Ashphert ke zaune tana sauraron labarin da Aameer ke bata, kaman ance ta kalli hanun sa, sai sauka idonta yayi kan tattoo in da ah kullum baso takeyi ta gani jikin Aameer ba "Babe, wai shi wannan tattoo naka ba'a erasing nasa ne?" Tayi maganan cike da kishi, kallon wrist in nasa yayi sai kuma yayi murmushi ganin sunan, kou Anwaar yace ya goge masa sunan mata ah hanun bai goge ba bare Ashphert "Calm down Ash, Ilhaam is my sister, and all thanks to Almighty this is a temp. tattoo, zan cire koh yaushe" hararan sa tayi jin abunda yace "I will keep reminding you cewan Ilhaam is a wife to your friend-Anwaaarrr" ta fada cike da takaici "Thanks, am save" ya fada da murmushi "Princess yaushe zaki koma school?" Ya tambaya ganin yanda ta share sa "Soon" ta amsa a nitse "So as Anwaar" ya bata amsa, jin abunda ya fada ne ta kallesa cike da rashin fahimta "Saboda Ilhaam wai" ya fada in a short form "Labarin da ka fara mun that day?" Ta tambaya dan tabbatar wa "Eh jiya nema" ya amsa a takaice "Allah ya kawo masu albarka, nidai Allah ya gani dama banso Teemerh ta haihu da Anwaar, I pray Ilhaam ta rigata haihuwa" ta fada harda daga hanu sama zatayi addu'a "Ash you are funny, shifa haihuwa na Allah ne" ya fada da takaicin maganan ta "Teemerh will never be wrong a idon ka koh?" Girgiza kai yayi alama Aa "Ku kukaji wajen, daga kai har mijin nata-Anwaar" ta fada yanda zai gane sannan ta tashi "What again?" Ya tambaya ganin ta tashi "Im going out" ta fada sannan ta kad'a kai tayi sama dan shiryawa, baice mata k'ala ba shima dan yasanta dasan yawo, saida ta sauko yake tambayan ina zata "Where are you going?" Ya tambaya saboda he has no idea "Wajen Yaa Ateekah zani, kuma zanyi dare, sai kazo ka daukeni" ta fada kanta tsaye "Wow, umarni kike bani? Ashphert what do you think of yourself?" ya tambaya da mamaki jin yanda take masa magana kaman itace mijin, shiru tayi bata amsa ba gudun kar tayi magana ya hanata fita dan tasan mutunci bai ishi Aameer ba, dama shi yaga dama yace taje duk yanda zata basai ta tambaye sa ba "Kayi haquri, kawae daman nace zan informing naka ne kar kaga ban dawo da wuri ba" ta fada harda yin kalan tausayi, bai sake bi ta kanta ba ya cigaba da aikin da yakeyi "Aameer zaka mana dinner ina ce?" Ta tambaya saboda neman magana "What will you like to have?" Ya tambaye ta, tasha mamaki sosai jin ya yarda zaiyi "Anything will be ok, I love you so much" ta fada harda dan tsalle dan ah duniya batasan girki gashi yanzu ta fara koya, Aunty Aisha is a chef toh chan take maqalewa dan abunda ya taimaki Ilhaam kenan, yace ah kawo maid kuma uwar kishi da sanin halin mijinta yasa tace Aa "I love you more, take care" ya fada da smiley face, cikin farin ciki ta fita abunta, tasan yau tunda shi zai musu dinner bazai sha wani intoxicated abu ba, gidan Yaa Ateekah kaman yanda ta fada masa ta wuce, saidai to her surprise ta samu Ilhaam wajen "Matar Doctor yau an fito kenan" ta fada sannan taja dogon gashin Ilhaam data bari bude ta zauna kusa da ita "Ash ae bakida mutunci koh kadan, saidai mu hadu anan koh?" Ashphert tace "Ke koma miye kice, kin dai san ban shiri da wancan matan mijin naki koh? Mey zanzo na muku?" Yaa Ateekah na jinsu sai dariya takeyi "Ke bata nan fa, wai suna biki" Ilhaam ta fada jin wai saboda Teemerh bazata jeba "Wannan Teemerh fa