Khaleel went and envelope Mama in a big hug, causing her to get scared in shock.
As they released out of the hug, Mama was still in shocked.
She look carefully and clean her eyes again if she was imagining things.
"It's really me Mama, you're not imagining" Khaleel smiled.
"It's really you my baby" Mama said with tears as she hug Khaleel tightly to her body.
When they released out of the hug, she hold his face in her hands as she scrutinized him, looking at him to see him carefully.
"You've grown big my baby, look at you now" Mama said as she hug Khaleel again.
"I miss you Mama" Khaleel said from the hug.
"I miss you more dear" Mama replied him.
After some minutes they released of the hug.
Hammad look at them admiring the relationship between Mama and Khaleel.
"Come sit beside me" Mama said as she moved for Khaleel to sit beside her.
Mama sat in the middle of Khaleel and Hammad.
"So you two played a trick on us abi? You planned to surprised all of us?" Mama point to the two of them.
"Yes Mama and it's worth it seeing the surprise look on your face when you saw Khaleel" Hammad replied her cheekily and Khaleel nod in agreement.
"You succeeded, does Zaynab knows of your return?" Mama asked Khaleel.
"No she have no idea, am planning to see the surprise look on her face too when she saw me" Khaleel smiled eagerly wanting to see his baby sister.
"I know she will be, she's at school but she's coming back now" Mama replied him.
"Okay where is Muhsin?" Khaleel asked Mama.
"He is not around too, he is at Islamiyya" Mama replied him.
"Either of my siblings are not around" Khaleel glumly said.
"I see someone is eager to see his siblings" Mama smiled.
"Yes" Khaleel replied her.
"Don't worry they would come back soon" Mama replied him and he nod.
"You're not even asking about your father" Mama laughed.
"Oh Baba I know he's at work, he won't returned now" Khaleel smiled.
"Yeah you're right" Mama said.
"Let me ask them to bring food for you two, I know you're hungry" Mama said.
"Yes I'm very hungry Mama, I missed your food" Khaleel whined like a child.
"Look someone's mouth finally decided to open" Hammad glared at Khaleel. Because that time when they were in the car, when he was talking to him he ignored him.
"Yes that's because I'm with my mother" Khaleel sheepishly said.
Mama just laughed at the two.
She was very happy today by the return of Khaleel safely to them.
She had missed him very much.
There was even a time when she said she would go to UK completely until Khaleel was done with his studies but Baba consoled her into not going.
So instead the family visited Khaleel in England not less than 10 months ago.
"Let me go and bring food for you" Mama stand up from her seat.
"No need to tire yourself Mama, you can ask the maid to do so" Khaleel said as he don't want to make her work.
"You've returned after three years, let me show you care now, and am coming back right now" Mama smiled as she leave the living room.
"Mama's boy" Hammad teased him and Khaleel ignored him.
"So now that Mama left you're returning to your cold self abi?" Hammad raised his brow.
"Oh Hammad what can I do with you? You won't even let me rest?" Khaleel shook his head and then continued "You've even forgotten that I had Six and a half hours flight, you know am tired"
"Yeah sorry for disturbing, let me go so that I can't disturb you any longer" Hammad stand up from his seat but Khaleel held him back.
"Is my best friend angry at me?" Khaleel laughed.
"You know better" Hammad glared at him.
"I noticed glaring at me is the only thing you're doing since I returned, I even wondered if you missed me as you say" Khaleel pointed out.
"It's you" Hammad replied as he sat down.
"What are you two arguing about?" Mama asked them when she came back into the living room.
"Nothing Mama" Hammad quickly replied.
"Okay your foods is ready, let's go to the dinning table" Mama told them, they nod as they followed behind her.
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"Mama your food is delicious as always" Khaleel praised Mama's cooking as she smiles in return.
"I agree with Khaleel too" Hammad said.
"Thank you" Mama smiled.
"Mama I would be heading to my part since neither of my siblings has returned" Khaleel stand up from the dinning chair.
"You should rest, I've already asked the maid to clean your room" Mama warmly said and he nod in return.
"I'm leaving too" Hammad also stand up.
"Hammad you're going so soon" Mama said.
"Yes I'm going to do some work, as Khaleel is tired and I don't want to disturb him" Hammad said looking at Khaleel, but he just laughed at him as said "I told you already you're not disturbing me, and we haven't have the chat"
"We'll chat later" Hammad replied him and Khaleel nod.
"Bye Mama" Hammad said and Mama mutters "Bye drive safely" to which he nod.
"Let me walk you out" Khaleel said.
After Hammad had drove out of the house, Khaleel turn to go to his part then heard the horn of a car.
When he turned he saw a grey Venza parked at the parking lot.
He waited to see who comes out and then he saw his baby sister comes out of the car.
Immediately he saw her, he smiled warmly at her.
Zaynab did not notice him at first, and when she does, she looks like she had seen a ghost.
She thought her eyes were deceiving her into start hallucinating seeing her brother.
She clean and clean her eyes and she saw the same result, it was truly her darling brother standing in front of her smiling.
Khaleel just stared at her with amusement.
"Akhi is that really you?" Zaynab asked.
"Uh huh" Khaleel smiled.
She immediately went and give him a bone crushing hug.
"I missed you so much Akhi" She mumbled in the hug after some minutes passed.
"I missed you too baby sis" Khaleel replied her.
"Okay let's go inside" Khaleel told her as they released from the hug.
Zaynab tightly hooked her arm with Khaleel's as they went inside the house.
They went directly to upstairs living room.
They met Mama sitting down reading something with her phone in her hands.
"Mama you knew of Akhi's return and you didn't tell me" Zaynab pouts as she cling into Khaleel's body when they sat down.
"I'm just as surprise as you when I saw him" Mama laughed.
Zaynab hugged Khaleel tightly to her body as if he would disappear from her sight if she let him go.
"Zaynab can you leave your brother to rest, he has just returned" Mama said when she noticed Zaynab was not ready to release Khaleel.
"Mama he would rest later, you know how much I missed him" Zaynab mumbled.
Mama shook her head while Khaleel smiled at his sister.
"Akhi after you rest we should go to Uncle Muhammad's house so that you can see him. It had already being one year since he reunited with Baba" Zaynab told him
"Yes you're right, I really want to see Uncle Muhammad" Khaleel replied her as he still rememberes the memories of Uncle Muhammad when he was young.
Khaleel was a cleaver, intelligent boy since when he's a child.
And he have a very sharp memory.
"If you rest you can visit him since we're neighbors, you can even walk to his house" Mama told him and Khaleel nod.
Khaleel was well aware of the fact that when they moved back to Kano State, Baba had built two identical Mansions and the other one he said it's for Uncle Muhammad when he find him.
"Zaynab can I go and rest, we can catch up later" Khaleel told her.
"Okay Akhi you can rest all you want, but after that no one can save you from me as I'll not leave your sight even for a second" Zaynab warned and Khaleel just laughed at her.
"By the way what had you bought me from England?" Zaynab asked him.
"You'll see but not now" Khaleel smiled.
"But why nah?" Zaynab pouts and he ignored her.
"Mama had the maids taking my trolleys to my part?" khaleel asked her.
"Yes I told them to take it there" Mama replied him.
"Okay Thanks, I'll head to my room I'm feeling sleepy" Khaleel stood up and Mama nod at him.
"Have some rest Akhi" Zaynab smiled and he too smiled in return.