"My fate is in the hands of almighty Allah." -Yahya Jammeh

Tani's POV

I woke up but didn't open my eyes, I felt, I was lying, on something, bed like, maybe, I don't know but I don't even want to know that where am I and what more has happened to me, Am I still there? with that kidnapper? or Am I dead? God, I don't know, but I am scared, I don't wanna face him again, its not gonna happen again, never. I don't want it to be happen again. I started panicking and without opening my eyes and sitting up from bed, I started shouting,

"Help help! anybody please, help me. Help me! Allah.. Help me! He---" I cut off when I heard,

"Tani, Tani, wake up, wake up sweety." Mommy? Do I heard right?

"Mommy?" I quickly opened my eyes and tried to sit up. When I looked around, my eyes got wide, it was my room. I quickly looked at my mom's face which was so pale and which held so much emotions that I couldn't decipher.

"Mommy, w-was that a dream? Tell me, I am safe, tell me that--that was a dream, please? Tell me, n--no one had kidnapped me?" I don't know when I started crying and mommy took my face in her hands and started caressing while tears streaming down her face too, then she hugged me and said,

"My baby..." I heard her sobbing and gasping, "---you'd been kidnapped, i-its true, I--uh we don't wanted to tell you but----" she again took a deep breath and after stopping herself from crying, she pulled away, while looking deeply into my eyes, she said,

"---But you remember, you remember everything, that's why I am telling you, it was not a d-dream my baby." Mommy again started crying and I was in a shock, I didn't know what to say. Then I heard other voices, it was Hamza and Pop, but the thing that I don't get is how they came back in a day and how am I in my room? I started remembering everything, that kidnapper, his dirty kisses, then he hit me, it was all not a dream, Allah.. forgive me for what he has done to me, wait! Am I still virgin? Allah.. no, no, I am virgin, I should be, right? you've helped me, tell me you've helped me, please. I should ask what had happened to me?

"How I came here?" I questioned panicking.

"We found you in the hospital, 12 days ago." Hamza answered my question while sitting beside me, with straight face as he was stopping himself from shattering,

"12 days ago? What do you mean by 12 days? Say it clearly?" He sighed then he started,

"The day you had been kidnapped we couldn't find you, till 5 more days---" He stopped then he took a quick glance of my face then again started,

"----The day when you kidnapped, sami tried to find you, when he couldn't he called us and we quickly did the arrangement but still it took a whole day and we reached here the next, eversince we were trying to find you and we were continuously failed. We also complained in the police but in finding you, they failed too, after 5 days from that incident we got a call from police saying, that they've found you in a hospital and we quickly reached there---", He sighed then started,

"----the doctor told us that someone dropped you in a hospital a day before we reached hospital and they were trying to contact us but then they contacted police and they found you." After taking everything in, I said,

"Y-You mean I was in a hospital the day after my k-kidnapping? Right?" He looked me in horror like I've asked something that I shouldn't.

"Don't tell me you don't remember that where have you been the days after your kidnapping?" I gave him the same horror look and started crying,

"I-I don't know, I d-don't remember anything Hamza. I just remember the day when I was kidnapped, after that I d-don't know anything." He looked at me with soft eyes and while hugging me, he said,

"Heyi, no, no. Don't cry baba, its okay if you don't remember anything, it'd be good for you, maybe---maybe--- in some way." He said while stroking my hairs and I was just crying in his arms and was trying to process everything in my mind what happened after that day. I again started trying to remember, the kidnapper, his hit---- then? then what happened? after him hitting me, didn't I wake up after that? Then some blur figure came into my view and I started remembering, then I quickly pulled away from him and said,

"Y-yeah, I think I know that, someone----someone saved me that day, from that kidnapper." He looked at me for a while then he said,

"Do you know who he was?" I shook my head,

"No, n-no, I don't know, he was my saver, he saved my life, me, he was my----my angel." Yeah, that's what I called him when he was whispering something to me. I don't remember his face, his face----

"Arghh, its hurting." I said grabbing my head with my both hands. I couldn't remember anything.

"Tani, don't force yourself to remember anything. I tell you more clearly, uh---listen." I gestured him to continue.

"As you said, you just remembered that day, when you were with that kidnapper, then you said, someone saved you, but you don't remember after that----" I nodded, "----Tani you were missing, you were still missing the day after your kidnapping, means if someone had saved you then why didn't he bring you home back? where had he taken you and why? Your 4 days, the whole 4 days, you were not here and you reached hospital after that and from that day you were in coma, so you didn't wake up till 12 days. You just woke up---uh--- I should say came out of coma yesterday, then we took you home with us, you know, yesterday you woke up screaming and crying but I think you wouldn't remember that too." He stopped and looked at my horrified face. I was in coma, how don't I know anything? I don't even remember a single thing about these 12 days and also about those 4 days, where was I ?

