Yasmin✨

Chapter 7: The mute

Yasmin walked into the living room and found mama watching Zee TV.
She greeted her and sat next to her
"Mama"
"Na'am Yasmin ya akayi(Yasmin what is wrong)" she asked while taking her eyes off the tv.
"Uhmm" Yasmin said while fiddling with my ring
"Mene ne wai(what is it)" she said impatiently.
"Last month bayan rasuwan baba(after baba passed away), his secretary came with his son and I was told that baba left a will saying that his son had to get married to me in order to get his inheritance or else it would be donated to the less fortunate "
"And you're just telling me now" she said. "You tell me everything Yasmin, why did you hide this" she added looking sad
"Mama wallahi i wanted to but I wasn't sure about the marriage "
" so why are you telling me now" she said "are you sure now?"
"Wallahi mama ya dame ni(he has been disturbing me)" she groaned while rubbing her temple "he comes almost every day to the hospital."
"And what about you?" Mama asked while looking at her. " Can you get married to him"
"Mama I don't know" She said while tearing up "i need time"
"I'll tell your dad when he comes back," she said. "Pray istikhara"
"Tohm mama"

The following morning, Yasmin woke up feeling weird. Normally when she thinks of Fahad, she feels annoyed but today for an unknown reason she felt comfortable with the idea.
"You're down already" she asked Jamal who looked up from his plate and said "yeah" flatly
"Why do you seem down?" she asked curiously. "Mama told you right" wincing as she remembered.
"Obviously" he said. " I think you shouldn't go through with the marriage without thinking about it" he added while turning the fries around his plate
"Why?" she asked looking at him " baba wanted it" she added while taking a bite from her food.
"are you willing to sacrifice your happiness just to please a random old man that is dead" he shouted.
She looked at him shockingly.

He was breathing deeply with fury. His eyes had already turned red.
"What do you want me to do then jamal" she said meeting his eyes.
"You're not 12 so you should freaking think of this before you land yourself in something you can't get out of "
He picked up his car key and left.
How mature she scoffed as she also took her car keys and left for work.

*

Yasmin performed a mini-surgery on a patient today and after the surgery, she met her out-patients before leaving for the day.

She was on her praying mat when she got called by Daddy.

"Mama na ya kike(how are you Yasmin)" Daddy said while smiling as she sat beside him.

"Lafiya kalau Daddy(i'm good Daddy)"

"Your mum told me about Alhaji Aminu's son"

"Eh Daddy(yes)"

"Personally I don't like the idea of it saboda zamanin nan ba'a zabar ma yara miji barinsu ake suzaba (in this generation you don't force your children into marriage, you let them choose who they want)" he said while staring at her.

She kept quiet and looked down.

"amma, bance in kinaso ba zan hana ki ba. In kinaso fallillahil hamdu(but, i'm not saying that if you want to get married to him I'll stop you)"

She looked up and saw Jamal staring at her.

"Kice mishi ya zo inason ganin shi(tell him to come and see me)"

"Tohm Daddy"

"Jeki Allah yamiki albarka(you can go, May Allah bless you)"

"Ameen baba"

She went up to her room, searched for Hashim's number before calling him.

"Salamu Alaikum"

"Alaikum Assalam hashim ina wuni(Good evening)"

"Lafiya kalau amarya(everything is good, our bride)"

"Dama nagaya ma baba about situation en and yace yanason ganin Fahad (i told my dad about the situation and he wants to meet with fahad)"

"Toh alhamdulillah " he said. "Bari namiki sending number enshi sai ki gaya mishi ko? (let me send you his number so that you can tell him by yourself then)"

"A'a bakomai ka gaya mishi(no it's okay you can tell him yourself)"

"Haba amarya, bara dai namiki sending(no let me just send it to you)"

She sighed "tohm shikenan(okay then)"

"Ki gaida gida(my regards to everyone )"

"Gida yaji(alright)" she said and disconnected the call.

*ding* *ding*
"Salam. Here is his number 080********"
she rolled my eyes and saved the number as "The Mute"

After contemplating on whether to call or text him, she decided to text him.
"Salam, this is Yasmin. I talked to my parents earlier and my father would like to meet you" she reread the message 3 more times before sending it.
She was about to sleep when she got a message
"Ok- Fahad"
She hissed and slept off.

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