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Jadwa

Two days after the incident we headed to jigawa,

I was so anxious not just for meeting my grand mother but also for what I agreed to do when we got there

Last night.........

"Don't you want to see your step mom?" Sultan asked,

We were outside in the balcony just having little conversations,

I didn't know when I turned and asked "Aunty Salma?" Then he nodded

I just said "aa"

He then threw another question "Don't you at least want to see Amal?"

I thought for a while and realized I really want to see how she is but i cant just see Amal without seeing Aunty Salma and the twins

"Jadwa, she's not going to kill you" he assured

"Besides i will make sure people take you and bring you back to me safely"

"I promise" he added

I didn't know what to say again so i just stood there thinking

"Don't worry okay?" He asked again

Then I turned and smiled nodding my head telling myself nothing bad will happen

End..

We reached Jigawa around 5 in the evening but this time I didn't stay in Sultan's side I followed the queen,

The palace was nice looking and everywhere was smelling nice,

"Bismillah Jadwa" she saidd leading me to a giant door

"Zulai har kun iso?" I heard a voice saying

"Sannu da i...." she paused without completing

"Zairoona?" She faintly said

"Mummy, we have a lot to discuss" the queen said taking her inside

I was so surprised she saw my mothers face in me after all this while,

I was taken to a room to rest for a while and I didn't even know when i slept off

When I woke up I didn't know what to do so I looked out of the window admiring the amazing palace

I've seen it several times but never stepped my foot in when i was in my fathers house here in jigawa,

"Salamu'alaikum" i heard a voice and immediately I turned and saw queen mother

I didn't know what to do so I knelt down immediately greeting to greet her

"Jadwa" she faintly called raising me up

I didn't know why i was shy, maybe it was because she kept starring at me as if she's trying to read something from my face,

I was still waiting for her to say something when she caught me off guard with a hug

"I'm so sorry Jadwa, what happened to zaitoon and what you went through is actually my fault and I'm so sorry" she started apologizing

"How is it her fault?" I mentally asked myself

Then she released me from the hug and kept looking at me

"Oh Allah, Alhamdulillah for sending me zaitoon's blood and whosoever took her away from me Ya Rabbi never forgive them" she whispered

Then we sat down and she started asking me questions about my late mother,

About 30 minutes later she got up to leave but she was acting as if she doesn't want to

"Jadwa" she said silently "You really are a gift" she said hugging me again

Then she smiled and left, i was sitting on the bed when I started seeing maids coming in with boxes as if someone was getting married,

"These are for you" one of them said

"Her highness said you should dress up and come to the dining hall for dinner" she added and they left

"Omg" i said immediately they left

I started opening them one by one smiling so widely all alone not believing that all these are mine,

Each one was filled with amazing things I didn't own before,

Clothes,Abayas,fancy gowns,different types and colors of shoes,veils,hijjabs,cosmetics,jewelries,perfumes, and even underwears which made me laugh,

I hurried and took my bath and wore a purple abaya looking gown and sprayed a little perfume and went down,

How i am being treated now is still unbelievable to me because in just a week, I turned from a palace maid to a princess,

Throughout dinner sultan was just starring at me but i was too shy to even look at him I didn't know why,

After dinner i went to wash my hand in the kitchen there when i a maid came and handed me a note

"Meet me at the balcony now!" I just smiled, dried my hand and went out,

I didn't know where the balcony was so i had to ask a maid i saw and she lead me,

"Hi" i said quickly and he turned to look at me

"Oh God baby you look so......" then he stopped

"I was dying to complement you in there but look at me now out of words" he confessed which was adorable and I didn't know when i blushed

"Come here" he said leading me closer to the balcony to see the palace view,

"Are you sure you're ready?" He asked making me turn to look at him

"I am" i whispered then he nodded and removed something from his pocket and handed it to me

"Its a phone" he whispered "I'm tired of not seeing you or hearing your voice any time i want to" he added

God i was super happy because I've never owned a phone before

"Thank you so much" i said with a chuckle

"No password and look" he said showing me the screen, it was his picture,

I just blushed and looked at it "you wont me missing me so much too" he added

My number is saved in there and I already opened whatsapp for you

I felt like hugging him but I've never made the first move so I composed myself and just kept smiling

