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Episode Twenty Three: The Dinner

by Maman Maama · Maimoon

Sultan's POV Ya jima yana kallon motar har ta bace. Sannan ya juya ya shiga motar sa ya figa a guje ya dau hanyar palace. Yau dama sam bai yi niyyar fita daga gida ba wata unexpected yunwa ce ta tashe shi daga bacci kuma ta saka dole ya fito neman abinda zai ci, yunwa ce ta fito da shi ko kuma destiny ne, ya danyi murmushi tare da kallon wayarsa da take kan dash board. Tun daga nesa ya danne horn din motar sa, dama ya saba kullum abinda yake yi kenan, kowa sai yasan sultan ya shigo, ko mutun yayi bacci sai ya tashi. Yana shiga direct part dinsa ya wuce yayi packing a inda yake ajiye motocinsa. Direct bedroom ya nufa, yana shiga ya kalli kansa a cikin mirror sai ya bata rai yana kallon squeezed rigar sa "damn it" ya fada tare da cize lips dinsa sannan ya fada kan gado da kayan sa complete har takalmi. Ya lumshe idonsa yana tuno every detail na fuskarta, it is like brain dinsa tayi automatically saving hotonta. "Hafsat" ya furta a hankali. Tunda yake bai taba yin serious budurwa ba, 'yammatan da yake haduwa dasu duk club girls ne da zasu yi rawa tare and that's all. Shi ba manemin mata bane sam, he consider it dirty. Ya dauko wayarsa ya dubo number dinta da yayi saving yana murmushi a ransa yana yabawa kansa dabarar da yayi na karbar number dinta maimakon shi ya bata tashi, dan yasan ba lallai ne ta kira shi ba. Ko ta karasa gida yanzu? No, unguwar da ta yi masa kwatance tana da dan nisa, bara ya bari a dan kara jima wa tukun. Ya ajiye wayar tare da gyara kwanciya. Har after 12 yana kwance a haka kuma baiyi bacci ba, ya sake dauko wayar yayi dialing "The number you are trying to call is currently switched off, please try again later" "damn you MTN" ya fada tare da jan tsaki. A cikin daren ya kira number takai sau goma amma still switch off ake gaya masa, maybe charge dinta ne ya kare, ya fada a ransa, amma baiji dadin haka ba saboda yana son ko yayane ya sake jin muryarta kafin yayi bacci. Washegari tunda yayi sallar asuba yake zaune yana kallon agogo, jira kawai yake yi yaga gari yayi haske ya kira ta. 8:00 ya sake dialing number ta amma still switched off. Damn it, kar dai ace wrong number ta bashi, in haka ne kuwa to tabbas address din ma wrong ta bashi. Ya mike da sauri zuciyar sa tana bugawa ya shiga wanka, nan da nan yayi ya fito. Duk gayun sa yau da sauri ya shirya cikin usual body hug kayansa. Agogon hannunsa ya duba yaga karfe goma, yasan tunda Takawa yana gari to duk mutan gidan suna falonsa yanzu. Shima direct can ya wuce, duk masu gaishe shi a hanya babu wanda ya kula, yana shiga yaga Takawa a zaune a kan shimfidar da ake masa ta cin abinci a tsakiyar palour, Hajiya tana kusa dashi daga hannun dama Abbas kuma daga hannun hagu, daga gefe kuma Saratu ce da Fa'iza. Daga dukkan alamu hira suke suna dariya har Takawan, shigowar Sultan ce tasa Takawa ya hade girar sama data kasa tamkar bai taba dariya ba, Sultan ya karasa gabansa ya durkusa "barka da assuba" bai samu amsa ba kuma dama bai sa ran zai samu ba. Ya mike ya koma kusa da Hajiya ya zauna tare da gaishe