Chapter 7

a can gaban Tv stand na ɗakin akwai wasu manya-manyan flasks cike da snacks kala-kala ga duk wanda yake so ya diba. Sai dai duk wannan ba shine abin kallo a dakin ba, tarin akwatunan dake zube a makeken carpet din tsakiyar falon ne, an buɗe kowannensu dake cike da kaya fal. Lefen Babbar ƴar Hajiya Maimunan mace da suke kira da Shukra ne, amma ba zaka banbance adadin yawan ƴanuwan Hajiya Maimunan ko kuma na Hajiya Kilishi a falon ba, sun riga sun zama ɗaya dukkanninsu don ko a sati biyu da aka karbi lefe biyu na ƴaƴan Hajiya Kilishin Safiyya da Salma, duk sune dai a wajen, shi yasa a yanzu ma rabi hirarsu ta shirye-shiryen bikin da aka saka nan da wata guda mai zuwa ce. Hajiya Kilishi ta ratso ta cikin mutanen, sanye take da wata doguwar rigar lace daya sha adon stones sai wulgawar kyalli yake a cikin hasken fitulun dakin, ta karaso inda Hajiya Maimuna ke zaune akan kujerar Wheelchair dinta tana hira da wata ƴaruwarta, ta sunkuyo daidai saitin fuskarta sannan tace. "Hajiya su Ma'aruf sun iso, yanzu na tura Malam Sani (direba) ya ɗauko su daga airpot, mukullin store dinki zan karba na ajiyemusu abinci ɗazu, Hajiya Madina ce tace zata tafi nace idan direban nata ya sauke ta sai ya karasa ya kai musu abinci don na san baxa su shigo yau ba." "Toh Alhamdlilah, Muƙullin yana hannun Sameera ita ta karba dazu wai sun ajiyewa ƙawayenta abinci su ma." Hajiya Maimunan ta amsa a hankali itama. Dukkaninsu sun sani cewa a duk tarin jama'ar gidan babu wanda bai san abinda Ma'aruf ɗin yayi ba da kuma cewar baya ƙasar don labari baya taba ɓuya, amma duk da haka gwara ace basu fallasa zancen ba duk kuwa da cewar duk ƴanuwa ne a gidan, amma hakan ba zai hana cece-kuce ba. Daga nan ɓangarenta ta nufa, inda babu mutane sosai, kuma ƴanmatan gidan da wasu kawayensu suka tare suna ta hayaniyar da jiran a ragu don suma suje su buɗe nasu babin kallon kayan. A falo ta tarar da Zahra da Sahla ƴan autan gidan kuma sa'annin juna sun baje litattafansu suna ta aiki kamar basu san da bidirin da ake yi a gidan ba, dama yayyensu sun riga sun manna musu sunan Allazi boko 1 da kuma Allazi boko 2, don mayun karatu ne kamar ba gobe, yanzu suka shiga SS1 amma abinda suka sani ko Abdurrahim da yake SS3 bai sani ba, kwanaki har Surayya dake level three suka koyawa wani abu a Biology. Har Hajiya Kilishin zata yi musu maganar abinci sai ta kula da plate din snacks dake tsakiyar litattafansu, ta sana aikin Mama Rabi ne hakan, wata dattijuwa ma'aikaciyar gidan da har yanzu bata daina kula dasu ba kasancewar ita ta yaye su tun suna ƙanana. Don haka ta amsa sannu da shigowar da suka yi mata kawai ta wuce. Ta nufi kofar dakinsu Salma inda ƴanmatan suke, hayaniyarsu tun daga falon zaka ji ta, cike da raha da kuma nishadi kamar an fara bikin, kuma duka hirar da suke ta tsare-tsaren bikin ce da suka daɗe suna yi tunda wannan shine karo na farko da za'a aurar da mata a gidan, kuma har guda uku a lokaci guda. "A'a ranar kunshi ne fa za'ayi style iri daya, ranar Kamu kamar kowa zaiyi style dinsa ne ko?" Muryar Munaya ta tambaya cikin hayaniyar. "Ranar kunshi fa shi babu anko Munaya kin manta ne kowa kayansa zai saka, da Kamu ne za'ayi har style ɗaya." Wata kawar Salma, mai suna Aysha ta bata amsa. Hajiya