Jannah looked down as the tears stream down her face. She knew it but it hurt to hear the doctor say it. Ya Allah it hurts so much, she thought as she bit her lip so hard that she could taste the metallic taste of blood, but she didn't care.

"I'm sorry, but she's gone" The doctor said and then walked away after saying something that she didn't focus on.

Jannah didn't bother to wipe the tears away as she turned and started walking away sluggishly with no destination in mind.

"Jannah..." Kamal called out just as Fatimah reached out to hold her friend. He held her upper arm to stop her from walking away just in time Daihaah arrived at the place all but running.

Jannah sniffed and turned to look at Kamal when her gaze met that of Suhad that was watching her with an emotion so intense she couldn't focus on, but that was nothing to what she felt at the moment. She turned her head and her gaze met that of Kamal whose are red from the tears he had refuse to let fall. He refused to cry when Jannah is in a much worse situation. He needed to be her backbone at the moment for he knew that she needed it. "Let go" Jannah said in a low tone. She didn't have an iota of energy left in her to raise her voice or put up a fight.

Kamal shook his head, "No. I can take you home if you want"

She looked down as another wave of tears fell; she sniffed again and looked up, "No. I want to go alone." she said, her voice breaking down but she didn't care."I just want to be alone" she whispered.

"Then I'll have the driver drive you back home" Kamal said pulling out his phone. Messages flooded his phone as apparently word about his uncle's demise has gone out so everyone's just sending their prayers for the late man and his wife.

Jannah pushed some of the tendrils of hair that fell out of the low ponytail she made out of her face. Somehow, amidst of wailing over the loss of her mother, her veil fell and finding it was the least of her concern.

She said nothing as he pulled her into a hug and rested his chin on her head rubbing soothing circles on her back. No matter how tall she is, her goofball of a cousin is still a tad taller than her. "It's going to be okay" he whispered making her clench her eyes shut, tight.

He's lying. It's not going to be ok. It never will.

But she didn't tell him that, she knew he too is in pain at the moment.

Her body began to tremble and she knew she was about to break down completely, and she rather not do it there. She pulled back after hugging him back sniffing back her tears and turned to walk away wrapping her arms around herself not caring about the others. She didn't want to look at these knowing that they were only going to give her pitiful glances.

Just in time, her aunt walked in, or more like ran in accompanied by her husband running after Jannah's little sister that ran over to Kamal with tears streaming down her face. The little girl clutched Kamal's shoulders as she looked at him with tear stained face, "Yaya Kamal please tell me they're lying! Mama da Baba basu mutu ba. Ko Ya Kamal?" the little girl pleaded as her body shook with the tears that fell.

Jannah stopped and looked down biting her busted lip not caring about the pain as she cried silently.

Kamal closed his eyes as he placed his hands over his cousin's, "Nuwaiyra" he started inhaling sharply, "I'm sorry..."

Nuwaiyra shook her head rapidly, "No...y'all are lying! My parents are alive, you're lying" the girl sobbed and when Kamal tried to hug her she pulled herself away.

"Nuwaiyra..." Daihaah said taking cautious steps towards the girl whom moved away from her.

"Adda Daihaah they're lying bah?"

Daihaah blinked back the tears that kept falling down her face. An emotional pregnant woman isn't one that's easy to handle since her hormones are just all over the place, "Kiyi haquri..."

"NO!" the little girl shouted. She looked around furiously as if looking for someone and when her gaze fell on Jannah's who has her back towards her the girl sobbed again, louder this time, "Adda Firdausi..." she ran towards her elder sister whom quickly tried to wipe the tears away from her face and turned to look at her baby sister just in time the girl hugged her elder sister tight. "Adda..." the girl sobbed hugging her sister tightly.

Jannah hugged back clenching her eyes shut as she used her free hand to wipe her tears away though she kept failing miserably, "I'm so sorry Nuwaiyra" Jannah muttered as she placed her head on top of that of her sister's.

The little girl and her sister kept sobbing whilst hugging each other making everyone tear up, including the stone called Prince Aamir. He, Suhad, and Kamal all had their eyes filled with tears but they didn't let it fall.