"You know what does it mean?" I shook my head then he started,

"It means that the person that kidnapped you is still a kidnapper, but the person that saved you would also be counted as a kidnapper, he was not your angel, neither he is, we don't know what he did to you, but he kept you 4 days, that's----that's too much time Tani and why someone would save someone from a kidnapper and keep them for some more days just like a kidnapper ?---" Pop cut him off,

"He is right Tani, if you don't remember anything its fine, don't try to, but don't think that your saver is an angel----" He sighed,

"---Tani, think about it." Then Pop looked at my face with mild eyes and then he gave a different look to mommy like he was saying something through eyes, but I didn't get that. I still didn't get it, Hamza and Pop is right, if he saved me then why he kept me for few days and where he had taken me? what did he do to me? But I don't know, I still believe he can't hurt me, he couldn't and he didn't. Then I asked,

"Why was I in coma and why don't I remember anything?" Hamza gasped loudly then he grabbed my one hand and said,

"Tani, the doctor said, you were in shock and you still are, you can't force yourself like this, if you try to remember more then you can again go to that state of extreme sleep."

Yes, I was in a shock, with every word that Hamza said to me, how wouldn't I ? Someone kidnapped me, Allah knows what he did to me, then someone came and saved me but he kept me missing/disappear for 4 days, then he suddenly dropped me at some hospital and he himself vanished. Now, I don't know anything, if that person saved me then why didn't he drop me to the hospital that same day, where was I with him? why he kept me there for 4 days. What happened in those 4 days? Only and only he can answer my questions, but where would I gonna find him? I didn't see his face actually, how would I find him in this condition? The only thing I believe that he was a good guy, he couldn't hurt me, he was angel sent by Allah to save me, he can't be bad, but why he is hiding then ?

Then I felt sudden urge to talk to mommy privately and I asked Hamza and Pop if I could talk to her alone and they all went out, mommy came to me, sat beside me and gestured me to say what I wanted to,

"Mommy, mom---uh.. I-I don't know what to say and how to say, but I am asking simply straight, A-am I still v-virgin?" I stuttered with horror thinking about if she'd say no then? She looked at me with wide eyes but then slowly her expression changed, I waited for her reply and she said,

"Yes." Yes? Really?

"Mommy, really?" I asked happily.

"Yeah, the doctors examined you before and they told us that you are still virgin, thanks to Allah that He saved my daughter from those rapists or kidnappers." She said while crying and thanking Allah. I also started thanking Allah, cause He is the only one who saved me, I know that. I was crying and continuously praying to Him then how he wouldn't listen to me. He is merciful and He loves his people, His creature, He can't let anyone suffer like this. Yes, all thanks to Him and only Him. He sent His angel, I've no doubt in that, that he was my angel, he is. He saved me cause Allah sent him to do so. I am so very much thankful to Allah. Then I started consoling my mommy who was continuously crying and thanking Allah.

"Mommy, why are you crying then, you should be happy that I am saved, I am okay, fine." She looked at me then she caressed my forehead and then my cheek, then she said,

"But someone hit you, when we found you, we were so scared that don't know what'd be happened to you. We-we thought someone has raped you." I agree, she is a mother, she would be a lot worried than others, I smiled at her,

"Mommy, now I am with you, and you know na, no one has raped me and yeah he somewhat hit me, maybe because I wasn't listening to him, I made him angry and that---" I pointed towards my forehead, "--that's probably because I fell on the street and hit my head on the pavement." She looked at me with confusing look then I explained everything to her, every single thing about that kidnapper and his messages before till the day when I kidnapped. She now looked at me with anger,

"And you didn't tell us? why Tani? Atleast if you would have told us, nothing like this would happened to you, if you had told us before. Tani, are you mad? Don't you know, who will marry you now? cause you had been kidnapped and were missing. who would gonna accept you as his wife? tell me?" I frowned, why she is worried about my marriage, I don't wanna marry so soon, I am still so young, I tried to say something but mommy again started and I knew that she'd never stop so easily. In the end she said,

"Police would come here any moment, for your statement and you have to tell them everything, from those messages till that day, whatever you remember about that day, okay?"

"Okay mom." I said,

Then I remembered something, where is Sami and Ghannu? are they safe? I quickly spoke up,

"W-where is Ghannu--a--and Sami?" I asked stuttering,

"They both are safe." She said, I thanked Allah.

