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Zynah was taken aback. "Me?" She asked, pointing to herself. "You killed my child. You killed him!" She yelled, thrashing about. "What the heck is she even doing here?" "Ya Rashida," Ramlah held her. "Please calm down. Don't talk like that. What happened was preordained. Ya Zynah is only here to sympathize with you. Can't you see that? She's our sister." "She is not my sister!" Rashida thundered. "You're the only sister I have. I don't know who that is." Zynah swallowed a painful lump in her throat. She instantly regretted her decision to visit Rashida. Hearing her refer to her as a stranger every time shattered her heart. It was too much for her to bear. Standing up, Hafsa walked up to Zynah, and motioned for her to follow her outside. Zynah nodded, instantly doing as told. Hafsa took a seat on the metallic bench, and patted the space next to her. "Cone, Zynah, sit." "Why does Ya Rashida hate me so much?" Was the first statement Zynah made when she sat down.
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Bilal was still awake, waiting for Zynah to return. Deep within him, he didn't want to return back to his house. He wanted to spend more time with his son, even though he wasn't even aware of his presence. Just staying with him and staring at him while he slept was enough for him. He couldn't help but imagine himself sharing a bed with Zynah once again, this times with their child lying between them. In his head, the picture was perfect. Bilal was still engrossed in his own little world when he heard the sound of a car screeching to a halt in the compound. From Adnan's room, he peeped through the window and saw Zynah alighting from the car. He quickly went back to the bed. After a minute or so, he heard the sound of footsteps echoing in the quiet house. He instantly shot his eyes, pretending to be asleep. • "Hey," Zynah mumbled as she pushed open the door. Her lips curved into a smile. The sight before her was beautiful. Adnan lying beside Bilal, his arms wrapped around him. Th
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| FLASHBACK | Before Nazmeera could even start speaking, Rashida walked in. They were probably working together. Bilal was really surprised by her presence because none of Zynah's family members used to talk to him. "Is everything alright?" He asked, confused. The way Rashida and Nazmeera were looking at each other made Bilal to suspect that something was wrong. It was Nazmeera that started speaking. "You're my brother, and for that, I won't hide anything from you, even though it hurts you..." She trailed off, seemingly finding it difficult to continue. "What is it?" Bilal probed, his curiosity growing by the second. "Zynah has been having an affair behind your back," Nazmeera blurted. Bilal chuckled, a humorless smile that bruised his ego. "If this is a joke, then I'd advise you stop it! I don't find it funny." "It's the truth, Bilal," Rashida chimed in. "There's this guy who Zynah used to date..." Bilal's brows furrowed, a silent gesture demanding an explanation.
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At this point, Bilal could keep his curiosity at bay any longer. His heart rate accelerated. He had a feeling something worse was coming. But what it was, he didn't know. "What did she do?" He asked through gnashed teeth, venom dripping off his tone. He didn't want to believe a single thing they were saying about his Zynah, but his trust in her had weakened. What if they weren't lying? He needed to find out the truth. "Go ahead... Tell him, Rashida," Nazmeera goaded. "You're doing the right thing." "Recently," Rashida sucked her bottom lip in hesitation. She averted her gaze to Nazmeera who in return, nodded, giving her the go ahead sign. "Zynah came to me with a problem," Rashida continued. "She wanted me to help, I was skeptical, but because she's my sister, I couldn't push her away." Bilal's jaw clenched, the veins in his neck throbbing. "Get to the point!" "Zynah is.. I mean, was pregnant and...and she believed it wasn't yours, so she came to me for help and I took her t
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For two consecutive days, Bilal was being sedated at the hospital for his wounds to heal properly. It was a request from Nazmeera. She told her dad it was a mere accident and oblivious to the truth, he bought her story. Immediately the last sedative given to him had worn off, Bilal sprung up from bed. His held his head as he instantly felt dizzy again. He attempted to get down from the bed, but out of nowhere, Nazmeera appeared and stopped him. "Where is my phone?" He asked her. "Here." She handed it to him. He collected it and the first thing he did was to check the date and time, before going through his messages and call logs, with the hopes of finding Zynah's messages or call, but to his disappointment, he found none. "You were expecting her call, weren't you?" Nazmeera asked, shaking her head. "Too bad she didn't call or even send any messages, and you know why? That's because she doesn't care about you. She clearly doesn't want you to return." "Can you please ex
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I will be back, don't move a muscl-" before she could finish her statement, he pushed her off his lap violently. Zynah fell to the ground with a thud. She winced due to the excruciating pain in her ankle. Before she could comprehend what was happening, he had already stood up, jerking her up by the collar of her blouse. He wrapped his hand around her neck and pushed her to the wall. "How dare you!" he gnashed his teeth, venom dripping off his tone. "Bil...Bilal," Zynah managed to croak out, hitting his hand and trying all she could to get his hands off her. Her breath labored. Clenching his jaw, Bilal began to wriggle her neck. Was it his intention to kill her? He also didn't know, but what he knew for sure was that he wanted her to feel the exact pain he was feeling in his heart. He wanted to make her suffer for cheating on him, and deceiving him for so long. Zynah began to squirm and hit his hand in an attempt to stop him, but her efforts were futile. Just as her eyes
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"Nazmeera, he still isn't back," Zaahida informed, pacing to and fro in the living room. " I'm getting extremely worried now. It's midnight. Where could he have gone?" "Have you tried called him again?" Nazmeera asked from the other side of the phone. "Yes. I have tried calling for over fifty times now and he still isn't picking up. Don't you have any idea where he could have gone to? You're his sister!" "I do," Nazmeera yawned. "But I don't think you would want to hear it. Should I spill?" Zaahida gritted her teeth. "Where? Tell me right now!" "He is definitely at Zynah's," Nazmeera responded. "I mean, where else could he be if not there? He's probably begging her to take him back." Zaahida chuckled, a humorless sound that masked the turmoil within her. "That's impossible. He can't possibly be there 'begging' her by this time of the night. Don't say what you're not sure of." "Maybe spending the night there?" Nazmeera's annoying voice provoked Zaahida even more, but sh
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Zynah tried to swallow the painful lump that stuck in her throat, but failed woefully. She couldn't breathe properly as she continued to speak. "I was so excited when I found out." Her lips lifted in another smile that didn't reach her eyes. "I couldn't wait to tell you. I knew you'd be happy... That was why I kept asking you when you'd return. I didn't want to deliver the good news to you over the phone. I wanted to see your reaction, the excitement on your face when I'd break the news to you. I was surprised when you suddenly showed up at the door a few hours after our phone call. Do you want to know how I found out?" Bilal couldn't respond. He couldn't move. He could do nothing. "I was always alone at home, the neighbor, was the only visitor I used to have. She had visited me just a few minutes before you showed up at the door unexpectedly. Even without saying a word to her, she could tell that I was pregnant, so she advised me to go to a hospital and confirmed it. I was just a
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