"Who is Waleeda? " Came the reply of the voice .
Waleeda stayed mute , she doesn't know what to feel now , whether she should feel happy that there is a hope that the wedding might not occur as he doesn't even know her name or to feel sad that the person she's suppose to marry doesn't even know her .
She declined the call and dropped her phone ,
" I can't believe I'm to marry this guy " she mumbled to nobody in particular.
Her stomach made a loud grumbling sound as she stood up to pray the last prayer of the day.
Waleeda prayed for the same thing again , she couldn't resist the hunger that's eating her up due to the fact that she didn't eat any of the food being offered to them at Muhsin's place .
Her father was the one that ate almost all the food being offered but she didn't touch even a bottle of water .
Waleeda couldn't ensure the extreme hunger so she left her room and entered the kitchen trying to be as sneaky and quiet as possible .
" I was waiting for you " A voice said to Waleeda as soon as she entered the kitchen that made her startled and she was sharp to carry a knife ready to attack but she calmed down when she saw the always bright face of her mother , Munira .
" oh Mama , it's you ... " Waleeda said as she take in a deep breath and exhale it out .
Waleeda is closer to her mother than her father who is rather a little strict in his operation. She share almost all her happy experiences with her mother and almost all her sad experiences with her father .
Munira pointed at a covered food on the kitchen's medium sized table and said "Eat "
Waleeda gave a short nod before carrying the food on her hands .
She opened the cover and start to eat slowly , even though she is feeling so hungry now ,it's just not in her habit to rush while eating .
"I know you don't want this ...." Munira start to obspeak , she walk in slow steps until she sat down on the chair opposite the one
Waleeda is sitting on . Waleeda stopped eating for a moment , she then dropped her spoon and replied "Then why are you forcing me ? And the man is full of pride "
Munira starts to explain to Waleeda how perfect the relationship they share between the Muhsin's family is .
" you didn't even meet Kamil yet you're alright judging him " Munira said to her daughter who is sitting with a frown and her hand folded under her chest .
"Mallam Muhsin and your father were classmates, they attended the same school as best friends..... it's not all the time that we get to have a choice in our life's , I promise you .... You'll love it there " Munira said to Waleeda in a convincing voice .
Waleeda took a deep breath and nodded hoping her mother's words will be true , Waleeda and Munira talked for some time before Munira urged her to go back to her room as it's almost 10 pm .
Waleeda washed the silver plate she just finished using and off the kitchen light and then lastly closed the door gently .
She made her way through the tiny hallway of the house and turned into a right corner where her room is located . She put her hand on the doorknob that feels so cold due to the cold weather .
Her room has never been changed , it has always been the same purple paint , purple wardrobe, purple sores apart from her white bed that got changed on her last birthday when she turned 22 years old .
It was also purple like the other stuffs in the room but Munira bough a white one this time around .
"New age New bed " that was what Munira said as she informed her daughter about hee gust last three months ago .
Waleeda jumped on her bed and carried her phone , she saw a missed call from a number , after checking she noticed that it's kamil's numbers. She instantly called back not wanting to be in his bad list . He picked on the second ring .
"Yes ? " Waleeda asked in a more authoritative voice , she wanted him to know that she has some self pride and respect too , even though she knows she has no pride .
"Biggi told me that your name's Maryam but you introduced yourself as Waleeda so I was kind of confused .." kamal said through the other line , his voice sounding so tired .
"Excuse me ..... who's biggi ? " she asked
"What's your real name then ? " kamil asked back instead of answering her question, that's a habit he got to develop unknowingly.
"Actually I have two manes but I majorly use Waleeda instead of Maryam " she replied him honestly.
"Alright noted " kamil replied "by the way , you should sleep it's already nine minutes after ten " kamil said from the other line in his dual deep voice .
" how did you see the time ?...how ? " Waleeda asked , she doesn't understand how a blind man can see and even tell her the time which is actually correct.
But before she could blink an eye , kamil disconnected the call .
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