ta itama, ta amsa sannan ta saka hannu ta dan shafa gashin kansa a hankali "yaron kirki yau kuma da wuri aka tashi haka? Ko wani gurin za'a je ne?" ya girgiza kai yace "no Hajiya, part din Amir kawai zan shiga nace bara in shigo in gaisheku" Abbas yace "yaya Sultan barka da assuba" Sultan ya kirkiro murmushi yace "Abbas, ya kake?" Su Saratu ma duk suka gaishe shi daga nan sai kowa yayi shiru. Sultan ya danyi jim a zaune sai kuma ya mike yace "Hajiya bara inje" tace "to yaron kirki, a dawo lafiya" ya karasa gaban Takawa ya sake durkusawa "a huta lafiya" nan ma babu amsa. Sai da ya fita ya turo kofa sannan yaji muryar Takawa sun cigaba da maganar da suke yi da Abbas. Ya runtse idonsa zuciyarsa tana masa zafi sannan kuma ya saka hannayensa a aljihunsa yayi gaba. Kamar yadda yayi tsammani, rashe rashe ya tarar da Amir yana ta shirgar bacci, Allah ne kadai yasan jiya karfe nawa ya kwanta bacci dan tunda yace Solomon ya zo gari to yasan sai sun raba dare a club. Tsaki yaja ya daddaka masa duka a cinya "kai tashi daga baccin nan haka" Amir ya bude ido cikin bacci yana kallon sa, "what happened naga har ka shirya, ko ta samu ne?" Sultan yace "eh ta samu, babban samu ma kuwa, dallacan ka tashi" Amir ya mike zaune yayi hamma tare da mika yana shashshafa wuyansa, da kyar yake bude idonsa amma yasan tunda ya ga Sultan a haka to tabbas baccinsa na yau ya kare. Cikin muryar bacci ya sake tambaya "what's up?" Sultan ya zauna a gefensa excitedly ya bashi labarin haduwar su da Moon da yadda wayarta bata shiga, tunda ya fara maganar Amir kawai kallonsa yake yi, sai da ya gama sannan yace "in baka shawara abokina? Kawai kaje kayi ta addu'a dan kuwa ina da tabbacin gamo kayi da aljana" dariya sosai Sultan yayi sannan Amir yace "to in ba aljana ba Sultan ni ban taba ganin ka damu da wata mace ba, daga jiya zuwa yau har kabi ka tayar da hankalinka akanta, tunda har ta baka wrong number ai bata yi da kai ne" Sultan yayi sauri yace "a'a, raka ni zakayi address din mu gani, maybe wayar ta samu problem ne" Amir yace "wai kana nufin yanzu? Haba rankai dade, duk matsuwarka ai ka bari yamma tayi zuwa dare ko? Saboda tsabar kai sabon shiga ne, ka hadu da yarinya jiya da daddare sannan kawai yau da safe kaje gidansu? to wai ma yaushe ka taba ganin an je zance da safe" Sultan ya bata rai yana tunani, sai kuma ya tafi da baya ya fada kan gadon ya lumshe idonsa, a hankali yace "baka san yadda nake ji bane Amir, ba zaka gane ba" Amir ya harare shi sannan yayi tsaki ya koma ya kwanta tare da jan bargo yana mita "ina tsakiya da mafarki na mai dadi ka tashe ni" Moon's POV Tun dana tashi da assuba ban koma bacci ba, muna ta hidimar kamu da mother's eve da za'ayi yau. Sam na manta da wani Sultan duk da jiya da daddare da kyar nayi bacci ina ta tuna abubuwan da suka faru a tsakanin mu. Anyi taro lafiya an gama lafiya babu wata matsala sai rigimar da akayi da Hafsat akan ita fa lallai ba za'a zuba mata nono aka ba, sai da aka rirriketa kamar mai aljanu sannan aka zuba mata, dan muguntar Hajja kwarya guda ta juye mata. Mu dai muna ta dariya. Hajja ta juyo tace min "in naki yazo wanka zanyi miki dashi" Munir kam ya