not knowing who his mother is? Ina so in sake tambaya kuma bana so yaga kamar ina bi masa kwakwkwafi. Mun danyi gaba kadan sai naga ya sake hanya yabi wata hanyar daban, nayi sauri nace "ba nan ce hanyar ba fa" bai kalleni ba yace "eh na sani, sayar dake zanje inyi" nayi shiru yace "kinga kuwa zakiyi tsada" ni dai bance masa komai ba, sai a lokacin na fara lissafin babu wanda yasan tare da wa na fita, shi kansa driver din da muka fito dashi baiga sanda na shiga motar sultan ba, what if ya sace ni? Ina kallon shi ta gefen ido na yana min dariyar yadda na takure a gefe daya ina rarraba ido. Wata unguwa muka shiga irin unguwar talakawan nan, a raina nace me yake kawo sultan irin wannan unguwar kuma? I really hope he is not doing drugs kuma? Can gefe ya samu yayi packing yace "please two minutes dan Allah zanje in karbo sako" na gyada masa kai amma a raina ina cewa zaka je ka karbo drugs dinka dai. Ina kallonsa ya fita ya saka hannayensa a aljihu yana tafiya ya shige wani loko. Da sauri na dauko waya ta na kira Amira, "Amira gani na taho amma ba'a motar gida ba, ina motar sultan, in case in na bata a gurinshi zaku neme ni" na kashe wayar ina rarraba ido.

Ta mirror na hango wani mutum yana tahowa wajen motar daga opposite direction din inda Sultan ya tafi, magidanci ne zaikai kamar 45 years, ta side din driver yazo yayi knocking, ina sauke glass din ya fara kokarin durkusawa zai yi gaisuwa sai kuma yaga babu kowa a gurin. Na gaishe shi ya leko ya amsa cikin sakin fuska sannan yace "yallaban baya ciki ashe" nace "ya fita, wai zai karbi sako" ya girgiza kai yace "zai kawo sako dai, tun dazu mukayi waya yace gashi nan zuwa da naji shiru shine na dan fita" sai kawai naji ina son in san sakon menene zai kawo. Nace "sakon menene zai kawo?" Yace "kudin makarantar yara ne, kinsan an kusa komawa sabon session, to nayi masa list na school fees, kudin books da uniform tunda akwai sababbin dauka to shine yace zai kawo min yau" kaina naji ya toshe nace "yara? Wadanna yaran kuma" yace "yaran unguwannin nan mana, ai duk shi yake musu komai na makaranta, mu kam ba abinda zamu ce masa sai sam barka dan da yawa mutanen da suke zaune a unguwannin nan shi yake ciyar dasu, ya ciyar damu ya biya wa yaran mu kudin makaranta ya samarwa matasan mu aikin yi. Kinga wannan sabuwar orphanage din daya gina duk nan unguwar yazo ya dauki ma'aikata maza da mata" cikin cushewar kai nace "orphanage? Sultan din ne ya gina orphanage?" Yayi alamar rufe bakinsa yace "ai na dauka tunda kuna tare kin sani, ai baya so a sani, da nasan vaki sani ba da bazan gaya miki ba" nayi sauri nace "dan Allah baba gayamin, wallahi bazan ce kai ka gayamin ba" ya gyara tsayuwa da alama yana da surutu, ya ce "ai wannan ta biyu ce, waccan babbar ma ta cikin gari ai shi ya gina ta sai mutane suke cewa dan majalissa ne shi kuma sai ya samu dan majalissar yace yace shine yayi. Ai duk unguwannin nan na marasa karfi yana da representative da yake gaya masa duk bukatun mutane kuma in dai an fada to zai bayar, in dai har maganar kudi ce to mukam sai godiya" nayi shiru ina jinjina maganar a cikin raina. Nayi wa mutumin godiya ya tafi hanyar da naga sultan yayi, har Sultan ya dawo ina jinjina maganar mutumin nan a raina. Yana zuwa ya shiga muka tafi yace "sorry na barki kina jira" kai kawai na gyada masa, yace "are you OK? Naga kin chanza?" Nan na kirkiri murmushi nace masa ba komai, bai yarda ba dai yace "bayan na tafi wani yazo nemana?" Na girgiza kai nace "babu wanda yazo nemanka" ina ganin fuskarsa ta chanza alamar yaji dadi. Dole na ware nima dan kar ya fahimci wani abu har muka je gidan su Amira. Tun 10:30 na baro gida amma banje gidan su Amira ba sai 1:30, kamar wacce na tafi kano. Muna yin packing Amira ta fito da sauri kamar dama a bakin gate take. Sultan ya tsatstsare ni da ido wai lallai sai na yarda yazo a maida ni gida. Amira tana bude kofar ta finciki hannuna "fito daga motar nan" Sultan yana dariya yace "check her from head to toe, ban ciri komai ba" ita dai bata kula shi ba sai jana take ni kuma naki fitowa. Sultan yace "please yaushe zan zo in dauke ki" Nace "after magrib" yayi murmushi yace "thank you" na juya zan fita muka hada ido da Amira wacce ta saki baki da hanci tana kallona.


