Aishah

I CAME BACK to the house with groceries from the store,I placed everything in the kitchen when my phone suddenly rings

"Baby what's up?"Fareedah asked and I chuckled

"So so fine,God! I missed you"I said and she laughed

"Why won't you miss me when you're not here to get me ready for my wedding,I only dream of you being my bestlady on my wedding day but here you're with your tummy growing big"she joked and I laughed

"Of course here I am with my tummy growing big,ain't you happy for me?"I teased and she sighed

"Why won't I be when you will be giving me a godchild soon"she said and I smiled

"So how's the wedding preparations going?"I asked leaving the kitchen

"The wedding preparations is going fine my dear,my mom have decided to take everything in her head,she wants an extravagant wedding"Fareedah said sighing and I know how tired she might be now,her mom was an extravagant woman and loves everything classy

"You just have to let her have her way"I said smiling

"What can I do,I can't actually stop her from doing the things she likes"

"You hit a point there"I said and she laughed

"Enough about me how's you and your co-wife?"she asked and I sighed

"We are fine,just minding our business actually"

"I can imagine dear"Fareedah said and I chuckled

"How's Rauf?"I asked

"He's fine and he's the only one getting the bubbling and jittery of the wedding like he is a goddamn female,I thought I was the one that supposed to be getting all that"She said and I bursted out laughing so hard that I have to calm myself down first

"We all know Rauf is an emotional man and he is in love what do you expect"

"I can see,babe I will talk with you later I have to go"

"Ok dear bye"I said and the call came to an end

My phone started ringing immediately the call came to an end and it was my sister,I wondered why she was calling and picked the call immediately

"Salam"I greeted and she chuckled

"I just gave birth"she said and I was shocked

"It's a lie"I shouted out of joy and she chuckled tiredly

"I think you better run over here to see your nephew,mother is so happy to have a grandson she said she's on her way here"Qadirah said and I laughed heartedly

"Ya Salam you gave birth to a boy, congratulations dear how are you holding up?"I asked bubbling in happiness

"I'm so fine and expect you to be here soon"she said sternly and I laughed again

"I won't miss an opportunity to see my Faiza"I said

"What?! What about my king?"she joked and I laughed

"I will be there any time soon"I said and ended the call

I turn around trying to rush into my room and change my clothes when I suddenly fell down on the floor hitting my stomach on the floor,I felt pain shoot over me lingering on my stomach and waist

"You're just too clumsy"I heard Halimat said laughing and I look up at her,she had this amuse look on her face while shaking her head

"Why will you put your leg on my way?"I asked and pain shoot through me once more,i tried standing up but my legs were wobbly and felt back feeling another pain shot through me worsening ten times more

"I have the right to put my legs any way I want,your eyes should have functioned well to see that my legs were on your way"

"What did I do to deserve this?"I asked not able to hold the pain any longer,tears stream down my face and I felt my baby moving maybe not feeling comfortable in the situation I'm in

"Everything Aishah! First of all you stole Ibrahim from me,he use to love me so much and praise me like I was his life then you came into the picture,I didn't know what you did and he took all the love he had for me and gave it to you,he treated you like a queen while he treated me like a trash bag,he married me but put me in his house to be the third wheel!"she yelled angrily and I cried more

"Those weren't my fault!"I tried defending myself though I was in pain and my head started spinning a little

"The only way you can know happiness is if you divorce Ibrahim or while we are still in this house if he treats me like a man should treat his wife"she said angrily and I saw blood,I was bleeding and I got scared

What if something happened to me

What if something happened to my baby

"Help me please,help me Halimat I'm bleeding"I cried out and she laughed devilishly

"Help you? Keep on dreaming"she said and walked away

My eyes started getting cloudy and I searched around looking for my phone, thanks to Allah I found it at the right time and dialled Ibrahim's number immediately

"Come home Ibrahim!"I cried out "I'm bleeding"

"You're what?!"he asked agitated

"I'm bleeding Ibrahim"I cried the more,the grip on the phone loosen when I started feeling weak

I heard Ibrahim's voice in the background calling my name but I was too gone to answer,the cloudiness in my eyes started changing to black dots and darkness finally consumed me and I fell on the floor

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I tried opening my eyes but everywhere was too bright for me to do so,my eyes look too tired for it to open,I tried moving my hands but I couldn't it felt like I wasn't in control of my body but I know I'm awake I can hear voices listening closer I can hear my mom's voice,then Abdul's and another familiar voice

Abubakar!

