As I entered the ward, I saw Khalil watching a cartoon, he glanced at me with a smile on his face.
"How are you feeling" I said walking closer to him"I’m fine, did you bring my clothes?"What clothes? Why do I keep forgetting things? "I forgot about your clothes." I said"Come on, I know you didn’t forget so just give me." He demanded"I’m serious Khalil, I forgot I’m sorry""I will just manage this clothe I’m wearing despite they are a bit dirty and stained" He rolled his eyes I know he is just saying this to make me feel bad, but is not my fault that I forgot about the clothes. I looked at him and he furrowed his face "Seriously, are we doing this right now." I said"Yes we are.""Come on Khalil, I didn’t mean to forget about it." I pouted"Anyway, when are we leaving?" He asked“Immediately the rain stops.""Okay." He signedI walked towards the window and peeked at it, I don’t think the rain will stop anytime soon."I will go check if I can find a cab nearby" I said"Okay”As I walked out of the room I saw Rayan standing at the end of the hallway, talking to a doctor. I thought he left.He turned around and looked at me before he waved"Is he waving at me or someone else" I muttered turning back I realized he was waving at me. I turned back and saw him walking towards my direction "Are you leaving?" He asked"Yes, I just wanted to check if I will a cab outside""Don’t worry about that, I’m also leaving why don’t I drop you""No thank you but I’m sure I will get a cab outside""I don’t think you will find a cab but if you still wanna check you can go ahead and I’m sure you don’t want to stress your brother and besides I’m not doing any favor to you by dropping you home""I don’t think it’s a good idea""Okay, I will be on my way," He said before he walked awayI borrowed an umbrella from the receptionist before I went outside, I looked around but didn’t see a cab. Rayan is right, I’m just wasting my time. I was about to leave when I noticed a cab approaching from afar. I waved at the cab indicating the driver to stop but unfortunately, he didn’t, as he drove away, a car stopped in front of me and Rayan came out of it."Come in, I will drop you off" He said"Thank you, I will go get Khalil," I awkwardly smiledI entered the hospital and gave the receptionist her umbrella after I thanked her."Khalil let’s go," I said immediately as I entered the room"You found a cab?"“No, I didn’t""Then how are we supposed to go?"“Don’t worry about that, someone will drop us home""Who?" He asked"You ask too many questions, just keep quiet" I said as I took my bag and arranged Khalil’s medicine. "Can you please help me carry Khalil to the car?" I asked a ward boy"Carry me? Afraah I can walk my way to the car, I don’t need anyone to carry me""Are you sure?" I and the ward boy said in unison"Yes, just give me a hand"Khalil managed to walk, it seems like his legs are getting better."I told you I can walk," Ge said"You sure can," I smiledWe were approaching the car when Rayan came out and helped Khalil. I looked at him as he gave Khalil a hand to enter the car.I sat down with Khalil on the back seat. I could swear Khalil has a billion questions on why I let Rayan drop us home.The drive home was quiet, no one said a word before Rayan got a call, he put on his ear pod on before he answered the call."Assalamu Aliakum Abu," He saidI looked at his reflection in the mirror as he was talking"She’s with me," He saidDid he just say, she’s with me? What a minute, what’s going on? I had so many questions on my mind, I just hope when he said 'she’s with me' he wasn't referring to me.“Is everything okay?" He asked almost immediately as he ended the call"Yes, everything is fine" I respondedExpect from the time when you said she’s with me.Shortly after the call, we arrived at the neighborhood."Where is the house?" He asked"You can just drop us here, the house isn’t far from here""I can’t just drop you here, just tell me the way.""Okay, just keep driving straight, then enter the second corner the house is the second one."Soon, we arrived at the house door"Thank you for the drive" I smiled before I got out of the car.THRID PERSON POINT OF VIEWHe knew she was scared when he was on call and said 'she’s with me' he didn’t want to make her feel uncomfortable around him. Immediately after he dropped her, he called Abu"Hello" He said immediately Abu answered the call "I’m sorry, I had to hang up on you”“It’s okay, come to back home, I have something to discuss with you”"Okay Abu""I will check on Sami first, before I meet you I haven’t seen him today""No problem but be quick" Abu said before he hung up the call.He had no choice but to do what Abu told him. Sami is the only one he have, he can’t loss him. He searched for another ways but unfortunately there isn’t another way.Everyday counts, he can’t bare the sight of Sami in pain, he needed to do something urgently. He has been thinking about the plan for weeks now and he has finally came up with a decision.Immediately after Khalil and I opened the living room door, we came face to face with an angry-looking young lady, Noor, she stood in front of the door as if she has been waiting for us."Step away from the door." I said "What took you so long to get back home, and who’s car was that?""It was raining heavily that’s why I didn’t arrive home earlier and since when did you care about my presence or absence""Don’t, just don’t talk to me that way." She pointed at me"What way, Noor, I’m just saying the truth and besides it’s getting late can you excuse us so we can enter the house," I said. As I tried to step into the house, she halted my way with her leg"Noor, what’s wrong with you? why are even mad at me, I wasn’t around the whole day and now that I’m back you are trying to look to annoy me""Whose car was that" She instantly asked "Oh now I understand why she’s so angry, she’s jealous of you Afraah. You entered a luxurious car and she has never entered a car like that, you know s
