Hearts On Fire

Three: Coronation

She turned on her bed and she felt as if all that happened was a dream. Her face scrunched up when she reminisced what happened to her in the police station and she slowly began to open her eyes. She stared directly at the wall clock in her room and it was only a few minutes to 4pm. She quickly got down from the bed, she knew wherever Ammi was, she was on her way to the house. She walked to the bathroom and bathed, she still felt the stink of the police station on her body.

She was sitted on her vanity stool and was getting ready when Ammi barged into her room, Fatima Zarah stood up and rushed to where Ammi was and she embraced her. "Dr. Sumayyah, have you stopped loving me?" She whined and broke into tears, what Al-mustapha did to her was something that got itself engraved in her memories.

Ammi smiled and patted Fatima Zarah's back. Whenever she called her Dr. Sumayyah, she knew she did something wrong to her. "Dr. Sumayyah is so sorry, Fatima Zarah. Will you forgive your Ammi?" She asked and broke their hug, and Fatima Zarah pouted her lips before she nodded.

"I thought you were going to come and bail me out, Ammi. What happened? And you didn't even come to the station in the morning. How can you do that to me? That Acp is surely crazy, I did nothing wrong, Ammi!" She was crying, and all that happened in the station came back to her in a rush. She wished she can see him again and make him pay for what he did to her, because she can never forgive him.

"I know you'd be fine, Fatima Zarah. I inquired about the police officer that held you hostage and also the station they took you, I know you'd be safe. Even though I was hurt seeing how he held you in the station while you did nothing wrong that called for that, I have no more choice than to let things slide. Dr. Sumayyah Kamal Tambuwal is sorry."

She began clearing Fatima Zarah's tears and she chuckled before she hugged Ammi to her chest and nodded her head. "Ammi you said we're going out today, where are you taking me?" She asked, when Ammi pulled her back into the vanity stood and she began applying a light makeup on her face.

"I was invited for the coronation of Zubair Muhammad Sa'ad. I can't remember the title, but the traditional coronation happened today and there would be a small party in the evening. I don't want to go alone, I need to show the world the kind of beautiful daughter I've got."

Fatima Zarah smiled happily before she flipped back her hair and fluttered her eyelashes. "Who has the most beautiful daughter other than Dr. Sumayyah Kamal Tambuwal?"

Hugging her from behind, Ammi laughed and lovingly pecked her cheeks, "No one other than her. And that daughter is no one but Fatima Zarah Tambuwal. My very own Esq." She finished helping her to get ready and they went over to Fatima Zarah's closet and she choosed a black dress for her.

"This will look great on your body, Fatima Zarah. I truly love the dress, but you've never worn it, not even for once since I bought it for you." Ammi said as she laid the dress on the bed and she looked at Fatima Zarah after taking her handbag into her hand.

"I'll wear it today and look more beautiful than ever, Ammi. You should get ready too, I'll prepare something for you to eat. Between, I missed school and court sitting today. That guy spoiled everything for me." She made a face, and Ammi laughed as she made her way out of the room.

"The first person you're going to handle his or her case when you're certified, I think you should put that into consideration and consider his or her feelings. Because you know what it feels to be in a cell." Ammi laughed and she was out of the room while Fatima Zarah got into her dress. As she expected, she looked more beautiful than she had ever imagined, and she smiled brightly to herself. Ammi really know what suit her skin.

With her hair uncovered, she walked past their lavishly decorated living room and into the kitchen that could fit more than ten people. She began making a snappy food that would be so easy for Ammi to consume. That woman being a doctor didn't help a bit, she was so much careful with whatever she did in her life. Even the food she ate.