Maryam's POV
The next third day she heard the news of me getting married to another woman, she got angry,she thought I cheated her. Whenever I called, she won't pick up my calls. I got angry at mom and most especially at my self,I was not able to make the woman of my dream happy,the woman who always stood by me,the woman who always give me advice on what's right and wrong
That was why I came to your your house then,but got angry coz from your reaction I know you won't listen to me. I called my friend Hamza,we met at our usual spot and drank for a while before we go our separate ways. I still tried calling her line but instead she keep rejecting the call so I decide to visit her usual spot, where she and her friends usually hang out
Upon reaching there,I saw her crying and her friends were consoling her. I got angry at the same time I hated my self for making her cried. I move closer to them and tried to talk to her but instead she disgraced me,she really d
Maryam's POV"Kareem I can't do this" I said as I turned, making my back to face him"But why? Do you....do you still hate me?" He asked with a sad tone"No! Of course not" I replied and turned to look at him,he was no more kneeling down"Then why don't you want to take me back?""Kareem I... It can't be possible ""Why can't it be? Because of the Shabsuma?""No!!!...why would you think of something like that?" I frowned"Coz you're going out with him,and you seem to love him"Oh! The jealous mode,I understand"Kareem that's not it""Then what is it ?""You haven't moved on Kareem, Safeenah is still there in your heart,even if I forgive you now,what about her? You said you loved me..yes you might be right,you love me...but what about Safeenah? you loved her too. It won't be easy for you and for me,you can't love two women at the same time, it either you forget one and be with one"
Maryam's POVI looked terrified,Mansur looks calm and Kareem? Oh my God! He looks scary. What do I do now? I lied to him that I will be here to get a coffee and now he's standing right in front me looking like he was about to kill someone any moment from now onNow the two men are glaring at each other"Kareem I can explain " I tried ease the tension"Maryam what's he doing here?" Mansur asked pointing his index finger at him"I-" Kareem cut me off by taking hold of my wrist as he makes me stand up immediately"Let go home" he said with authoritative tone"She isn't going anywhere... Who the fuck are you to tell her what to do?" Mansur asked holding my left wrist alsoGreat! people are now beginning to glance our way,this two are causing a commotion already. I don't even know how to stop them"Don't you dare question me,she's my wife!" Kareem said proudly"Really?" Mansur asked back with sarcastic tone"Your wif
Maryam's POVI went in and saw mom standing by the window smiling at me "I see, you two are now very close""Mom....." I whined like a baby"Come and sit,let have a talk"We took our sit and I told her everything she needs to know. She felt bad for Kareem and at the same time she was so happy for the both of us"I'm glad that this hatred for him has come to end" she said"Yes Mom you're right, everything was totally not his fault. It just that the way he treated me was wrong but I think all was already in the past now,I should focus on my future"You're right my dear....so when are you going back to your house?"Huh? Going back? I never thought of it"Mom we haven't talk that deep,for now we're taking everything slowly""But I hope, you know that you're still his wife no matter what,and you need to fulfill your duty as his wife""OK Mom, I'll think about it""Madam don't think, act on it. Is th
Maryam's POVTwo weeks of hell! After two weeks of hell here I'm in Kareem's car going to his house. No...no he said our house. What's even wrong with me? must he say our house before I know that it ours? Well may be because of the past and now this is our present"No way!""Yes way!" I replied frustratedly"Girls you need to give me an advice,I really need it now, what do I do? I mean he seems like he meant what he said""Calm down sis" Mufeedah said. Right now we're at her house"Don't tell me to calm down! He's gone!" I yelled at her. Though I didn't mean it but I'm so frustrated right now"Hey! Don't you dare yell at me! It wasn't my fault, it was yours from the start! you shouldn't have listen to your stupid head! You should have followed your heart! And moreover he wasn't leaving you, he was only trying to give you some space since you're so confused at the moment" Mufeedah scold me"Yes Bestie,muffy is right. I kno
Maryam's POVSafeenah?As in the same Safeenah I used to hear her name?But what is she doing here?She's dead right?I looked at Kareem and he was looking at her with a sad face but all of a sudden it turns to anger"What are you doing here?!" He asked harshly"Baby I-" he cut her offBaby?"Don't you dare baby me! What the fuck are you doing here?! You're dead!""I can explain,but it has to be between you and I....I don't want an outsider to interfere" she said glancing over at meWait a minute! Am I the outsider? This girl is really funny. How can she just show up her face asking for my husband attention? And now she's referring me to as outsider? Who is she?I'm sure Kareem will put her in her place"Maryam excuse us" Kareem said not even looking me into the eyes,his eyes were fixed on hers"But My hero-""NOW!!!" He roared angrilyI immediately ran to our room
