Second Marriage
Chapter 53 - Twenty Six
BK 2 chapter 26
Why did he have to come now!.
Why is it that every moment of happiness, he always comes to damage it, I wondered.
I couldn't move from where I stood, I was frozen.
Abdulrahman was talking to me but I didn't respond because the fear I was feeling was greater than my auditory sense.
I wanted to talk but my vocal cord to carry the sound was not working. I wanted to move my hand to point but my hand was not working also. I was feeling lightheaded, my breathing was coming out in a short pant. The world was spinning around
Not again, I thought.
Today was going smoothly, I was enjoying today outside with my husband but I felt like puking.
I didn't know how it happened but I was puking all the content in my stomach while Abdulrahman was patting my back softly. I g.r.o.a.n.e.d, he gave me water to wash the disgusting taste of the food from my mouth. I also used the water to clean my face. I felt dizzy. Abdulrahman had carried me to an open store, he took the chair for me to rest. The rain was still pouring all it might.
"How is she now?" I heard someone asking Abdulrahman while he answered. The voice sounded familiar to me. I couldn't see that person because Abdulrahman was standing at my front.
Our clothes were drenched, "S, how are you feeling now?" Abdulrahman asked worriedly while I shivered whether because of the cold or fear.
I nodded my head slowly in answer.
Maybe I was dreaming, maybe he wasn't the one. Maybe I was hallucinating, I thought.
"What happened earlier?" he asked, "and I was talking to you, you didn't reply, it was like you were in some kind of trance," he told me softly while I wetted my dry lips.
"Nothing".
"If not because of that brother, I don't know what to do. You just went down and collapsed before you started puking" I added, handing me the extra coat in his car to me.
"Who?"
"That brother" then pointed to the person that caused all these and he smiled at me.
Smile!
Those smiles that haunted me, that always made me check my back every time.
Those smiles that made me jumpy all the time.
He came forward, with every step he was carrying to us, my breathing was changing and it was hurting my rib cage.
"I'm Khaled" he introduced himself and shook Abdulrahman's hand.
Don't shake his hand. I wanted to say but I couldn't.
Abdulrahman did not know him, did not know what he was capable of doing. He came to me. I wanted to scream but I just sat without doing anything.
"Thank you," Abdulrahman said while smiling at him.
"It is a p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e and nice to meet you" he bowed his head a little like a gentleman he was not.
"And meet my wife - Um Abdullah," he said looking at me dearly.
Cut the crap. Abdulrahman!. He knows me, I yelled out but in my head.
Abdulrahman looked at me expectedly to reply or say anything.
"What are you doing here?" I blurted out in my shaky voice which laced with fear. Abdulrahman looked at me dumbfounded. He was shocked while Khaleed looked surprised.
After everything, he has done! He was introducing himself. How dare he!, I thought.
"Do you know each other?" Abdulrahman asked slowly, enunciating the words one by one. At that moment the thunderstruck, making me flinched.
"Yes," he responded, "and I came to see her," he added.
"Sophia" he started, "I'm sorry for all what I've done in the past. I'm sorry for all what I've put you through, it was doing the ignorance time" he said remorsefully while I looked at him with a grimed expression.
"I don't expect you to forgive me now but please, find a place in your heart to forgive" he pleaded.
"Why?" my voice cracked, "Is this another game of yours?" Abdulrahman stood still, looking at both of us to unveil the veil to him.
He sighed and took a seat, "The day I cornered you at the restaurant, I waited outside for you to return home. The moment you arrived at your house and entered, I sneaked in and put the envelope at the table when you went to the kitchen. On my way home, I met with an accident" realization drowned on Abdulrahman. He remembered our first date together.
"You are the Khaleed guy" he didn't ask, he made a statement accusing. He clenched his fist, "you were the causes of the conflict between the two of us" he seethed.
"Yes, I was the one" he nodded his head in confirmation.
"I was hit by a man. He carried me to his house and took care of him. He nursed me back to position. He helped me. I've never felt love, care or affection before. But this man showed me all apart from you. He didn't know me and he and his family took me as a family. I never have what to call home but this man's family showed me what is called home" he sniffled, his eyes glistened with unshed tears.