I woke up to a disturbing noise of music, I turned around and kept a small pillow on my ear to prevent me from listening to the music but unfortunately, I could still hear it, I decided to ignore it as I was very tired I kept turning around before I felt a cold liquid on my body.I screamed as I touched my body I realize it was water. Who poured water on me?I used the back of my hand to rub my eyes after I let out a short yawn."Noor," I said in a sleepy voice What is she doing here? "It’s time for you to wake up" Noor said "It’s just midnight, why are you here?""Get up and prepare something for Jamil and Hannan, they have to go to school.""It’s not time for their school, just go back to sleep I have already set an alarm.""Get up" She yelled I looked at her in silence when I realized she woke me up by pouring water on me"How dare you pour water on me" I yelled "Oh it’s now you realized that, well if you don’t behave I have to do this every day.""Look Noor, it’s just thr
I arrived at the bakery very early, I stood at the door and waited for Nadia to arrive as she is the only one that has the keys to the bakery. I took at the time and realized it was just seven thirty am and the bakery opens by eight.Oh lord, Just when I decide to leave the house early this happens.I sat on an empty stool which was kept by the side of the door, I took out my phone and began playing a game, shortly after I started playing the game I heard a voice from behind, I immediately recognized the voice, it was Nadia "What are you doing here?”"I didn’t notice the time when I left the house." I responded "Ohh okay, actually it’s good that you’re here." She said as she opened the entrance door "Good, what do you mean?""I got a call earlier, we have an important order and the delivery time is eleven o’clock""We don’t accept such big orders especially when the order is to be delivered early""They are paying double and the order is from a relative of the boss, so I had no c
I came back earlier than usual today, Noor wasn’t home and she took the pantry key with her. Jamil and Hannan had already arrived from school and were starving, I tried calling her phone several times but she didn’t pick up.I checked the fridge for some leftovers but there weren’t any, I decided to buy some packs of instant noodles and cook for them. After I did they kept on complaining about how the food is dry and had no veggies in it, I calmed them down and explained to them despite I explained they blamed me for Noor’s behavior, they said it was my fault Noor took the key with her and if I wasn’t stealing the foodstuffs, Noor would have left the key with me. I didn’t feel bad as I knew it wasn’t them talking but those words were Noor’s, she must have told them to say that. I didn’t beg them to eat the food when they said they won’t eat a food with no veggies in it, but after they watched Khalil eating the food with no complaints they began eating.Soon, I had already done all my
Third person point of view He had already woken up and was about to take a shower when he heard a knock on his door, before he could say anything the person walked into the room."Abdul, is everything okay?"Abdul came closer to him and sat on the couch before he spoke. "I had no choice but to come, I met Abu talking with the doctor today and.." Abdul didn’t finish talking when he interrupted "I know what the doctor said""Who said I was going to tell you about the doctor’s utterances? Look I have stood with you in every difficulty and every decision but what your doing this time is wrong" He said as he walked closer to him "What are you talking about?""Don’t listen to what Abu told you, I mean what you are about to do is inhuman"“Abdul, you have to understand if you were in my position you would do exactly the same”"No I won’t, you have to stop this so-called job of yours""You have to understand, I don’t have a choice," I said"You have a choice and this so-called job can g
I was arranging the doughnuts when a customer walked into the bakery, I quickly stopped what I was doing and looked at the customer that just walked in. I don’t remember turning the door sign to open. I looked at the customer he had already taken a sit without making any order or saying a word despite knowing the bakery wasn’t open.I kept the doughnut tray aside and brought out the menu before walking toward him."Good morning sir, welcome to Amees Bakery here is the menu," I said as I handed it over to himHe is fair in complexion, tall, well built, and had exposed wounds on his face which made wonder if he had just finished fighting He stared at me for a while which was very uncomfortable before he collected the menu list from my hands."Hmm, I think I will have a…..""Afraah, have you finished arranging the doughnuts," Amal said immediately after she walked out of the kitchen.He turned around and looked at her, he didn’t seem happy with the way she walked in and interrupted
