FORTY SIX

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After Naseem left Yusuf looked at Bello "I told you so"

"Don't rub salt on my wounds Yusuf I am just looking out for him like seriously a difference of sixteen thousand Yusuf.

With the money you buy a bag of Olive rice or other rice in Nigeria you can use it to buy two bags of vintage rice.

And to think that vintage rice is far superior in quality it makes me mad. If I was Naseem I would be selling it for forty thousand."

Yusuf laughed "too bad you are not Naseem and Allah knows why he made that man the way he is"

"He's too righteous for his own good" Bello muttered while leaving.

Yusuf watched him leave before taking his phone and calling Naseem who picked up.

"What?"

"Watch your back. Bello is pissed you don't know what he might do but knowing him I'd say he won't sit still"

"He's more than welcome to try" Naseem said and hung up the phone.

He looked at Bilal "we are expecting company these days Bilal be nice"

"Definitely sir"

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A black car parked in the middle of nowhere and the man approached it. The glass went down and bello appeared.

He gave the man a look. "The house is secured you will have a hard time getting in but make sure you do a clean job"

"Don't worry he won't be alive before morning."

He opened the trunk and the man took a black duffle bag and left the car.

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Naseem got inside the house and turned on the security alarms. He walked upstairs trying to locate his room.

He looked at salma and Yusuf who were sleeping peacefully on the bed. He stared at his wife as he remembered their fight and reconciliation.

He smiled before taking a long ass shower and coming out at two in the morning. He was just about to go to bed when he heard gunshots.

He quickly woke salma up and she woke up asking what's wrong? She listened before quickly grabbing Yusuf and rushed to the panic room.

Naseem called out to her and placed a ring on her finger before telling her to rush to the panic room while he walked up to the tourist lounge.

He watched bodies drop and bullets fly for full ten minutes before the house went silent. And after another five minutes sirens filled the air and the gates opened and police cars entered inside the house.

Bilal looked up and nodded before Naseem left the tourist and walked to the panic room where he said to salma "remove the ring."

She took it off and he looked at her "it's over come on let's go to bed" she walked out of the panic room with him behind her.

She watched he lay down and close his eyes. Is this man in his right senses? They literally were just after his life and here he is sleeping peacefully shouldn't he be freaking out?

"Sleep baby no need to think about this. It will all be over tomorrow morning"

She looked at Yusuf's crib beside their bed and closed her eyes. She turned around and spooned him.

Naseem smiled and turned around spooning her instead.
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Salaha ran into umma's room with tears running down her eyes. She saw umma, ya Aseem and ya sadiq in the room.

Umma!

Umma's heart sank and she asked "what's wrong?"

"Umma I just saw on the web that ya Naseem had been attacked by hire killer's yesterday night"

All her brothers stood up while umma just sat there motionless. Aseem took out his phone and called Naseem but his phone was switched off.

He called salma and she picked up when the call almost cut.

"Are you alright?"

"Yes ya Aseem we are all fine they couldn't get inside the house it all happened outside between them and the security"

"Okay we are coming where is Naseem?"

"I don't know he went out early this morning but he said not to worry and informed me before hand that his phone would be switched off."

"Where were you?"

He slightly turned

"Ya Aseem I am fine am i not?"

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"Ya Aseem I am fine am i not?"

"Naseem someone hired killers to come kill you  inside your house and you went to see him early in the morning?"

He was about to talk when ya Sahla and saliha walked in along with the rest of his siblings all except Dawood.

He looked at umma who was just staring at him without saying anything. "Umma are you alright?"

She just looked and didn't say anything.

Ya Sahla held his shoulders and said "that was a close call Naseem. You should be more careful"

"Until all this is solved you and your wife should go abroad" umma spoke for the first time.

"Umma! Going abroad and staying for long isn't an option for me. My businesses and all can't function without me"

"I don't care if you will close all your businesses Naseem but I will not lose a son I already lost one no more"

"She's right Naseem salma has finished school and Yusuf is just a year and two months."

He looked at umma who has this serious look on her face before saying "I will make arrangements for us to go to the UK in a weeks time."

"Tonight Naseem you won't spend another night in this country as long as these people are not caught."

He smiled tightly "tonight then umma"

She nodded "Allah yayi ma albarka ya kara tsare min kai ya doraka akan makiyanka sannan ya karemin kai daga sharrin masu sharri.

Duk wanda yake biyarka dakai da yan uwanka da bakar aniya Allah ya mayar mishi da abarshi. Allah ya kareku ya baku sa'a akan abinda kukasa a gaba. Sannan yadda kuke min biyayya kuma allah yasa yaranku suyi muku fiyeda hakan."

They all answered with an ameen and Naseem  left the room and walked upstairs. He came back down and left the house. He looked at Bilal "contact Sajida"

Hola amigos! We will stop here and continue after RAMADAN IN SHA ALLAH. MAY ALL OUR IBADAH BE ACCEPTED IN THIS HOLY MONTH AND ALLAH YASA MU DACE DA DAREN LAILATUL QADR. Don't forget wannan watan watan ibada ne banda yawan karatun novels da kallo instead a yawaita karatun Al Quran da kuma sallah da rokon Allah.

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