Mom, you know what happened at work today, as I was working my shift, I saw that man. I know him, he was that man.
Xavier's mom( Fiona):
Are you sure, did he say something,?
Xavier: no he didn't, but he looked at me, I'm sure he knows me, he went to the counter and asked for the paper and was writing something on it and then he left the counter.
After a short time, a girl from university I guess, because I know I've seen her somewhere so maybe the university, came up to me and gave me this piece of paper and told to me leave the restaurant and never be there again as someone is after me or something,( I said handing the paper to mom).
Fiona: Oh my God XAVIER, I guess someone is really after you for what your father has done.
Xavier; I don't know Mom.
( Now are you guys curious about who is that 'man ' I'm talking about so,)
Flashback:
Xavier: Dad where are you going, can I please come with you?
Vincent: No Xavier you can't.
Xavier; please Dad..,
Vincent; No XAVIER, will you just listen to me, I said no means no okay so go to your room and do whatever you want.
He left the room, I secretly followed him and hide in his car trunk. I just wanted to go with him, he never let me come with him.
After a while, the car stopped and I heard my dad telling RICKY( his best hitman) and others to follow him and hide the guns.
After they left I followed them behind, as I was walking up the stairs I heard several loud gunshots.
I was scared so I hide behind the door. My dad and his man didn't notice me and they just left.
I couldn't believe my eyes, my dad he just killed someone, there were two dead bodies (one man and one woman) lying lifeless on the floor, blood continuously flowing from their bodies, I got so scared that I just stay behind the sofa near the door and was watching them taking their last breathe when suddenly two people came one man and women, they were shocked to the bodies, the lady she started crying and the man was calling an ambulance after that the lady she left the room and went to the fact next to this so I guess they were neighbors.
I wanted to leave this room but I couldn't even move my legs, I was crying, I couldn't help them, I was just 7 at that time I was so scared I didn't know what to do as the man was about to leave, he saw me there...
Unknown; hey, who are you? What are you doing here?
( That man said, he wasn't angry at me or something ).
Xavier; I was just following my dad and he killed them, I'm sorry, I got scared and I, I ( I just don't know what to say and I started crying )
Unknown: hey it's okay, stop crying it's not your fault, but can you tell me who is your father? And don't be scared I'll send you to your home okay?
{ Should I tell him, will he report him, and if he will do that Dad will hurt him too, what do I do, but I can't lie right?}
Xavier; umm .. Vincent. Vincent Rodegro, and please don't send me there he will will be there, he will hurt me and my mom, please uncle save my mom, please, he will kill her too.
Unknown; it's okay, I won't send you there, come with me for now and we'll figure a way to save your mom, okay, now come.
Xavier; Thanks .. Mr.umm..,?
Unknown; Mohammad Ahmed.
Xavier; thanks, Mr. Mohammad.
Mr.Mohammad; It's okay, come now.
He brings me to his house that was next to that flat, the lady from before was his wife and there was a girl there too she was sleeping peacefully beside that lady, they seem nice, they are a Muslim family they were not anything like my dad told me about Muslims, they are much much nicer than what my mom told me, at least they are not like my father.
Uncle asked me about our house, after I told him where I live he called some policeman and he left with them.
Noorah; hey, don't be scared, everything will be fine okay, are you hungry, do you want anything?
Xavier: no Aunty I'm fine thank you, I'm sorry for what my dad did, I didn't know anything about it and my mom did too.
Noorah; hey it's okay, I know it's not your fault okay forget about it, and your mom will be fine okay?
Xavier: hmm.
After an hour uncle came home and Mom was there too, I just ran to her and hugged her tightly. , She was crying too, I know her uncle told her about what dad did.
They let us live with their friends as they were mostly out of town so they just let us live there after a few weeks we shifted from there and my mom was working as a teacher and saved up a little so we can rent a flat.
Mom told me that it will be better if we moved from there and have less contact with them because they will be hurt by dad If he found out about us, I get to know that my father was a mafia and the people he killed that day was agents or police and they working on my father's case there were after him so he killed them.
Flashback ends:
Fiona; hey Xavier, what are you thinking about?, Are you fine?
Xavier; yes Mom I'm fine just thinking that when last week Dad came here to us why there was news that his family is there too, after that incident we moved out and had no contact with so why?
Fiona: I don't know I heard that he passed out on a plane there, and there was someone after him at the airport, so maybe Ricky caused a rumor that his family is there to mourn his death or something, I don't know, just let it go I don't wanna talk about him.
Xavier; okay mom
Fiona; so Xavier dear, you are just gonna quit this job right just call them and tell them that you can't do this job anymore okay, as that girl in the restaurant said that there is someone after you and they can be there again, what will happen then this time that girl saved you somehow, next time she won't be there so it's better to quit okay.
Xavier; But mom how are we going pay the bills and all, you were fired last month and we don't have that money to pay my fees and all.
Fiona; don't worry I had saved up money for your fees and good news, I gotta Job as a university teacher so it'll all be fine ok
Xavier; but still mom.
Fiona; not buts Xavie, you are quitting this job and that's it. Ok.
Xavier; okay Mom, good night
Fiona; yeas good night and stop thinking about ways to convince because you can'.
Xavier;ughh, fin.
NAZREEN'S POV;
After heading home from the restaurant we parted ways, omysha and Fatima couldn't spend the night with us as we were having our test tomorrow so we have to prepare I could say a revision because we all did prepare for it already as we have to enjoy Fatima's engagement right?
