OCEAN EYES

SIXTEEN

"The seven hundred million in his account has been distributed. You get three hundred and he gets four hundred million.

The rights that have been given by the government have been shared equally to the both of you. Okay I believe that's all right barrister?"

"Yes that's all."

"No baba there's the cars that I sold when uncle bala tried to get his hands on them.

The two cars remaining are the Lexus and the prado." He smiled and said "those belong to you salma.

Your father bought the Lexus in your name but the others I think you should talk to Salim about it."

She nodded and said okay. He opened the file and said "you can read through it and see what needs to be corrected.

You can help her to read it" he said and gave it to Naseem. He took it and opened it before going through it.

He looked at the barrister and said "there's a missing comma here which might cause confusion in the near future."

Salma looked at him but he refused to look at her. He took his pen and made corrections to the contracts before saying "correct them.

Then I'll have her sign it. He returned his gaze to baba Nasir and said he divided his assets before he passed?"

"Yes, and since zubaida passed as well we allowed the Islamic scholars to divide her share between them."

She escorted them to the door before returning to the living room where she found him seating in the same spot.

"I apologize about not informing you. Your secretary wouldn't let me in and I didn't have your number."

"My secretary? What power does she have to stop my wife from seeing me? Am starting to think you a..." he decided against his sentence.

He grabbed her hand and placed something inside before leaving the place and going back to his part.

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Inside the large sitting room sat baba with another woman and three children. A boy and two girls who looked young.

"Daddy you took long to come back this time." He smiled and said "Qasim your older brother got married I had to stay for everything."

The girl sighed and said "I don't like it when you go away for a long time daddy".

"Am sorry xeynab I had to."

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Umma looked at the time for the tenth time before dialing dads number. He picked up and said said "hello?

What is it?" She sighed and said "you didn't come back and it's almost midnight I and the kids haven't slept."

"Go to sleep an emergency business trip came up I will be back after two weeks."

"If you had a business trip, you should have told me earlier."

"Please umma leave this I don't want to argue we will talk when I get back okay?" He hung up before she could speak a word.

"Alhaji I don't like this fair. You only come to this house once in three months or more and now you are talking to your wife on the phone.

The disrespect is too much. Don't forget that I am also your wife and I need your attention and care."

"Listen Sumayya before we got married I told you the conditions and you agreed to them. So now don't start this nonsense.

She looked at him with teary eyes before she turned her back on him and wiped her tears away."