Kamal's mother, Jannah's aunt cried too in her husband's embrace whom was too wiping the tears that fell on his face. Daihaah was crying too in Prince's arms. Jannah's mother was basically a second mother to her as the woman had been friends with Ummi for a very long time ever since they were both babies. She didn't know when the woman changed but she had always been a mother to her so she felt her lost too. Fatimah being an emotional lady was sobbing silently too in her brother's embrace.

Bilkisu's eyes tear up but she looked away and blinked it back. This just made her more confident in her decision and she was going to put in action no matter what the cost will be.

"Let's go home" Jannah said to her sobbing sister in her arms as she guided her away from everyone and out.

Kamal glanced at Daihaah whom nodded understanding what he meant. Prince leaned down and pecked her temple and hesitantly let her go before she followed after her best friend whom they all know not to leave alone even if her sister is with her. She isn't to be trusted alone in such vulnerable moments like that knowing her capabilities.

The three ladies got in Jannah's car as the river Kamal called drove them off to Jannah's house with the only sound coming from the car being their sobs, especially Nuwaiyra's.

Once they reached the house, Jannah hesitated to get out as her gaze fell on the mansion she used to call her home.

Home.

It will never be home again.

Not without Mama and Baba.

Never.

"Let's go Nuwaiyra" Jannah tugged on her sister's hand as the trio walked into the house that they know will be flooded with people in a matter of hours.

Jananh walked her sister to her room with Daihaah following them closely behind. Jannah opened the room door and walked in while Daihaah closed the door as Jannah sat on the bed with Nuwaiyra in her arms.

Nuwaiyra held onto Jannah as if her life depended on it. Her sobs broke Jannah's heart into a thousand pieces that made her break down too.

After about half an hour of crying, Nuwaiyra sniffed, "They were the best" she whispered but Jannah heard her.

"They were" Jannah replied in the same tone.

"I'll go and help Iyah" Daihaah said standing up realizing that the two needed some privacy. And since Iyah had arrived about ten minutes ago she figured it will be a good idea to help her with the guests that have started flooding the house.

"I know Mama didn't show it but she loved you" Nuwairya whispered making Jannah close her eyes as the tears fell. She didn't say anything to that.

If Nuwaiyra finds out what happened as to how they both died will she still consider me her sister? Jannah thought as she sobbed quietly.

Jannah patted her sister's head slowly as the girl's tears soaked Jannah's tears.

"Am I really never going to see them again?" Nuwaiyra asked in a small voice after a while.

Jannah knew the girl couldn't see her but she nodded either ways. Nuwaiyra took her silence as a yes.

After a while Nuwaiyra began to doze off from exhaustion and so Jannah laid the girl back on the bed careful not to wake her up. She fixed her pillow and put the girl's head on it dragging the quilt to cover her up.

She flashed Nuwaiyra one last look before she stood up and started wlaking towards the door.

"Adda Jannah" Nuwaiyra's voice made her stop in her tracks.

Jannah thought the girl as asleep but apparently she was wrong. She turned to the girl that still had her eyes closed, "Yes?"

"I'm scared" Nuwaiyra said in a tone that showed off how broke she was. Her voice trembled as her lips wobbled though her eyes remain shut a few tears escaped.

"Don't be" Jannah replied lowly, "We'll get through this together" she added hoping that will ease the girl's pain and fear a little bit.

Nuwaiyra nodded.

Jannah turned to walk away yet was stopped again when Nuwaiyra called her name.

Nuwaiyra opened her bloodshot eyes and looked at Jannah, "I never blamed you for that. It wasn't your fault" she said, sincerity dripping from her words.

Jannah clenched her eyes shut. She really needed to hear that. She knew the girl wasn't talking about the death of their parents but about what happened that day.

Jannah couldn't take it anymore as she turned and all but ran out of the room and across the hall to her room. She didn't bother to lock the door as she ran to the en suite and opened the mirror cabinet. Her hands wobbled as the tips of her fingers ran over the various containers of pills until she settled on one particular one. Taking the container out she opened it hastily and just dumped the pills in her hand.

She hesitated but after a while just put three of the pill in her mouth and gulped it down. The very pill she was supposed to take one per day but honestly, she loved the way it helped her and at the moment she needed every bit of help she can get.

