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Faryal collected the phone and answered Fayyad's call saying, "I'm thinking of calling you to check if you've reached home safe."

"And I also called to ask whether the rain made you catch a cold or get the flu."

Faryal smiled and said, "Thanks for the care Fayyad, I'm fine nothing happened to me."

"Alhamdulillah, that's all I want to hear but please next time, make sure the well-being of your car before going out with it. You know girls don't know how to handle car problems."

"Wlh you're on point Fayyad even if a car tire punctured we can't change it to a spare one."

"You know the truth, but if it were Manira, she would still argue."

She laughed and said, "Manira's problem is different."

"I truly know it." They chatted for 10 minutes before he said, "Okay beauty, I will go do some work now, am I permitted to go?"

Faryal slightly laughed and jokingly said, "Ummm nooo, I don't permit you."

"Then I'm here till the time you permit me to go."

She laughed again and said, "Okay you can go Take care."

"Thank you, ma'am. In sha Allah and you too."

"Okay, sir," she answered playfully before they ended the call.

She looked at Hadiyyah and said, "Will I believe your realization, Hadiyyah?"

Hadiyyah smiled and said, "You must believe, even not at my realization, but you will believe when he finally utters it to you."

She sighed before dialing Barr Hashim's number to call him back. He answered at the first ring. After greeting, he added, "I called you and you didn't answer, so I didn't want to distract you, I said maybe you were doing something."

"Eh wlh I saw it before I answered the call end and before I could return the call, my friend called me."

"Oh, no problem I understand, So how was today's work and how is the rainy weather?"

"So far so good, Barr."

"Masha'Allah, may Allah bless you protect you from all harm and make you among the successors."

"Ameen Ameen ya Allah Barr I truly appreciate your prayers and I wish you the same."

"Ameen faryal, you deserve it."

"How's your work also?" She asked.

"Normal Alhamdulillah, we're managing."

"May Allah help you and make you dispense equal justice."

"Ameen ya Rabbi. Emm Faryal?"

"Yes Barr."

"If I won't disturb you, send me your address I want to pay you a visit, hope I don't cross my limit."

"No, Barr you don't, No problem I will send it to you In sha Allah."

"Alright, thank you so much."

"Don't mention it."

"So, let me let you get some rest, Good night, have a sweet dream."

"Same to you, Barr."

As she hung up the call, she looked at Hadiyyah and said, "Will you go with me to Walida's birthday?"

"When?"

"Tomorrow around 7."

"Ummm, I will see if Abubakar won't come, then we will go."

"Won't you tell him that you're going somewhere? You know I keep a gate pass for you."

"As long as he's coming, to be with him is more than to escort you to your friend's birthday."

"Gaya min magana kinji ."

Hadiyyah laughed without saying anything again.

The next day, faryal went to the company, After she finished at the company, she went to her brand for a check-up. After observing that everything was also intact, she went to one of her friends whom she made an order about the birthday gift she's going to give Walida before heading home.

As she parked at the parking space, she looked at a strange car that belonged to her paternal uncle. She sighed smelling something bad. As she knows that peace isn't what brings her father's siblings to their house, she stepped out of the car and went in.

She met her parents along with her father's big sister and his younger brother then Hadiyyah, who was sitting on the rug, uttered a salam and completed her entry into the parlor, greeting her father's siblings.

The elder sister of her father, who was sitting, seethed with anger said, "Ke wato ubanki ya mara Miki baya kin tsufa a gida sai gantali da sunan aiki ko?"

"Haba Yaya Turai, Faryal is my eldest daughter Since I don't have a boy as my eldest child, she has to follow my footsteps. She has to be the one to take care of her siblings and moreover how old are they even faryal haven't reached 24 l..."

"Shut up Hafiz, If you're controlled by your wife, then we aren't controlled. How can you keep girls of that age at home without marrying them off, even Hadiyyah if she had married early she'd probably have two children by now, let alone Faryal. But you kept quiet watching them. Don't they get lovers or what? Or is the beauty just for running from corner to corner?"

"We are sorry yaya Turai, In sha Allah we will rectify," Maama said.

"Ai ke sharmila, you've got nothing to say, you're just a picture at home. You don't deserve to be a mother because you don't keep an eye on your child. If you say your husband is a businessman and doesn't have enough time for his child, then what's the essence of marrying a good wife? It's not for her to be a good mother and take care of her home, but you do none."

She turned to her brother, who was Faryal's father's younger brother and said, "Kamal what did you witness yesterday?"

He readjusted his cap and said, "Faryal with two men, she even entered their car."

Yaya Turai looked at Faryal and said, "Hey look into my eyes Is it true?"

"Ai Yaya Turai she won't tell the truth," Kamal said, eyeing Faryal.

"Yes, Hajiya it's true my car stopped and one of them is my friend, they just helped me and gave me a lift."

"Kaji ko kaji, so are you aware of this." Yaya Turai said, looking at Appa and Maama.

"Yes, Yaya Turai she told us and this is nothing, she said he's her friend," Appa said.

"Qalu innalillahi wa inna ilaihir rajun, Hafiz Is that how you become ? Tho if you can't handle this, I will have to intervene, we can't let relatives curse us because of your children. You!," she said, looking at Faryal and Hadiyyah, "I will give you one month, Ku fito da mazajen aure because if your parents are fools, I won't let this thing go on like this. You hear?" She ended up holding her ear.