makaryaciya ce na karshe wlh" Ateekah tace "Toh miye abun karya cikin biki Ashphert? Ana wasa da maganan aure ne?" Tabe baki Ashphert tayi "Toh wazai sani yanzu kam, nidai ban wani yarda biki sukaje ba, sunje wajen malami dai, dama chan ana zargin Maman su ta mallake Baban su" Ashphert ta fadi hankali kwance "Ke Ashphert ki kiyayeni da irin wannan maganganu" Atee ta mata tsawa, Ilhaam ma tabe baki tayi dan ita bata yarda Teemerh zata iya zuwa wajen wani malami ba "Ash ba wajen wani malami sukaje bafa, biki sukaje, dazu da safe ma ta kirasa tana kuka, so he told me ce masa tayi an fasa yin bikin amarya taki, yanzu haka tana Niger sunje nema mata magani" sake baki Yaa Ateekah tayi jin maganan baiyi making sense, yanzu ta fara yarda da maganan Ashphert, dama ita akwae wata friend nata that once told her Maman Teemerh bata zauna ba lokacin data inviting nata auren Anwaar da Teemerh, toh taki yarda wa kanta sai yau "Yaa Atee kinji koh?" Ashphert tayi saurin fada "Naji Ashphert, yanzu ke Ilhaam saboda shahanci yai miki yawa wannan maganan kamawa ne? yanzu su duk Chadin nasu ah rasa malamai sai an kaita Niger saboda aljanu? Inda bikin mutunci ne ae da tare zaku tunda bikin dagin tane, amma ta nuna miki Invitation card?" Shiru Ilhaam tayi tana tunanin maganan ah hankali ta girgiza kai, kuma ya kamata fa Teemerh ta inviting nata tunda bikin Habeey ne, close relative nata "Amma ta inviting Anwaar" tsaki Ashphert tayi "Tasan Anwaar baije abunda ya zama dole bama balle shirme ae dole" ta fada ita kadai tana huci "Addu'a zaki dage dashi in ba haka ba kina ji kina gani zata rabaki da Anwaar" Ashphert ta sake fada, that too not in a calming way, saurin dago ido Ilhaam tayi ta kalleta, she can risk losing anything amma banda Anwaar "Baza tayi haka ba, koh?" Ilhaam ta tambayi Ateekah cike da tsoro "Ashphert, ki mata magana ah nitse, ke kuma Ilhaam ki cigaba da addu'a, Fatima aside, duniyan gabadaya ba abun yarda bane" gyada kai kawae Ilhaam ta fara lokaci guda taji hawaye ya taru idonta, tashi tayi da sauri tabar wajen dan ta cigaba da zama kuka zatayi "Wayyo nifa yunwa nakeji, Yaa Atee mey aka dafa miki?" Ta fada tana raba ido kaman zata ga abincin ah gabanta "Ba gida kika fito ba?" Ta tambaya ganin abunda takeyi kaman wanda ta kwana ta yini bataci komai ba "Gida sosai ma" ta fada tana kokarin tashi, kitchen ta wuce ta fara duba mey zataci, tana fitowa taga mey kitson da Yaa Atee ta kira tayiwa Ilhaam ta iso "Yaa Atee nima zanyi" ta fada tana kai spoon daya baki "Toh ki gama ci sai ta miki kema, kafin mey lalle tazo tayi muku" rawa ta fara jin wai harda lalle za'ayi, kitson ne ma bata fiye so ba amma tanasan lalle "Ki kira Ilhaam in" ba musu tayi sama da abincin nata ta kira Ilhaam suka sauko tare, zama tayi aka fara kiston tana bata rai dan zafi yake mata bana kadan ba, tasan sarai tayi ihu Yaa Ateekah zata ci mata mutunci yasa tayi shiru "Kawai dai na haqura da kitson amun lalle zallah, amma yaushe har za'a gamawa Ilhaam amun?" Ta fada ganin kaman ba'a taba kan "Tana da sauri ae za'a miki" Ateekah ta bata amsa sannan ta dau wayan dan kiran mey lalle, bada jimawa ba ta iso, wa Ashphert ta fara yi kamun ta jira Ilhaam, an dade anayi kam dan saida akayi magrib kafin aka gama, yayi kyau sosai kuwa, nan sukayi sallah ta zauna wa lalle Ashphert kuma