Chapter 71

saman ta kowa, shi ya fara yarda da ita kafin ta buɗe zuciyar kowa ta fara aiwatar da manufarta, idan baki sani ba yau ki sani Amina cewar taƙamar kowacce mace a duniyar zuciyar mijinta ce, idan taci riba anan to wallahi duk girman wata matsala koda kuwa ta mahaifiyarsa ce ta tsallake ta. Yaron nan ya riga ya zama mijinki a yanzu ko munso ko bamu so ba, don haka kije ki ƙara dagewa, ki dage wajen kyautata masa har zuciyarsa ta ƙara yarda dake akan yanzu, sannan da zarar kun koma kije wajen Kilishi ki tsugunna ki gaya mata cewar kin yarda da sharaɗinta bama sai lokacin da ta gindaya miki yayi ba, ki ƙasƙantar da kanki a gabanta ta sigar da ba zata taba iya haska cikin zuciyarki har tayi wani hasashe ba, waɗannan sune matakan farko Amina, kuma ina tabbatar miki idan kika tsallake su, dukkan sauran zasu zo ne bi da bi kuma a sauƙake..." Waɗannan sune kalaman dake saka sa hannyenta rawa a ɗazu, sune kalaman Amman dake rikita lissafinta suna gaya mata cewar ba zata iya dorar da wani abu akan Ma'aruf ba tunda bata gama sanin tunaninsa akanta ba... Sai gashi tun ba'aje koina ba hanyar farko tazo mata da sauki. Allah ya amsa addu'ar ta, Ma'aruf ya cire dukkan wani kokwanton dake zuciyarta da waɗannan iya kalaman nasa, a yanzu ta yarda cewa shi da gaske zuciyarsa wankakkiya ce akansa, abinda take ta taraddadi daga bangaren Hajiya Kilishi yake dama. Taji yadda mamaki ke cinye zuciyarta tun daga ƙasa, ashe komai ba mai wuya bane kamar yadda Amman tace, kowacce mace tana da irin nata ikon a hannu, kawai burga da barazana ce ke saka wasu yin ƙasa su yarda cewa an fisu su baza su iya ba, gashi tun basu ko bar garin nan ba ta fara samun yardar Ma'aruf a hannunta, idan haka ne kuwa ta yarda da maganar Amma na cewar da gaske Kilishi ta kiyaye su, don ko ita a yanzu tana jin ƙarfin gwiwar cewa zata iya. Kuma cikin wata irin sa'a, sai ya ƙyale ta bai nemi amsarta ba har suka kammala cin abincin da komai. Wajen ƙarfe goma sha ɗaya saura Amina ta dunkunkune a karshe gadon ɗakin har a lokacin tana ta faman sake-sake a ranar, don ko ka kaɗan ba bacci take ji ba, abubuwan da ta fuskanta a yau suna da yawan da har yanzu basu gama narkewa a cikin ranta ba. Ta juya bayanta ne tana kallon ɗaya gefen ɗakin yayin da hannunta ke wasa da ƙarshen bakin mayafin nan data yafa a akanta. A yanzu fitulun ɗakin duka a kashe suke, Ma'aruf ya kashe su kafin ya shiga toilet don ta riga shi kwanciya, sai da ya gama aikinsa tana kwance tana sake-sakenta sannan ya tashi ya kashe fitulun duka ya shiga toilet din. A yanzu babu wani haske sai na waje da yake shigowa cikin ɗakin, kuma wucewar minti biyar kawai sai kofar toilet din ta buɗe, hasken fitilar ciki ya ratsa duhun ɗakin kuma duk da ta juya bayanta sai da hasken ya shiga idonta kafin taji ya rufe ƙofar duhun na sake dawowa. Taji gadon ya motsa yana shaida mata hawowarsa zuwa daya gefen da sanda yaje jan sauran bargon da ta rufe ƙafafunta dashi zuwa nasa jikin. Sakan ɗaya, biyu, suka wuce tana cigaba da wasa da mayafinta kafin taji muryarsa, can ƙasa a hankali kamar duhun daren. "Amina..." Ya kira sunanta kamar wannan ne karo na farko daya fara faɗa, yadda tunaninta ya tsaya cak haka ma daren ya tsaya, kamar shima yana jiran amsar da zata bayar