Buckle up. Drama ahead.

"Oh my God! Someone should help me" halima faintly heard some rattling noise outside. She yawed the curtain and pinned it to give her a better peek at what was happening in her compound.

She saw no one but kept hearing screams. Her instinct told her it was from the gate keeper's room. She released the hem of the curtain and sat back.

"Aunty halima seems like i am hearing screams from the gatekeeperer's room" fatiyya told her while making her way out.

"I heard it too fateey. I just hope all is well" Halima worriedly answered.

"Will you not go and check?" Yasmeen chirped in.

"No i will not. Its kind of improper you know? And i am expecting justice's return in few minutes" she replied checking her wrist watch.

"don't you fear something may happen to him? If unfortunately he dies what would you tell his family?" Fatiyya suggested again.

"We should then go and check. I mean the three of us to prevent any suspicion" she reluctantly answered.

"Alright then" they nod their heads. Halima wored a long hijab that almost covered her feets and she went out while they tailed behind her. They reached the gatekeeper's door and halima turned and looked at them.

"where's yasmeen?" She asked seeing only fatiyya.

"She forgot something in, she will be out right now" fatiyya answered.

Halima knocked the door, but there was no answer. There were no more cries " i think he's now fine. let's just go back in" halima suggested .

"Maybe he fainted. Aunty lets just go in and see. I don't want you to fall in trouble, you know village people will just sue you" fatiyya persuaded.

Awww. Fateey loves me. Halima thought.

When halima stepped her leg in, fateey pushed her in and slammed the door and pulled the lock key to the right.

It was a kind of door that cannot be open from inside without a key. "Open this door please" halima cried out. She checked around the room and there was no one. She checked the drawers but the key wasn't there.

She sighed and muttered alhamdulillah at least the gatekeeper wasn't around. 'What if justice comes back and sees me here? It's definitely be my last stay in his house. He will divorce me' She thought and sobbed harder.

But nonethless, she kept praying and repeating 'hasbiyallah(Allah is sufficient for me) in her mind for Allah hears, and He shall bring her a way out right now.

Yasmeen came out of her hiding spot and started laughing like a student who inhaled laughing gas during chemistry practical. They played the video and edited it: cutting out where fatiyya pushed halima.

"That was a nice one fateeyy" yasmeen hailed her. Somewhere beneath fatiyya's heart, she felt disquieting feeling.

'Aunty halima was a nice lady afterall. Even though i made her house looks like an event centre everyday, she never complained. She even used to cleaned the mess we made. She cooked for us' fateeyya kept quiet for a while weighing what she was about to do to halima.

'I am just discarding the video. I can't do this'

She still was having different debates on her mind. She can't let this opportunity slide. She remembered taking a vow to make halima's life a living hell. She remembered what she was getting if she was successful. I can't let this chance go away after promising her. She smiled.

'What if maa found out?' She shivered at the thought.

"Operation one successful" they squealed, jumped and high-fived. They went out and paid off Ale-three. He was the man who got a master key for them and screamed his husky voice for them.

While halima was sitting, staring at the door looking for every possible way to get out, something tickled her and realisation hit her; the gatekeeper wasn't in town. He had travelled to his hometown.

Today is friday hence he had gone to visit his family. She nearly slapped her self for her silliness.

'Then who screamed? Was it a set up?' She thought as sweat kept dripping off her body due to the heat.

What happened to the inverter?

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"My friend amina said she's coming today. Won't you stay back and meet her?" Khadijah asked him.

"No, extend my greetings. I want to stay back too but i have a class in the next thirty minutes. See you later" he waved and stood as if he forgot something.

"Did you forget something?" Dee asked.

"No, nothing actually. Bye" he walked out thinking.

'Even to put the cap for me, spray perfume for me and say i am looking dashing dee doesn't know how to do that' he shook his head.

Few minutes later, amina had arrived. Dee's home wasn't difficult to be located. On hee way, she saw khalifa's car on the way and she honked at him. It looks like he didn't saw her.

She shrugged off, locked her car and entered the house.

"Assalamu alaykum" she knocked and khadijah came out. They screamed, jumped and hugged before they went into the parlour and started gisting.

Meenah was served vegetable-jollof cous cous with pineapple ginger drink. She had complained of not eating cous cous. Khadeejah persuaded her to take just a spoon and when she did, the taste was on another world.

"Did you know nafeesa passed away immediately after our graduation?" Amina asked her.

Dee noticed the jeweleries meena was wearing. The makeup too. She was looking so beautiful.

"Which nafeesa are you talking about. Hmm nafisa...nafisa? I don't remember her" Dee tried to remember.

"Come on dije. Our nafeesa now. Nafeesa our regular quarrelling partner" meena hit her head.

"Remember her right now" she knocked her again.

"Don't tell me nafisa jamo? Ya Allah? I can't believe it. Was she sick?" Ameena wiped the mist at the corner of her eye.

"I felt so bad too. She wasn't sick it was her time. I could remember we didn't fought on grad day" meena bitterly spoke.