Noorah; nazreen beta just pray, it's already late and after that just go to bed directly, you can revise your rest in Fajr okay?
Ammi I already set an alarm for 3 so I can revise it properly"
Noorah: beta have a proper rest please, you will be going crazy after that I guess,
" I'll be fine Ammi "
Noorah; okay as I wish. Shaba bakhair .
" Shabbat bakhair Ammi"
{ After praying , as soon as I laid my head on the pillow, my eyes were getting heavy and I didn't even realize when I fall asleep okay}
~skip to tahajuud ~
(My alarm is going crazy , ya Allah, I quickly get up from the bed and make my wuzu for tahajjud, after praying tahajuud as I was revising my test ...)
Wait a minute, why Baba wanted to help that Xavier boy, does he know him personally, but why baba would involve himself with mafia or something, um, I guess I'll have a conversation with Baba about it, okay Nazreen back to the test, please.
I didn't realize when it was fajr time I was so immersed in the test that I didn't take notice of the time,
After doing my daily morning routine( praying, then getting ready for university and having breakfast) I was waiting for omysha to pick me up.
Noorah; nazreen omysha is here, be quick,
" Ammi I'm done with the breakfast, jazak Allah for that and Allah hafiz. And yeah one more thing please please pray for us okay ."
Noorah; Insha Allah beta you all will do great in test Ameen, now go. AllahHafizz
Omysha;
Allah hafiz aunty, come nazreen let's go.
After an hour's drive to the university family, we'll be free from today, wow.
Fatima; Assalam o alaikum girls, how's your preparation , I'm really scared sir Anthony surely gonna give us the hardest quiz ever.
Omysha; don't overreact Fatima he will not give us the hardest test ever it's gonna be fine Insha Allah.
" Yeah and we have practiced hard for it Insha Allah everything will be fine don't be tense okay"
Fatima;
Hmm
As soon as we enter the class, oh myyyy, sir Anthony had changed the seating arrangement and it was the worst.
Fatima; I'm doomed guys, imma go quick and die right now, like he has to do this we'll be seating far far far away from each other uhhhhh,
OMYSHA: shut up Fatima or else I'll tell Sir Anthony and ask him to let you sit in the first row.
FATIMA: I was just kidding okay don't be rude now.
" Shushh guys sir Anthony is looking at us"
SIR ANTHONY: Looking at us now be seated according to your roll numbers from this site without making any noise okay,
Yesssss sir ( the whole class just shouted at the top of their lungs)
As omysha and Fatima are far away from each other, we were looking at each other from time to time, Fatima was tense today, ya Allah please let us pass this test please,
After 5 minutes he distributed and paper and wallah it's 5 pages on both sides, basically BCQS so yeah we'll manage Insha Allah.
Sir Anthony; you guys have 2 hours for this so please read the statement carefully and then choose the answers okay, if you guys have any problem just quietly raise your hands okay?
After half an of answering the question, my hands were numb, I have finished half of the test, it was easy but we have to carefully read the statement because they were kind of tricky you know.
After a while, I started doing again and still, we have time so yeah I was just doing it carefully, I looked to my side and Fatima was looking happy, shukar she's fine now.
~2 hours later~
"Shukar Alhamdulillah the test went well.
Sir Anthony; okay class hope you guys did well, so the results will be out by the day after tomorrow till then have a good day.
Omysha; oh my, Nazreen, Fatima, how was your test, Alhamdulillah mine was great, shukar
Fatima; yeah same girl I was so tense at first but after I started doing it, it was easy some questions were confusing but still it was good Alhamdulillah.
" Yeah shukar Alhamdulillah it went well so girls, lunch at my house today?"
Fatima and omysha; why not, after that, we will watch movies okay?
" Okay, we'll have pudding as a dessert"
After I said that both the girls were laughing hysterically knowing my love for the pudding.
As we were walking to the parking lot, here he is again why is he here, and why is he looking at me like that it's not that I know why Baba helped him tho.
Omysha: hey why is that Xavier guy looking at you?
Fatima; maybe what happened at the restaurant last night he just wanted to thank you for saving him I guess, well how does Uncle know that he is in danger kind of a thing?
" I don't know, I haven't asked him yet well I will tonight I guess"
Omysha; well look there's not only Xavier looking at you, look muraib is there too, but he kind of looks off today.
Well, I'll ask Zach about it.
Fatima; ohh, Zach Omysha, tell me what is going on between you guys?
"Nothing is going on between them she and Zach were trying to tie me up with muraib like seriously omysha I hate you for that ".
Omysha; well yeah basically that's the reason and besides that, I hate that guy's guts he's always saying the opposite of what I'm saying accept the thing about muraib and nazreen
" We don't have anything, muraib is an idiot and I hate him"
Zach: whatever you say, girl, still I ship you.
(Yahh when did he come here, oh my, did they hear everything )
Zachary; and one more thing I hate you omysha how can you say that about me, while I'm on your side shipping nazreen and Salm..muraib.
Salman; Zach just shut the hell up. Will you?
( Why does he have to be that mad about it did I say too much, was I rude?)
Zach sorry mate.
Omysha; well Zach and muraib bye have a nice day, and thanks Zach for shipping them too
( Zach was upset and muraib was pretty mad about something I don't wanna know so yeah bye idiot hope to never have a conversation with you ).