She turned and walked towards the shower turning it on to hot water—not enough to cause big damage but enough to cause piercing pain. She didn't bother to remove the cloth on her as she slid into the shower and slumped down as the hot water fall on her. Every nerve in her body yelled at her to get out but she didn't.

She sat there with the hot water burnig her skin a she cried. Cried about everything that had happened in her life. Cried for losing every bit of happiness she had. She cried till the tears no longer came. Till her tear duct became strained and her vision blacked and eventually she lost consciousness having sat there for time she lost track of.

The last thing she heard before slipping out of consciousness was Daihaah's yells a she ran into the en suite and turned the water off getting into the shower and yelling at her to wake up. She could hear the desperation in Daihaah's voice but she couldn't do anything.

She was lost in an abyss so dark and deep.

But she preferred that any day than the reality she had to live in from that day onward.

At least there there was no pain and she could stay in peace.

Yeah, she definitely preferred that.

So, as she blackened out, Daihaah saw the smile forming on Jannah's lips and that only scared her more.

~*~

Kamal watched as Suhad and Prince walked in exchanging greeting with some people under the canopies set to receive the guest that came to mourn with the late Alhaji Maikano family. Kamal waited for a while as the two settled and after receiving many more guest he stood up and headed towards Suhad.

He wanted to talk to the guy at the moment but seeing as it will be inconvenient he just decided against it.

The two stayed until after Isha when Prince and Suhad declared that they were leaving as it was getting late and Prince had an emotional wife to take back home and pacify, which wouldn't be an easy job by the way.

"Can we talk?" Kamal said to Suhad quietly as they watched Daihaah and Prince get in his car after Daihaah told Kamal or more like told them what happened to Jannah.

Clearly, all of them were worried about the girl that had been unconscious for ten hours. If it wasn't that Daihaah had called one of her doctor friends then they would definitely be worried sick about her but the doctor told her that it was just a way of the girl's body getting rid of the overdose drugs she took and that it was nothing to worry about.

It killed Suhad to hear about her being in that condition when there's nothing he could do to help.

"Sure" Suhad said as he nodded.

Kamal lead him inside the mansion through the backdoor to avoid the crowd of people that filled up the house mourning for the lost of two very important people in the family. He led them to Alhaji Maikano's study room which was one of the only places that there were no people.

Suhad threw Kamal a confused look when he saw Kamal's father in the room sitting on one of the couches already waiting for them.

Kamal gestured for him to sit as he sat on the carpet. Suhad followed Kamal's actions and sat next to him on the carpet but Kamal's father asked them both to sit up probably not comfortable having the Prince sat on the carpet.

"Yerima I know you must be wondering why you're here" Kamal's father said making Suhad nod.

"Yes" he replied curtly.

"The thing is..." Kamal's father brought out a paper, "Before the demise of Alhaji Mahmoud he gave me one will yesterday that he didn't write down along with his other wills. However, Kamal and my wife were both there when he gave the will"

Suhad nodded though he wasn't sure how any of this is connected to him.

"He told us about what you asked him yesterday and the answer he gave you. I'm sure you remember it right?"

Suhad nodded again, "He said he trusts me and gave me his daughter as an amanah whenever I'm ready to marry her" Suhad nodded and the corners of his lip tilt up slightly.

Kamal's father smiled slightly, "Well he gave me another will"

Suhad's brows furrowed. Could the man have taken back his words or what? He wondered.

"I don't know if he knew this would happen but he told me if by any case he dies before the marriage take place that I should ask you do you one thing for him" Kamal's father said maintaining eye contact with Suhad.

"What should I do for him?"

Kamal's father kept shut for a while which only adds more suspense in the room to Suhad as Kamal had already known about this. Then, the man finally spoke up, "He ask me to tell you to please marry his daughter as soon as possible" he said making Suhad inhale sharply.

"How soon exactly?" Suhad asked knowing that the man must've given a preferred limit.

Kamal's father sighed, "Within a week"

~*~

Supp yalll.

I'm in a good mood but I got so many things to do that typing is giving me a hard time. And I actually wanted to give you a triple update but shaa, manage with this wlh I'm sooo busy nowadays.

My namesake Jannah is broken...

And Alhaji Maikano's will...

Bye!

Love, Jannah.