Ashe Kece Book One Complete Hausa Novel
She ended the phone call before sitting down.
Then she called out loudly:
“Ameena!”
Ameena quickly came to her.
She asked:
“Where is Baby?”
Ameena immediately replied:
“He is in his room.”
She stood up and said:
“Go back and continue what you were doing.”
She Goes to Check on Baby
She pushed open the door and entered.
She found him sitting down, playing a game on his tablet.
She sat beside him and asked:
“Baby, have you eaten?”
He only nodded without looking at her and continued what he was doing.
Silence filled the room.
After some time, she asked:
“Baby, what exactly is happening to you? These days you are not happy at all.”
He turned slightly and looked at her before looking away again.
In a low voice, he said:
“Baby, you don’t care about me anymore the way you used to.”
She looked at him in surprise and asked:
“I don’t understand. What did I used to do for you that I no longer do now?”
Baby Finally Tells Her What Is Hurting Him
He wiped away his tears and said:
“Before, you never used to go out and leave me alone. But now you always go out.”
“Before, you would stop and ask me what was bothering me. But now you don’t even ask how I slept or what I ate. None of those things seem to matter to you anymore.”
“It feels like you have stopped loving me.”
She quickly held his hand and said:
“I still love you, Baby. Who else do I have apart from you?”
He shook his head and replied:
“Baby, you have Mum Feenert, Mum Beelert and all the other men you move around with.”
She immediately shouted at him:
“Have you lost your mind? Are you accusing me, Baby?”
He stood up and said:
“You see? Before, you never used to shout at me, but now you do.”
“Just go. There is only one thing I know I can tell you: fear Allah.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he got up and entered the bathroom.
His Words Leave Her Deeply Hurt
She remained standing there in complete shock, repeatedly thinking about what he had said.
He had even told her to fear Allah.
Such words coming from a child made him sound almost like an adult.
She simply shook her head and walked out of the room.
A Photograph Brings Back Painful Memories
She returned to her sitting room and walked towards a small framed photograph.
The picture showed two beautiful young girls wearing checked clothes, suggesting that it had been taken while they were attending a boarding school.
One of the girls had powder or dirt all over her face and looked slightly annoyed, while the other girl, who appeared even more beautiful, was pointing at her and laughing.
She gently touched the picture of the girl whose face was covered and smiled.
Then a tear rolled down her cheek.
Words from the past began echoing inside her mind:
“Here is my son. Take care of him, Ikhlas, the same way you would take care of yourself.”
“Do not let him suffer the pain of being without a mother. Become his mother, his father and his family.”
“Promise me that you will never allow him to cry, Ikhlas. Promise me, Ikhlas…”
Ikhlas Realises She Has Broken Her Promise
Those were the words repeatedly echoing through her mind.
She slowly nodded and said:
“Sister, I have failed to keep the promise I made to you. Today Baby cried, and I was the reason.”
She suddenly burst into tears.
“I truly failed to keep my promise. I betrayed the trust my sister gave me.”
She cried as though her heart was about to break completely.
Then she sat down and began remembering her life in the past.
15 Years Ago
Two young girls who could not have been more than ten years old were running as fast as they could.
Both were beautiful, although one of them had a lighter complexion than the other.
They ran into a house that clearly belonged to a family of modest means.
An elderly woman who had been crouching down performing ablution quickly stood up and followed them inside.
The two girls rushed into a room.
Each one desperately tried to hide underneath the bed.
The elderly woman hurriedly pushed the door closed while breathing heavily.
Gwaggo Finds the Girls Hiding Under the Bed
She looked at them.
Both girls were breathing heavily, their eyes wide open like people who had been caught lying before a king.
With trembling lips, the old woman asked:
“What happened, Imanu? Why are you girls running like this? Has a hyena escaped, or has a lion entered the town?”
The girls burst into laughter from underneath the bed.
The darker-skinned girl pouted and said:
“Kai, Gwaggo! Wallahi, you really know how to ruin someone’s name. Why do you keep calling me Imanu?”
Gwaggo lightly tapped her and said:
“You troublesome girl! Will you tell me what was chasing you, or not?”
Someone Comes Looking for Iman and Ikhlas
Before they could answer, they suddenly heard a man’s voice outside offering the Islamic greeting.
The girls exchanged looks and quickly pushed themselves even deeper underneath the bed.
He knocked on the door and said:
“Gwaggo, open this door. Today I must punish those girls.”
The moment Gwaggo heard what he said, she quickly opened the door.
She asked:
“Who exactly are you planning to beat?”
Looking surprised, he replied:
“Gwaggo, where are Iman and Ikhlas?”
She glared at him and said:
“Did you leave them in my care? I am asking you a question, and you are questioning me instead?”
He lowered his head and replied:
“Please forgive me, Gwaggo. Wallahi, those girls were throwing stones at Hafeeza’s mother.”
“Earlier this morning, they went to fetch water. She told them to wait until she finished fetching hers first, and that was when they started throwing stones at her.”