happening in her compound. She saw no one but kept hearing screams. Her instinct told her it was from the gate keeper's room. She released the hem of the curtain and sat back. "Aunty ha

reetings. I want to stay back too but i have a class in the next thirty minutes. See you later" he waved and stood as if he forgot something. "Did you forget something?" Dee asked. "No, nothing actually. Bye" he walked out thinking. 'Even to put the cap for me, spray perfume for me and say i am looking dashing dee doesn't know how to do that' he shook his head. Few minutes later, amina had arrived. Dee's home wasn't difficult to be located. On hee way, she saw khalifa's car on the way and she honked at him. It looks like he didn't saw her. She shrugged off, locked her car and entered the house. "Assalamu alaykum" she knocked and khadijah came out. They screamed, jumped and hugged before they went into the parlour and started gisting. Meenah was served vegetable-jollof cous cous with pineapple ginger drink. She had complained of not eating cous cous. Khadeejah persuaded her to take just a spoon and when she did, the taste was on another world. "Did you know nafeesa passed away immediately after our graduation?" Amina asked her. Dee noticed the jeweleries meena was wearing. The makeup too. She was looking so beautiful. "Which nafeesa are you talking about. Hmm nafisa...nafisa? I don't remember her" Dee tried to remember. "Come on dije. Our nafeesa now. Nafeesa our regular quarrelling partner" meena hit her head. "Remember her right now" she knocked her again. "Don't tell me nafisa jamo? Ya Allah? I can't believe it. Was she sick?" Ameena wiped the mist at the corner of her eye. "I felt so bad too. She wasn't sick it was her time. I could remember we didn't fought on grad day" meena bitterly spoke. "Exactly we even cracked jokes. So that was our last encounter. That was just her span of life. May her soul rest in peace" dee prayed. "Ameen" meena answered and they continued gisting. "Assalamu alaykum" they heard a voice. Khalifa was back already. When he entered the parlour, his heart nearly stopped beating. A sweat dropped from his forehead. This was his bride to be in his house. Meena looked at him and she nearly screamed but she composed her self. Oh God! "Meet my lost but found best friend and the newest bride in town dear" dee showed meena and he gulped. "Sannu ko (weldone) welcome to our house our newest bride, it's nice meeting you" he plastered a guffaw on his face. "Good evening our husband. Nice meeting you here. I hope you are treating her well" meena calmly spoke. Khadijah kept grinning watching her husband and best friend exchange greetings. "I am" he curtly replied and went in. When there was no trace of him, meena patted khadijah. "What's this dije? Wouldn't you go and see him. Nothing nothing? No welcome hug or ki-.." "Don't disturb me please meenah" khadijah cut her off. Meena sighed and smiled inwardly. She numbered this as 'one' at the back of her mind. She shrugged off and they continued gisting. She wished dee doesn't know how to cook food very well. |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| "Welcome back yaya (bro). It's nice staying in your home" fateeyya grinned. He frowned. Fatiyya gulped, why was he not answering her? Why did he frowned? "Thank you sister" he also grinned imitating her. He stood up, went to the fridge to grab a bottle of water. He rushed it down his throat and puffed an air. 'Why?' "Fatiyya" he called out absentmindedly. "Bro, what's wrong with you to be precise?" "Where is halima;my wife"? He shoved his hand on his hair. " we don't know too" yasmeen came out of the guest's room grinning. "Who is she"? He directed the quest