Salam my beautiful lovely readers, I missed you guys, i missed you all so so so so much. Soo.... i just wanted to thank you guys again for your great love and support for my book CHANGE OF HEARTS.

You, my amazing readers gave me enough hope to keep the flame burning – that is, to keep my love for writing alive. I love every part of this journey. It's given me so much more than I ever expected.

There are times I can't believe this is real life—that readers all across Nigeria are reading my words. And that you take the time out of your day to message me and tell me how much you loved my books.

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And guess what? I have decided to give you
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"Habibi please let me go to the mall" Ruqayyah begged Al amin who was buttoning his shirt up in front of the full length clean mirror.

"No baby I told you, you can't drive its very risky" He said coming towards her.

He had been getting more and more protective of her because she was in her nine month already and the baby could come out at any moment.

She fastened the last two buttons of his black shirt before she spoke "Its barely a 10minutes drive from here"

He wrapped his hands around her waist "I promise i will take you there immediately when i get back from work, its a promise"

"You sure?" She raised her eyebrows.

"Cross my heart"

She nodded "Okay, you better get going if you don't want to be late for work"

He held his hand in hers and they walked outside to his car.

"Take care of yourself and our baby" He said putting his hand over her big pregnant belly.

She smiled "In shaa Allah and take care of yourself too"

"Make sure you tell Ramu (The old woman umma brought for Ruqayyah) whenever you need something, make sure you call me whenever you feel something, make sure you eat on time and be careful my love" Al amin said and kissed her on the lips.

"You should drive safely please" Ruqayyah said after they parted.

"In shaa Allah, i love you so much"

"I love you more" She blew him a kiss and walked back into the house.

Xxxxx

Just as Ruqayyah stood up to use the bathroom, she felt a pop high in her abdomen and it felt as if she was peeing but couldn't control it.

"Ramu!" She yelled "Come back, i think my water broke"

Ramu ran back into the room "Innalillahi wa innailaihiraji'un, sannu Ruqayyah sannu ai ya kamata a kira maigidan yanzu"

Since when the contractions began, Ramu urged ruqayyah to call al amin but she  refused for she didn't want him to get so worried and the contractions were just about  7minutes apart and lasting around 30-40 seconds.

Ruqayyah closed her eyes tightly and bit her bottom lip in utter pain while Ramu kept saying some du'as for her.

When the contractions slowed down a little, Ruqayyah spoke weakly "Please call and inform him now"

As if she was waiting for the order, she quickly reached for Ruqayyah's phone and dialed al amin's number.

"Hello alhaji" Ramu said anxiously.

"Hello Ramu, is everything okay? Where is Ruqayyah? Is she okay?" He asked, obviously panicked.

"Not really, her water just broke we have to take her to the hospital as soon as possible" Ramu uttered, looking fearfully at Ruqayyah who was again twisting and biting her lower lip.

"Innalillahi wa innailaihiraji'un, i will be on my way, make sure you stay by her side please" He said in one breath and hung up.

"Sannu Ruqayyah, he will be on his way" Ramu said rubbing Ruqayyah's back soothingly.

Ruqayyah felt like eternity before al amin showed up. The contractions were getting stronger and stronger.

Al amin was strung out when he saw the situation she was in. His heart shattered into million pieces and he wished there was something he could do to remove the pain.

Upon their arrival, Ruqayyah was asked to get changed into a gown but Al amin had to help her because the pain was absolutely grave.

He slowly massaged her shoulders and spoke in a low voice "Sorry baby, please try and read this verse..

Transliteration:
'awalam yar alladhin kafaruu 'ann alssamawat wal'ard kanata ratqana fafataqnahuma wajaealna min alma' kull shay' hay 'afala yuminun

Translation:
Have not those who disbelieved that the heavens and the earth were sewn together and made from water every living thing do you not believe in

Arabic text:
أَوَلَمْ يَرَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ كَانَتَا رَتْقًا فَفَتَقْنَاهُمَا وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ حَيٍّ أَفَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Ruqayyah kept reciting it until the nurse asked her to get into the bed and a fetal monitor was immediately placed on her stomach.

The nurse checked her and informed them that she was about 7cm dilated. She looked over the paper coming out of the monitor beside the bed and made sure Ruqayyah was comfy, then she left.

Umma and yasmeen arrived a few minutes later, they were all worried to death and kept saying some soothing words to her, which of course didn't help one bit. As for al amin, he didn't leave her side even for a second. He was so distressed. He'd no idea giving birth was like this.

She'd grip his hand, squeeze his shirt, scrunch the bed sheet. She wasn't even sure what she wanted, to have Al amin touch her or not, to be on her side or her back, to bring her legs up a little or have them straight.

She gripped Al amin's hand painfully as he slowly caressed her back. She wanted to scream so bad but umma's presence was holding her back.