Kilishi ta buɗe kofar dakin daidai lokacin da Munayan ke gyara glass din idonta tana kallon wayar Sameera dake hannunta inda take ƙoƙarin banbace tarin atamfofi da kuma lesukan da zasu yi ankon dasu. A ƙaton gadon ɗakin gabaɗayansu suke a baje dasu da tarin plate din snacks din da suke ci, sai wadanda basu sami waje bane suka zauna daga kan bedside drawers. "Ni fa wallahi gani nake kamar wata ɗaya ba zai isa duk wannan shirye-shiryen ba." Shukra ta faɗa tana danna tata wayar. "What?!" Salma ta mike daga kwance tana kallonta. "... Ai Ya Shukra kar ma ki fara wannan zancen don wallahi Imran ba zai taɓa yarda a ƙara mana ko sati ɗaya ba." Salma ta faɗa wanda hakan yasa dukkaninsu yin shewa a lokaci guda, don duk cikin amaren tafi kowa ɗokin bikin, yayarta Safiyya ba ruwanta don ita dama ba mai magana bace tun farko, kuma wanda zata aura mai mata ne da ƴaƴan sa biyu duk da cewar ba wani manyan ta yayi ba. Shukra kuma dake kan matakin masters dinta a bayyane yake cewa hankalinta yafi tafiya ga Project work din da take kan gaɓar yi fiye da bikin, duk kuwa da irin rawar kafar da Suraj ɗin da zata aura ke yi shi, wanda dan wani abokin aikin Baffa ne. Har Salma zata sake cewa wani abu Sameera dake gefenta ta daka mata duka, wani duka da idan zata yi ɓaram-ɓaramarta Mamin tazo wucewa suke yi mata shi, don haka a lokaci guda ta juyo ta kalli kofa inda Hajiya Kilishin ke tsaye tana kallonsu da murmushi. "Mami ina wuni..." Duka kawayensu na ɗakin suka hada baki wajen gaishe ta don tun zuwansu basu ma ganta ba. Da murmushin ta amsa musu sannan ta kira Sameera. "Ina muƙullin store dinsu Munaya? Yayanku sun dawo yanzu, kizo ki tayani mu debo abincinsu a saka a motarsu Hajiya Madina." Da wani irin murmushi mai faɗi Sameeran ta amsa, don Allah ya sani duk da kowanensu yayi waya dashi tun a jiya, da kuma hayaniyar gidan ta yau, suna cike da tunanin halin da Ma'aruf ɗin ke ciki, don abinda yayi wani abu ne da basu taɓa gani ba tsawon rayuwarsu duk da sun san cewa kuwa yana da wannan cutar. *** Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport 08:30 PM. "Wata nawa aka saka bikin yaran nan ne Malam Sani?" Ishaq ya tambaya a lokacin da yake kokarin saka jakar kayansu cikin boot ɗin motar da Malam Sanin ya buɗe. "Wata ɗaya aka saka wallahi, ai gidan ma har yanzu yana nan a ɗinke, shi yasa Hajiya tace ba sai kunzo ba, kawai in wuce daku gida." Ishaq ya gyaɗa kansa yana rufe boot ɗin. "Ai dama bamu da plan din zuwagidan nan yau, amma Lallai su Baffa sun shirya, har su uku ne fa a wata ɗaya kawai." "To ai rufin asirin Allah ake ciki kullum kuma shi ke rufawar." Cewar Malam Sanin yana dariya. Duk maganar da suke yi, Ma'aruf na zaune a cikin motar daga baya, wayarsa na riƙe a hannunsa haskenta na haska siririyar fuskarsa da a cikin ƴan kwanakin ta ƙara ramewa, message ne kawai ke tururuwar shigowa da kuma tarin emails tunda ya kunna wayar har zuwa yanzu, ya lumshe idanunsa kawai sai kallonsu yake a lokaci guda kuma yana jin hirar su Ishaq ɗin daga waje. Allah ya sani gabaɗaya ya manta cewa shirye-shiryen bikin akeyi sai a jiya da Mamin ke tuna masa cewa yau ne za'a karbi lefen Shukra, kuma jin cewa gidan a cike yake yasa shima baiyi tunanin ya kamata su je ɗin ba, amma kuma