Maryam's POVAfter Kareem left angrily, we all took a sit as I explained everything to them"No! That was not how it happened! " Mom exclaimed. Surprised, I take a look at Kareemah and she gave me the look of 'I told you so'She started "I walk into this hotel one day to lodge there coz I have a business meeting with some business partners,on my way going in I saw herIs this not the girl Kareem said he wish to marry? I blink my eyes so many times just to be sure and when I move closer to her she was indeed the one"Safeenah?" I called out her nameThe cigarette on her hand fell out of shocked "no pick it up" I encourage in a sarcastic tone"No ma" she shook her head"So this is the real you? This is what you've become? No wonder my daughter never likes you. Why? Because she knows more about you than anyone. So you smoke? You're the one influencing my son into a bad habit! You made him spends money a lot!""In fact I don
Maryam's POVThree days! It has been three that I've set my eyes on Kareem. He refused to talk to me nor does he eat my food again. He wakes up early and comes back home lateThree days ago,when he went out of the room in anger,I cried my self to sleep. I hate the fact that we are having a fight and the most painful part is that, it's all because of herAnd safeenah? I've not been seeing her around too. Thank God, coz I don't know what I will do if I keep setting my eyes on herI called my mom and told her everything, she told me to keep calm that she trust Kareem he wouldn't do anything to hurt me,even though I knew she was right I just couldn't bring my self to believe it. Anything can happen at any time, this lady in question has the charm,she can seduce him and make Kareem leave me"No! No! Maryam don't think that way,Kareem won't ever do something like that to you" my subconscious advised meKareem's POVIt been three days that I an
Kareem's POV"Kareem I'm sorry, I didn't mean for all this to happen " Safeenah beg as soon as she was treated finished by the doctorI said nothing nor do I replied her,my mind just keep flashing back to what Maryam said earlier"do you think I did this? Do you?! Yes Kareem! I might be angry,nervous,scared of loosing you to someone else but to try to hurt her? Do you think I'll really do it? Is this how far your trust in me goes?""Fine! If that's what you want to believe then so be it,I won't beg you Kareem nor her. You two can go to hell for all I care!"That look! Shit! What have I done again? I should have known Maryam, she wouldn't do something as drastic as that. I should have known the look if she's saying the truth....but Safeenah can't lie to me too can she?"Kareem?" She called out my name"Did you lie to me?" I asked the same question that was running on my head"What?......No! I....I can't lie to you... She...she did
Kareem turned slowly, expecting to see his wife lying lifelessly on the floor but what happened was the opposite, it wasn't Maryam on the floor but Safeenah,Safeenah lied down with blood hovering all of her body"SAFEENAH!!!! " Kareem screamed as he ran fastly towards where she was lying down,Mansur and the rest also did the same thing while Maryam stood there like a robot,she couldn't move her hand nor her legs "did she just take the bullet for me? Did she just saved me?" Maryam thought"Now Khalid! We need to take her to the hospital, she's still breathing, now!" Kareem said to them,he saw Mansur looking panic too. He wanted to punch him,talk to him,ask him so many questions but now isn't the right time for thatHe stood up and move closer to his wife "are you OK?""Kareem she..she saved me,she did save me" she panicky said"I know""Will she be fine? Nothing must happen to her Kareem""Nothing will happen to her,she's a strong girl,believ
"Why? Why are you lying? Why are you trying to cover up your crimes? I...I saw you...I saw you with my two eyes. It was you Kareem!" Safeenah uttered with shivering voice"Did you see my face?.. Answer me finah, Did you?" Kareem asked waiting patiently for her response"No I didn't " she replied back shaking her head"So how sure were you that I was the one who killed your sister?""Your car. I saw the plate number and when we track it, we find out that it was your car""You're mistaken. I wasn't driving but Mansur was""Mansur took the car to do something urgent that very day. Though I never wanted to give him the car coz even though I was the owner, I never drive. I have a driver who drove me from school to home. We scope my driver that day and that was how he was able to take the car out. When we learnt that he hit your sister,I got furious and scared at the same time. My parent find out and got angry so much,I told him or in fact I begged him
"What are you doing here?" Khalid asked with a glare immediately Mansur barge into the house. Even Kareemah was surprised and so was Mufeedah too"Khalid I'm sorry" he begged not breaking the eye contact with him. He knows he has wrong them,even though it was Kareem he wronged,he couldn't still deny the fact that Khalid was also affected too,they were all friends right from their kids and he ruined everything. Inwardly, Mansur just couldn't stop blaming himself"Just tell me exactly what you're doing here Mansur " Khalid inquired again"I'm here to confess""What confession do you intend to make?" Khalid asked. And in the next seconds he wide out his face in shock "wait a minute....Were you?....were you the one who kidnapped Maryam?""What?! No!...no I wouldn't do something as terrible as that" he replied immediately defending himself"Well you did worse than that years ago" Khalid replied sarcastically"So what then are you here for?
