"Zaynab I like your Mama she's very nice" Fadimatuu said remembering the act of kindness Mama showed to her.
"Thank you" Zaynab smiled.
"She's one of the best woman I've ever known, she sacrificed a lot to be with us even when our own mother abandoned us" She said wiping the tears that started rolling from her face.
Fadimatuu side hug her trying to console her.
"You don't have to say anything Zaynab if it would make you act like this" Fadimatuu said wiping Zaynab's tears.
"No Fadimatuu I have to talk about it, I never opened up to anyone but I trust you girls that's why I'm telling you" Zaynab replied her.
"Can you imagined a mother abandoning her new born baby?
My mother abandoned me when I was one month old not for anything else but for some selfish reasons.
"She abandoned us, leaving her new born baby girl and a seven year old boy without looking back and thinking who would take care of them in their mother's absence, and leaving her heart broken husband.
"But I thank Allah over and over again for bringing Mama, into our lives, she's our birth mother's sister. She's the one that took care of me, Akhi and Baba that she brought hope once again into our lives. We're indebted to her for the rest of our lives." By the time she finished both the three of them were in tears.
"I'm sorry Zaynab you've have to endure a lot, I know it's not easy but you should try and forgive your mother so that your heart would fine peace" Fadimatuu said cleaning Zaynab's face with a handkerchief.
"Yes Zaynab please forget about it and continue living your life in happiness" Ameerah said too.
"You won't understand but I'll try and forget her. You know what, it's when I was twelve years old I found out that Mama was not really my real mother, that time I cried my eyes out and didn't came out of my room for a whole week" Zaynab told them.
"And our mother was the reason for how Akhi was now, because he's the one that suffered a lot. She's the reason of his cold behavior and him downgrading the poor." She told them again.
No wonder he's like this, Fadimatuu pitied him and she prayed he changed his ways.
"You should be happy you have Mama, she really love you very much and she adored you too I saw it in her eyes.
"But my Ammi never love me talk less of adorning me, she hate me and I don't know the reason of that.
She always used to maltreat me giving me hard work to do since when I was a child and I never told Abba about it because if he knew he won't spare her. She always warned me against telling him.
"And that time I was a naive child but Alhamdulillah now Abba had started knowing her behavior towards me and the things she's doing to me had reduced" Fadimatuu finshed telling them wiping her tears.
"I'm sorry about it dear, don't worry everything would come to end nothing is permanent, continue praying for Ammi to mend her ways and started loving you like her own child" Zaynab consoled her.
"I don't know why Ummi hadn't take you away from that wicked woman" Ameerah said quite angry.
"Ameerah don't call her that she's her mother" Zaynab glared at her.
"Not mother, step mother" Ameerah said stressing on step mother.
"Whatever" Zaynab rolled her eyes earning a smack from Ameerah.
"That's what you're doing to me when I rolled my eyes at you" Ameerah depend herself when Zaynab glared at her.
"Tom and jerry" Fadimatuu said laughing making them smile since she's no more crying.
"Fadimatuu let's head home, Malam Tukur must be waiting for us" Ameerah told her.
"So soon, please leave till after Maghrib prayer I'm not tired of seeing you girls" Zaynab said pouting.
"No Ummi said we shouldn't stay long, because our Islamic teacher, Malam Ado was coming today" Ameerah said standing up and tying her veil.
"Okay" Zaynab said quietly.
"Let's go" Fadimatuu said opening the door and heading out first.
"You should bade Mama goodbye" Zaynab said.
"We're going to do that" Ameerah rolled her eyes and Zaynab smacked her arm."
Fadimatuu face palm her face, because rolling their eyes and smacking each other had become their daily routine.
They went to Mama's room and bade her goodbye.
"You should visit soon dear" Mama told Fadimatuu again.
"I'll in sha Allah Mama" Fadimatuu answered her smiling earning a smile too from Mama.
"What about me Mama don't you want me to visit you too" Ameerah said feigning hurt.
"No my dear, but I think Fadimatuu had started taking your place from my heart" Mama said playfully.
"Okay that's it, goodbye Mama and Fadimatuu meet me in the car" Ameerah said glaring at Fadimatuu and went out of the room.
They just laugh at her childish behavior.
"I think Mama I'm following her before she explodes" Fadimatuu said laughing.
"Okay bye greet your parent for me" Mama said hugging her and Fadimatuu nod at her.
"Fadimatuu wait for me here, I forgot to bring the snacks I asked Laurah to package for all of you" Zaynab said and Fadimatuu muttered "okay" standing beside the entrance door.
She was standing when she saw Khaleel walk in through the door smiling to which Fadimatuu gaped at him.
When his eyes met that of Fadimatuu's he glared at her causing her to composed herself and look other way.
Khaleel wondered what she's doing in their house, probably they brought Zaynab because he talked to Ameerah outside.
"So what are you doing in our house dingy girl?" Khaleel asked her coldly.
"It's none of your business and please stop calling me dingy girl" Fadimatuu replied him not meeting his gaze.
"If I didn't stop calling you what can a low class person like you do?" Khaleel glared at her.
"Simple I'll start calling you rich brat or dingy boy it is" Fadimatuu said faked thinking.
"I dare you to call me that" Khaleel angrily said.
"Dingy boy" Fadimatuu nonchalantly said without any ounce of fear for him.
"Youuuuu" Khaleel barked as he matched towards Fadimatuu but Zaynab's voice stopped him mid way.
"Akhi you're back" Zaynab said side hugging him and he hug her back.
"Yes" he calmly said as if he was not the one that was angry now.
"Let me accompany Fadimatuu to the car" Zaynab said excusing them and holding Fadimatuu's hand and heading out because she saw the way Khaleel was glaring at Fadimatuu and don't want anything to happen to which would make Fadimatuu feel bad.
By the time they went towards the car, Imran too was already in the car.
She bade them goodbye and headed in.