Salisu.

Salisu was my disguise name. I had been using this name for so long, ever since i found out that my whole life was a lie. Goggo wasn't in the picture of my life initially. You may be shocked to hear how i found Goggo. Goggo was none other than my nanny when i was really young. She was staying in Abuja before i moved back to Nigeria when i was eighteen years old.

She was also wearing disguise makeup the same way i had been wearing too just in case, for security reasons. You know, lying is funny that's why my life was just like a game. I had been shifting from my comfort zone to complexing situations since i was really young.

It's true that once you lose a parent you become helpless. Anyway don't bother about that. I had my parents with me. Or so i thought or you thought too. Maybe, maybe not.

I had been with Adeelah all these while but she had never guess i had been wearing one. With that, i was thinking of wearing a new one that would give me a new look. That's the first plan at hand before i think of what next to do.

I stared at the mirror before me, looking at my figure. My real figure that people were haunting for. You may be wondering but well, i was tired of the whole disguise life and one thing needed to be done before i reveal my real identity especially to one man that had been the reasons my life was completely a lie.

I had been thinking of how to begin with everything. I didn't divorce Adeelah because i felt something about her, like i wanted to give her time and an ultimatum for the second time. I wanted her to think about us before Ameer but fate had it otherwise. Whatever, the fate that brought us together once upon a time would bring us again. In sha Allah. Throughout the time we spent, i had been giving her hints so she could ask me but she didn't get any or she pretented not to.

I could remember i gave her a wristwatch and a bracelet on the day of our marriage after we walked out of Abba's parlor. If only she did open it, it would have instill some doubts in her mind but she didn't i guess. I just hope she would open it anytime soon. Adeelah was the second person and one stranger person that i trusted. I wanted her to know i was wearing a disguise. I wanted to hear her blab but I didn't know how she ended up not reading those papers.

I needed to think fast, i was supposed to meet Muhammad tomorrow so i had to sit to make sure that all my lies were perfectly knitted so he won't guess anything because that Muhammad was no joke of a man. When he took me when we were in Abuja I knew why but I pretended not to know anything. Now he wanted me in his house, if only he knew! That meant snatching his wife away from him because i was sure Adeelah was in love with me. She was just hesitant and refused to admit it.

Sometimes i become so worried. What if she decline me after seeing my real face? But I usually felt relieved because if Adeelah would fall in love with me as Salisu then definitely she would like me in my natural skin. Since that love was all about falling in love with my heart.

I knew i was her first love the same way she was mine. Adeelah knew me when i was very little i doubt if she could ever remember but if only read those papers which i attached a little note to, she would have recall the little me. I was just a little boy then who fell in love with her. Even though that time it couldn't be named love. Yes, you heard it right. I knew her since then, i found out where she resided.

I knew her Oum too.

Even though there were many reasons behind my disguise but the one reason why i became her chauffeur was just to give our love story a twist. I did it on purpose. And also it made alot of things easier for me. Adeelah would be terribly mad at me for that i knew but she would be left with no option than to forgive me.

I would once again be her chauffeur in another complicated way. Life had never been so interesting to me until i was her chauffeur. I had to act silly and all. It's really fun. Like i said, lying was just fun. It's haram too. May Allah forgive me.

I couldn't wait for the day i would reveal my real face to her. The day she would know that she knew me all along. Oh my Good and Merciful God! It would be so dramatic, Ya Allah.

Shocked you're, right? Not yet.

I brushed my face up to my palmful hair before i released a sigh. Perhaps i needed something to boost me.

Coffee.

That's all and it for me, my phone rang. I smiled at the vibrating the phone and shook my head.

You may wonder why. You would hear about it after Dillaliya knows about it.

"Yes, Uthman."

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Beebo cleaned her tears after the call she recieved. She waited for the knock she had been anticipating on her door. Few minutes later, as she was staring onto her ceiling she heard the knock. She wore the long hijab beside her and opened the door.

The view revealed a man, heavily dressed in his kaftan as he scented of really good perfume. His beard was full of whitish strands of hair. She moved back a little to allow him come inside the house.

She wondered how deceptive this man could be. He looked so responsible and innocent from the face.

"Rano, say what you want to say and leave. I don't want Ameer to come and think of something." She said in a really fast voice that sounded so desperate.

The man laughed. "Unlike Beebo. I may like some water."

Afraid of what he could do, she raced to the kitchen and brought water to him while she whispered some prayers in her mind.

"Rano please enough is enough. I and Danbatta are no longer interested in the money you give us. We no longer want to make sacrifices."

He laughed again, staring at his rolex watch. "You know quite well I can't leave that group. Leaving will cost my death so i will never let you guys go too. You and Danbatta help me. You make it easier for me."

Beebo didn't know when tears started drizzling from her eyes. "For Allah's sake Rano." She besought.

She could remember everything clearly. Rano grew up as an orphan who was treated really bad and that's why he had so much greed and wickedness in his heart. When he revealed to them that he joined a cult group at his boarding secondary school, they freaked out. But he was their friend so they kept mingling with him until he finally lured them to be with him.

"Do you know something Beebo? When i joined that cult group, i was forced. But you, I didn't force you. You had all the chances to refuse but all you two could see and think of was money. Damn money, you ingrates! You had your parents and you had your family but because you're stupid, you followed the whims of your heart. I can't do anything for you. And i still stand on my ground, i will kidnap Adeelah if you two don't bring her to me!"

With that, he rose to his feet and walked to where Beebo was standing trembling with fear.

"This look on your face made me feel ecstatic." He held her chin strongly and pushed her to the wall.

Beebo wailed out loud.

"You used to be loyal Beebo! You have never cried on the sight of me. This cries however amuses me." He threw a dangerous look at her.

Beebo was about to talk when he removed a gun from his pocket. "You talk or scream, that's the end of you."

He smiled at the way her eyes widened. He slowly put back the gun into his pocket and glared at her.

"In. And be loyal as you could."

Beebo's blood thinned in her veins but she was afraid of dying. She wanted to do something to defend herself from his eveil but she didn't know what exactly.

"I will like to drink water from the kitchen for hydration." She whispered, alluringly.

"Let's go." She was afraid of how easy he was. Just when she smiled and was about to take lead, he grabbed her arm.

"You thought i was mad?" The way he pushed her to the wall, made Beebo knew she had no escape route.

Rano would kill her living soul! With the look in his dangerous eyes, she knew she's done for. She clenched her eyes shut ready for the doom.

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Very short right? I just had to update before some people die but i am committed to alot of things!

Your thought?