I really can't believe I'm back to Nigeria. Mansur thought as he take a look around for a moment. "Now is the time to mend the wrong deeds of the past Mansur" he told himself with a small sighMansur has been keeping a very deep secret from someone dear to him. He can't cope with the way everything was going on,he has to correct his mistakes. The mistakes he once started without bothering to end. The mistake he thought he will be free from, not knowing that it will only cause hatred between the woman he loved and his friend. He really needs to let Kareem knows about the truth and then he will make sure to find his love and make her hisMansur was about to take a step away from where he was standing when he recalled that he has been a big jerk to Maryam,when he left that very day believing that he was suppose to be angry, later on wards he realised that his heart still belongs to the one and only girl Safeenah. Of all people he was the only person who knew that Safeen
Kareemah's POV"Hey! What happened to you? Why have you been restless for the past 30minute?" Khalid ask raising one of his eyebrow"Khalid you can't understand " I answered frustratedly"Then make me""It's Maryam""Maryam? What happened to her?" He inquired"Nothing... I mean I'm not sure yet,she called me some minute ago and said she will be here soon. I don't know what happened exactly, but I'm sure this is about my brother""Kareem gosh! What have you done this time around?" Khalid said mor like to himself as he rub his right hand on his face annoyingly"Khalid I'm becoming to get scared already...what if something bad has happened to her? She's not here yet!""Calm down my love,I'm sure something reasonable is holding her up, she will be here soon" Khalid assured me as he excuse him self to make a callFive minute later he came back and his eyes hold a guilty gaze "what happened?" I asked"I think we
Maryam's POVI and my husband are here in the police station waiting for Safeenah to come out. Kareem has talked to his friend and now she will be released. She came out and the moment her face came in contact with us most especially my husband, you could see the hatred clearly written on her faceI told Kareem about what she told me few weeks ago and Kareem was so surprised but we decide to confront her and hear the truth from her today, to know the reason why she hate my husband so much"Look who we have here" she mockingly said"The beast and the queen of the beast" she smirkIt is clearly seen on her face that she didn't regret all her actions"What has come over you Safeenah? Why are you like this? You aren't like this before " Kareem said. His voice shows that he's hurt and also disappointed in her at the same time"Are you seriously asking me? Do you really want to know? Do you want to know the truth? Fine! I'll tell you!""I ne
Maryam's POV"This is wonderful! I haven't witnessed something as this before in my life. Kareem you're such a great man for standing up for your wife. You trusted her a lot to the extend of arresting that woman" a fair Lady said smiling at my husband,she looked at the mid of 40's"Yes,I haven't witness such thing before in my life,for a husband to stand by his wife this much,it means she's really a great wife and a good daughter in-law. I'm sorry Safiya for misjudging your daughter in-law at first,judging by your son action,it is very clear that she really is a decent woman""Yes.....,but Kareem how sure were you that your wife was innocent? " A lady askedKareem smiled as he take a look at me before he started speaking "well,it all started when I came back from work some weeks ago,I met both my wife and her in the kitchen but what surprised me most was that Safeenah's hand was covered in blood. She claimed that my wife hurt her and that was the biggest mist
Maryam's POVFinally today is my best friend's wedding,best friend more like a sister. Everyone has been moving up and down in the house. Actually we're in my mother in-laws house preparing for the Nikkah"Hi baby" I felt someone kissed my side neck from the backWho dares do that if not my husband. I smiled and turn to him "hello there bad boy""Calling me that name only, I wish to ravish you here""What?! Kareem are you crazy?! Today is Kareemah's wedding and especially your best friend...what are you doing here in the first place?""To see you...I missed you a lot""But we saw each other this morning" I reminded"Well you didn't specify...I saw you 4:10am and it was only a glimpse""Kareem!""Can I get a kiss?""Ka-""I promise, I'll go once I have it""But anyone might come in here,this is the kitchen""I don't mind,after all you're my wife""But I... I...we can't-"
Maryam's POVI felt someone kissed my forehead "wake up beautiful, its morning already"I don't need to be told who it was. Of course it's my handsome husband"No please, lemme sleep" I whined"Come on today is Saturday, you have to get up,we really need to go to Faruq's house""Oh! The routine visit!" I whined again still not opening my eyes"Can't they come to our house?" I asked finally opening my eyes showing him my puppy face"They came last week remembered? " he asked again"Now I need to bath my baby girl,so stand up or I carry you my self...you choose""Kareem!" I exclaim and he only gave me a mischievous smile"I love you baby,now up""I can bath my self!" I insist"And who said you can't?""But you just-""Can't I bath you? Enough with the talk baby, now stand up""But-" Kareem cut me off as he scoop me up and walk towards the bathroom door******I can't belie