Faryal and Hadiyyah nodded without saying anything while Yaya Turai said, "Kamal, let's go."

"Allah ya tsare hanya," Maama said calmly.

Appa looked at them after yaya turai and Kamal left and said, " go inside don't worry."

After Faryal and Hadiyyah left, Maama looked at Appa and said, "Hafiz you hear what Yaya Turai said?"

"Don't worry I know how to handle it, it's Kamal that's making her do all this."

As they entered the room, Hadiyyah held Faryal and said, "Faryal you know what can this woman possibly do, now what's the solution?"

"I don't know hadiyyah, you are even lucky Abubakar is with you, I have no one with me by now."

"You have Faryal if there's anyone that deserves to get you, it's Fayyad."

"But hadiyyah I don't want to repeat the same mistake, Fayyad hasn't proposed yet, and..."

"And what Faryal?

Just start changing for him from that friendship the way he shows care for you, you should also start showing him you care too, I promise you he will propose soon because he is just waiting for the signal opportunity to do so, and as he did that tell him your father won't agree with that long dating, he should have introduced himself to Appa. As long as he did this, I know Appa will tell him to tell his parents if he truly wants you and me too I will talk to Abubakar, then as long as the talk gets into parents hands that's all yaya Turai won't bother us again till the time I finish school, and you if Fayyad is ready you should have just gotten married since you're also ready."

Faryal sat on the bed as Hadiyyah continued telling her what they should do until Magrib prayer was called. They prayed and got ready for Walida's birthday. They went out and met their mother in their grandmother's room, discussing. So Faryal told her about Walida's birthday that they were headed to.

"Okay, but don't be late you know now all eyes are on you."

"In sha Allah maama, we won't."

"A dawo lafiya." As they were about to head out, Maama summoned faryal again, "Faryal."

Faryal stopped and turned to her mother, answering with "Yes Maama."

"How's Hamdan?" Faryal looked at Hadiyyah before saying, "He's fine."

"I don't hear you talk about him these days."

"I don't know about him anymore Maama." Maama intended to say something but decided against it and said, "Alright, you can go don't be late."

"Okay," she said.

As they came out to the compound, Faryal exhaled a breath saying, "Huhhh."

Hadiyyah laughed and said, "hamdan already blew his chance, they won't surprise until you present Fayyad."

"Hmmm," faryal hummed got into Hadiyyah's car and they headed out.

They reached the event center where Alhaji Barau Ido Naira held Walida's birthday party. There wasn't enough light in the hall, it was just disco light. They looked at the people roaming around, no one was decently dressed. They found a place and sat down.

Hadiyyah on her phone's flashlight while Faryal called walida, when walida answered faryal heard a loud crowd in the background. She said, "Walida, when are you coming? You know we ain't staying much."

"We're already here at the event center, come out let's get in together."

"Okay," Faryal said, as she hung up the call and stood up.

Hadiyyah held her hand and said, "Faryal, I'm not comfortable with this environment, don't go let's wait for her here."

Faryal agreed and sat down, as walida arrived with her mixed-gender friends, they escorted her to her designated seat and then returned to theirs.

Faryal stood up, walked to the high table and sat next to walida in her designated chair.

Walida playfully teased, " I asked you to come out so we could enter together and you refused like I'm going to kidnap you," she said eyeing faryal with a smile.

"Sorry friendzo, I'm with hadiyyah and I don't want to leave her alone."

"Oh really ? where's she ?"

"She's there," faryal said pointing to where hadiyyah was seated. they continue their conversation for a few minutes before faryal keep the gift for walida and left the high table returning to her previous seat.

After the desserts, the hall was filled with full light as the birthday girl made her way to the center of the hall.

Hadiyyah looked at the cups and the bottles being served on some particular tables and said, "faryal we should get going, this isn't a birthday party it's a clup , alcohol in birthday party oh no."

"Alcohol kuma? " Faryal asked sounding unbelievable.

"Yes, look over there," she said pointing to the two servers holding trays of cups and alcohol.

Before faryal could respond hadiyyah chimed in, "we should get going, you know what Maama told us before we came out right, so lets leave."

"Wlh hadiyyah I had no idea walida planned the party like this. If I knew I would've made an excuse not to attend."

They stood up and faryal made her way to the center of the hall where walida was dancing, men showering her with money as the MC announced she was being gifted a GLK.

Hmmm faryal hummed wondering where walida had met those wealthy men in just some month's. As she reached the center of the hall she took walida's hand pulling her away from the crowd and said "walida We're leaving, maama told us not to stay too long."

"Okay faryal thank you so much I truly appreciate, have you eaten?"

"Yes alhamdulillah."

"okay, bye until we talk."

"Alright," faryal said, turning to leave the dance floor. But as she raised her eyes, they landed on something that made her clutch her chest in surprise, her face expressionless. A man was stumbling towards the dance floor clearly intoxicated, she quickly changed direction and rushed to Hadiyyah.

"Hadiyyah did you know who I just saw?"

TIRKASHI 😂 READERS WHO'S THE MAN FARYAL SAW INTOXICATED ?