kokarin kiran sultan kawai ina daga ido na na hango shi, duk da cewa da akwai distance a tsakanin mu kuma gari ya fara duhu amma na gane shi, yayi packing dan nesa da gidan mu kadan yana tsaye ya jingina da jikin mota ya rungume hannayensa a kirjinsa. Wata irin muguwar faduwa gaba na yayi, Allah kenan, babu yadda baya juya lamarin sa, da akwai lokacin da kullum nake tsayawa a balcony din nan ina kallon waje hoping zan ganshi amma yau gashi ina kallonsa amma maimakon inji dadi sai faduwar gaba da ji. Allah ne kadai yasan dadewarsa a gurin, Allah ne kuma kadai yasan dawa yayi magana. Nasan Sultan dai bai dawo gida ba, baya zuwa yanzu sai dare yayi sosai saboda mutane. Kamar ance ya dago ido sai ga idonsa a cikin nawa, da sauri yayi kamar me shirin tahowa ni kuma nayi sauri naja da baya yanda zai daina ganina. Saboda faduwar gaba har daci nake ji a bakina, na shiga uku, na leka a hankali naga har yanzu balcony din yake kallo. Na koma daki da sauri na shiga toilet, sai da nayi calming down sannan na kira sultan. Yace "Hello love" nace "hey kana ina ne?" Yace "naje karbo mana sauran dinkunan mune. What's up?" Nace "babu komai. Kawai da ina so inji ya kake ne" yayi dariya yace "thanks love, ko in taho ne?" Nace "I would appreciate that amma kasan gidan yanda yake yanzu, ballantana yanzu da yamma" yace "right, nima daga nan zanje wajan Daniel ne yazo gari, so sai dare zan shigo gidan, hope ba za kiyi bacci ba kafin inzo" nace "yeah, bazan yi ba sai kazo, bye" muna gama wayar na koma na leka balcony naga har yanzu Ibrahim yana tsaye. Da sauri na sauka kasa dakin Hafsat na same tana shirya kayan khairat, tace "lafiya? Waye ya koro ki?" Nace "Hafsat Ibrahim ne yazo yana waje" tace "and? Kina nufin fita zakiyi gurin sa?" Nace "no, ke nake so kije" ta yatsina fuska tace "ni? Allah ya tsari gatari da saran shuka" nace "Dan Allah Hafsat kije kiyi masa magana, make him understand abinda yake so ba zai yiwu ba" tace "in baki shawara? Ki kira David ki hada shi da shi, nayi miki alkawarin ba zaki kara ganin sa ba" na girgiza kai da sauri, Hafsat ba zata fahimci abinda nake nufi ba, babu wanda zai fahimci situation dina sai wanda ya taba shiga irinsa. Ma zauna a bakin gadon ta nace "I don't want to hurt him, I don't want to hurt Sultan. Please help me" ta dan jima tana kallona sai kuma ta dauki hijab ta saka tace "amma kin san dama can ni ba shiri muke yi da shi ba, dan haka ba lallai ne yanzu ma mu fahimci juna ba" tana fita na koma sama da sauri na kuma shiga balcony, ya baro jikin motar ya dawo dai dai opposite din gidan mu, ina kallon Hafsat ta bude gate ta fita. Yana ganin ta yayi saurin karaso wa wajanta, bana hango su sosai yanzu, sun jima suna magana sannan daga baya naga ya juya ya tafi wajan motarsa, kafin ya bude motar ya sake juyowa ya kallo balcony din sannan ya shiga ya tafi. Na dawo daki na zauna ina sauke ajjiyar Zuciya, ina jin kuma babu dadi a cikin raina, but haka Allah ya tsara mana ni da shi, we are not destined to be together. Ina nan zaune har Hafsat ta shigo, ta jefo min wani complimentary card tace "gashi nan yace a baki, he is so hot headed sai da na kusa loosing temper dina, he believes hada ku aure akayi da Sultan, yace yaji labarin dan sarkin garin nan ne, shi a ganin sa kin yarda da auren ne saboda babu shi. Yayi yayi in bashi number dinki na hana shi shine ya bani card dinsa yace in baki ki kira shi, yace in baki kira shi ba zai sake dawowa gobe" ta zauna a kusa dani tace "Moon, ki kira Sultan ki gaya masa halinda kike ciki, he will know what to do" na girgiza kaina nace "Sultan will definitely hurt Ibrahim in na gaya masa" tace "to ki fada wa David ya hana shi zuwa gidan nan" nan ma na girgiza kai "securities will treat him badly and I don't want that" ta mike a fusace tace "to hada kayan ki ki kirashi yazo ya dauke ki ku gudu tare a fasa auren" ta fice a fusace ta bugu min kofa. Kwalla ce ta taru a idona ina jin zafi a raina. Na sunkuya na dauki card din nasa, kallo daya nayi wa number din na haddace ta na jefa card din a waste bin. Ina bukatar inyi addu'ar sosai in nemi Allah's guidance. Ranar kam da daddare haka na tashi nayi ta jero adduoi akan Allah ya fitar dani daga matsalar da nake ciki, Allah ya saka wa Ibrahim dangana ya fahimci cewa ni ba matar sa bace ba.

