AMAANI

Chapter 3

"She grew up without a father Cx her father died when she was very young late Mohamed mael, and her mother died two years after our graduation, I could remember how she was smiling on that day Cx we both came out with a first class and we were awarded to be the best students of the year.

"Within those two years she got engaged to Mr. muhammad Altata a very young , rich business man, I must say every girls dream” I chuckled lightly.

"They met when he came for a business conference and he saw her outside west Edmonton Mall"so he decided to talk to her and zainab being the zainab she didn't give in easily"mama laughed lightly.

"Later On he got her number and they excogitate on a date, he went to greet her mother on a Friday night and surprisingly Mrs . sofia's heart felt at peace with him and so she decided to advice her daughter not to let this good hearted man go in vain and so Zainab felt unencumbered with him, they understood each other and got married, I must say he's fortuitous then Mrs. sofia was late a month after, she died of lung cancer, and so they decided on what best to go back to Nigeria and make a beautiful future so their children will not grow and adapt to the white mans tradition , it did be better to raise them in a good Hausa tradition since her husband is half French, half Hausa, so they decided to move to kano and luckily we met again, I got married before zainab and we lost track on each other , we both loosed contacts and all... I settled in Abuja with your father before we moved to kano.

"Your father first met me in Lagos when he went there for a business contract, it was on a Monday we went to Dominos pizza and he was also there sitted with his friends, we ate laughed and joked with my brothers and siblings before we headed home, on a Saturday morning my uncle called for me to go meet him in his room , I said my greetings and we chat a little before he spoke saying a man came to ask for permission from him saying he wants to come and be seeing me often and he gave him his permission, he looked up at me with a small smile on his face then he patted my head saying "may Allah forgive Both my parent " MR. and MRS. Ibrahim Gandi "and grant them Jannah, I answered with an Ameen, he then turned and gave me a sad smile saying Fatima, my daughter i will never leave you in the hands of a bad person and as a father i know what's good for you, I nodded in response and he added saying get ready he will come later in the evening, I nodded and stood up and left.

"After a year I got married to your father Mr. Amin Nasir Galadanci and I took good care of you and your sister, Zulaiha but then hajia Mami your grandmother and your mother never appreciates any of that you know better Amaani” She said looking up to me with a sad smile on her face.

"Amaani you should get some rest it's getting late"with that I retired to my room and sleep took

me off but not after praying for mama and saying my azkhar.

CHAPTER 5

Ayman's P. O. V

I was heading into the shopping mall, when I saw something flashed my eyes and my heart started beating so fast, I looked a little to the right, that's when I first spotted her , I saw something I was craving for , for a very long time , my heart skipped at the site of the most beautiful lady I've ever seen, her scent alone was making me hungry of her, she smells of cotton candy and marshmallows, ooh how I love her scent , an average height fair lady, dressed in a black and white dotted kimono revealing her silhouetted figure, her figure was light and pleasant, her shoe was jimmy choo flat and her bag was Gucci Quilted shoulder and her wrist watch is made by yazole flower quartz watch i headed she's used to "the best."

The woman looked nothing short of 20 and if this is important to the "setting, " it's best to introduce it early. her hijab fitted her perfectly revealing her beautiful strawberry shaped face, she has a very dark brown eyes and a small red blood lips, the expression on her face was anomalist she looked pure vitriol, seeing her like this made my heart want to ripe out of my chest and from the moment I set my eyes on her I promised to behoove her , the lady who won my heart , the lady I want to be with for the rest of my life , she was the lady I've longed looked for , the lady I was craving for , the mother of my unborn children, the woman I will get no matter what it cost looking at her alone makes my heart cosy, indubitably I promised not to ever let any deleterious thing come her way, I promised to make her my quintessential lover and , I would be the most unencumbered man in the whole world , I will never be despondent on her no matter what I will make her mine , So i decided to follow her into the shopping mall just to look at her beautiful self once's again. i saw her heading to the chocolates section and so I stood a little far away from her then I saw her heading to pay the bills, that was when I decided to give my card instead, When I heard her placid cute baby voice telling the cashier to take her card , ooh even her voice sounds of conviviality, forwarding my card to the cashier when I heard a deep but familiar voice interrupted me "excuse me I'm with her"and she suddenly looked up, then I realized it was my friend Farouq whom we work together with, the lady looked shocked and then surprised then they headed to the parking lot and we exchanged pleasantries with Farouq until then I told him what I want.

"What the hell where you doing? you wanted to impress her by paying her bills? habaa guy you could have done something better...is that all your brain could think of asshole? Farouq asked .

"Guy I really love this lady” I said with all sincerely in my voice.

"Wait who? you mean Amaani?"

"Love at first sight huh” Farouq said.