wa kitso "Yaa Mummad bayi nan ne kam?" Ashphert ta tambaya ganin bai dawo ba "Yayi tafiya ae, su Nana kuma as I told you suna gidan Granny nasu"... "Nora fa? Nazo last week tana nan".... "Noora ta koma gida, kinsan dama su Nana take biyowa, suna tafiya ta tafi wai bazata bisu gidan kakan nasu ba" tace "Wai dole na kira Yaa Sabeerah na gaidata nace ta bani Nora tamun hutu, I so much like that girl" tana gama jin Ash ta tashi dan taimakawa mey aiki ta shirya dining, lalle bai wani dau lokaci ba aka gama, saida ta jira ya gama kafin ta wanke dan anyi isha tayi, har lokacin kuwa ba'a gama yiwa Ashphert ba dan kanta itama ba ba gashin wasa bane "Ilhaam abinci fa? An gama tun dazu" ta fada ganin Ilhaam tayi sallah ta dawo ta sake zama "Zan jira ah gamawa Ash sai muci tare" ta bata amsa ah nitse "Toh ke tunda kin gama kafin ki tafi kici abincin" tayi magana da mey lallen, da toh ta amsa nan Ateekah ta deba mata, suna zaune zaman jiran ah gamawa Ash kitso Anwaar yazo, da sallama ya shigo hakan yasa duk suka amsa, karasawa yayi ya zauna kusa da Ilhaam da tunda ya shigo yaga ta kara kyau "You look mesmerizing Angelic, kitson yayi kyau, and the henna too" murmushi tayi tare tace "Thank you" ah ahankali "Tun bakaga kitson ba kake cewan yayi kyau koh Anwaar?" Ateekah ta tambaya da dariya "Nagani, gashi ma zai fadi" ya fada sannan ya cire dankwalin nata dake kokarin fadi dan ganin kitson da kyau "I've to pay for this, it's too beautiful" ya fada tare da kama hanunta yayi kissing, saurin zare hanun tayi ganin abunda yayi gaban Yaa Ateekah, tabe baki Ashphert tayi tace "Ina yini" baiko amsata ba ya cigaba da admiring Ilhaam, taso wa tayi ta karaso tare da zama kusa dashi dan an gama "Inata gaisheka ka shareni" ta fada tana langwame fuska "Lafiya lau, muje koh Ilhaam" yayi maganan gabadaya "Aa zasuci abinci ne fa" Ateekah ta tsare sa "Ga Maimuna ma bata ciba" tayi nuni da mey kitson "Aa, zan tafi, dare yayi" ta fada kanta ah sunkuye "Kici abincin zansa ah maidaki" da toh ta amsa nan Yaa Ateekah tayi kitchen, tana tashi kuwa Aameer yazo "Guys, anan kuke? I've been looking for you in the other living rooms, ashe anan kukazo" ya fada sannan ya bawa Anwaar hanu suka gaisa "Yea, kitso da lalle akayi, za'a bata chan wajen ae" Ash ta basa amsa "Woww, just a wow" ya fada tare da kama hanunta "You look stunning Princess" blushing Ashphert ta fara, nan Yaa Ateekah ta fito tana ce suje suci abinci "Ahh Aameer ka iso ne" yace "Yes, she looks too beautiful, all thanks to you komai yayi kyau" ya fada yana bin kitson da kallo "Ina yini" Ilhaam ta fada ganin yabar surutun nasa "Lafiya Ilhaam, you look-, I mean how are you doing?" Yayi saurin amending "I'm fine" ta amsa da murmushi, da haka duk suka tashi zuwa kan dining banda Yaa Ateeka dake serving nasu dan ta iya sakaltasu kaman yara "But I made some delicious at home, who will be the one to eat it?" Ya tambayi Ash "You of course" ta fada tana dariya, da sallama mey aikinta ta shigo yanda tace mata wai Maimuna zata tafi "Ina zuwa" ta fada sannan ta bar abunda takeyi, zata tafi Anwaar yayi saurin tsaidata "I will be the one to pay for this" nan fa Aameer yace "Nooo I will be the one, just look at Ash, tayi kyau sosai" saurin sa hanu cikin aljihu Anwaar yayi, ganin haka Aameer ma yasa, kusan tare suka ciro