I forced my eyes opened at once and the world went upside down,everywhere look yellowish and I heard my mom calling for the doctor that I was awake,I tried talking I wanted to let them know I was fine but my voice failed me it felt like I was talking in my mind,I had never been in this kind of position,a tear escaped my eyes and I saw Abdul coming closer to me

The door opened revealing the doctor,he came closer to me and checked me,he looked satisfied and walk out with my mom

"Abubakar!"I tried talking once again and it worked,my voice was raspy and so cracked,I felt my throat dried up and craved for water immediately

"Water!"I cried out and Abdul came closer handling me a cup of water, Abubakar helped me sitting on the bed while my head resting on the pillow placed in the wall of the bed,I drank all the water and I felt relieved

"How are you feeling?"Abubakar asked and I nodded too tired to talk letting him know I was okay

I look around and didn't find Ibrahim,I look disappointed and my mind went back to what happened,I gasped in realisation shouting out

"My baby!"I placed my hand in my stomach with tears falling uncontrollable from my eyes "did I loose my baby?"I asked praying internally that the answer should come out as no

The door suddenly opened revealing my mom and Ibrahim,he rushed over sitting beside me in the bed taken my hand,he looked confused after seeing me cry

"What happened?, Are you okay?"he bombarded me with questions

"My baby?"I asked again not able to control myself from crying

"The baby is fine Aishah nothing happened"he said and I released a breath I didn't know I was holding,I smiled, chuckled and laughed looking like a lunatic,I couldn't care less because my baby is there still growing healthy in my stomach

"How are you feeling my dear"my mom asked coming closer to me,she look worried and sad at the same time

"I'm fine mummy"I said smiling

I spent hours talking with all of them and feeling at peace again,my mom and Abdul decided to leave after awhile promising to visit the next day because she had to attend to my sister,my sister called pouring her concerns on the phone and I felt so happy having them as my family,I felt blessed

Ibrahim left awhile later saying he was going to prepare me dinner and promised to spend the night with me in the hospital leaving me alone with Abubakar

"When did you come?"I asked after awhile breaking the silence

"Today, I was with Ibrahim when you called and told him you were bleeding,God! You got us scared"he said chuckling

"I'm so sorry,where did you find me"

"We met you in the sitting room unconscious in a pool of blood and rushed you here,we were so happy nothing happened to the both of you"he said refering to me and the baby

"You met no one at home?"I asked

"Yes"he replied confused and I smiled, wondering how Halimat purposely left me there,that was something I can never do no matter the misunderstanding I had with the person then I remembered everyone can not be thesame

"Anyways thank you Abubakar"I said appreciating him

"You're welcome"he said smiling contagiously

"How was the trip?"I asked

"It was fine and so funny I came back to meet Ibrahim with another wife"he said laughing but I felt nothing funny in that

"I know you're not happy"he said after awhile,I smiled at him

"Muslim men have the right to marry more than one wife"I said casually trying to hide the fact how hurt I felt inside

"You could have avoided this"he said looking at me like I was the most interesting thing on the planet,I felt uneasy and look away answering his question

"How? I can't stop him from not marrying who he wants to marry"I said shrugging casually

"You could have avoided this by divorcing him when you had the chance but instead you got pregnant,I thought you were wise enough to see the kind of man he is"

"What are you insinuating Abubakar?"I asked getting pissed "if I had divorced him then what?"I asked irritatedly

"Then I would have taken care of you,you know the reason I came in to your life the first time and I knew you had thesame feelings for me, you liked me too then this forced marriage of a thing changed everything,Ibrahim doesn't love you I'm the one who does"he said and I look at him warily like he loosed something in his head,like it wasn't the Abubakar I know that was talking

"We weren't meant to be Abubakar and whatever crush I had on you back then is gone, Ibrahim is my husband and I love to keep it that way"I replied him not loving his company anymore

"You're making a mistake Aishah, you know I will take a bullet for you"

"I'm your friend's wife for god's sake,just stop telling me all this Ya Allah I don't want your love"I said annoyingly

"You think Ibrahim cares about you,he once told me that I can go ahead with you because he doesn't care,that will be all for today"he said standing up "don't tell me I didn't warn you when the time comes and don't come back running to me"he says walking out of the room

I felt throbbing headache immediately and I massage my head,I wasn't going to take everything Abubakar said to heart

What more can ever go wrong