Riyadh, Saudi
Princess Noura Al bint university
Safina just finished her project in her room and came out to meet her friends who had been waiting for her.
"Safnaaa" a girl named Afra screamed on seeing Safna, the girl is a black beauty and also Nigerian that's why they clicked so fast, she's Kanuri from Maiduguri.
"Afraaaa" Safna replies with the same enthusiasm and hugs Afraa.
"It's about time the queen shows up" Aliya sassed while Safna just smiled.
"Saleehaaa" Aliya taps Saleeha who's on her phone and oblivious to her environment, the girls are set to leave but Saleeha is not even aware
"Uh-huh, sorry let's go"
Vivienda villas, Riyadh
They got seats near the fountain, which has a breathtaking view,everything screams serenity with a low piano playing by an Arab man in the background.
A waiter comes to take their orders, he has this smile that will make you think he's been given some billion dollars or more.
"What would you like to have," he asked with a smile not leaving his face
"Mac and potato salad, with cheesecake for dessert, then a cup of slush" She has this undying love for slush.
"Double her order," Aleeya said, and the rest gave their orders
Not long after, their orders arrived and they started eating with no one saying a thing.
"Papa called me earlier today, to be honest, I'm tired of them calling it's always a problem when they call" Sabeeha complained, the girl is a Pakistani, and her family is always in a crisis, it's either her uncle beats his wife or her cousin harass a lady.
Safna pitied the girl a lot, but who was she to do something or say something about it when she'd also lived a life similar to that? A chapter of her life she never wants to remember.
"What happened this time around" Aleeya asked with concern lace in her voice while Afraa continued using her phone and snapping pictures probably sending streaks,
"Is just that Sameer Bayya has been sacked by his boss, and you know his wife is pregnant" she replied holding back her tears.
"Sorry Sabeeha, don't forget with every hardship comes ease, and Allah never burdens a soul with which he can't take," Afraa said for the first time, the girl might almost seem unbothered but she always has a way with words.
"Safna you said you'll use your scholarship fund and change phone at the end of the session and here we are," Sabeeha said to lessen the tension in the atmosphere.
Safna said she'd buy a phone at the end of the session but what they didn't know is that she had the money to buy, but what is she going to do with the phone when she has nobody to contact, the people here are the only people in her life now as far as she knows so why bother herself when she meets them every day.
"That's not necessary" she answered, she hates the fact that she always lies to these people who trust her, the people who got her back when nobody else did, but she had no other choice but to lie
"Safna" Afraa must interject, she always knows that Safna is hiding something, scratch that all of them knew but they don't want to squeeze the truth out of her if she's not willing to do that herself.
"I grew up in the orphanage, I know nobody but the people there, and they aren't good to me, that's why I don't bother a bit about not keeping in touch with them" she lied again, they can see through her and they can swear she's lying but they are not going to pry.
"Why are you hiding a lot from us when we don't do that to you" Aleeya speaks this time around, she's tired of hearing lies from someone she sees as a sister and close friend.
Safna angrily stood up and headed towards the door, to be honest, these humans were crossing the lines why were they hell-bent on knowing the truth about her existence, that's why she loved Sadeeya even though she betrayed her she still loved her, the girl always understands and value her privacy and she never judges her despite knowing everything about her, the only bad thing about her is that she's a betrayer.
She gets a cab and it takes her back to campus, on getting there she ignores all the stares she's getting due to her reddened face and barges into her room she needs some refreshing shower before she does something they'll both regret.
She comes out of the shower and heads to her closet, she picks her pajamas and stripes on, before she closes the closet a picture catches her eye and she picks it up, it's a picture of her and her ex-best friend as liked to say.
"Why Sadeey, why will you just vanish from my life just like that, you're the friend and sister I never had, they all see my flaws while you oversee them, you're the only person who accepted me for who I am not what I have, they all don't believe me like you do, you never questioned me, why did you leave just like that" she burst into tears while clutching the picture.
"And who's that you're talking about when you said you've no one?" A voice that belonged to Aleeya asked and she turned and faced her, the face that turned scared the occupants of the room which were Aleeya, Sabeeha, and Afrah making them gasp.
The face that turned to face them was nothing short of a vampire, Aleeya that's close to her didn't know how she reached the end of the room, she couldn't believe this, when they came into the room they met her crying and talking to herself and on reaching her they face a monster.
Afrah that's out of her shock reaches for her phone and opens her Muslim Pro on a Qur'an audio by Sheik Salem allowably, increases the volume, and keeps it, Afra looks like she's not afraid meanwhile she's fighting a lot of battles in her head, she has seen a lot of people in her life that are possessed by evil spirits even Amna her stepsister is a victim.
She screams and they lock the room more so they'll not attract attention from others.
Eventually, she stops and falls into unconsciousness while they carry her and put her on the bed, while Afrah puts the phone close to her ears.
She wakes up around Maghrib, but she can't move a part of her body due to her sore limbs, so they help her into the bathroom and leave her to take a bath and perform ablution.
She closes the Qur'an after she's done reading her favorite surah, which is surahtul Yaseen, the surah restores peace in her whenever she recites it and she tends to forget her problems or so she thinks.
She can't even remember what happened after she's done looking at their picture with Sadeey, all she can remember is when the girls came into the room and Aleeya asked her a question, when she's done praying she asked them what happened but they all shoo away the topic and bring in another one.
She's not happy with how she reacts at the eatery, these friends of hers don't deserve her or her lies, they are the first people who accept her here when she came.
She wonders how her Umma and Zainab are coping now that she left are they happy with her leaving or not...
And her brain reflects down to a memory lane...
Flashback
I'm already excited about the next chap❤️Safna will tell us how she found herself in Riyadh
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Taku har kullum😂❤️
Zahratus sahara🦋
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