She kept thinking that there was just no way in her the contractions could ever get worse than they are now, that all her muscles in her uterus would just rip in two if they got any harder, but of course did they get harder!

Ya salam!

The pain was so bad that she thought she was going to die and suddenly she relaxed and felt peace and she couldn't even be sure she was conscious because it felt so peaceful.

'If I'm dead this isn't half bad, I'm actually okay with it' She though to herself.

Then just like that, she snapped out of it because her baby might not be as cool with it as she was and there was the pain again, now even worse than ever ever ever.

"I want to push" She semi-yelled and al amin quickly got the nurse.

"My dear you can't push" The nurse said nicely and placed her hand on Ruqayyah's shoulder "You're not dilated enough and you are just feeling normal pressure"

"I said i want to push" She shouted and gave the nurse's hand a shove, off from her shoulder.

Couldn't she see the pain? Ya Rabbi!

"Now!" Al amin ordered with a deep deep frown.

"Kiyi hakuri ruqayyah, sannu kinji? Sannu" Umma cooed settling beside her. Yasmeen was sitting on the other side, with watery eyes. She was on the verge of tears.

The nurse unwillingly checked and to her surprise, Ruqayyah was fully dilated and within minutes, she was rushed to a delivery suite and encouraged to push by the nurse and midwife.

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"She still haven't delivered?" Faruq's voice brought al amin out of his brood.

He slowly shook his head, unable to speak. Edginess evident on his face.

Ruqayyah had been in the labor room for almost two hours now but there wasn't any good news and that scares the daylights of him. Umma and yasmeen tried so many times to console him, even ya sakina called but to no avail.

He just wants to see her and know how she feels.

"Don't worry, she'll be fine in shaa Allah" Faruq tried to calm him down a little but it was useless, his mind wasn't even there.

"Yasmeen!" He called.

She turned and smiled a little. She didn't even notice him. She was in a deep depressing thought.

Just when he engulfed her in a bear hug, thats when the waterworks decided to break loose.

"Shhh.... don't cry baby, she will be fine in shaa Allah" He said caressing her head.

"In shaa Allah" She nodded.

"Mr al amin" The midwife said, coming out of the labor room.

All their attention turned to her and waited for the news to be said.

"Alhamdulillah, congratulations its a boy" She announced with a wide grin.

All of them let out a breath they didn't know they were holding before they all chorused 'Alhamdulillah'

"How is she?" Al amin asked. He cares more about the mother than the baby.

"She's totally fine Alhamdulillah"

"Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah..." He kept muttering.

Xxxx

As the baby was placed upon Ruqayyah's chest, all the wahala was replaced with complete admiration and unconditional love.

Who knew anyone could fall in love in an instant. She loved al amin dearly but this was something different, this was pure and magical and like something from out of this world in which words don't and can't describe whatsoever.

Mashaa Allah!

He was so warm and squirmy and wet, but he was clean. No blood or vernix!

He was sleeping peacefully. Absolutely beautiful and tiny. Ruqayyah know most mothers think their babies are beautiful, but there was no denying.

"Hey wifey!" Al amin said, walking towards her.

She smiled, a broad smile.

He leaned and kissed the tip of her nose.

"How are you feeling?" He asked.

"Absolutely great" She flashed him a toothy grin.

"May i?" Al amin asked, with a cute smile on his face.

"Of course" She said and carefully handed him the baby.

"You know I'm not good at picking babies but i'd try and get use to it now" He said in a low voice and kissed he baby's forehead. His faced the qiblah and said the adhan in the baby's right ear then the takbeer in the left.

He faced Ruqayyah again who was looking at them with great fondness "I love you, i love the greatest gift you could have ever given me, a son"

"I love you too"

The stared at each other for some minutes before Ruqayyah decided to break the comfortable silence "Whats the name?"

"Fadil, Honourable and outstanding" He said, his eyes never leaving the lil cutie pie.

"Mashaa Allah, May Allah make this child a blessing for us and a blessing for the Umma of Muhammad (PBUH)" She prayed.

"Ameen thumma ameen"

Special THANK YOU to my elder siblings.
Ya nafiu
Ya aisha
Ya Abdussamad
Ya amina
Ya sadiq
Ya faruq
Ya maryam
Ya khadija
Ya usman
Ya aliyu
Ya ummi
Ya zarah
Ya khalifah
Ya asiya- my persuader🖤🖤
And my younger ones.
Asmau
Abdulrahman
Ummulkhairi
Abdullah
Abdulrahim
Umma salma.

Thank you. Thank you guys for being so passionate about my book. Thank you for interacting with me, sharing your lives with me, and being the reason I can continue doing what I love. Allah yayi maku albarka gabaki dayan ku.

And lastly, please you guys should go check the book me and my sister are writing MEANT TO BE. We won't disappoint you in shaa Allah!🖤

Assalamu alaikum.