"I never knew who my father was but I heard he was a friend to your real father. They were in a gang. My mother left me because of who my father was. I was treated like a man when I was a boy. Any mistake, I would be beaten and starved. Everyone was on his own" he wiped the lone tear that was escaping.
"The day your father was beating your young self for letting his wife leave him, I was touched by you. You were beaten and hungry but you saw me get beaten. You treated my wound, cried for me and fed me your food. That was when I vowed to repay you. Then I told your father to keep all my dad's properties in exchange for him to free you" I was crying softly, this was too much.
"Then I started planning everything I could do to make your father fall so that I could come to claim you. Then you got married, I was furious because I exchanged everything I'd for you but you repay me by marrying another guy. I and Zainab planned. She wanted Yusuf and I wanted you but unknowingly to you, he killed Zainab and took you for repayment. I was the one who tipped Yusuf where you were. I called him and told him to trace the Sim" he revealed.
He was the one who called Yusuf, I was surprised.
"But why call Yusuf when you want me for yourself " I wondered out loud.
"True, I wanted you for myself but I needed someone to keep you free so that I could finish your father. He shot you but I wasn't the one who shot him" he raised his hands in surrender.
"Then who?" I blurted out.
"It was David; your father's right man. I narrowly escaped the incident," he replied.
"Then why this change?"
"Because Allah showed me the way through the man. I was a Muslim with a name then but now I'm a practising Muslim. Whenever I was reminiscing the past, I always remembered I'd wrong you. Please forgive me" he pleaded.
"S, we are sinning to Allah and we asked for forgiveness, he forgives us. We make mistakes at the time of ignorance but when we know, we should correct our mistakes. S, he had known he had done something very wrong but can you please forgive him?" he asked softly.
" I forgive you" I smiled slightly at him.
"Thank you, Sophia, may Allah answer all your silent whispers, wishes, hopes, cries and prayers" he prayed.
"Ameen thuma Ameen. Jazakumu llahu Khair (may Allah reward you with goodness)".
"Wa anti fa llahu Khair (and may Allah reward you too with goodness)" he responded and stood, "before I go, I'm getting married next month, you are invited with your family," he said and walked away.
.
.
.
.
Alhamdulillah.
Why did he have to come now!.
Why is it that every moment of happiness, he always comes to damage it, I wondered.
I couldn't move from where I stood, I was frozen.
Abdulrahman was talking to me but I didn't respond because the fear I was feeling was greater than my auditory sense.
I wanted to talk but my vocal cord to carry the sound was not working. I wanted to move my hand to point but my hand was not working also. I was feeling lightheaded, my breathing was coming out in a short pant. The world was spinning around
Not again, I thought.
Today was going smoothly, I was enjoying today outside with my husband but I felt like puking.
I didn't know how it happened but I was puking all the content in my stomach while Abdulrahman was patting my back softly. I g.r.o.a.n.e.d, he gave me water to wash the disgusting taste of the food from my mouth. I also used the water to clean my face. I felt dizzy. Abdulrahman had carried me to an open store, he took the chair for me to rest. The rain was still pouring all it might.
"How is she now?" I heard someone asking Abdulrahman while he answered. The voice sounded familiar to me. I couldn't see that person because Abdulrahman was standing at my front.
Our clothes were drenched, "S, how are you feeling now?" Abdulrahman asked worriedly while I shivered whether because of the cold or fear.
I nodded my head slowly in answer.
Maybe I was dreaming, maybe he wasn't the one. Maybe I was hallucinating, I thought.
"What happened earlier?" he asked, "and I was talking to you, you didn't reply, it was like you were in some kind of trance," he told me softly while I wetted my dry lips.
"Nothing".
"If not because of that brother, I don't know what to do. You just went down and collapsed before you started puking" I added, handing me the extra coat in his car to me.
"Who?"
"That brother" then pointed to the person that caused all these and he smiled at me.
Smile!
Those smiles that haunted me, that always made me check my back every time.
Those smiles that made me jumpy all the time.
He came forward, with every step he was carrying to us, my breathing was changing and it was hurting my rib cage.
"I'm Khaled" he introduced himself and shook Abdulrahman's hand.
Don't shake his hand. I wanted to say but I couldn't.
