Aishah

I WOKE UP early in the morning,I wanted to get out of the house as fast I as I can though I spent half of the night crying my eyes out

I got ready fast and decided to leave the house so that I can meet with Fareedah and tell her the change of plans,I stepped down the stairs and met Ibrahim pacing up and down in the sitting room,it look like he didn't sleep throughout the night and I couldn't care less

I tried walking out on him but he stopped me and I almost snarled

"What do you want?"

"What do you mean by divorce?"he asked looking scared but I am sure he is pretending

"What part of I want us separated that you don't understand,do you want me to spell it out loud for you"

"Aishah you're not doing any of such"he said calmly but his voice was edgy like he was scared but I know it's all pretence to stop me

"Then you are up for a whole surprises,a bunch of surprises"I said trying to walk out on him while he stopped me kneeling down

"Please don't do this,it haven't gotten to that extent,we can still work things out"he said looking so vulnerable that I felt like kneeling beside him and kiss him telling him everything is okay but I'm not going to do any of that when he solely decided to get married to someone else

"There is nothing to talk about"I replied folding my hands across my body

"There is a lot"he said standing up

"Are you still getting married or not?"I asked but he remain quiet like he was contemplating on what to tell me

"See you can't even answer a simple question,Ibrahim you should focus on your new wife or whatever you call her because I'm not having this bullshit with you,I'm not having you loving me today but despise me tomorrow,I'm not having you treating my heart like a toy and also I'm not having you playing with my head,you should accept it dear it's over whatever we had is over because it was never meant to be"I say trying very hard not to cry because right now I feel like breaking down terribly

"I love you Aishah"he said quietly like he was about to cry

"All this are words Ibrahim we both know it,I was already warned to stay away from you because all you wanted was you to get into my pant and you know what you succeeded in doing that so the game is over,you should be happy"I said and he stood up holding my hand drawing me into a force hug

"Why don't you trust me on this one uhh,don't leave and let me get married to her and everything will surely return back to normal I promise"

"Everything can never return back to normal and you know it, it's better you stop wasting our time"

"Please"he pleads but I left his embrace

"Who are you getting married to?"I asked

"Halimat"he said avoiding my gaze

"Thesame lady you call me devil to?"I asked but he remain quiet "that lady in the eatery the other time?"I said and chuckled angrily with a tear escaping my eyes

"Aishah...."he said soothingly

"Don't"I said angrily raising up my hand to stop him "don't you ever call my name and I'm out of this place"I said and left the house

I got into my car and started crying, whatever I felt yesterday was just a bonus to what I felt now,I can't believe Ibrahim is getting married to thesame lady that caused everything thesame lady that made get so much angry and cut ties with my family,I can't stay in thesame roof with her and I'm not having any of this

I went straight to Fareedah's house because she's back home,I greeted her mom I met in the sitting room she was so happy to see me and prayed for me,I left her and went inside Fareedah's room and met her rubbing scrubs on her face while wearing a bathroom robe

"Baby"she said smiling quite surprised to see me "what's wrong?"her tone changed when she saw how my face is down

"Ibrahim is getting married"

"I don't understand"she said dropping her scrub beside her bed

"You know I planned on telling him about my pregnancy yesterday that maybe it might change a lot of things but before I could tell him he told me he was getting married soon"

"With?"she asked frowning

"That same lady at the eatery two years ago,that plump lady I saw with Ibrahim"

"What?! So Ibrahim was still with her all this while"she asked surprised with her eyes almost popping out of their sockets like a cartoon character

"I'm surprised like you are, Abubakar was right he was nothing but a snitch and you know what he got me hard"I said chuckling angrily,I felt like throwing something

"What about the pregnancy,did you tell him?"she asked

"I didn't tell him about it,what will I probably tell him huh?,that please don't do this to me because I'm already pregnant"I shrugged

"What do you plan on doing now?"

"I'm getting divorced of course,I'm tired of this love hate marriage,happy today sad tomorrow angry the next,it's unhealthy to me and my baby especially now another person is in the picture"

"You should have told him about the pregnancy he has the right to know,he is the dad afterall"

"No I'm not telling him a shit,I'm going to be a mother and a father to my baby"

"Aishah you're getting this all wrong and you know he has the right to marry another woman if he wants to"she said with worried expression

"Not with the situation we are in,we just get to fall in love with each other not less than three months ago and he wants to get married to another person,he treated me like I was invisible just because of this"

"What did he say about the divorce?"

"He wasn't supportive as usual but that won't change my mind"

"See Aishah calm down and think about this,don't make drastic decisions you might regret in future"

"Are you supporting him or what?"

"It's not about support Aishah it's about foreseeing things,okay imagine you have this child alone depriving the baby of knowing his dad,what kind of explanation will you give the baby when the time comes or think about you,it will be hard for you to see someone who wants to marry a baby mama and what if eventually you get married to someone else and the person doesn't love your baby"she says and I remain quiet for awhile

"My baby will understand"I said rubbing my stomach

"You know you sound funny right now right?"she says

"I'm not funny and you know what I will be moving to Abuja as soon as all this is over"

"It's like I can't change your mind right?"she asked

"Yes you can't"

"What choice do I have than to support you all through"she said standing up and I smiled

She went to the bathroom and had her bath,she came back later and we gisted for awhile before finally deciding to leave

*************

I tried as much as possible to avoid Ibrahim at home to the extent I stopped preparing his food,I left the house around 11:20am going to the court to request for divorce papers because I was hell bent on doing this and to make it possible I decided not to tell my mom or my sister and warned Fareedah to make sure to keep her mouth shut

I entered the court and met an elderly woman and greeted her and told her my purpose of being here and she look surprised because I look too young to be getting divorced

Neither do I pray for it but that's what the circumstances caused,I never wished to be married by now talkless of getting divorced

She walked me to meet the clerk who I discussed with and gave me a summon to give to Ibrahim and asked if I needed help so that someone else can give it to him but I rejected the offer and told him I can do it by myself

I went back to my car sitting down without thinking about anything,I was devoid of emotion and the ability to think

I sigh and started my car making a u turn before walking out of the court,my phone started ringing and I picked it due to it was my sister

I heard sobs and I was quite confused and her inability to talk,I got scared immediately asking her what's wrong but all she did was hiccup whenever she tried talking

"For Allah's sake Qadeerah tell me what's wrong?"I yelled out of frustration after successfully parking my car beside the road

"I don't know how to break it to you Aishah"she sob some more and I got scared

No!!!

Scared was an understatement,I got really frightened because I don't know what would have flared my sister so up till she said her next words that made me feel like my world was falling apart

"Dad is dead"

"Dad is dead"

"Dad is dead"

"Dad is dead"

"What?!!"I yelled and broke into tears,I rewind my car immediately starting the car putting it in full speed trying to get to the hospital as fast as I can tears almost blinding my eyes,I heard my sister call my name through the phone but I was too gone to reply her

I drive so crazily fast that the next thing I realized was I hit a moving vehicle and hit my head in the steering wheel and slowly blackness clouded my eyes and I felt so tired and decided to take a nap

Feels so good