BEAUTIFUL QADR

CHAPTER ELEVEN

"Safiyyah!" I hear one of the maids calling out my name. They were probably here to clean my room. I open the door

"You want to clean my room?" I ask the maid, her name is ruqayya.

"Not really. Your mom said I should tell you to come down and meet Umar. He has come to see you" she says smiling mischievously. Even the maids in this house have started teasing me ever since I got engaged.

"Umm okay I will be down in a moment" I tell her and close the door and lean on it.

It's been exactly 3 days since my case and I decided not to go to work today because I am lazy.

Suddenly felling self conscious I check my clothes to see if they were alright and grab a hijab and head down stairs.

I didn't really need to ask where they were because I kinda know where he always goes whenever he comes home. He goes to Aslam's gaming room.

"Assalamu alaikum" I say entering the room. My eyes land on him and Aslam talking about something but stopped immediately they heard me entering.

"Okay, I will be over there minding my own business" Aslam tells us and leaves to go to the end of the room.

"Hey" I say as I sit down opposite him
"Hey, how are you?" He asks
"Am fine Alhamdulillah, you?"
"Not so good" he says with a long face

"Why?" I ask him
"Because I missed you" he says going back to his beautiful smile making my heart skip a beat. I look down not knowing what to say.

" I wanted to give you this" he says bringing out a purple box that was next to him which I probably missed.

He hands it to me and I take it " Thank you, you didn't have to"

"I didn't get to give you a gift after your case that's why I brought it. Congratulations" he says

"Thanks, what is it" I got curious and start opening it but he stops me

"Umm.. please don't open it now" he says scratching his head

I laugh at him "now I am even more curious" I say and continue trying to open it

"Don't open it here please safiyyah, please" he pleads

"Fine" I give in and he sighs and smiles but his smile drops almost immediately.

"The other reason I came here was to tell you that I am leaving for a while" he says looking sad

"Oh! Where are you going?" I ask him

"Canada. I am going for some work" he says

"Okay, when will you be back?" I ask him getting worried

"In four months" he says and I just stare at him. Just like that my mood became sour but I tried to hide it because I can see he was having a hard time telling me

"Just two weeks to our wedding" I tell him and he just stares at the floor for awhile before saying "I am sorry" I try to mask my emotions

"oh don't worry about it. It's okay. When are you leaving?" I ask him instead

"Tomorrow" he says and I swear I thought I heard a whimper.

"Oh" I don't know what else to say
"I will really miss you but I will call you on Aslam's phone okay?" He says and I just nod. I don't trust my voice anymore

"Umm..okay I will go now" he says and stands up to leave and I do the same. I rush to my room. Entering I lock the door and collapse on my bed crying. I don't even know why I am crying. It's probably the hormones.