We talked for a while and we decided to call it a night since it was already getting late

"Call me when you're ready tomorrow" he said giving me a quick peck then he said good night and left

After the breakfast the next morning i was so nervous,

I wore one of the ankara from the clothes i was given yesterday, i wonder how they got my exact measurement because it was too perfect, it was a straight skirt and peplum top, i wore a maroon veil to go with it,

I've called Sultan and told him i was ready to go so after I finished dressing i went down and saw a convoy waiting ,

Then he came out from one of the cars,

"Good morning beautiful" he whispered in my ears

"Good morning handsome" i said back

"Can i ask you for a favor" i asked and he nodded putting his sunglasses on

"Um" I exclaimed because he looked so handsome and it was distracting

"Can we just go with 1 car please?" I asked

"Why?" He asked

"Just that......i..i"

"Shhh its okay babe" he said and made a call and immediately all the cars left and just the Rolls Royce phantom was left

Then we entered and drove off, the house was just a 30minutes drive from the palace and i was so surprised that I didn't forget the way to the house,

We got there and nothing changed in the area, the house was still the way i left it but the painting was spoilt and also the gate was rusty,

"Can you go in alone?" He asked

I took a deep breath in and out and nodded,

I opened the door and started walking slowly into the house,

I was about to open the gate when my phone started ringing, i knew he was the one calling because he is the only one that have my number,

"Hello" i said standing there

"Don't cry please" he said and i nodded because I knew he was seeing me

I gently opened the gate and entered the quiet house which looked like no one was living in it,

I was about to enter the little passage to the main house when i saw a girl coming out with a bucket i think she was going to fetch water,

I stood there and waited for her to come out then i saw her face

"Amal?" I called and she turned to look at me,

She kept starring at me which means she didn't remember me,

"Amal ni ce" i said going close to her

"Um good morning" she greeted still with a straight face

"Amalili na?" I called again then she looked at me for some seconds and smiled

"Aunty Jadwa" she shouted

"Oh my God Amal you remembered me" i said hugging her

"Aunty Jadwa" she said again and started crying

"You promised to come back early aunty jadwa but you left me here"

"I'm sorry Amalili na, school never gave me a break" i lied

"I still have your picture, I've been praying for God to send you back" she confessed

I held her and wiped her tears with the hem of my veil

"Sorry baby gani nan" i said to her

"Where is aunty salma and your sisters?" I asked

"Yaya Nabila travelled since when mama started getting sick and yaya Na'ima is married she hardly come" she said

"Just you and mama are here now?" I asked

"And baba" she replied

"Baba?" I asked in disbelief

"Yes, Mama said thats who is is and thats what i should call him"

That was when i understood that aunty salma got remarried,

"Aunty Jadwa you lied to me" Amal said and my heart skipped a bit

"Lied Amal?" I asked

"Mama said she sent you to a different house that i will never see you again, you didn't go to school aunty jadwa" she said and i was sad a bit

"Amalili na i was going to school in the house, besides I'm here now ai koh?" I asked and she nodded

"You wont leave again koh?" She asked and she was serious

"I will but i will come back ai" I replied but she started crying again

"Aunty Jadwa take me with you please, mama is sick but that doesn't stop her from beating me whenever i do something little" she confessed

"Stop crying Amal kinji" I begged but she didn't stop,

"I know she will beat me for staying long without fetching the water for cooking but I didn't mind because i am with you,"

"Ke Amal" i heard aunty Salma's voice calling, her voice never changed and it was full of anger as usual

I was surprised she's still wicked even to her own daughter,

"Aunty Jadwa lets go" she said and I followed her in with my heartbeat increasing with every step i take

"Where did you find this one kuma?" She asked Amal immediately she saw us

I looked at her and couldn't believe my eyes, she looked older than when i left the house and also wasted, she looked really sick also,

