~AMAAN~
The ringing of my phone woke me from my slumber, i ignored it and put the phone on silence, but the caller ought not to give up.
I sighed and rub my sleepy eyes to wakefulness before seeing the caller ID. My best pal; saifullah, i knw only him has the guts to disturb me as he knew me so well that i don't tolerate being disturb, especially this early morning. Arrgh!!! Whats his problem?.
Picking up the call, i grumpily start with 'what!?'
"Wa alaikas salam" thanks for reminding me of my greeting morals
"What do you want?" I snapped at him
"So much for calling to check up on my friend" he Said, i can imagine him smilling sheepishly
"But you do know its too early, wait......u jst called to annoy me right" i asked sulking
"Took you long to figure out" i cut the call with that, i wonder why he enjoys disturbing ppl. I hissed nd look at the time, it reads 8:15 am, ya Allah, i totally forgot about the company.
Well...Perks of being the CEO,
'Even thou, who would the employees look up to' something in me whispered . I let out a defeating sigh and sashayed to the bathroom and took a bath, then walked to the closet and wore a Armani suit, getting ready to go, I sauntered out to the main house. the maids greeted me on stepping in,I answered and went directly to where maama's voice is coming. I tiptoed and hugged her from behind. At first, she looked taken aback, but relaxed when she inhale my cologne
"Morning mama" I greeted
"Morning amaan, how was ur night?" She asked turning to me
"It was great alhamdulillah, how's my mama doing?" I asked.
we made our way to the dining room, I drew a chair for her to sit and I sat on the chair next to hers
"I'm doing well alhmd" she answered looking at me lovingly. She served me and breakfast began in a complete silent, only the sound of cutleries were heard.
I have this annoying siblings who are after my life, like they were on a mission to annoy me to the core. To disturb me is their daily morning routine, but today, it seems like they aren't on the mission.
"The twins are not up yet" mama said when she noticed I was looking around
"That explains the silent atmosphere that engulfed the house" I said and we laughed. The twins are troublesome, they are headache itself. They always fight with each other and their complain will be on me, they bicker like married couple but when they gang up on you, just say ur last prayer.
They are seventeen yrs and just finished their secondary school recently, the tom and Jerry of our house. Oh I'm the eldest child.
"Aren't u late to ur work" mama reminded seeing it's almost 9. I cleaned my mouth with the saviette and stood up muttering alhamdulillah . I kissed her forehead and say
" Mama ur blessing"
"Allah's guide and protection my son, wishing u good of luck at work" she patted my head
"Ameen mama, sai na dawo( till I come)" I answered feeling all this kind of giddiness
"Drive safely, Allah hafiz" she waved. I walked out with a smile on my lips, mother's blessings are the best gift of life. I never go out without her blessings. Allah gave me a wonderful mother, what else can I ask for. I have the best family ever. Alhamdulillah.
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I drove straight to the company, greetings coming from all corners, I nod my head at them and went to the elevator. Going to the fifth floor where my office is located, my secretary came and I handed her the briefcase in my hand, she greeted me as she collect it. I answered her and made my way to the office, settling down, she brought some files that I
needed to check. Updating me Abt what the file entails and where my signature is needed.
"This file here entails the contract u working on this month" I nodded, listening with keen interest, have a lot of work to do on my plate. After a section of this is needed to do and whatnot, I waved at her dismissively, she smiled politely then walked out. I sighed and ran my hand through my hair. always work, work and work. I sighed again exasperatedly. My phone rang from my pocket, I stood up to bring it out and in that process, my leg hit the table. I yelped in pain, keeping the phone to look at my leg, it didn't make any red mark but the dull pain is unbearable. By the time I look at the phone, it had became a missed call. I checked the caller ID and saw it was Ibtisaam. A smile graced my lips by calling her name, it had been a while since we communicated. I called her back and she answered on the second ring, oh that angelic voice!