I arrived at the grocery store a bit early today because I didn’t walk all the way here and I had done all my work at the bakery ahead of time. I was standing behind the counter attention to a customer when Aya made an announcement "Dear customers kindly shop your groceries fast because the store will be closed in less than an hour due to some reasons and for my workers please stay behind after the store close, we have an important meeting afterward"“Here are your groceries, thank you for shopping with us," I said as I handed the shopping bag over to himAfter the grocery store closed, all the workers including me stayed back as asked. I kept wondering why Aya will close the store early despite it wasn’t open the day before today."Hello everyone, sorry for making you wait," Aya said immediately as she walked in.Aya came in with a man and a lady. I’m assuming the man is her husband."This is my husband Adnan and this is my friend Maha" she announced "Anyways the reason I closed
THREE PERSON POINT OF VIEW The sun was shining bright as it shade its ray through the window directly on Afraah's fair skin. Her skin glittered as her eyeballs began to move around adjusting to the brightness of the room.She slowly opened her eyes and let out a long yawn before she stretched her arms.She quickly walked to the bathroom and perfumed ablution. Soon after she performed ablution, she wore her hijab and prayed.She had already concluded prayer when she heard a buzz from her cell phone which was kept on the bed beside her, she picked up the phone and glanced at the number calling, it was Rayan "Hello" He said almost immediately as she answered the call "Hello" "I know you must be thinking about why I called you in the morning but I wanted to confirm if you’re coming to city lake with me" He hastily asked She had a smile on her face as he was talking "Slow down, why are you in a rush?""I just wanted to know what you will say, and today is Sunday so you have no right
5 years later After everything that has happened, I can’t believe I’m willingly going to that house. It’s been five years but I still haven’t forgotten a single thing that happened, how my feelings got hurt, how my emotions were played. I still remember that night like it was just a few minutes ago. FLASHBACK I braced myself although the whole night, I cried throughout as I was deeply hurt, deeper than a mirror could cut someone. I was told to leave the park because it was already time for it to close. I walked to a hobo corner and sat down, I didn’t care if it was safe or not, all I could think about is Khalil. My eyes had become small and a lot swelled, and my face had a lot of questions that my heart didn’t want to answer. My mind continuously replayed a question, ‘How did Abu know that Khalil isn’t actually a cancer patient’ if I remember clearly I never told him that. I was laid on the floor, tears streaming down and rain beating me. As the rain poured heavily flash of lightni
Warm air rises and cold air rushes in underneath to replace it. My face reddened in anger and frustration, tears streaming down to face. I clenched my fists, still standing in the same position, my heartbeat got increased as my eyes looked down in shock."What did you say?" I whispered, I looked up at him, still crying, hoping for him to tell me that he is wrong "What did you say?" I asked again; my voice sounding low and calm."What did you say Rayan." I held his shirt collar, "Repeat what you said" I yelled He wasn’t able to look me in the eyes, his face showed nothing but pity, and he pitted me. "Where is Khalil Rayan? Where is he? Tell me where he is." I yelled "I’m sorry." He mumbled I shook my head "No, no. You aren’t sorry, you didn’t do anything wrong did you?" I sniffed walking backward "Khalil is fine, I know he is, there isn’t anything wrong with him. He is fine, right Rayan?" I asked as tears streamed down my cheek "Right Rayan" I walked towards me "Tell me Khalil is m
I stood in front of the door, continuously banging on it, I have been in this exact position for a couple of minutes, I need answers, I’m not leaving this house without Khalil. I never thought that Rayan will throw me out of his house. I know he is hiding something from me, if isn’t then he wouldn’t have stopped Abu from talking. I have to get Khalil out of there before they hurt him or do anything to him."Open the door," I yelled as I continued to bang on it."Open it! Where is Khalil? What did you do to him." I asked but still no response.They leave me no choice, If they don’t open the door on the count of three, I will call the cops."I’m gonna count from one to three, tell me where Khalil is or I will call the cops.” I said "One……two……three." I paused and looked at the door"That does it, If you can’t tell me where Khalil is then I have to use the authority." I dialed their number, and it rang for a couple of seconds before it ended, I called them again and on the second ring, i
The ride to Rayan’s house took almost forever. I badly needed answers, Abu has no right to take Khalil away, he has no right to leave with Khalil without even caring to inform me. If anything, absolutely anything happens to Khalil I won’t spare him, I won’t. I trust Rayan but I don’t trust Abu, I don’t even know who exactly he is. "We are here Miss." The driver said "Thank you." I paid him.Once I got off the car, I walked towards the entrance gate, the watchman looked closely at me, he took off his glasses and looked at me from head to toe. Before I could say anything he opened the gate for me. Maybe he recognizes me after all, this isn’t the first time I am here.I entered the compound and in a short, while I approached the house entrance door, some men were standing at the front door."Who are you miss?" One of the men said "I’m Afraah, I’m here to meet my brother," I responded "Your brother isn’t here Miss.""He’s here, just let me in." "Miss please leave." He showed me the w
