BABI NA HUDU
by @aishora
BABI NA HUƊU — HOTON DA AKA ƁOYE
Washegari, Amina ta je gidan Maryam.
Maryam ba ta nan.
Ta kira ta, amma wayar Maryam ba ta shiga.
Amina ta zauna tana jira.
Bayan ɗan lokaci, ta ga wani tsohon akwati a kusa da ɗakin Maryam.
Ba ta taɓa ganin akwatin ba.
Ta kusa wucewa, amma wani abu ya sa ta tsaya.
Akwatin yana ɗauke da tsohon makulli.
Sai ta lura cewa makullin bai kulle sosai ba.
Ta buɗe shi.
A ciki akwai wasu tsofaffin hotuna, takardu da wasiƙu.
Amina ta ɗauki hoto ɗaya.
Ta kalli hoton.
Fahad ne.
Amma ba shi kaɗai ba ne.
A gefensa akwai wata yarinya.
Yarinyar tana murmushi.
Amina ta juya hoton.
A bayan hoton an rubuta:
“Fahad da Safiya — 2018.”
Amina ta ji zuciyarta ta buga.
“Safiya?”
Wannan ita ce yarinyar da Maryam ta ambata?
Ta ɗauki wata wasiƙa.
Amma kafin ta buɗe ta, sai ta ji ƙarar ƙofar.
Amina ta firgita.
Ta mayar da hoton cikin akwatin.
Ƙofar ta buɗe.
Maryam ce.
Da ta ga Amina kusa da akwatin, sai ta tsaya cak.
“Me kike yi?”
Amina ta kalle ta.
“Wacece Safiya?”
Maryam ta yi shiru.
“Maryam, ki gaya min.”
“Kin ga hoton?”
“Eh.”
Maryam ta rufe ƙofar.
“Ya kamata ki bar wannan maganar.”
“Me ya faru da Safiya?”
Maryam ta kalli ƙasa.
“Ban san komai ba.”
“Amma kin san sunanta.”
Maryam ta yi shiru.
Amina ta ɗauki hoton.
“Me ya sa Fahad yake tare da ita?”
Maryam ta ce a hankali,
“Saboda Safiya ta kasance mutum mai muhimmanci a rayuwarsa.”
Amina ta ji wani irin abu a zuciyarta.
“Me kike nufi?”
Maryam ta ɗaga kai.
“Ba ni da damar faɗa miki.”
“Wa ya hana ki?”
Maryam ba ta amsa ba.
Sai ta ce,
“Amina, ki yi mini alƙawari cewa ba za ki sake binciken wannan ba.”
Amina ta girgiza kai.
“Ba zan iya yin wannan alƙawarin ba.”
“Me ya sa?”
“Saboda na fara ganin cewa abin da ake ɓoyewa ya shafe ni.”
Maryam ta kalleta cikin mamaki.
“Me kika gani?”
Amina ta nuna hoton.
“An rubuta 2018 a nan.”
Maryam ta yi shiru.
Amina ta ci gaba.
“Ni kuma na haifi wani abu da ya faru a wannan shekarar.”
Maryam ta kalleta.
“Me kike nufi?”
Amina ta ɗaga kai.
“Na tuna wani abu da mahaifiyata ta taɓa gaya min.”
“Me?”
Amina ta yi shiru.
“Ta ce kafin mu koma wannan garin, akwai wata yarinya da ta zo wurinmu.”
Maryam ta fara kallonta sosai.
“Wace yarinya?”
Amina ta girgiza kai.
“Ban san sunanta ba.”
A wannan lokacin, dukansu suka yi shiru.
Domin wataƙila amsar da suke nema tana kusa da su fiye da yadda suka zata.