Seven days....

Na tashi zucita ta fes kamar babu abinda yake damuna. Muna ta harkikin mu da 'yammata Amir ya aiko kiran Amina zasu je su gano venue din dinner. Muna zaune sai ga kungiya guda nan ta kawayen mu na sec sch, nan fa guri ya kuma hargitse wa, muna ta hira sai ga hasiya nan ta shigo daga baya, tana zuwa tace "guess wa na gani a waje yanzu?" Tun kafin ta fada nasan waye, nan take cikina ya kada tace "uncle Ibrahim" nan da nan suka kuma rude wa "yana ina?" "Moon dama kuna da contact dashi?" "Ko sallama yazo?" Duk ban basu amsa ba, hasiya tace "yana waje wallahi, ina ganin sa na gane shi, kunga yadda ya kara kyau kuwa? Ya goge sosai ya zama dan gayu fiye da yadda kuka san shi a baya" Walida tace "ke Hasiya, kina matar aure kike kallon wani ko? To wannan maganar kamar a kunnen abban Na'im" duk muka yi dariya tacigaba da cewa "da muka gaisa ma bai gane ni ba fa, wai yasan fuskar a cikin kawayen Moon amma ya kasa tuna sunan, sai da na gaya masa tukunna ya tuna. Yace yaji labarin bikin Moon shine yazo yayi mata Allah ya sanya alkhairi amma ya rasa wanda zai aika ya kirawo ta, nace masa in na shigo sai inyi mata magana sai yace kawai ma sauri yake yanzu in bashi number dinta zai kira ta, shine na bashi" hannu biyu na dora aka nace "kin bashi number ta fa kikace?" Ta kalle ni da mamakin yadda na rude tace "eh na bashi, Murna fa zaiyi miki shikenan, kuma ba'a daura ba ballantana kice kin zama matar wani ba zaki yi waya da wani ba" a raina nace "Hasiya had killed me" na tuna dramar da mukayi da Sultan akan musbahu ballantana Ibrahim. Duk abinda muke yi Hafsat tana jin mu baya tanka ba, sai kawai naji tace "'yan 'uwa ku matso in baku wani labari" duk suka juyo suna kallonta, tacigaba "kun tuna rannan a makaranta da Ibrahim yace wata a ajin mu tana sonsa amma shi baya sonta?" Duk suka ce eh, tace "a lokacin nace muku zan fada muku wacece amma moon ta hana, to yau zan fada muku kuma har ba bonus na labarin duk abinda tayi" da sauri nace "Hafsat no, please don't do this" bata jira abinda nake cewa ba ta kwashe labarin Amira kaf ta gaya musu" ta cigaba da cewa "sai shekaran jiya sannan Allah ya toni asirinta suka hadu a supermarket, kun ga ikon Allah ko? Da Allah ya tashi kamata ita da kanta ta kai Moon har office din Ibrahim" nan take gurin ya hargitse da hayaniya, daga masu dure2n ashar sai masu Allah wadaran halin Amira, Hafsat ta cigaba da cewa "na fada muku wannan ne saboda idan da akwai wacce take da saurayi to tayi musu katanga da Amira, mai miji ma haka, dan bamu san kan wanda zata koma ba kuma" Zulaihat ce dama masifaffiyar ciki ta mike tace "waye zai je gidan su Amira ya koya mata hankali?" Nan take duk suka mike har da Hafsat, dama ita tun shekaran jiya take son zuwa na hanata, na mike na sha gabansu, "dan Allah ku bar maganar nan, na riga na samu mijina wanda yafi Ibrahim a wajena ita kuma ta rasa Ibrahim din bashi kenan ba, shima Allah ya bashi matar data fini" ture ni sukayi gefe suna kumfar baki suka fice, Hafsat ce ta tsaya tana kallona tace "at least this will teach her a lesson tasan cewa tayi ba dai dai ba, amma in dai aka barta zata ga kamar taci riba ne ai, this will serve as a lesson to her da duk masu hali irin nata" ni dai anan na durkushe a bakin kofa ina hawaye, Amira was a good friend to me, she was my best friend for about 13 years, ni in ta nine ma zan so Ibrahim ya aure ta amma nasan ba zai aure ta din ba. Maman ta kuma kawar Mommy ce, naso rigimar mu ta tsaya a tsakanin mu bana so iyaye suji. Waya ta naji tana kara na duba, number din Ibrahim na gani, na san za'a rina dama, na ajiye ban dauka ba, ya cigana da kira kusan missed calls biyar sannan ya hakura, message naji ya shigo, shima ban dauka na karantaba. Sai can bayan la'asar sannan su Hafsat suka dawo suna ta dariya "dan Allah kuyi hakuri, ku bawa Moon hakuri dan Allah" wai haka Amira take cewa, kawai hawaye naji yana taho min, nace "da Amira ta raba mu da Ibrahim da kar ta raba mu, Allah ya riga ya kaddaro ba miji na bane ba" sukace "ke ai sanyin zuciya ne dake, da ace wani zai kashe ki ki sake dawo wa duniya ya baki hakuri cewa zaki yi kin hakura" sai kuma suka koma gulmar Ibrahim, "kin san har yanzu yana waje?" Nace "oho muku ku kuka