I can’t be thankful enough for what happened. This still feels like a dream, a dream I don’t want to ever wake up from. I can’t believe, everything is going to be fine, after a whole year of tears and pain, Khalil is finally going to get better.As I left the doctor's office, I head down to see Khalil. I can’t wait to break the news to him. He will be so happy, I bet he won’t believe me until the doctor tells him. Oh lord, thank you for everything. I had a broad smile on my face when I walked into Khalil’s room, but the smile faded once I didn’t see Khalil."Khalil,” I said but there wasn’t any response from him. I knocked on the bathroom door and placed my ear on the door. No sound was coming from inside, I opened the door and peeked my head though, Khalil wasn’t in the bathroom. "Khalil" I called out I wonder where he is. I was looking around the room when a nurse walked in "Hi, can you please tell me where Khalil is, I mean the patient that was treated here.""Uhm….I don’t know"
I’ve been here for hours now, how many hours? I have no idea. Minutes after minutes I stand up and peeked through the glass hole. It’s been more than an hour now since the nurse walked out of the room. The first time she walked out, I asked her how Khalil was doing but she didn’t give me any valuable information. I have been sitting by myself for minutes, after I signed the hospital formality form, Abu said he was going to take it to the reception, and since then he hasn’t come back. I rested my back on the chair and closed my eyes. My eyeballs are already tired of crying, I have no tears left to waste.As I closed my eyes, in a short while, I heard the doctor's voice "Miss Afraah." He said I opened my eyes and in an instant, I stood up "Yes, is Khalil okay? Is he fine?" I hurriedly asked "Relax, we have run some tests on him and found out some necessary things I think you should know about.""Necessary things?""Yes, some necessary things." He repeated"Is he fine?" My heart skipp
I was sited on the waiting chair outside Khalil’s room. Tears continuously fell to my chin my eyelashes were constantly dripping tears. This is all my fault, if I had not left Khalil alone nothing like this would happen. Why! Why? Did I leave him home alone? My tears were uncontrollably falling, I didn’t care about the people looking at me, this is a hospital and I’m sure I’m not the first person to have cried in here before. Noor! She must have done something to him, I know it I just know that she wouldn’t give me empty threats. I should have listened when she said she will hurt Khalil, I’m such a fool, I foolishly followed Rayan, why did I do that?"Khalil!" I whimpered If anything happens to him I won’t spare Noor, I won’t let her be. She is the cause of everything since day one. I slowly wiped my tears when I heard footsteps coming in my direction. I knew it is Abu, I didn’t want him to see me crying. Abu brought Khalil to this hospital, he says it’s the best hospital in the cit
Noor POVI hate the fact that I have to endure Afraah and her brother, their presence remind me of their mother and her bad ways.I remember the first time I met her mom, I was just five years back then, not that I remember clearly but I will never forget what she did, I will never forget the way she acted toward my mother. Afraah thinks that I know nothing about her mom but she has no idea what I faced when I was a kid, she thinks I’m happy doing everything I do. Yes, it feels good to take revenge on her and Khalil but it will never change what her mom did to my mom let alone what she did to my late father.FLASHBACK We were in the car on our way to amazing land, we were going to celebrate my birthday there. I was so happy, I have been wanting to go to amazing land but my mom and dad were too busy, I recalled the time they surprised me with the tickets, I was so happy when they promised to celebrate my birthday there.I remember everything like it was just yesterday. The radio was
Once we arrived at Rayan’s house, he parked the car and walked towards the door, as the door opened, it revealed a lavish, well-decorated living room. There were a few people there, all were wealthy if not beyond. Everything and everywhere was beautifully decorated, I’m not exaggerating but even the waiters and waitresses smelled money. When Rayan talked about his uncle’s wedding reception, I thought it is going to be a simple but classy reception but what I’m seeing right now is beyond. I kinda feel like I don’t belong there, everyone here screams money and I just look like I don’t belong here.Rayan look at me, and he gave me a warm smile, it was like he noticed how tense I was. I smiled back and let out a breath. Whether I belong here or not, it doesn’t matter what matters is that I am here. Walking into the living room the first person we approached is a man that had a broad smile on his face "You made it! I’m so happy." He said Is he talking to me? "You look, great dear." He s