Chapter 13

zuwa sanda za su kammala karatunsu,matan daya aiko d'aukan amarya suka isar da sak'o,da aka sanar da Baba buk'atar Alhaji zakar yace a basu ita su tafi,bcos shima yana ganin tunda har Allah yasa ya aurar da ita all her right to nourish,watered,dress and lodge fall off his neck a yanzun komai nata ya koma wuyan mijinta,shi yasa ana fad'a masa sak'on Alhaji zakar babu musu ya sallamawa matan ita,at that day she cries as if her life depends on it saboda rashin mahaifiya ko wani da zaiyi d'awainiya da kai a irin wannan lokacin abune da yake tab'a zuciya,,duk wani nau'in gata da y'a take samu a yayin barinta gida babu abunda aka mata,daga gurin mahaifi har y'an uwa babu wanda yayi tunanin siya mata wani abun arziki da idan taje gidan aurenta zai amfane ta,a haka matan da suka zo tafiya da ita suka tattarata suka nufi gidan alhaji zakar. Zuwanta cikin gidan Alhaji zakar becomes such as the opening of a new page of life filled with light and peaceful,yadda Hajiya take kaffa² da kulawa da ita ta mayar da ita tsakaninta da Maimunatu babu bambanci,haka kowa na gidan ya d'auke ta,ma'aikatan gidan suna girmamata kamar yadda suke yiwa asalin masu gidan,Alhaji ya d'auketa tamkar y'ar cikinsa abunda zai yiwa Maimunatu haka yake yi mata,nutsuwa da kwanciyar hankali suka sake bak'untar ta,cikin lokaci kad'an tayi wani sauyawa na ban mamaki,kyaunta da nutsuwarta da suke b'oye suka sake bayyana. Rafeek ya dawo hutu Alhaji ya had'a su yayi musu nasiha sannan ya gabatar da Hauwa a matsayin matar daya zab'a masa,cike da nuna biyayya Rafeek ya nuna amincewarsa da zab'in da suka yi masa,cos dama shi bai cika shiga harkar mata ba,yayi godiya ga zab'in mahaifinsa tare da alk'awarin zai rik'e amanarsu kamar yadda suka shaida masa amanace gare shi,,tun daga lokacin da Rafeek ya san matsayin Hauwa a gurinsa bisa ga umarnin mahaifiyarsa ya kasance yana kyautata mata da janta a jiki sama da yadda suke wasa da dariya da Maimunatu kanwarsa,duk da a bayan kafin zuwan wannan lokacin idan ta ganshi tana gaisheshi da bashi girma a matsayin yayan k'awarta,daya bayyanar mata a matsayin mijin aurenta hakan bai sa ta canja daga yadda take ba,sai k'arawa ma da tayi,cikin hukuncin ubangiji a hankali tun bata sake da shi ba,yanayin mu'amalarsa da barkwancinsa yasa ta fara sakewa da shi,kafin a d'auki lokaci shak'uwa mai k'arfi ta shiga tsakaninsu,har ya kasance idan yana gari,ya zo hutu duk inda zata je shi yake mata rakiya,ya zame mata kamar wani bodyguard,mutanen unguwa kuma duk lokacin da suka gansu tare nan zaka ji yan gulamammaki suna ci gaba da yad'uwa,but da yake Rafeek ba mutum ne shi mai yawan magana akan abunda babu ruwansa baya tab'a kulawa. Alhaji ya maida Hauwa makaranta mai kyau tare da Maimunatu,aka ajiye su class d'aya,gurin zaman su da komai tare suke yinsa a gida ko a makaranta,their closeness to each other continued to grow as they were blood relatives before. Laying and rising is kinda loss of living,haka nan a wajen ubangiji shekara is like a day,su Hauwa sun gama secondary school bayan wucewar shekaru uku masu kyau,yayin da Rafeek ya kammala degree d'insa har ya nemi wucewa masters but ba'a Nigeria ya nema ba,ya nema ne a k'asar Ghana,though har zuwa lokacin basu tura masa sun bashi admission ba,Alhaji zakar yayi deciding tunda Allah yasa duk suna zaune a gida,mai zai hana ayi bikinsu,zuwa lokacin da can k'asar za su kirashi sai ya d'auki matarsa ko ya barta a nan gurinsu,da ace suna ta zaune basu san matsayin auren