Aishah

A WEEK LATER I visited Fareedah who assured me Ibrahim still live at that house I decided to go ahead and give him the court summons,Fareedah and I made it a must to see everyday and I decided to take Ali out so that we can have some bonding,Rauf was happy to see me too and we related normal,my sister who had my number now called me often and told me about her third baby who is a girl

She sent me her pictures and she was named after me Aishah,I was so happy about that my sister said she missed me so much that when she gave birth to her she decided her to be named after me,her pictures were sent to me and we shared a lot of resemblance,the mini me was currently two years old and I was also sent pictures of Faiza and Fareed,Faiza who is currently nine years old growing into a young beautiful woman,Fareed who is five but still look so handsome like before it felt like he grew much more handsome by the day and I knew the young man was definitely going to be a ladies man

I had lengthy calls with my sister, Skype and well I get to familiarise with my niece and nephew,Abdul was a big man too,he graduated recently studying industrial chemistry,I was shocked when I saw Abdul's picture he grew beards now and he look manly than before

For once I wished my parents were alive to witness this day but sadly they weren't,I told my sister about Haqam and they  chat too,my sister was grateful to him and she was happy I finally moved on

I stepped down from the car I parked outside of Ibrahim's house and a feeling of nostalgia hits me,I can't believe this house was once my home and nothing seem to change over the years,I knocked at the gate and the gate was opened by the gateman

"Is your employer around?"I asked and he said yes

I entered inside the compound walking slowly looking around reviving the old times,I stand at the front of the door and knocked,the door suddenly opened and I was faced with Ibrahim

His hand was hanging on the air as his eyes roam over me,it felt like he couldn't believe his sight that he was actually seeing me

"Aishah"he called trying to touch me but I stepped back

"Who's that?"I heard another voice which belongs to no one else but Halimat

She came forward looking shocked to see me and I smiled at her,I harbor no hatred towards her anymore and that rage of revenge in me died down with Mrs Bolanle teachings,I left her to God to decide what he wants to do with her,I'm not the one to decide that

"You came back?"Ibrahim asked still looking surprised to see me when a little girl smuggled between them looking at me,she looks like Halimat no doubt and she looks like a two or three years old girl,she look at me with curiosity and I smiled kindly at her

"I'm not back to you Ibrahim, I only came to settle what's left between us"I replied ignoring Halimat totally,it felt like she couldn't believe I was the one standing and I was so grateful for the fact that I changed a lot, I look much more beautiful than before and more womanly and I'm proud to say I am able to get any woman jealous by just looking at me,my body shape have grew

"You should come inside"Ibrahim said and I chuckled nodding my head in disagreement

"I'm not here to talk about the lost times,I'm just here to do what's need to be done"I said and took the court summons from my bag handling it over to him

He tore the envelope immediately looking at it and he gave me a confused look

"Why do you want to divorce me,you know I love you"he said and I chuckled again

"Ibrahim I realised something for the past four years of my disappearance,your kind of love is not the love I needed you might love me in your own kind of way but that wasn't enough,the fact you love me but can't stand up for me is sickening,the fact that you love me and all I ever felt is pain is tiring,the fact that you love me but never tried to know how I'm feeling it's endangering and the fact that you never stop anything that happened pains more than death, Ibrahim I wish you no bad at all and I can see you have your own family now,we were never meant to be and things that aren't meant to be always end up destroyed,I love my life now and I'm more than happy I left years ago if not I would have never discovered this part of myself,please make sure you're available in court I have a company to take care of I can't waste much time here in Zaria"I said smiling sweetly at him,he stand completely speechless

I moved over to meet Halimat and smiled at her

"You won finally Halimat and I should have taken your words seriously when you said if I don't divorce Ibrahim you will deal with me and you did,now I know Ibrahim was never meant to be mine and he is fully yours no threat and I'm happy for you atleast you are a mother now and you got a beautiful daughter"I said and close my eyes relishing the time I had with Nadeerah before she died,if she were to be alive now she would probably be getting to five years soon,I sniffed and blink the tears away "for kidnapping and assaulting me I forgive you Halimat,for sending men to rape me I forgive you,for causing the dead of my son I forgive you,for killing Nadeerah knowingly or unknowingly I forgive you,for causing the damage to my womb I forgive you too Halimat because I learnt not to harbour hatred and this time around I'm finally out of your lives for good"I said bringing out an handkerchief from my bag wiping a tear away

"Aishah you can't just divorce me we can sort this out,I spent years looking for you"Ibrahim said and I busted out laughing angrily

"You spent years looking for me?"I asked and chuckled dryly "of course you spent years looking for me while you're still in thesame house with the very person that killed our daughter and mothered her with another child, or was she a replacement for Nadeerah,what did you name her Nadeerah?!"I asked out of anger building inside of me

"For loosing me Ibrahim blame no one else but you,not Halimat nor her dad or anybody but blame yourself for the fact you were never a man enough,you only proclaimed love to me by your mouth you never did anything to work towards it"

"I changed Aishah! I wanted to beg for your forgiveness that very day you escaped after talking with Fareedah and she made me see things I didn't see earlier,I wanted to apologize and make things right"he argued

"And bring me back to this disgusting house?"I asked and chuckled

"Aishah!"Halimat called

"Don't you dare! Don't you ever let my name comes out of your mouth again,you wanted Ibrahim and now you have him,I don't need him anymore I'm engaged happily"I said shoving my finger at her face "you won,you should be happy and call for celebration!"I said and turned around trying to walk away before remembering one thing

"Don't forget to be at the court Ibrahim I promise you the divorce will go on even if you decide not to be there and please come with my documents I left in this house"I said and swayed away

I entered my car and drove to the hotel blinded by tears as I felt all the pains of what I gone through before crushing through me

"How dare them!" I thought

I went inside the hotel and met Haqam laying on the bed with a computer,he dropped the computer immediately after sighting me and stood up with a confused gaze

I placed my back on the door and started breathing hard as hot tears sprung out of my eyes,I was pained I always thought the love Ibrahim had for me will be so strong that he will divorce Halimat for all she had caused but instead impregnated her,so if I was still in that house with them Halimat will have been giving birth to children while I remain barren for the rest of my life,I have no hatred towards them but I can't deny the fact I felt a lot of pain when I discovered Ibrahim was never and would never be a man

Haqam came closer to me examining me first before wrapping his hands around me

"What happened?"he asked

"I can't believe Ibrahim still kept Halimat as a wife and she gave birth to their child"I said bursting into tears

I have no hatred towards the child but all I felt is pain,I'm so angry about the fact that I loose Nadeerah,I remembered how she use to smile,how beautiful she looked and how she would have grown by now,it felt like all the pain I felt those years came back ten thousand folds

"Calm down Aishah,what is done is done and don't worry about the past anymore because you don't live in the past,you made a step forward already"Haqam said and I nodded "I love you Aishah I really do and it will break my heart seeing you the way you're now"

"I love you too,it's just stupid I'm crying"I replied smiling but he shook his head

"It's not stupid Aishah it's what makes us humans,we have the right to feel all kind of emotion and not feel guilty about it"he said and I look at him with adoration, tell me what else can I ever ask for

"Stop being so perfect"I said and he chuckled

"I'm not perfect babe I just know how to treat my woman right"he replied

"You're making it hard for me to love you less"I replied giving him a stink eye

"That's the goal babe"he said and kissed my forehead while I chuckled

We spent the rest of the day gisting and talking about our wedding,Haqam had a weird way of planning a wedding and I laughed all through,I knew he was doing it purposely to make me laugh and I was grateful for that