——————— Nigeria, Kaduna
———————————Kaduna Airport(8 Months Later)
" Well the surrounding's different and why's everyone looking at us Khalifa" I pouted as I looked at Najmah in front of me. " Well you hardly see many foreigners in Nigeria, so they stare when they get an opportunity, and besides most of the foreigners that come here are usually ugly, so you and Najmah are a different case" He said and it made me laugh a little.
We were in Nigeria, Kaduna State to be precise. I came along with my daughter, Khalifa, Farouk and my parents, along side Ummah, Naim and Firdaus. One big happy family.
Najmah was already 8 Months old, she grew up to look more like Khalid but still had some of my features. She always reminded me of Khalid and the perfect and happy family we would've made. But Khalif
——————Kaduna State, Nigeria————————11:00pm, Gwamna Road.I got along more with his Father than any of his family members. They were quite a model family, rich, beautiful and happy. MashaAllah.Khalifa's Father, Muhammad Kassim Danesi, was from Edo state, Nigeria. He was from, and I quote "Etsako West" part of the state. He also told me how popular his family was. They were a royal family. He also told us the story behind him and Mama Arafah's marriage. It was chaotic.I had to think Khalifa lied when he told me that his father was strict and reserved. He seemed free and very okay with me. I liked that fact, he was funny, like Khalifa.Khalifa sat by me, holding my hand in his throughout the night.Najmah was playing with Aneesah, Ruqayyah and Mama Arafah.
———————Valentine's Residence——————————Los Angeles, California." She's getting married to the man she cheated on me with" I snapped as Ethan collected Kim from me. " You see that is your problem, how can you say you want her back when you still think she cheated, Khalid stop confusing yourself" Sophia answered." look Khalid let me ask you something, if you see Faryah what's the first thing that's going to come to your mind?" She asked. " the video" I answered almost instantly. " you see, it's not supposed to be like that, you love her, accept that she didn't do that, deep inside you I know you know the truth, Khalid think about it, even if you want to talk to her and sort things out, you won't know what to say, you need to find it in your heart to genuinely trust her and forget about what happened, even if it's n
-----Marafa Estate------------10:00am, Morning of The Wedding Day.The evening I spent with Khalifa last night made me forget all about my worries. We went to Havilah ice cream and we spent about two hours there. We talked a lot and bonded more.Raihannah's Mother found us a makeup artist and a woman that ties amazing headscarves for us for the event. But she was to come later after the nikkah.I was going to wear an Ankara material that was sewn into a real beautiful gown. It was simple but something I could wear, Raihannah's tailor made it for us here, for I, Firdaus, Ummah, Ummi and ammie. The men were going to wear something called gezner.White in colour.I couldn't wait to see how my parents were going to look.We were definitely going to take a family picture and we were definitely going to rock the Nigerian look.Najmah's dress was just like mine, I couldn't wait to see how my baby was going to look also. Miriam
—————Marafa Estate, Kaduna.————————— 4:00pm.Luckily here again, the prayer time for Salatul Asr here was 3:34pm. Khalifa took I and Najmah to a restaurant to get lunch and I gave Miriam my keys to take my car home.We had already done our makeup and headscarves and I have to commend how creative Nigerians were in head-tie tying.The others had lunch at Raihannah’s place, they were now husband and wife. I was so happy for them. Alhamdulillah.My Brother and My Best friend made the perfect couple, I was so happy and proud of them.They were blessed Ya Allah.And Insha’Allah their marriage was going to be a peaceful one. They understood each other and they didn't keep secrets from one another. They trusted each other no matter and they wer
————————Kaduna, Nigeria.———————————Marafa Estate, 11:30pm.It started raining when we left Grandma Humairah's place by 11:00pm. The cool breeze the rain brought was so nice and refreshing. I prayed Salatul Maghrib and Isha in her place and she served I and Khalifa Pounded Yam and Egusi soup with different kinds of assorted meat.It was more than delicious.Their meals were probably going to make me gain more weight.We talked about my situation with Khalid and she also advised me to talk to him as soon as possible and resolve all unsettled matters I had with him.Deep down, honestly I was scared of meeting Khalid again. I didn't want my heart to ache again when I had found peace and moved on already. I was happy and satisfied with those I h