I was just thinking about everything when Ghannu came into my room almost running towards me and she hugged me,

"I was so worried about you." Ghannu said crying.

"Me too." I said caressing her back.

"Me too." Sami said winking from the entrance and I smiled. Then he came into my room, he came closer to my bed and I could see anger plastered on his face, then he spoke up,

"What had happened to you? when I asked you that can you go through van or not then why did you lie to me?"

"I didn't want you to worry about me." He gasped then he said,

"Tani, tani, tani, but you had already made all of us worried with your kidnapping, what's wrong with y---" He cut off by Ghannu.

"Also he suffered a lot cause of your kidnapping." I faced Ghannu with questioning look,

"What do you mean?"

"You were kidnapped and the major suspect was Sami, so police had arrested him and Hamza thought that too, so he did nothing for saving him and mom, pop were too busy in finding you that they didn't look at this issue. But then I took a step for your friend and I defended him, cause the day you were kidnapped, when you didn't come home on time, I called him and he quickly came here and after that he was continuously with me, he never left me alone, then he called somy to came over here with me and he called everybody to ask for you, when he didn't get answer from anywhere, he then called mommy and he told everything. So, I defended him, if he had kidnapped you, then he'd never come for me." When she finished, saying that I was shocked was an understatement.

"Why Hamza did that?" I asked her but more than her, I asked directly to Hamza who was now again in my room standing at the corner.

"I just thought like that." He shrugged.

"Hamza you shouldn't have done that." I said angrily. He shrugged more. Then I said,

"I am really sorry Sami, you suffered because of me." He said nothing.

"I didn't know that he'd be chasing me, I am sorry, only because of me, yo---"

"Stop blaming yourself Tani. I should have dropped you home, its all---my fault." He said,

"No Sami, its mine, I should have been careful." He came close and sat beside me then he took my hand in his hands and said,

"I am guilty, It was my fault, you hear that?" He said looking in my eyes deeply, his green ones boring into mine brown ones and I just nodded then he said,

"I have something more to say----" He paused, "----to all of you." He said turning around then he again faced me and I was thinking what he is going to say? I looked at him with frown on my face and he smirked then started,

"I wanna marry you." It was a great--no, not great but the greatest shock for me, hearing those words from him, it was not a day to say that, not even I was in a condition to hear that, so I really don't know why he said that,

"What?" I asked shaking my head as if I heard wrong,

"I don't know why I said that, just I know that I love you and I could never again loose you like this, I just wanna marry you, protect you, keep you every moment with me. I love you and I always will, no matter what. Is that too much to ask for?" He asked me but before I could say anything, mommy replied,

"I am so happy Sami that you finally proposed her, I knew that, but I didn't know that after her kidnapping, still you'd marry her." She said happily and I was shocked, nothing came out of my mouth, I was just looking at every body with open mouth. Pop came and hugged him, then Hamza, every body praise him for marrying me. I just can't believe this, If I had been kidnapped it means no one would ever marry me and if he has proposed me and he's going to marry me, that means he has a big heart and he has a strong virtue, so he became a hero now. wow! Who are they to decide whom I'd marry or not. What's wrong with them ? why they think no one would marry me? If no one would in future, it doesn't matter, I don't want too, not now, not in my future. Now.... what should I do?

"But I don't." I snapped at him without thinking more. Everyone suddenly kept quite at my sudden reaction. Then mommy said,

"What? why?"

"Cause I am not in a condition to think about these things, can't he get that? Why can't he just drop this topic? and---" I paused to take some breaths. I was feeling so weak and this proposal was getting on my nerves. I felt, my mind would burst at any moment. I sighed then started thinking about any reason that I could give them for not marrying him,

"---and also he is taking pity on me that's why he wanna marry me." I said with my head bowed and the last part with so low voice that I thought only I could have heard. Then I looked up to see everyone's shocked face and they were looking at me with mild eyes, then Sami came near me, kneeled down before me and said by holding my hand,

"I love you Tani, I-its true that I wanna marry you but that's not the reason that you are thinking, I am not looking at you with pity, and if you'd kidnapped so what? Also, it was my---yes my fault that I couldn't protect you, I truly blame myself and now I wanna protect you,save you for my whole life. Can't you just accept me?" I looked at him with tears in my eyes, what should I say to him now? His love for me was clearly shown in his green eyes, but I am so messed up right now, it'd be too fast for me, I can't take it, also I love him as a friend, but not like that and what about Rezay? If I'd get married, what about him? I love him also he needs me to fight from his past, from his fears, how can I explain these all things to everyone? Ohh God.. Help me! I again started looking down and tears were threatening me to fall down from my eyes but I was trying hard to keep them back.