"Haba guy I'm damn serious wllhi, f**k even her name is placid"pls help me out"

"She's my girlfriend best friend"

"I know pls you can just help me by giving me her contact"

"Kai fa dan iska ne, play boi like you, your always concupiscent toward girls and now you want to play her? tooh wllhi this lady here is not that kind of a frugal girl let me tell you, she don't even have your time and all besides do you know who she is?

"She's the daughter of the almighty "AMIN NASIR GALADANCI"the world 3rd richest man in the whole of Africa, she could get you arrested if she wished.

"Wllhi I'm serious, when i saw her I felt something, the feeling is Toilsome to classify, I'm not going to play her , I just want her , I want to marry her, habaaa dude don't f**k up na , just give me her card and leave everything to me, trust me wllhi I'm not going to play her"

"She did block you if you ain't fortuitous wllhi because she does that"

"Yeah yeah I get it , pls just her card"

"I will ask my babe first, if she approves then I will send you her card okay?

"Mehn thank you"

"Your welcome"

"With that we left to the parking lot and I just couldn't stop staring at her shamelessly and I can feel she's not comfortable under my gaze.

"I apologize to her but she didn't say a word instead she turned to thank Farouq and entered her white

Ferrari Pininfarina Sergio car.

"This babe is killing me"

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Halima's P. O. V

I ate and gist with Ma, then I rushed to my room to go and pray I entered the room and saw my phone was ringing before it ended before I could reach for it , picking it up I saw three missed calls from "Mon amour" so I called immediately .

"Assalamualaikum Amour"

"Walaikumusalam My love” came his sweet deep Voice.

"Yes habibi"sorry I was with Ma.

"It's okay bae, I missed you already"

"Same here babe” I said while pouting as if he could see me.

"Babe do you know the stranger Amaani met earlier Aymaan?"

"Nah, but you introduced him earlier, looks like you know each other"

"Yes my love his my office friend Aymaan Muhammad sheikh"

"Ooh, you've never mentioned him"

"Yh , he said he likes Amaani and that he would love to have her card, can you pls give me her card, so I could send it to him?

"Babe you know Amaani is toilsome to handle when it comes to things like this , she will be very mad at me, you know she's not interested in all this stuffs, besides she might end up blocking him as usual"

"Yeah babe but he's been pleading with me and he's still disturbing me wllhi"

"Uhmmm, okay I will handle it"

"I will forward her card later inshallah"

"Okay love, thank you so much Habibty, I love you so f*****g much"

"I love you too Mon Amour, pls take care of yourself for me Habibi"

"Inshallah my love, I will call you later, I have to go now, bye"

"Bye"with that I ended the call and prayed.

CHAPTER 6

It was on a Thursday morning, I was in the kitchen making breakfast for everyone, when I heard mama's voice shouting my name, I rushed immediately and then I bumped into her, sorry mama I was just coming to meet you.

"Meet me in my room"

"I tailed behind her" I swear I could tell she looks angry, ya Rabbil izah what did I do this time around, ooh ni Amaani.

"What the hell did I tell you?” She was shouting at the top of her lungs.

"I kept quiet, Cx I swear I have no clue on what she's saying.

"I told you and Zulaiha to fix a date and go apologize to your mum"isn't that what I told you.

"Today is Thursday, you have just one more day to go back to school"so tell me why didn't you go and apologize to her?"

"It's been two good weeks now, did you even call her?"

"No” I said in a shaky voice.

"And why is that?"

"Wato ke kin isa har an haifo ki ma ko? yaushe ma aka haife ki? ke ce uwarta ko ita ce uwarki ko ke kika haifeta da baza ki kirata ba , kuma ki bata hakuri(you want to show us that you can do what you feel like they gave birth to you ai abhi? when did they even born you ? are you her mother or is she your mother that you won't call her and apologize)

"Is that what you will repay me with, Dan ace ni na hanaki zuwa ko?(so they would say I stopped you from going abhi)so they would have an additional insult about me again, so they would say I want to separate you and your mother abhi? have I ever in my life told you not to go visit her if you want to? but no, people will always insult me and think I'm the one who is telling you to do all the bad things, at-least think of me first before you do something, think of what people will say before you do something, at least even if you don't see me as a good person or a good mother just do me this one favor, I'm asking nicely now, you won't be happy if I get angry wllhi, zan bata maki rai, no matter what she's your mother, yes she's your mother and you have nothing to do about it, no matter what don't hold grudges with her, if you think by doing this she will change then wllhi your mistaken she will only be worst, If your parents cause you uneasiness, you should not make them uneasy, and if they beat you up, you should not hurt them. You should pray for them and throw nothing but a look of kindness and affection at them. Your voice should never be raised above theirs, and you should never walk ahead of them.