------Los Angeles, California.-----------Khalid's Condo, 11: 00pm" I'm worried about Father" Sophia said as we set the plates for brunch. She had already gone over to the mansion and brought some mother's things here. " He'll be fine" I answered. " He won't be fine, he's letting guilt eat him up and it is not right, he isn't to blame for anything at all, no one is to blame, he's all alone in the house what if he commits suicide like Grandpa did" I couldn't have her break down. Kimberly needed a strong woman for a mother. " Sophia, Brandon is a strong man"" You didn't see him, even I didn't see him. He didn't let anyone into the study, he locked himself up and who knows what he doing to himself" She said as she sat down on a dining chair in the kitchen." we need to find a way to fix all of this, we need to, the only person I feel can fix everything is Faryah, you guys hurt her enough and now
———————Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.——————————— Sky Residence, Jalan 6/91 Taman Shemalin Perkasa, Cheras.Finally. I could rest. Driving around Kuala Lumpur at midnight with sleepy eyes was seriously not easy. My Condo was on the fifth floor. It was a fully furnished two bedroom space. It was really really nice. Plus, the view it had of the city was extremely nice. Mother took a shower immediately we got home and she has probably fallen asleep now. I took my bath and freshened up and went to my room. It was smaller than Mother's room but hey, we could manage. It was luckily amazingly ventilated. The cool breeze that came from outside was enough to make me fall asleep from only shutting my eyes. The air conditioner was also on. It was nice. I was going to enjoy my stay here.I needed to find a place close by
—————Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur.—————————3:30PmI kept on staring at my phone in the conference room as I received Faryah's text message saying we could meet in a park some minutes after I called her in the morning.I couldn't wait to see my wife, even though she wasn't going to bring my daughter, I could still see her.I was happy and excited.I was in a meeting that started by 2:00pm. They were using this opportunity of my arrival to their city to show me an app proposal to promote Olyster Textiles. I wasn't paying much attention as I kept staring at my phone over and over again just to be sure that I was going to meet Faryah by 5:00pm." That concludes the meeting for today, any questions?" The person presenting the app called, snapping me out of my thoughts. " Sir do you have any questions?" He asked me in particular. " Oh no no
" okay now I think I made a huge mistake in marrying you Tyler. Why the hell did you bring a dog in here?, you know how much I dislike dogs and you brought one here and it popped all over my favourite carpet" lately all I did was throw tantrums at Tyler for no reason in particular.It was probably the baby in me that caused it." But you love dogs!, I thought it was going to cheer you up" My poor husband was trying to defend himself. Pregnancy wasn't easy honestly. One minute I was so mad and the next, I was crying." why don't you just let me complain?" I whined and threw myself on the comfy bed in our room. I was three weeks pregnant and it's been approximately seven months since we luckily put Pa Alejo and Miss Hae Soo in prison. Faryah and Khalid were in Rabat now and here I was, travelling the world during holidays with my husband Tyler. The asshole reverted for my sake. I remember clearly how I helped him say the Shahadah, he kept on stam
----------------Rabat, Morocco.------------------------------Three Months Later, Khayah Farms, 5:00pm." Mother used to tell me, if I ever find a good girl, I should never let her go. I'll never let you go Faryah" I heard Khalid whisper in my ear and I responded to him with a big radiant smile. He was holding Najmah in his right arm and our hands were intertwined with his left as we walked together round our huge apple farm in the heart of Rabat while letting the cool spring evening breeze soothe ourselves.Alhamdulillah.Khalid invested a lot of money in farms around the world, even in Kuala Lumpur. He said he bought a farm for an old man he met when he first came to Malay with Zarah. The man couldn't accept it just like that so they decided to split the ownership. The man owned half and Khalid owned the rest of the half.Najmah could walk now and as always, she was smiling. She was learning how to talk now, no more baby jibbe
-----------------Los Angeles, California.----------------------------Masjid Umar Ibn Al Khattab, two weeks later, 2:00pm" I, Faryah Edwards Mustapha have given myself away in Nikkah to you, Khalid Myles Olyster on the agreed Maher " My heart was literally dancing inside me as I let those words escape my lips." I have accepted the Nikkah" Khalid answered and I could hear Raihannah's tiny squeal from beside me.I have never been happier. I could finally hug him and cling to him always like before. Alhamdulillah.My heart was at ease and I was alive Alhamdulillah. If a minute had passed that faithful day and I wasn't given proper CPR, I would've either returned to Allah or had severe brain damage but here I was now. I was fine Alhamdulillah. I was happy and everything was right again in my life.Miss Hae Soo and Alejandro Martinez were gone and Najmah was back to us again with Zarah's help. I could finally sleep well