Episode Forty :TheShadow 3

Tunda muka shiga gida Amira take min bala'i. Ni dai kawai dariya nake mata. "Yanzu kinsan kuwa duk wanda ya ganki a motar sultan irin kallon da zaiyi miki? Kin san ma kuwa waye Sultan? Mutumin nan ko magana bai kamata ace ta hada ku dashi ba ballantana har ki shiga motar sa. Yanzu ma tukunna, ina kukaje da kuka dade haka baku karaso ba?" Na harare ta nace "gidan sa ya kaini. Ina ruwanki da inda muka je?" Muka shiga dakin mamanta muka gaisheta sannan muka koma dakin ta. Nan fa ta saka ni a gaba da nasiha, ita lallai gani take shiga motar Sultan din da nayi tamkar wani katon zunubi na aikata. Tace "Yanzu Allah ne kadai yasan irin maganganun da ya gaya miki, duk sai yaje ya hure miki kunne anzo an kasa gane kanki. Ki rufa mana asiri Moon ki rabu da Sultan dinnan" Nace "Saboda me?" Tace "saboda me? Yanzu har tambaya kike yi saboda me? Just look at him zaki gane saboda me. He is a criminal for God's sake. He is spoilt rotten. A gangster. A rogue. A drunk. Duk wadannan dalilan basu ishe ki ba?" Murmushi kawai nake yi ina kallon yadda ta dage tana ta bayani. Nace "yanzu in tambayeki, ya akayi kika san Sultan is a drunk?" Tace "duk garinnan waye bai san dan shaye2 bane? sau nawa ana ganinsa yana yawo a gari a buge" nace "yanzu ke kin taba ganinsa yana shan giya?" Tace "ni ban taba ganin sa ba amma.. " na daga mata hannu nace "amma me? Annabi da kansa ya hana yada jita jita, abinda baka tabbatar ba kar ka fada musamman akan alfasha" Amira ta saki baki tana kallona kamar zata yi kuka tace "are you truly depending him?" Nace "ba wai goyon bayan Sultan nake yi ba, ina goyon bayan gaskiya ne" ta sake matsowa kusa dani desperately tace "yanzu ki duba kiga irin abokansa, ki kalli wannan shegen Amir din ki gani. Kin san kuwa sunan gang dinsu? Gang Bang they call themselves. Gang din 'ya'yan manya ne wadanda suka fi karfin karfin iyayensu. Abuja, kano, kaduna, legos da duk sauran manyan states na Nigeria an sansu, Sultan da Amir sune 'yan Abuja. Moon duk wanda yake cikin gang dinnan is a known criminal kawai dai dan babu yadda za'ayi dasu ne shi yasa. Kinsan kuwa kwanan baya suka yi gang raping wata yarinya a Nassarawa state?" Ji nayi tamkar ta chaka min mashi a kirjina, amma na daure nace "ke a ina kikaji wannan labarin?" Ta daga kafada tace "a radio, a television, a social media, a newspaper ko ina zancen akeyi" nace "ita yarinyarce tace su su kayi raping dinta" tace "eh mana, anyi hira da ita har a gidan radio" na sake cewa "ita yarinyar ce tace da wane da wane da Sultan suka yi raping dinta?" Tace "just because his name wasn't mentioned doesn't mean he didn't do it" na girgiza kai na kawai ina kallonta, tace "Moon kar ki bari son da kike masa ya rufe miki ido ki kasa ganin gaskiya. Dududu yaushe kika sanshi da har zaki tunanin kinsan shi fiye da sauran jama'a? Duk abinda nake gaya miki kamar yana shiga ta wannan kunnen ne yana fita ta wancan. Already har ya riga ya hure miki kunne" ta mike a fusace ta dauko laptop dinta ta ajiye min agaba na tace "in baki yarda dani ba check for yourself, ki duba internet zaki fahimci waye Sultan" daga nan ta fice ta barni a dakin. Na jima ina kallon laptop din ina jimamin abinda bincike na zai gano min. Can na dauka na kunna direct na shiga goggle, nayi typing sultan sai naga amsoshi da yawa wadanda ba sa dangantaka da abinda nake nema. Na goge nayi typing sultan Abuja prince. Nan da nan kuwa naga an watso min hotunan Sultan, wadansu a kasarnan wasu a kasar waje. Duk hotunan babu ko guda daya da yake da manyan kaya a jikin sa, babu kuma ko guda daya da yake tare da babansa. Nayi typing criminal record dinsa, nan ma naga rubutu da hotuna da yawa, can ya daki wancan, nan yayi