nasu ba,da ya sanar musu hukuncin daya zartar sun yi farin ciki sosai,bayan y'an kwanaki aka tashi hidima,Alhaji zakar ya yiwa Hauwa akwatunan lefe guda bakwai kowanne cike taf da kaya na gani a yaba,aka tsaida ranar biki sati guda,,anyi hidima sosai a bikin auren su,yadda ya kashe dukiya babu wanda ba zai yi tunanin y'ar cikinsa yake aurar wa ba,tsayin kwanaki uku akayi biki bisa al'ada da tsari aka gama,aka kai amarya gidanta dake nan a cikin unguwar K'ofar Na'isan itama,tsakanin mu duka babu nisa sosai,tun da muka rakata muka dawo ake ta labarin gidanta,yadda aka kashe mata dukiya a d'akunanta,ko wata y'ar gatan ba zata nuna mata komai ba,a haka dai aka baro amarya a gidanta cikin rufin asirin Allah,,,a kowane dare kamar yadda ko wane ango da amarya suke kasancewa bayan sun kad'aita,a tarihin aure da ma'aurata suma gare su haka ce ta faru tsakanin su,lokacin da komai ya lafa sun samu nutsuwa cike da k'aunar juna da nuna kulawarsu ga juna Rafeek ya lallab'ata tayi bacci,but a gurinsa shi kuma baccin ya k'i zuwa masa,saboda tsananin farin cikin daya tsinci kansa a ciki,a haka ya ga wayewar gari lafiya wacce ta kasance musu mafari. Kamar yadda na sanar da kai Rafeek ya nemi admission amma basu kirashi ba har time d'in,cikin hukuncin ubangiji duk kwanakin da aka d'iba a baya basu neme shi ba,sai ga shi kwatsam rana a sama,kimanin kwanaki uku da tarewarsu sun aiko masa sak'on sun bashi gurbin karatu,duk lokacin daya shirya daga nan zuwa sati guda yana iya tuntub'ar su,,a lokacin da Rafeek ya samu sak'on sai da yaji kamar yace ya fasa tafiyar dan yana ganin kamar zai cutu idan ya bar Hauwa a 9ja,can k'asar da zai je kuma shi ga shi ba sanin yaya take ya yi ba bare yace kai tsaye zai tafi da ita,wannan dalilin yasa yayi shawaran fara yin magana da iyayensa tukun kafin ya san abun yi,da yaje gida ya sanar da mahaifansa,suma dai basu bashi goyon bayan ya fara tafiya da ita ba,sun k'arfafa masa guiwa akan tunda karatu ne kuma na shekara d'aya yana iya zuwa ya dawo,lokacin da yaso yana iya zuwa ya ganta,but batun tafiya da ita tunda su ba gida ne dasu a can ba bare wasu dangi,gwara ya barta a nan d'in yaje abunsa,,Rafeek dai ba haka ya so ba,though he respects the words of his parents dole ya sawa zuciyarsa hak'urin tafiya da ita. Cikin satin ya kammala shirin tafiya,cike da kewar matarsa da yake tsananin so,bayan ya maida ita gidansu wajen mahaifiyarsa ya bar k'asarsa ta haihuwa,,saukar sa a k'asar Ghana ya fad'a harkar makaranta ba da wasa ba,,kamar yadda a Nigeria suma su Hauwa Alhaji yasa aka nema musu gurbin karatu a School of nursing ita da Maimunatu a b'angaren *Midwifery* suka fara attending class,this time too is like their secondary life d'insu ne komai tare suke yinsa,basu da wasu k'awaye sune abokan juna kuma aminin junan,sun fara karatu cikin nasara,,once again Hauwa becomes a star among her relatives,ta sake zama itace mace ta farko da aka samu a tarihin gidanmu ta tsallake matakin karatun secondary,,a kullum tunda Rafeek ya bar kasar idan ya fito daga skul ko ya samu intervals haka yake b'ata lokaci kiranta a waya,su shafe tsayin yini mak'ale da juna,shak'uwarsu yana sake k'aruwa,soyayyar su tana sake bayyana,tafiyarsa da y'an watanni Hauwa ta fara laulayi,lamarin daya zamewa ahalin gidan Alhaji Zakar babban abun farin ciki da suka jima basu gani ba,kowa ka kalli fuskarsa da yanayin kulawar da yake bata ya isa ya tabbar da tsantsar d'aukin da suke ga cikin nata,but still a time d'inma babu wanda