"Good morning aunty Salma" I greeted and she froze

"Jadwa?" She called looking at me from head to toe

"Na'am" I replied then she kept quiet and kept starring at me then she blinked and turned to look at Amal with an angrier face

"So because you saw the witch that you call your tole model thats why you didn't bring my water for me to cook?" She asked removing her slippers to hit Amal bit she immediately hid behind my back

"What are you doing here? I taught you were dead" she asked eyeing me

"Hm I'm alive Alhamdulillah" i said

"Oh I taught you followed your dumb mother" she said

I tried so hard not to get angry so I smiled weakly and turned my head to the other side that was when I noticed how the house is now,

My mothers section was turned into something like a local kitchen, shrine or barn i don't know, the windows were broken and the whole house looked like there was a war that took place in it,

"You've seen what you came to see now leave my house and my daughter" she said showing me the door

"Allah ya sa ki gane" i said and turned to leave but Amal held my hand and started crying which made me break my promise to sultan because I started crying too,

"Release her hand and go inside right now before i break your bones" she said sounding damn serious

"How can you be this cruel to a 10 years old girl dan Allah?"

"The last time I remember you didn't carry her for 9 months in your womb neither did you go into labor and delivered her so leave this house right now before i create a scene" she warned

I looked at Amal inside trembling with swollen eyes because of crying for long

I weakly smiled at her with tears in my eyes and turned to leave

Immediately I entered the car sultan hugged me

"You broke your promise" he said pouting

"What happened?" He asked wiping tears with a piece of tissue

I kept sobbing so he hugged me till we got to the palace and entered my room

"What happened cup cake tell me please"

So we sat down and I told him everything that happened,

"She looks like a HIV patient Hayati" yeah that was the name he saved his number with on my phone and that was the name he liked me to call him with,

"She can kill that girl because she's heartless and the house is so unsafe she can infect my little Amal intentionally " i said crying again

"You want to take Amal away from her?" He asked and i nodded

"Calm down baby your wish is my command but for now please stop crying okay?" He begged and i nodded

"Yauwa Sweetheart, now go and pray okay?" He asked

"Yes" I replied

"Thats my girl, rest okay? They'll serve you your food here" he said releasing my hand which he has been holding since,

I went and performed ablution and prayed, i sat on the bed thinking about my sister when a maid brought my food in,

"Thank you" i said and she smiled and left,

Later that night as usual again sultan called me to our usual hanging out spot which is the balcony,

"Hope my baby is okay now?" He asked giving a quick peck to my hand which he held

I nodded and looked away

"Cmon at least give me that smile please?" He pleaded pouting so i just had to

"Here" he said handing me a rose and a little card,

"I'm sorry" was written inside the card with a big heart under,

I looked at him waiting for an explanation

"Jadwa" he called and I answered "Na'am"

"For 245 days from the first day i saw you till a day before the day i fell head over heels for you I've been such a bitch to you and it haunts me every if I remember the names i called you and how I treated you in the past adding up to the sadness that was already in you" he stated

"Baby, I promise to give you 246 roses everyday each one for everyday i made you feel worthless and unappreciated"

Omg I taught smiling at him with little tears dropping down my cheeks

"You don't have to" I whispered but he stopped me immediately hugging me

"I want to" he said and i nodded

"I'm sorry" he apologized again

"Its okay Hayati" I whispered hugging him back

"Sorry about Amal too and i will do whatever it takes to bring her to you" he assured me and i nodded on his chest

We stayed there longer than usual talking about lots of things and 80% of the time we spent there i was blabbing about Amal telling him about her and all my memories with her,

"I'm sorry babe" he apologized wrapping his arm around me

"Its late" he said checking his watch

"As much as I would like to stay here with you darling its late and you need to rest koh? You had a long day" he said and helped me got up

He escorted me to my room and left,

I went and took my bath and came back to sleep when he called and we spoke till i slept off smelling the rose he gave me and also hearing his heartwarming voice,

How did i get so lucky?..................

You guys I'm so sorry once again okay🙏🏼🙏🏼 Pressure me to update❤️❤️❤️❤️ the book is coming to an end want to make 2 more chapters and we're done😃😃 thoughts???