trashing wancan shagon, yayi causing traffic jam, duk dai labarin daya ne. Nayi shiru ina karanta labaran daya bayan daya, sai wani tunani yazo min, duk cikin labaran banji ance yayi sata ba, banji fashi da makami ba, banji kisan kai ba kuma banji labarin yarinyar ta Amira ta fada ba, asali ma duk hotu an nasa babu inda na ganshi da mace, duk tare da maza ne masu shiga irin tasa. Wani hotonsa ne ya dauki hankali na nayi zooming, Sultan ne fuskarsa dauke da murmushi, rike a hannunsa kwalbar giya ce a daga ta alamar cheers. Na runtse idona ina jin zafi a kirjina. So it's true, yana shan giya. Hawaye naji yana kokarin zubo min na yi sauri na mayar dashi. Nayi typing emir of Abuja, nan ma hotuna na gani ba adadi na mai martaba sarki kuma kusan duk hoton yana tare da second son dinsa Abbas, cikin kima da daraja da kwarjini irin na sarauta, mostly a gurin saukar karatu ko bude masallaci ko musabakar alqurani. Nayi zooming wani hoton mai martaba, kana ganinsa kasan shi ya haifi sultan, idonsu, girarsu da shape din fuskarsu iri daya. Na koma nayi searching prince Abbas, nayi ta bincike amma na kasa ganin single fault nasa, he is like a perfect son, komai tare suke yi da mai martaba, duk inda mai martaba zaije tare suke zuwa. Can naga wank hotonsu shida sultan a america gurin graduation din sultan na masters. Nayi shiru ina tunani, mutane criminals irin sultan basa karatu, most of them da wahala suke gama sec sch, amma sultan masters ne dashi kuma a babban field like architecture. What is happening? What am I missing? What are u sultan? A gurin manyan mutane da masu kudi shi criminal ne, a gurin talakawa da sauran marasa karfi shi hero ne. Wanne dalili ne zai saka mutumin kirki ya mayar da kansa mutumin banza a idon mutane. Har zan rufe laptop din sai na fasa nayi typing the gang bang. Ai kuwa naga rubutu sosai a kansu, Amira tayi gaskiya dan daga 'ya'yan tsofaffin shugabannin kasa sai 'ya'yan gwamnoni da manyan masu kudi, a cikin list din naga an rubuta "the drunk prince of abuja" duk da basu fada ba nasan sultan suke nufi. Na rufe laptop din na kwanta ina tunani. Why will Sultan want people to think he is a bad guy while in reality he is good, very good. Yau kusan 3 hours nayi a motar sa daga ni sai shi amma ko da wasa bai kai hannunsa jikina ba kuma baiyi min wata magana da zata nuna cewa dan iska bane. Dear God, what do I do now. Inanan a kwance Amira tazo ta kawo mana abinci har yanzu fushi take yi dani ita wai lallai naki jin maganar ta. Da kyar na samu na bata hakuri nace tayi min addu'a insha Allah komai zai warware. Muna nan muna ta hira har magrib sai Sultan ya kira ni yace min gashi nan zuwa, tun daga nan Amira ta cigaba da bata fuska, naje zanyi sallama da mama tace min "Maimunatu wai me yake damun kawarki ne?" Nace "mama me ya faru? " tace "sam taki kula samari ballantana har ayi maganar fitar da miji, ta gama degree dinta, tayi service, me kuma yayi saura? Ni na gaji da surutun da iyayenta suke yi min wallahi, ni babu miji ita babu miji amma ita sam bata damu ba, shi wanda naga tana nacewa da ya fara zuwa kamar gaske kuma yanzu shiru, ni ko waya ma yanzu banji suna ji ba, idan ba aurenta zai yi ba sai ta rabu dashi ta samu wani" na kalli Amira da alamarr tambaya saboda ban gane maganar da mama take yi ba, Amira ta daga kafada irin oho din nan, nan dai na bawa mama hakuri nace zamuyi maganar da Amira. Muna fita na tambayeta "wanene mama take magana akansa" ta dauke kai tace "nima bansani bafa, ita dai kawai ta damu sai nayi aure ne kuma ai shi aure lokaci ne, idan mijin baizo ba ni zan auri kaina ne?" Jikina ya bani da akwai abinda Amira take boyewa amma sai na rabu da ita, na san in tana son in sani zata gayamin ne da kanta.

