FIVE MONTHS LATER
Today had being exactly one month and a half since Fadimatuu graduated from high school.
Their exams results came out and Alhamdulillah she passed her exams very well.
She got 9 distinctions in both WAEC and NECO, and got 300 in JAMB.
She was the best student in their set.
The Government gave her scholarship to study in Bayero University Kano also known as BUK.
Aaminah passed her exams too.
Fadimatuu and Aaminah both applied Software Engineering to study in Bayero University Kano.
She remembered the day when they finished their final exams.
Bala came to her and seek for her forgiveness.
He even shed a few tears, knowing what he had been doing to her and other girls in the school.
She forgave him and even advice him to change his ways which he told her he had started changing.
And they said their goodbyes and separate in peace.
And Bala was happy that she forgave him for all the bad things he did to her.
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Abba fulfilled the promise he made to Fadimatuu about going to Ummi's house to spent the holiday there.
Now Fadimatuu was waiting for Abba to return from Market to take her there.
She even packed her clothes since yesterday because she was too eager for tomorrow to come.
She was feeling elated because she's going to her Ummi's place.
And she would be away from Ammi for a while.
Ammi didn't want Fadimatuu to be away, she even tried to persuade Abba into not letting her go to Ummi's house but he didn't paid heed to her.
He said his daughter's happiness means the world to him, and he was sure if she went there she would be very happy.
There is nothing Ammi can do about it, so she let it be.
She knows she'll miss Fadimatuu a lot not for anything else but for the chores and cooking that she's had being doing, and even beating her if she made mistake.
This woman is mischievous.
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"You should washed the clothes very well, I don't want to see any stain on it" Ammi ordered Fadimatuu.
She gave her clothes to Fadimatuu to washed because she want to give her work before she goes and she don't want to wash her clothes by herself if Fadimatuu goes to Ummi's house.
"Okay Ammi" Fadimatuu said.
"Don't Ammi me you better washed them very well if not I'll tell your Abba not to let you go to that woman's house" Ammi said hissing.
Fadimatuu just kept shut as she continues washing the clothes.
"Oh you dare have to keep quiet while I'm speaking to you, like am a mad woman right?" Ammi said angrily to Fadimatuu.
She's only angry because Fadimatuu won't be at the house for a while, so she's looking at every chance she got to scold her.
"No Ammi I'm sorry it's not like that, am just washing that's why I didn't replied you"
"Hold your sorry I don't want it and wash that clothes very well" With that she stormed inside the living room and banged the door.
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Abba dropped Fadimatuu at the gate of the house because he was going somewhere after dropping her.
One of the house boys helped Fadimatuu with her big trolley.
As they went inside the magnificent sitting room, the house boy dropped the trolley by the door.
Fadimatuu thanked him and took the trolley from the door.
Fadimatuu was engulfed by the scent of Dhukkan ( Burning Incense) which circulate through the whole of the house.
Ummi loved Dhukkan very much.
She was a Shuwa Arab it's a most she would love it.
As she went further into the beautiful sitting room she spotted Ummi, Ameerah, a girl whose only her back she saw who is the same age as her she thinks, and some maids roaming about in the kitchen.
She dropped her trolley and went into the big kitchen.
The maids saw her and she put her finger in front of her mouth to shushed them.
She went and closed Ameerah's eyes.
"Who is it? Is it Zaynab?" Ameerah said as she tried to remove Fadimatuu's hands from her eyes.
"See me beside you how can you say am the one" A girl who she assumed was Zaynab and the girl Fadimatuu saw at the kitchen with a British accent said.
"Then who can it be?" She thinks, then she recognizes Fadimatuu's perfume and her soft hands.
"Fadimatuu" she squeals and turn around removing Fadimatuu's hands from her eyes.
She hugged her tightly and muttered "I miss you so much Sisi"
"I miss you too lil sis" Fadimatuu enthusiastically said.
"It seems today am the one that Fadimatuu forget" Ummi said feigning hurt.
"How dare I forget my Ummi, I just want to scared this girl and I did" Fadimatuu said causing Ameerah to roll her eyes muttering something under her breath.
Fadimatuu went and gave Ummi a tight hug.
"Good evening Ummi" She said to Ummi.
"How are you dear? You didn't tell me you're coming today" Ummi said to Fadimatuu when they broke out of the hug.
"I'm fine and Ummi I wanted to surprise you that's why" Fadimatuu said cheekily.
"Which you did" Ummi said smiling and Fadimatuu said "yes".
"Who dropped you?" Ummi asked her.
"Abba dropped me, he's going somewhere that's why he didn't come in" Fadimatuu told Ummi who nod in understanding.
She turn around and saw Ameerah and Zaynab smiling at her.
She said "Hi" to Zaynab smiling at her too.
"You won't give me a hug too?" Zaynab said to Fadimatuu as she went and give her a hug who also hug her back.
"I'm Fadimatuu, this girl cousin"
Fadimatuu introduced herself gesturing to Ameerah.
"I have heard a lot about you from Ameerah, I'm Zaynab, her cousin too"
Zaynab replied Fadimatuu.
"So Ameerah you love me that much that you can't stop talking about me" Fadimatuu tease Ameerah.
"Like you knew even for a second she can't stop talking about you" Zaynab joined too in teasing Ameerah.
"Enough you two, you can't ganged up against me as you just met each other" Ameerah said to them.
They just laugh at her and stuck their tongues out.
Ummi look at them admiringly. The maids too stared at them in amusement.
"You three should go to your room.
And Ameerah you should bring food for Fadimatuu" Ummi said to them.
"Okay Ummi" They replied her.
"You should help me with the flasks and jug" Ameerah told Fadimatuu and Zaynab.
"Okay Madame" Zaynab said to her.
As each one took something, they made their way out of the kitchen.
"Larai please you should take Fadimatuu's trolley to our room" Ameerah said to one of the maids who replied her by saying "okay" and followed them upstairs to their room.