ne. Tayi kokarin haɗiye wata busashshiyar iska a makogwaronta sannan tayi dauriyar amsawa a hankali. "Can I hold you.. ?" (Zan iya riƙe ki?) Bata san me take tunanin a wannan lokacin ba, bata san ma me taje yi va ko kuma abinda yake faruwa a cikin kanta, ta san dai kawai zuciyarta ta ƙirga wucewar wasu sakanni ne data san cewa jiranta yake yi kafin duk wata dauriyarta ta rinjaye ta wajen ɗaga kanta a hankali. Kuma bata san ya akayi yaji ta ba, don a lokaci guda yasa hannunsa daya ya janyo ta zuwa jikinsa, ya juyo ta tana fuskantar sa yayin da hannunsa ɗaya ya zagaye waist ɗinta, sannan ɗan kaɗan ya ratsa ƙafafunsa a tsakanin nata. Ya hade ta da jikinsa har tana jin kara bugawar zuciyarsa kamar kaɗawar igiyar ruwa a bakin teku wanda sautinsa ya haɗe da amon tata zuciyar, ya zama idanunta basa ganin duhun daren sai wanda ke tsakaninsu kawai, numfashinsu ya hade waje guda yayin da ƙamshin turare da kuma sabuntar kayansu ya cika hancinta. Kuma bai isa Ma'aruf ya gama rikita zuciyarta ba sai da ya sunkuyo da fuskarsa daidai cikin wuyanta ba shiri kuwa jikinta ya shiga girgizawa gabaɗaya a cikin nasa, kuma ga mamakinta sai taji yayi wani abu kamar murmushi sannan a cikin kunnenta ya furta maganar data rikito da duniyarta bakiɗaya ta rugurguje. "Kar ki damu, not now, not here." (Ba yanzu ba, ba anan ba.) Shikenan! Ma'aruf ya gama da rayuwarta! *** Kano. 09:30Am No. 58 Mafara Street, NNDC Sharaɗa Quaters. "Wai har kun dawo?" Surayya ta faɗa a lokacin da ta fito dafa daki tana kallon Amina daje zaune a tsakiyar falon nasu tare da Sameerah wadda ta cika gabanta da kayan breakfast. "Tun wajen ƙarfe takwas fa suka dawo. Yayan har ya tafi aiki ma." Sameerah ta bata amsa lokacin da take hada nata tea din. "Auren ma'aikacin kamfani na da wuya ko?" Surayyan ta fada tana kallon Amina lokacin da tazo ta zauna a kusa da ita tana ɗaukan pillow ɗin kujerar zuwa cinyarta. Da murmushi a fuskar Amina tace. "Gashi nan dai, ni ban saba ba har yanzu." "Gaya min zaki yi idan da wuya tun wuri in kori Tahir." Kafin ta amsa Sameerah tace. "Ki kore shi ma, don Wallahi Baffa yace ba wanda zai sake yiwa aure a gidan nan sai man da shekara biyar. Su Salma sun karya tattalin arzikinsa." Dariya kawai Amina tayi tana kallonsu lokacin da musun da suka saba a kullum ya kaure tsakaninsu, don ma wai Munaya na can ɓangarensu ne. Sai dai duk yadda dariyar tata ta kai akan lebbenta kawai take, don daga can kasan zuciyarta taraddadi ne fal da kuma tunanin abinda ke shirin faruwa. Don kamar yadda Samirah ta fadawa Surayya ne, tun wajen karfe takwas da ƴan mintuna na safe suka iso garin Kano, don Ma'aruf ya gaya mata cewar yana da tarin aikin dake jiransa a office, kuma ya sauke ta a gida ne ya tafi bayan ya rungume ta yayi kissing saman kanta lokacin da suka shigo ciki ya buɗe mata gidan da muƙullin dake jikin na motarsa, sannan ya juya ya barta tana kokarin hada zuciyarta waje guda ya koma wajen motar tasa da ya bari a waje. Kuma shigarta gidan ya sake tsayar da zuciyarta waje guda, yana tuna mata da kalaman Amma. "...da zarar kun koma kije wajen Kilishi ki tsugunna ki gaya mata cewar kin yarda da sharaɗinta bama sai lokacin da ta gindaya miki yayi ba, ki ƙasƙantar da kanki a gabanta ta sigar da ba zata taba