BEAUTIFUL QADR

CHAPTER NINE

Safiyyah POV

    Sunday went by so smoothly and its Already monday morning and am getting ready for work.

After getting ready, I grab my bag and hijab and go downstairs to have breakfast. Reaching the dinning table, I see breakfast is already ready and Maa and Aslam have already started eating but Baba is nowhere to be seen.

"Good morning Maa, Good morning Aslam" I greet and take a seat.

"Good morning habibty" mama greets back but Aslam just nod because he is stuffing his face with food like it was about to run away. I stare at him in disbelief

After he finished chewing he turned to me
"don't waste time today safiyyah, I  have a meeting to attend to with Baba and Baba has already left"

"Okay, I don't eat alot in the morning anyways" I say and turn to ma "Maa, can you plz pack food for me to take to work?"

"Why can't you pack your own food?" Maa says annoyed

"Because it tastes better when you pack it" I tell her and she rolls her eyes, she knows its because I am lazy. She doesn't argue nonetheless and gets up to pack it. Shortly after, she comes back with a brown paper bag and my purple bottle  with coffee in it I presume.

"Thank you Maa" I take it and stuff it into my bag.

"you are welcome. Comeback home early you two" she says

"Maa, why can't I drive myself though? I have my license and a car too. I always have to wait for Aslam and its annoying" I complain and she sighs

"We have been over this Safiyyah, it doesn't matter whether you have a car or a license, Aslam will take you and bring you back, understood" she says sternly

"But why?" I say confused. "Why can't I drive myself? Why do I even have a car then?"

"I don't want to talk about this anymore. You are wasting Aslam's time. Go on" she says leaving no room to argue. I stand up and walk past Aslam going straight to the car and slamming it shut after entering. I am really angry.

Shortly Aslam Also enters the car and drives off, he didn't say anything throughout the ride and I am glad because I might snap at him.

We reach my work place and I get off not bothering to say bye and head inside and walk straight to my office not bothering to go greet Mrs Abdul.

I worked on some divorce cases, well more like signing on them for hours because there were a pile waiting on my desk. Still working on the divorce files I hear a knock on the door. Trying to hide my bad mood I prep a fake smile and say "enter" reveling Mrs Abdul's secretary, Nabila

"Good Afternoon Mrs Misbah"  She greet and I greet her back so she goes on "Mrs Abdul will like to see you" she says
"Okay, I will be there" I tell her so she walks out of the office and closes the door after her.

After finishing with the file am working on I leave for Mrs Abdul's office.

I knock on the door and she says to come in so I did.
"Good morning Mrs Abdul" I greet her. After exchanging pleasantries she ushers me to take a seat so I do.

"I will get straight to the point safiyyah, you might not like what I have to say but I want you to take up a case"she says looking up from the file she was busy with and I stare at her in horror.

"A case?" I say more to myself than her because I am in shock right now.

"Yes, and I promise it's not a complicated case" she says reassuringly

"But Mrs Abdul, I have no experience at all. I don't think I can handle this case" i tell her

"But you haven't even heard what the case it about. How do you know you can't handle it?"