zamar min tamkar jela, cikin mata ko cikin maza duk inda nayi sai ya bini kuma sai yayi maganar da zata sa a gane akwai wani abu a tsakanin mu. Washegari da wuri jirgin su Zayed ya sauka shida abokan sa guda biyar, sai Waliyansa su uku. A ranar ne kuma zamuyi dinner da daddare, Zayed ya kawo mana kayan da zamu saka ni da Hafsat, dogayen riguna ne masu kyau, wadanda kuma suka rufe mana jikin mu ruf, iri daya ni da ita sai dai banbancin color, ta Hafsat golden tawa cream. Ni samun wannan rigar yasa duk na manta da dinkin mu a gurin tailor ni da Amira wanda da muka yi niyyar zamuyi anko ni da ita. Ban tuna ba sai da muna shiryawa ta kira ni tace gata nan zuwa. Ai kuwa ina gaya mata ai ban karbo ba ni na samu wasu kayan ta hau bala'i daga karshe ta kashe wayar gaba daya. Nima nasan ban kyauta mata ba amma abubuwa ne suka yi min yawa shi yasa. Har muka gama shiryawa muka tafi Amira bata zo ba, nayi ta kiran wayarta kuma bata dauka, a karshe na hakura na rabu da ita. Sultan's POV A hankali suke bin address din har suka zo gidan. Suna yin packing Amir yace "to munzo, now what?" Sultan ya dan sosa kansa yace "ya akeyi in anzo gurin budurwa?" Amir yayi tsaki yace "ideally kiranta zakayi a waya, to tunda kai baka da number dinta sai ka nemi yaro ka tura shi ya kirata" Sultan ya bude kofar mota ya fito yana ta zagaye ya rasa dan aike, sai da kyar ya samu wani yaro yace masa ya shiga yace ana kiran Hafsat, can yaron ya dawo yace "wai ance babu Hafsat anan gidan" ya juya suka dubi juna shi da Amir, Amir ya kyalkyale da dariya yace "sai kazo mu tafi ai, yau dai ka barni inyi bacci tunda ka tabbatar yarinyar nan tayi playing dinka" Sultan ya juyo jiki ba kwari ya shiga mota, har zaiyi mata key sai kuma ya dakata yana tunani, can yace "no, bazan hakura ba, tunda har tayi min kwatancen nan gidan to in har ba gidan su bane ba to gidan 'yan'uwansu ne, ko kuma gidan su kawarta, yes, zan jira inga wanda zai fito daga gidan in tambayeshi ko ya santa" Amir binsa yake da kallo har ya gama sannan yace "you are not serious are you? Kana nufin zama zamuyi tayi a gurin nan har sai wata ta fito mun tambayeta? What if babu wanda ya fito har gobe?" Sultan ya gyara zama yace "then I will wait har gobe, in kaga ba zaka jira ba kayi tafiyarka ban hana kaba" tsaki Amir ya sake yi ya kwantar da kujera tare da kunna kida sannan ya ja hularsa ya rufe fuskarsa da ita, in dai Sultan yace zaiyi abu to tabbas zaiyi din, yin jayayya ma is a waste of time. Sultan kuwa fitowa yayi ya jingina da jikin motar ya saka hannayensa a aljihunsa idonsa na kan gidan. Shiru2 har wajan awa daya babu alamar wani zai fito, kuma unguwar shiru babu motsin mutane ballantana su nemi wani information. Amir har yayi baccinsa amma sultan yana tsaye kamar soja. Wannan shine kadai link din da yasan zai same ta dan haka ba zai yi wasa da wannan damar ba. Can kawai yaji motsi daga ciki, sannan yaga an bude karamar kofar gate din. Wata budurwa ce ta fito, doguwa, baka kyakykyawa. Taci kwalliya irin ta kure adaka dinnan, daga gani kasan gidan biki zata je. Suna hada ido da sultan ta danyi baya alamar tsorata sannan kuma ta maze ta rufe kofar tana