Muna zuwa wajen motar Sultan Amira ta rike hannuna tayi masa knocking, ya sauke glass yasha wani bakin glasses a fuskarsa, Amira ta hade rai sosai tace "gata nan na kawo ta, kuma ka sani wallahi duk abinda ya same ta hukuma ba zata bar ka ba" Sultan ya dan sauke glasses din idonsa kadan yana kallonta ta saman glasses din, sai kuma yayi dariya yace "Thank you Mah, zan bi duk kanin umarnin ki" ina jin Amira tana ta kunkuni tana cewa "banza mai kyan dan miciji kawai" ni dai ina ta kunshe dariya ta naje na shiga muka tafi. Kamar yadda ya kawoni a 20 komawar ma a 20 muke tafiya. Ya chanza wanka yasaka riga mai dogon hannu amma kuma sai ya nannade hannun rigar zuwa gwiwar hannu. Wani irin cikar halitta da kyau ne yake bayyana a jikinsa. Kawai sai ji nayi yace "are you checking me out?" Naji wata kunya ta kama ni saboda bansan yana kallona ba. Yayi dariya yace "Thank you for appreciating me" nayi sauri nace "I didn't" yace "OK ni bara inyi appreciating dinki. Kinga kina da kyau sosai da sosai, kina da komai da yakamata ace mace tana dashi. Sannan kina da nutsuwa sosai da kamun kai. Ga ilimi, you are a potential doctor at a very young age, and that's wow. Zan iya cewa babu abinda kika nema kika rasa. Ina so ko yaya ne kiyi sharing abinda kike dashi with me" ya danyi shiru ni kuma bance komai ba, sai ya cigaba "nasan ni ba kowa bane ba, I am nobody and I have nothing, na san kinfi karfina nesa ba kusa ba kuma nasan abinda nake so in fada kamar selfish ne, amma kuma tun ranar da na fara ganin ki na kasa samun sukuni na zuciya na kasa controlling kaina. I want to spend the rest of my life with you" na lumshe idona na kwantar da kaina akan headrest din kujerar inajin sonsa yana kara huda kirjina. A lokacin Ibrahim cewa nayi idan mommy ta sani zata saka ni a turmi ta daka ni ta mayar dani gari, wannan karon kuwa inajin in ta sani sala sala zatayi da nama na tayi kilishi ta cinye, lol.



Episode Forty One : Born for This.

Jin bance komai ba yasa Sultan yayi ajjiyar zuciya yace "am sorry, maybe it sounded like an insult to you. Allah ya baki hakuri. Kawai dai na fada ne saboda ni bana iya rike abu a raina. I don't deserve you, I know. Kawai dai na dauka for once maybe zan zama lucky" na kalleshi ina girgiza kaina nace "am not saying no Sultan, am just not saying yes. Duk wannan abin yayi sauri da yawa, babu dade da haduwa ba. I don't know you and you don't know me" ya cire glasses din idonsa ya dora akan dash board yace "look ba fa cewa nayi zan turo iyayena ba ko something like that ba, am just asking for your permission to love you" nace "na sani, amma still, indai har soyayya ce dole a kafa ta akan yarda da juna da aminci. Kafin in ce ina sonka ko bana sonka dole sai na sanka first. Sultan I don't even know your real name, babu abinda na sani a tare da kai" guri ya samu a gefen titi yayi packing ya juyo yana kallona sosai, yace "saboda rannan kin tambayeni about my mother shi yasa kike cewa haka ko?" Nace "well, yes, na gaya maka almost everything a kaina amma kai ka kasa gaya min komai, ta yaya kake so in fara relationship da kai ba tare da nasan komai a kanka ba?" Yace "I didn't tell you anything about my mother because I don't know" ya buga hannunsa akan steering alamar ransa ya fara baci. Nayi shiru bance komai ba ina gudun kara bata masa rai. Mun jima a zaune sai ya fara magana "Sunana na gaskiya Abbakar Sadiq Abdallah, for some unknown reason babana ya saka min sunansa, a game da mahaifiyata kuma bansan komai akanta ba, it is as if she didn't exist,babu wanda yake maganar ta, abinda na sani kadai shine sunanta, shima kuma a jikin birth certificate dina na gani. Tun tasowa ta a gidan kakana na taso, kakana wanda ya haifi mahaifina lokacin shine sarki ba Takawa ba. Duk duniya zan iya cewa daga shi sai Amir zan iya nunawa ince wadannan suna sona dan soyayyar da ya nuna min sanda yana da rai ko 'ya'yansa baya nuna wa haka. Tun ina yaro nasan Takawa shine babana amma kuma tun a lokacin nasan baya sona, dan ina tuna lokacin da in yazo gidan zan