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Nadia scurried to get the door when she heard the doorbell ding, "Aaima" Nadia embraced her tightly,
Aaima returned the embrace confusedly. She didn't understand why Nadia pleaded with her to see her urgently, and in another house which wasn't her matrimonial home
at that. Luckily, when Nadia called Aaima, Aaima was in Abuja, so she didn't go through a lot of trouble before she found the house.
"come in" Nadia opened the door widely for Aaima. She stepped inside, offering her salams before following Nadia's lead as they ambled into the house. Aaima felt some unsettling feeling at the pit of her stomach as she trailed behind Nadia.
"she's here" Nadia muttered, causing Idris and Alhaji Umar to turn towards their direction. Aaima didn't know what to feel again. She dropped the shoulder bag she was holding on the floor when she spotted the person who took half of her when he died,

"Aaima salam alaykum" Alhaji Umar greeted, causing Aaima to snap out of her trance,

"walaykum salam" she muttered awkwardly as she crouched down to pick her fallen bag from the floor, Aaima averted her gaze from Idris before going over to the seat Nadia pointed out for her. She didn't know how to calm her racing heart, she was scared that the sound of her violently thumping heart would get to the ears of others because of how silent the room was. "Maybe Allah answered her prayers" she thought to herself because she couldn't still understand how Idris is sitting in this room with her, Nadia really had a lot of explanation to do.

Nadia fiddled with her finger before she started the conversation with Aaima, she prayed internally for it to go as they planned. Idris, who was seating close to Nadia, nudged her to begin, "Aaima the killer has been found... the killer of my family" she declared facing Aaima who was seating on the sofa adjacent to hers,

"really wow, that's great news Alhamdulillah" Aaima beamed happily, "has the person been arrested?" she asked,

"No... the thing is" Nadia scratched her neck as she spoke, "Aaima the thing is..."

"Nadia talk already" Aaima chuckled rolling her eyes,

"Aaima the killer is your dad" Nadia's confession created a wave of silence. Idris ducked his head down, Alhaji Umar placed his hand on his cheek, pondering. Nadia watched Aaima with pleading eyes as she awaited her reply, Aaima had a lopsided grin on, she couldn't believe what just came out of Nadia mouth,

"Nadia this isn't a joke, why are you playing pranks on me?" Aaima released a nervous chuckle,

"I'm not joking Aaima, I'm very serious" Nadia said with a straight face. Aaima stared at Nadia, that was when she realized truth be spoken she wasn't joking, but how can her father do such, she knows him well, he can never hurt anyone,

"but... but... how is that possible?" Aaima asked in dismay,

"that's the truth Aaima, I'm sorry" Nadia said not able to met her gaze any more,

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