OUR DESTINY

part 9

Saleem p.o.v

Alhamdulillah I reached sokoto before Juma'a prayer I already told my uncle that I will be coming over he send his drive isah to come and pick after reaching his place we greeted each other and to say he wasn't surprised seeing me would be understatement I regret hajia his wife and my other cousin that were around hashim and jibril after then I took a nap because of the jet leg it was around 1o'clock when hashim came to wake up me up that I should dress up for the Friday prayer I quickly took shower and dressed in my kaftan I went outside they were all waiting for me we drove to the nearest masjid to offer our Friday prayer and Alhamdulillah we did in time and came back in time because of the traffic uncle mustapha instead to know what bought me here at first I was hesitating to tell him because I don't want baba to feel like I came to report him to his brother but his my only hope here to save my relationship with zakiya I can't imagine my life without her so I told him that we will discuss about why I came after our lunch hajia's maids bought us our food in the garden together with the boys  we ate together and gisted for some few hours before all the boys went out so I took it as my opportunity to have my discussion with him.

Alhaji mansur p.o.v

It wasn't like saleem to just travel to sokoto for his business meeting without talking his PA or assistance so am still surprised why he went there alone this time hmm well let me call yaya mustapha and see if his there so I can at least avoid any other problem from arising I know it was my fault all these years for hiding the truth but it was a promise I made to my sister and there's no way I can break it and if saleem gets to know all these one way or the other he will be curious to find his father which I can't afford that happens now I can't lose him not when am old and needed his support 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ how I wish there was a way to handle this situation to get him married and avoid the truth from coming out so my wife won't let me be in peace I know how much she hates saleem and it won't take a second to tell him what's happening and shattered him into pieces it has always been a wish, and here am calling yaya his not even answering any of calls I know he might still be mad at me but what would I have done maybe I should also fly to sokoto tomorrow or I will call Bashir to see if there's any available flight this evening instead of staying here and feeling stressed out its better if I just go and find out what actually took saleem to sokoto maybe then I will find the little courage I don't have and just tell him the truth it's his decision to make wether his willing to accept everything and stay or look for his father and stay with him ya Allah you know the situation am into help me and guide me through the best path show me a way out ya Allah you know am bound to a promise if it's best that he found out the truth then make it easy for him to handle it and make a good decision and understand my helplessness in this ya Allah

Without any delay I called Bashir and told him to check if there's any available flight that can take me sokoto either this evening or tomorrow morning.

Zakiya P.o.v

After my phone call with saleem that he was leaving to sokoto though I was curious to know but I didn't want to push the topic so I said a prayer to him and went back to sleep since we started talking again I have been feeling myself once again it felt like my old self was back free of worries no stress just me being myself and am thankful to Allah for that after sleeping through for like 2hours ringtone of my phone was what woke me and it was halima saying I should come over after Friday prayer we needed to talk I was curious to know about what so I kept persisting her but she was so stubborn to spill the beans j just let her be i went to greet my parents and helped umma with the kitchen chores I made  breakfast while umma set the table we ate in peace thats when I asked baba wether I can visit halima and he said it was ok after clearing the table and washing the dishes I went back to my room and took my phone they was a message from saleem
 
Saleem: hi beautiful angel I have landed safely and the drive was here to take me home. How's your night I hope you good

Zakiya: hi habibi Alhamdulillah okay please when you reach due take some rest before Juma'a time and don't forget to dress nicely but not so attractive that you might end up attracting those sokoto girls 😉

Saleem: lol haba my beautiful angel am the only one for you no need to worry about other girls ogling at your man but I don't blame them ur habibi his so dashing and cute.

Zakiya: hmm Habib bana so ka daena before nayi fushi takai by the way halima said I should come over later so take some rest will talk later I love you rabin rai na 🤩🥰

Saleem: ok mine take care of yourself for me and daga chan please go back home early I love you more beautiful.

After our small chat I took a shower around 1o'clock and dressed in my ankara seat and blouses red and golden I wanted to wear veil but seeing am taking a cap its better if I should wore my hijab so I wore my red hijab took my LV bag and waiting for the upper guy to show up I went outside and waited for him and after 15mins he was there I gave him the address and we left.

Alhaji mustapha P.O.V

I was surprised seeing saleem here even though he visit when he comes for his business meetings but not early morning and usually not on Friday morning I hope all this well I wanted to ask him straightaway but he was a little bit tired so I told him to rest that we will talk after Juma'a prayer and after finishing everything we sat down together ready to talk about why he was here when mansur kept calling and messaging me about saleem I didn't want to speak to him because before saleem said anything he made me promise that I won't talk to mansur and I can't go back to my words so I just put the off on silence and kept it aside and what surprised me most was when saleem asked what was his father hiding from him that it started to cause him his life I was shocked and surprised at the same time so instead I asked him what actually was the problem and he told me everything in detail about him wanting to marry a girl and hafsa its against it and mansur isn't doing anything about it I was furious because there's no way mansur will allow his own wife rule his house even having the privilege to say no against saleem marriage who is she to even decide something like that I wanted to tell him everything because I was so angry about the whole situation but it isn't in my position I calm myself down and told him that we will continue our discussion tomorrow I can't tell him what's happening now expect his dad is here with us so I immediately dialed mansur number and ask him to book any available flight he can get and he told me he was actually doing the same thing since saleem left he wasn't in peace and kept thinking that was even why he kept calling I didn't find it necessary to explain anything to him so I just told him that we will talk when his here.