Abdulrahman did not know him, did not know what he was capable of doing. He came to me. I wanted to scream but I just sat without doing anything.
"Thank you," Abdulrahman said while smiling at him.
"It is a p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e and nice to meet you" he bowed his head a little like a gentleman he was not.
"And meet my wife - Um Abdullah," he said looking at me dearly.
Cut the crap. Abdulrahman!. He knows me, I yelled out but in my head.
Abdulrahman looked at me expectedly to reply or say anything.
"What are you doing here?" I blurted out in my shaky voice which laced with fear. Abdulrahman looked at me dumbfounded. He was shocked while Khaleed looked surprised.
After everything, he has done! He was introducing himself. How dare he!, I thought.
"Do you know each other?" Abdulrahman asked slowly, enunciating the words one by one. At that moment the thunderstruck, making me flinched.
"Yes," he responded, "and I came to see her," he added.
"Sophia" he started, "I'm sorry for all what I've done in the past. I'm sorry for all what I've put you through, it was doing the ignorance time" he said remorsefully while I looked at him with a grimed expression.
"I don't expect you to forgive me now but please, find a place in your heart to forgive" he pleaded.
"Why?" my voice cracked, "Is this another game of yours?" Abdulrahman stood still, looking at both of us to unveil the veil to him.
He sighed and took a seat, "The day I cornered you at the restaurant, I waited outside for you to return home. The moment you arrived at your house and entered, I sneaked in and put the envelope at the table when you went to the kitchen. On my way home, I met with an accident" realization drowned on Abdulrahman. He remembered our first date together.
"You are the Khaleed guy" he didn't ask, he made a statement accusing. He clenched his fist, "you were the causes of the conflict between the two of us" he seethed.
"Yes, I was the one" he nodded his head in confirmation.
"I was hit by a man. He carried me to his house and took care of him. He nursed me back to position. He helped me. I've never felt love, care or affection before. But this man showed me all apart from you. He didn't know me and he and his family took me as a family. I never have what to call home but this man's family showed me what is called home" he sniffled, his eyes glistened with unshed tears.
"I never knew who my father was but I heard he was a friend to your real father. They were in a gang. My mother left me because of who my father was. I was treated like a man when I was a boy. Any mistake, I would be beaten and starved. Everyone was on his own" he wiped the lone tear that was escaping.
"The day your father was beating your young self for letting his wife leave him, I was touched by you. You were beaten and hungry but you saw me get beaten. You treated my wound, cried for me and fed me your food. That was when I vowed to repay you. Then I told your father to keep all my dad's properties in exchange for him to free you" I was crying softly, this was too much.
"Then I started planning everything I could do to make your father fall so that I could come to claim you. Then you got married, I was furious because I exchanged everything I'd for you but you repay me by marrying another guy. I and Zainab planned. She wanted Yusuf and I wanted you but unknowingly to you, he killed Zainab and took you for repayment. I was the one who tipped Yusuf where you were. I called him and told him to trace the Sim" he revealed.
He was the one who called Yusuf, I was surprised.
"But why call Yusuf when you want me for yourself " I wondered out loud.
"True, I wanted you for myself but I needed someone to keep you free so that I could finish your father. He shot you but I wasn't the one who shot him" he raised his hands in surrender.
"Then who?" I blurted out.
"It was David; your father's right man. I narrowly escaped the incident," he replied.
"Then why this change?"
"Because Allah showed me the way through the man. I was a Muslim with a name then but now I'm a practising Muslim. Whenever I was reminiscing the past, I always remembered I'd wrong you. Please forgive me" he pleaded.
"S, we are sinning to Allah and we asked for forgiveness, he forgives us. We make mistakes at the time of ignorance but when we know, we should correct our mistakes. S, he had known he had done something very wrong but can you please forgive him?" he asked softly.
" I forgive you" I smiled slightly at him.
"Thank you, Sophia, may Allah answer all your silent whispers, wishes, hopes, cries and prayers" he prayed.
"Ameen thuma Ameen. Jazakumu llahu Khair (may Allah reward you with goodness)".
"Wa anti fa llahu Khair (and may Allah reward you too with goodness)" he responded and stood, "before I go, I'm getting married next month, you are invited with your family," he said and walked away.
.
.
.
.
Alhamdulillah.