"Exactly we even cracked jokes. So that was our last encounter. That was just her span of life. May her soul rest in peace" dee prayed.

"Ameen" meena answered and they continued gisting.

"Assalamu alaykum" they heard a voice. Khalifa was back already.

When he entered the parlour, his heart nearly stopped beating. A sweat dropped from his forehead. This was his bride to be in his house.

Meena looked at him and she nearly screamed but she composed her self.

Oh God!

"Meet my lost but found best friend and the newest bride in town dear" dee showed meena and he gulped.

"Sannu ko (weldone) welcome to our house our newest bride, it's nice meeting you" he plastered a guffaw on his face.

"Good evening our husband. Nice meeting you here. I hope you are treating her well" meena calmly spoke.

Khadijah kept grinning watching her husband and best friend exchange greetings.

"I am" he curtly replied and went in. When there was no trace of him, meena patted khadijah.

"What's this dije? Wouldn't you go and see him. Nothing nothing? No welcome hug or ki-.."

"Don't disturb me please meenah" khadijah cut her off.

Meena sighed and smiled inwardly. She numbered this as 'one' at the back of her mind. She shrugged off and they continued gisting.

She wished dee doesn't know how to cook food very well.

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"Welcome back yaya (bro). It's nice staying in your home" fateeyya grinned.

He frowned.

Fatiyya gulped, why was he not answering her? Why did he frowned?

"Thank you sister" he also grinned imitating her. He stood up, went to the fridge to grab a bottle of water. He rushed it down his throat and puffed an air.

'Why?'

"Fatiyya" he called out absentmindedly.

"Bro, what's wrong with you to be precise?"

"Where is halima;my wife"? He shoved his hand on his hair.

" we don't know too" yasmeen came out of the guest's room grinning.

"Who is she"? He directed the question at fatiyya.

" erm..you know..she's.. " fatiyya stammered.

"Who the hell is she?"

"She's my friend!" she shouted out of fear.

Why was he angry? Yasmeen thought too.

"Does my house looks like a club? Huh? Look at how dressed she is"

He hissed.

Yasmeen looked so pathetic.

"Bro i saw aunty halima entering the gatekeeper's room" fateeyya spoke.

"What?" His eyes went red.

"Yes she had been going there since when i came to this house. I wanted to talk to her but i couldn't" she broke into fake tears and yasmeen joined her.

"Look at this" they presented him the video.

He collected it and watch then gave them back their phone. He went straight to his room and pulled out his belt. He was trying to sum up things.

What was happening? What went wrong? He came out and still met them at the parlour. He dipped his hand into his pocket and brought out his phone.

"And this?" He handed fatiyya the phone.

When she started watching the content, her hands started shaking and she nearly dropped the phone. She gave yasmeen to have a look too.

"Answer me right now!" He thundered.

"Erm erm bro.." She trailed off and he started sending his belt to fatiyya's body and then to yasmeen.

"Answer me now! Who is this?"

"I am the one" fatiyya answered.

"And who's the recorder"?

" i am" yasmeen answered wiggling confuse of where to scratch first.

"What were you doing?" He sent another hit.

"Pushing aunty halima"

"Recording" they answered simultaneously.

"Good" he smiled and collected his phone.

"Now let's go" and they followed him like controlled robot.

"Enter" he ordered as he opens the gatekeeper's room.

They obeyed and entered surprised. Where's halima?

"Have a nice stay in your new home, you are coming out in the next six hours. Enjoy" he slammed the door.

He slightly knocked at halima's room and pushed the door.

She was curled at the end of the room;still sobbing. He sighed and approached her.

"Its okay hun" he patted her shoulder. When she remembered the glare he sent down her ways when he was opening her, another sob escaped.

"Its okay please. I know you can make mistake but how could you stoop this low? How will you let small children to outsmart you? But its fine. I understand this is a kind of mistake me and you can commit. Stop crying hun, your tears burn me down" he talked in a soothing way.

She wiped away her tear and nodded.

"Go and take your bath. We are going on a couple date" he smiled.

"Your car? And fatiyya?" She asked.

"I parked the car outside to surprise you. When i came in i saw you coming out through the back door then i hid not wanting you to see me. Then i saw them recording when fateyy pushed you so i recorded too. They are now enjoying their newest home" he laughed.

"But..."

"No don't beg me" he raised his hands.

Few minutes later, they came out all clad in their nice outfits.

"Hey. My humble wife asked me to open you guys while you are enjoying your new home. She's such a fun killer right? Don't mind her.

Fatiyya and yasmeen just keep mum.

" we are going out. Enjoy your new home to the fullest. Get back in."

"Sorry please brother. I swear it is not my doing" Fatiyya pleaded.

"Oh i forgot its my doing forgive me please," he joined his hands.

"Hun pleasee pardon them," Halimah pleaded.

"You see my wife wants to kill your fun. Have a talk with her"

"Sorry sister Halimah. I am sorry i mean we are sorry."

"Don't worry. I have forgiven you two" she plastered an assuring smile.

"Its not my fault. I was asked to." She cried.

"By who?" Halimah and Hafeez asked at the same time.

Thank you.