~"Salam alaika" she salamed into the phone, I smiled
~"Wa alaikis Salam" "how have u been?" I asked her settling down on my swivel chair twirling
~"I've been doing great alhmd, how Abt u?"she asked
~"Same here alhmd"
~" uhmm...can u remember that incident that happened few weeks ago" she spoke gently yet elegantly. What incident was she talking about? I tried to recall
~" the abduction attempt" she reminded. Oh yea, I wondered why she didn't ask Abt it since untill weeks after
~" yea, I have handled the case, the abductor confessed that he was sent by someone, it proved hard to have him confess but the hardship he went through by the police men have him do that..." I was cut off by her panic yell
~"can't believe ppl out there are after my life!! Ya Allah! I'm not safe, I might be in danger! Amaan that's alerting!" She super yell, panic evident in her voice. Woman I have handled that
~"as i said, I have handled the case, no need to worry actually, I made sure u're safe, jst be conscious of ur environment" I tried to bring her out of her panic state, yh she has right to panic. The world is a dangerous place. She whooshed out some air in a calming manner before saying
~" I need to tell mom that"
~" yes, u could have done that since, I wonder how u forget this grave incident but anyways I could rest assure u that u are safe, jst put that in ur mind" I assured her. A comfortable silent engulfed us, hearing each other's faint breathe, after some few moment, she talked
~" Amaan" she called out
~"uhmm" I hummed in answer
~" thank you, jazakallahu khayran" she thanked. I smiled at her
~"Ameen, it's ma absolute pleasure" I said not wanting to say something that it's not meant to be tell now, when the Right time comes, everything shall be out for everyone to see. Time shall tell. We salamed and bid adieu before cutting the call. With that, I get back to work.
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Ibtisaam🌿
I called Amaan to ask about the abduction and what I heard had my heart come to my mouth. someone is after me, who could that be? What does he/she wants? What offence did I do to them? Why will he/she try to abduct me? I had so many questions flooding in my mind which I have no answers to them. My body was trembling ever since I cut the call but something Abt what he said calmed my racing heart a little; ' I could rest assure u that u are safe'. I'm in a great denial to say I trusted him with my safety, but it's the brutal truth. I don't know when or how, but one thing is for sure, I trusted him. The feeling is just within me, developing slowly; trust.
'i have handled the case, no need to worry' does he mean, the abduction incident have come to pass, that it was all settled, that I shouldn't overthink it. But I have to tell Ammiey. I was wondering how will I forget such grave thing, curse this little brain of mine! But what if Amaan didn't handle it, then I will be at jeopardy, Astaghfirullah good wish it is. I pushed aside all the negative thoughts, pacing in my room I decided to go tell Ammiey Abt it, taking my cap, I sauntered out of my room. I was walking slowly with my thoughts, afraid of Ammiey's outbursts, how will she react when she get to know. Would she be mad at me for not telling her? I was standing at her door debating on whether to go in or turn back, but I have known better than to choose the latter. With my heart in my mouth, I turned the door knob and entered with a taslim. I met her on her prayer mat reading a Islamic book. I sat on the edge of the bed waiting for her to round up, Few minutes later, she turned to me and smile
" Ibti, what's up with ur moody face" she asked with her teaser smile on
" Uhmm Ammiey.....I want to..uhm tell you something" I stammered,
Her brows cocked up motioning for me to continue. I rubbed my palms together nervously, clenching and unclenching my fist,
" Ammiey the day u went on ur last trip with baffah May his soul rest in peace...." I stopped, seeing her intent gaze on me
"Speak" she said in an authoritative voice that had me speaking
"After we took u to the airport, I and ya jiddarh stopped by at a restaurant....." Her glare made me continue
"The waiter mistakenly spilled coffee on my dress and I went to clean up in the restroom....and there..." Silent
" Aisha speak up" Ammiey warned
"Someone tried to abduct me" I dropped the bomb
"What!!!" Ammiey yelled.
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