Chapter Nine

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Dua for overthinking, distress, and difficulties;

Ya Hayyu Ya Qayyum, bi-Rahmatika Astagheeth!

"O' living, O' sustaining, in Your mercy i seek relief,"

Tirmidhi- 3524

He who recites this dua in the evening and morning shall be relived from the list above, in shaa Allah.

Hammanurs pov

It fascinates me how one grow,

In other words;

Growth fascinates me, kinda like the same thing yea?

Look, i am not weird okay? Just look at Mahir now, i mean even Johara and Nohar,

The kids are turning 14 for the love of Allah, and Mahir 7 in shaa Allah.

Mun tsufa!

"Dalu Mahir, mi fiyate fa(stop Mahir, I'll beat you)" Mummy scolds and he just chuckle while running away, I shake my head with a smile.

He is one trouble maker.

"Johara waddanam diyam(Johara bring me water)" Says mummy, and the girl groan before standing up.

"Nohar hokkam waya am(Nohar give me back my phone)" And i honestly don't know why, but i burst out laughing.

"What's wrong with you?" Mummy asks rolling her eyes, i raise my hands in surrender; "Wala dume ma(no, nothing)"

She definitely isn't in the mood and that is so funny, don't even ask me why.

"What's with you and speaking fulfulde today?" Questions Aminu, taking a sip from mummys water, she glare at him and he just shrug.

"She started." I point at my step mum, "Hmm." That is her response and so i just walk out of the living room.

My siblings start trailing behind me one by one, and what made me laugh is the fact that Mahir is amongst them.

Mummys mood swings are out of this world.

***

"They're here sir." My assistant informs us and we nod.

The CEO of Akal-Cement and quite a few from his company are here for something i honestly do not have a clue.

Baba called us last week and inform us about their visit, but i kept on zoning out of the conversation and now they are here and i literally don't know how to approach them,

Thank God Karim, Imran and even Baba will also attend the meeting.

*

The meeting lasted almost two and a half hours, apparently they've been offered a contract to be supplying cement for the ongoing renovation of some estates and now they want us to be supplying rods as well,

Quite a big contract if you ask me.

May Allah see us through, Amin.

"Yo man, wanna hang out with the guys?" Karim asks as he enter my office.

"What happened to knocking?" I roll my eyes at him, he shrug while opening my fridge and pick a cold sprit.

Yup, my fav drink.

"Which guys tho? I almost had a fight with that Sagir guy the other day." I add.

Sagir is Karims friends brother, haha! I know.

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