sani" Hasiya tace "ni wallahi tausayinsa nake ji, Moon yana sonki da yawa wallahi" na harare ta nace "to bara in hada su shida Sultan in aura kawai". Hafsat ta gama tsara musu yadda events din bikin zai kasance sannan suka tafi suka barmu ni da Hafsat da Hamidda. Gab da magrib sai ga Amina ta shigo, fuskarta kamar gonar auduga, tana shigowa tayi tsalle ta fada kan gadon tana birgima. Muka bita da kallo da sakakken baki, sai da ta gama haukanta sannan tace "Albishirin ku" muka ce "goro" tace "at last yau wani yayi noticing cewa ni kyakykyawa ce" tsaki muka ja a tare ni da Hafsat, Hafsat tace "Allah ya shirye ki Amina" ta tashi zaune tace "am serious fa, anan waje muka hadu dashi bayan Amir ya sauke ni, ya taho da sauri yana yi min magana wai ya dauka ke ce" ta fada tana nuna ni, guiwata naji tayi sanyi na zauna akan stool, ta cigaba "ni ban san me yasa mutane suke hada kyakykyawar mace kamar ni da something like Moon ba, ni banga wani kama da muke yi ba" nayi dariya nace "shi yasa aka kasa noticing kyan naki ake noticing nawa" Hafsat tace "uhum, me yace miki kuma" ta cigaba "cewa yayi he is a friend of Moon, yaxo yana son ganin tane, daya ganni ya dauka itace shine ta taso. Yace muna kama sosai ko ni 'yar'uwarta ce, sai nace masa ni yayarta ce, shine yace shi Hafsat kadai ya sani yayarta, nace masa aini ba'a nan na taso ba a England na taso. Ya bani number sa yace in na shigo in kira shi sai in baki. Oh my God Moon ya hadu da yawa" na mike na shige toilet na rufe kaina, a fanfon sink na tara fuskata nabar ruwan yana ta zuba. Dai da naji numfashina yana neman daukewa sannan na cire kaina na goge fuskata da towel na koma dakin, ina shiga naga ta danna wayar ta ta miko min tace gashi, na jima ina kallonta sannan na karba, tace bara taje tayi sallah ta fita. Na zauna a bakin gado na saka wayar a kunne na naji already ya dauka, nace "assalamu alaikum" sai da ya sauke ajjiyar zuciya sannan ya amsa. Nayi shiru. Yace haka.u gaisuwa?" Nace "good afternoon" yace "yauwa ko ke fa, at least dai ai nayi deserving gaisuwa daga gare ki. Please Moon why are you doing this to us? Please don't punish me like this. Ba laifi na bane ba. I was led to believe kinyi aure. Kuma ko da hakan ma sonki bai ragu daga zuciyata ba sai ma karuwa da yayi. I know u love me too. I saw it in your eyes a office dina. You just have to tell Daddy cewa wanda kike so is here, a ajiye maganar wannan Sultan of a thing din" a hankali nace "Sultan is not my parents choice, he is mine. In fact daga farko ma parent dina basa sonsa nina matsa cewa shi nake so sannan suka yarda" yayi sauri yace "saboda bana nan ne yasa kika zabe shi Maimunatu. I am back now. Mun sha wahala Maimunatu kar kiyi mana haka. Abinda Hafsat tayi ta cewa kenan wai ke kika zabe shi. Whatever you think you feel for this man, believe me it is not love." Nace "Ibrahim, please don't make this harder than it already is. I know you are hurting and believe me, bana jin dadin haka sam. Amma abinda kake nema daga gare ni is just not possible. Ko da ace Sultan ba zabi na bane ba vazan iya tunkarar iyayena at the dying minute in ce musu na fasa auren nan ba. Ballantana ni na zabe shi. Put your self in his position, ace kana da budurwa kunyi maganar aure da ita, you went through alot together, kun sha wahala kuka yi convincing iyayen ku, an gama komai hatta jere anyi sai kuma few days to daurin auren ku sai tace ta fasa auren ka, how will that feel?" Yayi shiru for some seconds sannan yace "very bad" nace "good, to believe me it will feel more than very bad to Sultan, it will destroy him completely" yace "me yasa nasa zaifi na kowa zafi?" Nace "because he is kind of special" da sauri yace "ouch, that hurts" na danyi dariya nace "sorry" ya dan jima baiyi magana ba, sannan yace "do you think you will be happy with him?" A hankali nace "yes" muryarsa very deep with emotions yace "then I will be happy for you" wasu hawaye masu zafi naji sun taru a idona. Muka sake shiru sannan yace "Can I at least see you one last time?" Na danyi jim ina tunani, nace "not now, sultan zai iya zuwa anytime" yace "OK, I understand. Nagode for at least talking to me. Good night" ya katse wayar. Na ajiye ina jin zuciyata babu dadi.

