Inked

Chapter 16

"He who envies other does not obtain peace of mind".

Anonymous.

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Shabbar tried to force himself on Nafisa and that's when Aisha decides to intervene.

"Get away from her you pedophile"... Aisha pulled Shabbar away from Nafisa and tore a slap across his face.

"Get out!"... she ordered as she pulled him and threw him out of the gate, then locked it with all the locks

"Nas?"... Aisha called out as she went back inside. Concern laced in her voice.

"What was that all about? Who is he?"... she asked when she spotted Nafisa sitting on the couch. Still shocked from everything.

"He is..." Nafisa stopped , she was so confused at the moment.

"Who is he?"....Aisha walked closer to Nafisa.

"My husband's step brother".

"What?! How? He looks like he is Asad's age".... Aisha said, it wasn't making sense at all.

"I don't understand, 22 years ago he wasn't like this. He is older then all three of them, Karima , Najib and Suhail but how?"... Nafisa's head began to hurt.

"Maybe it's not him"...That was what Aisha concluded.

"It can't be, it's him. The eyes , the way he talks , the way he walks with his creepy yet arrogant demeanor . It just has to be him"... Nothing was making sense to Nafisa at the moment.

She remembered back then when she was dating Najib, She was told that Umma (Najib's mother) disowned Shabbar because he was a bastard. He didn't know his father.

Umma was raped by an armed robber before she married Najib's father. She was heartbroken and traumatized after the rape scene and her mother did not let her abort the child so she had no choice but to keep the child.

Umma considered Shabbar a curse and always said it to his face. She always taunted and insulted the poor boy since from childhood yet he loved his mother so very dearly.

When Umma got married, she told Shabbar not to follow her to her husband's house. It took a lot of convincing for Umma to finally agree but she never showed Shabbar the love he yearned for, instead he saw her feed her other children with the love he never had. Nevertheless, he still loved his family.

It even got to the point that Umma stopped her children from talking to Shabbar. She ordered them to treat him like trash in which they didn't, well except for Karima who was almost heartless. So growing up for Shabbar was literally hell.

He began to envy his step siblings and wanted to be like them so he started doing things to impress his mother but nothing was working. Her hatred for him only increased.

A faithful day came when Shabbar came home late with a gift he bought for his mother. It was a small shortcake in which he knew his mother loved but Karima poured some poison in it and waited for some drama to happen .

Umma fell unconscious after eating it and was immediately taken to the hospital.

It became aware to everyone that she was poisoned and Shabbar was to blamed. Lucky Umma survived it but the minute she recovered, she disowned and cursed Shabbar, then drove him out of the house.

Shabbar left the house, feeling heartbroken and feeling shattered. He felt like his whole life came crashing down and he couldn't do anything about it.

Soon hatred began to fill Shabbar's heart and he yearned for vengeance. Karima later on confessed to him that she was the one that poisoned Umma's cake but he couldn't do anything about it at that time . Umma would never believe him at that time.