----------------Los Angeles, California.--------------------------Lily's hospital, 8:00pm, same day." I swear I'm going to kill that woman if anything happens to my wife, daughter and sister" I couldn't stand not doing anything. I felt so useless.Goodness.Miss Hae Soo struck again. This time she hurt Sophia and took Faryah away from me just like she took Najmah. I was literally just going insane by waiting for the police and knowing nothing about where my daughter and wife were.Well fiancée. But to me she's still very much my wife and In Sha’a Allah it was going to be finalized soon.I was going to keep on praying but I was longing for answers. No one even saw the person who came in to take Faryah and hurt Sophia, even the body guards.What was their use then?" We're lucky Sophia's fine" Ethan said as we looked at her lying peacefully on the hospital bed. Her he
---------------Medellin, Colombia.----------------------------Next day, 5:00pm. Martinez's Villa.Miss Ji Hae SooI was running out of time. Shim Seon Ah was out there and I was a fugitive. Everything I owned, all the properties, the connections, the hitmen, the weapons and the power I had. They were all gone. All because of some ordinary family. I had nothing left. The only person that was giving me a little bit of hope now was Uncle Alejo but he himself was broken because of the words his adopted daughter spat at him.The girl broke his heart and the old man was sulking.Yes, Alejandro Martinez was sulking because his daughter failed his test and now he had to kill her.The same man who had a heart of stone was heartbroken.It was true that everyone has his weak point. Alexandra Martinez was his.I was going to make sure I got my revenge on that Faryah Edwards Mustapha before the police got to me. I h
----------------------Medellin, Colombia.-----------------------------Present day, 11:15am, Martinez's Villa.All I want to do right now is to take a shower, get myself comfy in my pyjamas and cuddle myself in my queen sized bed and hopefully fall asleep.We successfully got the Korean lady on the train to Cartagena. I made sure I lectured her on not trying to contact anyone and she understood. Things were easy. I explained why I did everything I did to Tyler.I just hoped he wasn't going do something stupid to ruin my plans.I really couldn't wait for all this to be over. I missed my camera and the beautiful nature, to think I got a new photography job and here I was, shooting people.What a waste!The hot water trickled down my body from the shower as I scrubbed the sweat out of my body. I didn't want to get out of it but I just had to.Getting dressed after drying my hair and gellin
-----------------Medellin, Columbia.---------------------------- next morning, 5:00am, Martinez Cartel." Por qué llevas esa bufanda fea? Quítatela y déjame ver tu hermoso cabello oscuro. Oh, te he extrañado mucho mi querida hija (Why're you wearing that ugly scarf?, take it off and let me see your beautiful dark hair. Oh I've missed you a lot my dear daughter)" I wasn't in the mood for all his crap.He was still disgusting as always, still drinking and smoking his cigars at the same time." Pa Alejo, no estoy de humor para tus juegos. Me querías de vuelta, verdad? Ahora estoy aquí y estoy muy seguro de que tenemos un trato. Te daré un último servicio y eso es todo, así que puedes dejar de jugar y ser serio (Pa Alejo, I am not in the mood for your games. You wanted me back right?. Now I'm here and I am very sure we have a deal. I'll be of one last service to you and that's it so c
--------------Los Angeles, California.-------------------------- Valentine's residence. Same day, 12:45pm." I got this for you when we newly got married back then remember?. I couldn't give it to you early because you were attacked and you went into a deep coma" Khalid said as he sat beside me with a little space in between us on my comfy bed with velvet bed sheets. Super amazing. He was holding the diary he got for me back then.The one with the password " My Voice"." of course I remember my diary Khalid" I answered and he handed it over to me. " Well it's no longer your diary, it's now our journal of happy memories, nothing sad. I want you to read the first entry" He replied as he stared at me. " Just type in my voice and start reading" He looked excited. " you look happy" I typed in the alphabets and the lock opened." I'm always happy when I'm around you" I heard him say as I flipped the cover of the diary over and lo
-----------------Los Angeles, California.---------------------------------Two days later, Freehand hotel, Los Angeles, 11:00am.Maybe I should just turn back and leave. I wasn't exactly the person he wanted to see or even talk to in his life so why bother?. He opened the door and I scowled at the sight in front of me. I was once in his shoes." Why are you here?" He asked with a growl as I played with my hands in my pockets. " I came to check up on you" I tried my best to stay cool but all I could feel was pity for the guy. No wonder Faryah was sad that they didn't get to talk to properly. " so you came to mock me?"" Oh no, not at all. I just came to talk to you, man to man" he frowned and tried to slam the door at my face but I was quick to stop him. " Look. I know I am someone you don't want to ever talk to in your life but please hear me out. I really need to talk to you" He squashing me between the door and the wall.This was all