Six days to....

Duk an gama shirye shirye. 'Yammata ana ta rigima da tailors din da basu gama dinkuna ba, ni kam duk kayana sun kammala kuma suna dakin Sultan, nace ya barsu a can saboda cikin gidan duk a hargitse yake kar inzo in rasa wani abun ranar da nake bukatar sa. Wajan 12 na rana aka ce inzo nayi baki a palo, na sauko na ga 'yammata su uku a zaune, already an riga an cika musu gaban su da kayan ciye ciye, ban gane ko daya daga cikin su ba amma daga ganin su kasan 'ya'yan manya ne, biyu bakake daya fara, amma jikina ya bani cewa farin mai ne. Na zauna da murmushi na ce musu "sannun ku da zuwa" kallo kawai suka bini dashi sannan suka kalli juna, sai suka sake kallona, daya daga cikin su tace "Amaryar ta mu ce?" Na sake murmushi nace "sunana maimunatu" suka sake kallon juna sannan dayar tace "eh haka muka gani a jikin IV. Ita din ce kuwa. But you are younger than we expected. An ce mana medical doctor ce" nayi dariya nace "I am a neurologist and also a psychologist. Karatu ai ba shine shekaru ba, in dai ka fara da wuri shikenan" bakaken biyu suka yi dariya, daya tace "sunana Fa'iza, wannan kuma kanwata ce Saratu. Mu kannen ki ne" ban gane ba, tace "if you know you know" sai yanzu na fahimta, kannen sultan ne, he never talk about them kamar basu yi existing ba. Na kara fadin murmushi na nace "sai yau kuka tuna dani? Nayi fushi" saratu tace "sorry big sister, ba laifin mu bane, mu bamu san ma dake ba sai kawai IV aka kawo mana, ko ince sai IV muka gani, dan mu yaya Sultan ko gayyatar mu bai yi ba, maimakon ace mune masu gayyata ma amma sai a gari muke ji" nace "to kusha kurumin ku, har sai kun gayyaci wasu ma" suka yi dariya, nace "and who do we have here?" Na nuna wacce suka zo tare, fa'iza tace "antin mu ce, umma khulsum" ban nuna komai a fuskata ba nace "sannu da zuwa aunty" da alamar tsokana, ta bata rai tace "in kika ce min aunty ai sai ki mayar dani kamar tsohuwa" muka yi dariya. Bayan sun dan motsa bakin su na tafi dasu sama dakina, har bayan azahar suna nan, tare mukayi lunch dasu, kowa sai da na nuna masa kannan Sultan. Ina lura dasu suna ta kallon gidan, ni kuwa nasan ba 'ya'yan sarki ba, ko 'ya'yan waye karya suke su kushe mana gida. Tunda suka zo suke ta yi mini tambayoyi akan sultan, wai yana dariya kuwa? Har da tambayar is he romantic, nace sosai kuwa. Around 3pm aka zo aka dauke su, na hada musu kayan kyalliya masu tsada da turaruka na basu tare da katinan kowanne event na bikin.

Na koma gida nayi wanka na shirya, nayi sallar la'asar aka sake cewa nayi bako kuma, na sako hijab dina na fito ni da Amina, a tsaye muka ganshi a jikin motar sa. Yayi kwalliya