kudi dan koh irgawa basu yiba, aka bar Ilhaam da Ashphert suna dariyan situation in, sa hanu Yaa Ateekah tayi ta karbi kudin nasu duka "Naga kaman bakusan zafin kudi ba, toh yayi kyau, nida nasani ae bazan yi wasa dasu ba" ta fada tana irga nawa zata ba Maimuna "Tana da nisa ne kam?" Ashphert ta tambaya ganin dare na karayi "Zan sa ah kaita, mey aikin Haleemah ce fa, tasan da zuwan ta" gyada kai tayi though bata gane wace Haleemah bace amma tasan bazata wuce one of Yaa Atee's friend ba, tana gama irga wa tabar musu wajen, tana kai mata tasa ah kaita gida kafin ta dawo ta ajiye musu sauran kudin, ganin basuda niyyan dauka ta tattare abunta "Hakane, Barrister da Doctor koh? Toh Allah ya kara arziki" dariya sosai ta bawa su Ashphert dan yanda tayi maganan "Zanyi magana wasu malam Abdallah, ayi muku saukan Al-Qur'ani da addu'o'i sannan kuma ku dage da addu'a sosai" kallonta Anwaar yayi baice komai ba, banda Aameer dashi bai ma saurare ta ba, Ash da Ilhaam ne kadai suka amsa sanin dalilin ta na fadan haka "We will get going, dare nayi" Anwaar ya fada sannan ya tashi, haka suka tashi tare da yi mata sallama bayan sun wanke baki sukayi gida, ya manta remote na gate in hakan yasa ya jira ah bude, bude gate akayi suka shiga saidai kafin ah rufe saiga motan Teemerh, duk ta gaji liqis, driving ma dakyar takeyi, budewa Ilhaam yayi ta fito, ganin motan nata yasa ya tsaya dan sam bata ce masa yau zata dawo ba, ganin ya tsaya Ilhaam ta wuce abunta, ah karkace ta ajiye motan ta fito tana tafiya kaman baza tayi ba harta karaso "Babe" ta fada sai kuma tayi hugging nasa "Am so exhausted, mu karasa" ta rike hanun sa "Shine baki cemun zaki dawo yau ba?" Ya fada suna tafiyan "Gani nayi an gama important something in yasa nace kawae zan dawo, am missing my husband gaskia kenan" yace "Toh ya mey jikin?" Har zatace waye, sai tunawa tayi ashe tace masa aljanu sun shige Habeey "Da sauki fa, ae in fada maka abun sai godia har banisan tunawa" ta fada tana kanenaye murya "Allah ya bata lafiya" ya fada sannan suka shiga, kowa dakinsa ya wuce danyi wanka, banda Teemerh da dama harda gajiya ah lamarin ta, wajen 11:23pm ta sauko ta samu Ilhaam da Anwaar na tadi nan ta joining nasu "Ilhaam na dawo koh sannu babu? At least dai nasan Anwaar ya fada miki an fasa auren 'yar uwata ae koh jaje sai kimun" ta fada tana bata rai "Allah yasa shine mafi alkhairi" Ilhaam ta amsa without hesitation "Kina sanin yanda zaki mata magana, where is the respect?" Anwaar ya tambaya jin yanda ta zage take fadawa Ilhaam, ji Teemerh tayi kaman tasa hanu akai tayi ihu dan yanzu ta tabbatar da zuwan banza tayi ta dawo ah banza, bai jira amsanta ba ya cigaba "Erm.. dama inaso na fada muku, we will be leaving for the United States on Monday In Shaa Allah" Teemerh tace "What, that is the day after tomorrow" Ilhaam ma batasani ba sai yanzu "Yes, what are we doing?" Ilhaam ma ta tambaya "I don't like questions please, we will be back after a year" shiru Ilhaam tayi kaman mey shirin kuka dan bata fiye san tafiya tabar 'yan uwanta ba, Teemerh kam dake mutumin ta ya fada musu da tafiyan bata wani sha mamaki ba, ita damuwanta har yaushe zata haqura yin shekara da Ilhaam matsayin matan Anwaar, tashi Ilhaam tayi saurin yi hakan yasa Anwaar binta dan comforting nata, da ido Teemerh ta bisu taja tsaki