Suddenly Ghannu spoke up,

"Mommy look,---" she paused then she looked at me and again started, "---she is already so weak, can't we just give her some time to think about this matter and also she is studying, can we just postpone this marriage after 3 years?" I was so pleased with her answer, she really knows me and what I am thinking she is such a sweetheart. I looked at her and gave her a weak smile, she looked at me and nodded as she was saying that she'd handle this matter. Then she looked at mommy's face and I too looked at every body's face and they all seem pleased too except Sami, he held a change emotion like he was fighting from his inner self about something, his eyes were dark, his lips pressed in a tight line, he sighed then stood up from the floor before me, then he turned to Ghannu and I spoke up before he could say anything to her, I quickly stopped him by holding his hand and said,

"Please Sami, can you wait for me for 3 years, after 3 years I would marry you. Please." I pleaded him and he turned, looked at me, his face softened and then he smirked,

"Okay, you can come to me after 3 years but we will do engagement this year and that's----" I opened my mouth but he raised his voice to stop me from saying anything.

"----That's final." He completed himself and then turned to look at my parents and Hamza, who were happy and started congratulating each other, leaving both of us confused. I was wondering, how can my parents give him authority to decide engagement and marriage? My parents were not like this before what he has done to them? Does he know some kind of magic? I can't believe this they are so happy, cause they really believe that no one would marry me in the future, did they forget? that everyone's fate is in His hands and He is the controller, if He wasn't, then He'd never send someone to save me, but I have to find out, about everything, about those days and most probably about 'him'.

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After all this horrible scene, when they all left, I asked Ghannu to handed me my phone and I started checking it, right when I found lots of messages from Rezay, like:

*Where are you?

*It's been so long, where are you?

*It's almost a half month and you never texted me? I am worried, are you alright?

*I saw news, about your kidnapping, how are you now?

Damn, that's the problem with police, they leak out everything in the media. But the main thing that I noticed, he didn't send me even a single text in those 4 days, Is that a co-incidence or any sign from Allah. I'm amazed why didn't he message me in those days too? But from right after that day, I've messages from him, till today. Ghannu was continuously in my room, she never leave me for any second like she was frightening that she'd again loose me if she'd leave me. Seeing my shocked expression she asked,

"What happened?"

"Nothing, was just--- just wondering."

"Wondering? why?"

When I was about to tell her, I saw my all friends were entering into my room and quickly our attentions diverted to them, they all came and hugged me at once and I was like dying with the shortage of air, I said while fighting from their hugs,

"Uh---Guysss? Can you please leave me?" I managed some words to finally say and they all pulled away and said,

"Ohh, sorry."

"You all almost killed me with your hugs." I chuckled and they all laughed and said,

"God, we missed you Tani." They all said in one sad and broken voice and I heard a laughter, coming from Ghannu who was standing in the corner, laughing at their faces and I started laughing too,

"Me too." I said while laughing. Then they handed me bouquets filled with beautiful flowers and I handed them to Ghannu to arrange them at my side table. While she was doing that we all started talking about university that how much I've missed, lectures, projects and everyhting, then I told them about my kidnapping which was so embarassing, and they were listening me with open mouths. Then they scolded me for not telling them and they told me that how much they missed me and I was listening to them with a smile on my face, suddenly my mobile vibrated in my hand and I looked at it, opened it and saw the message from Rezay,

"I am missing you, when will you wake up?" I quickly replied him.

"I am awake now :)" Then I started thinking, how did he know that I was in Coma? My phone again beeped and I quickly opened it,

"Thanks to Allah, I missed you so much Tani. I wanna say something important to you." I was about to reply when Police came into my room and I quickly deleted the whole conversation with him and prepared myself for their questions.

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A/N: How was this chapter? sorry for late update, I was planning to update the longest chapter of my history, so here it is, Lol xD

Also you have to votes, So, here the voting begins, I have three questions for all readers and you have to answer them,

1) Who was the kidnapper?

A) Sheikh.

B) Sami.

C) Rezay

D) Any other option.

2) Who was the Saver?

A) Sheikh.

B) Sami.

C) Rezay

D) Any other option.

3) With whom Tani would marry?

A) Sheikh.

B) Sami.

C) Rezay

D) Any other option.

My voting lines are opened from now. ;) Please read, do, votes and comments and pick any suitable option from them and make me happy. xD

-Fatima