gyara mayafin ta. Sultan ya karasa kusa da ita yace "Assalamu Alaikum" ta juyo ta watsa masa harara tace "alaikassam, ya akayi" kut, wannan badan information yake nema a gurin taba da sai ya babballata. Ya daure yace "please, wata ce ta bani address din nan gidan tace gidan su ne, sunan ta Hafsat" Amira ta sake yi masa kallon wulakanci tace "ko wacece karya tayi maka, nan babu Hafsat, oyo san inda dare yayi maka" lallai wannan yarinyar bata san halin sa ba. Daga bayansu suka ji ance "Hey, who do you think you are ana miki magana kina yiwa mutane rashin kunya, da wata mummunar fuskar ki anan, ko ki bashi amsar tambayarsa ko kuma wallahi.. " ta katse shi tare da daga masa gira "ko kuma me Amir? Zaka dake ni ne?" Mamaki ne ya ishe shi yadda ta san sunan shi kuma ta mayar musu da magana ba tsoro, su da da sun je guri ake watsewa dan tsoron su, lallai mata are just different species. Har ta juya zata tafi Sultan ya sake binta "please, ko cikin kawayenki babu wadda kike tunanin zata bada address dinki?" Kamar ba zata kula shi ba sai kuma ta tsaya kamar mai tunani sannan ta juyo fuskarta da murmushin mugunta tace "ya kamanninta yake?" Da sauri sultan yace "fara, fulani, very beautiful, tana da dimples manya guda biyu" murmushin mugunta Amira ta sake yi, Amir ya karaso yace "so? Do you know her or not" ba tare data kalleshi ba tace "shut off" Amir ji yayi kamar ya gaggaura mata mari, ko ba yau ba sai ya koya wa yarinyar nan hankali. Ta kalli sultan tace "na gane ta, yanzu ma tana gurin bikin da zanje" wata ajjiyar zuciya Sultan yayi yace "to shigo mota mana mu tafi" ta girgiza kanta tare da yi masa kallon sama da kasa tace "no way zan shiga motar ku, Allah ya raba gatari da saran shuka, in kuna son ganinta ku biyo ni" daga haka ta juya tayi gaba. Da sauri sultan ya koma mota ya tayar yana ta yiwa Amir horn dan yayi sauri ya shigo, Amir kuwa bakin ciki ne ya cika shi, wai ba zata shiga motar su ba, wacece ita? Haka suka yi ta bin Amira a baya har ta fita titi ta samu taxi ta shiga, suka cigaba da bin taxi din har Sheraton. Amir yayi tsaki yace "maimakon kawai tace mana Sheraton, sai ta saka muka ringa binta a baya kamar wasu yaranta. Wannan budurwar taka should better be worth this in ba haka ba akanka zan huce" Sultan yace "believe me, she is worth morethan this" suna fitowa Amira tayi musu nuni da hall din da ake taron tayi shigewar ta ta barsu. Moon's POV A matsayina na kanwa kuma babbar kawar amarya nice na ke zaune a kusa da ita a high table, sai Zayed da babban abokin sa Hamad. Ana cikin tsakiyar taron na hango Amira ta shigo, sai da ta gama shawaginta suna gaisawa da mutane sannan ta karaso high table, nan nayi introducing dinta a gurin su Zayed sannan muka dauki hotuna. Sai da muka gama sannan tazo dai dai kunnena tace "I brought a gift for you. Saboda bari na da kikayi babu kayan sawa yau" har ta juya kamar zata tafi nace mata "what gift?" Tace "Sultan, yana bakin kofa" nayi sauri na kalli hanyar shigowa, ga mamaki na kuwa sai naga masu gadin kofar suna ta hayaniya, har mutane sun fara tsayawa kallo. "Damn you Amira" .

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