha had asked him to. She couldn't receive or send a letter to anybody until it passed Yusuf. He was keeping a close eye on her every move and the only way to correspond to Yasmeen and find out about Hera was through Ahmed.