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Zarah's POV
"Ya Farooq!, how did you know I was here?

"Dear sister you might be good at disappearing but horrible at hiding, you've been on my Facebook and instagram stalking i hired someone to trace your fake name and I got an address and I also found out I was an uncle..."

"You sacred us, what were you thinking just walking always from home without telling anyone and all the way to India for God knows how long, the whole family was already shattered we didn't need to lose you too and ..," He was no way to the end of his long speech before I ran into his arms tears running down my face as Faisal joined in the family hug, we were like that for almost 10 minutes before I felt a little tug on my gown "mummy I really need to pee"'came his sweet as an angle voice.

"Okay now let's go" I said breaking the hug. "Help your selves to a sit I'll be right back" I said before lifting him up and into the hallway that led to the toilet.

"Mum who were those men" he asked curiosity oozing out from his eyes.

"Your uncles"

"So I have uncles but I don't have a papa" he said trying to calculate the odds with his small head.

"You have a papa and you're going to meet him soon, okay"

"Really mama"

"Yes soldier now let's go and meet your uncles"

"Uncle uncle!!!" He said running back to meet them while I followed behind.

"Yes son"

"I have a papa and I have a helicopter and tiny soldier toys and a grandma and aunt Amisha and, Rohini Grandma, Abisheikh Grandpa and Arif papa and I'll soon have a million dollars" he said all in one breath.

"Wow that's so much you are really rich"

" I know mummy tells me everyday" he said shaking his cute black hair

Minutes passed as Adeel kept talking so I set back to the kitchen to fix a meat for my brothers before heading to bed

"Zarah where's he?" Ya Faisal asked turning towards where I was standing.

"Who's he?" I asked faking oblivious

"Your mr right" He said and just as I was about to answer Arif walked in holding a bag of groceries.

"Salamualaikum" he said walking in.

"Walaikum salam" we all answered in unison

"Oh hello, babe you never told me we had guest"

"Babe?!" Faisal said smirking

"Arif meet my brothers Faisal and Farouk, ya Faisal, ya Farouk he's Arif my fiancé"

"Fiancé!!" Ya Farouk said scrutinizing Arif from head to toe

"Yes he proposed early today and we've been friends for three years" I said defensively

"Who brings groceries at the time of the night?" Faisal said taking the bag from Arifs hand who now stood defenseless against my overprotective brothers .

"I told him I needed somethings from the mart and he was busy so he brought them by now" I said now standing in front of  Arif

"Mummy I'm sleepy"Adeel said almost falling down the stairs giving me a scare before Arif caught him.

"Easy there soldier lets get you to bed" Arif said picking him up.

"Stop right in your tracks young man, Zarah take him to bed I want to have a word with him" He said authoritatively

"But..." I said trying to save Arif

"No buts missy move" He said in finality

"Good luck" I whispered to Arif before taking Adeel from him and heading up the stairs to his room

"Mummy are they going to beat papa" Adeel asked as I was tucking him to bed.

"We hope not" I said sincerely

"I like Arif papa" he said closing his eyes

"I like him too" I said kissing his forehead before turning off the lights and leaving the room to go save Arif before my brothers remove his head.

"Ya Faisal it's okay he's not a thief he's my fiancé and before you say anything we are not rushing into anything" i said walking into the room seeing my brother giving Arif  a manly hug making my whole speech go to waste.

"I leave the room for what? Five minutes and you get beaten and later hugged... Explain how that happens please and why the hug." I said scrutinizing Arif's face and he now had a broken nose, bursted lip and a  slightly swollen eye so I turned towards to toilet to get the first aid kit and came back to treat his wounds and no one answered so I continued.

"I cant believe you guys, you could have killed him and what for, for loving me? How about you guys go kill that bastard that cheated on me, lied to me and still got away with it, what am I even saying it's my fault I was blinded at first. I  barely knew him and I had gotten married to him less that six months after we met and now every night I have to assure my son he'll meet his father and every birthday I have to lie again and again and I'm just tired of the looks people give me every time I go out and I ...." I was still talking with tears already rolling down my cheeks when Arif pulled me into a hug drawing smoothing circles on my back.

"Zarah, we came here for two reasons, the first one was to beg you to come back home and the second was to tell you the story of what happened after you left so hopefully you would come back home." Ya Faisal said taking a sit next to Ya Farooq on the three sitter he turned briefly to look at Ya Farooq who just nodded before continuing.

"Two days after you left mom asked dad to leave the house and also for a divorce which dad refused and it went on for weeks and one day mom had a heart attack and was at the hospital for almost 8 months and every time she woke up she kept asking for you, dad on the other hand came back to tell us the whole story but no one would listen to on his drive back to his hotel where he had been staying he had an accident which left him paralyzed from the waist down, Samira our dear sister (note the sarcasm) withheld Amir's company because unfortunately he has signed it off in her name leaving him with nothing so he's back to nothing and his parents disowned him..." He paused cleaning his tears as I just sat there shocked on the amount of pain I had caused my family by selfishly only thinking of my self.

"The good news is that I and Aisha are engaged, Mum is better, Mum and dad are back together, Samira wants us to forgive her but she's being tried in court for being a suspect in her mothers death and Amir well I don't know where he is" He said putting on a smile that didn't reach his eyes.

"I am so sorry, I ruined my family, I almost killed my parents and now I have a son that heart broken it's all my fault" I said falling out of Arif's arms but he was quick to hold me down.

"It's okay you were also not in a good place and it's not your fault okay it's never your fault" he said holding me tight as if trying to push my broken pieces back together.

"Arif it's my fault" and before I could say more he kissed me shutting me up as he carried me bridal style to my room and dropped me on my bed never leaving my side till I fell asleep.

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I woke the next morning with a splitting headache I went up to my closet brought down my box as I started arranging my things in it, that took about forty minutes before I went to get my laptop where I started searching for the next flight back to Nigeria and there was one leaving four hours from then and I wanted booking it but as went back to my bedside drawer to get my purse I said three tickets to Nigeria for the next day and I was sure it was Arif so I just smiled to my self as I headed back to Adeel's room to help him pack when I saw a box already set by the corner of the room and an involuntary smile crept up my lips and I walked back to the kitchen with was joined to the dining and parlor and I saw someone on the couch as I walked down to check who it was I noticed it was Arif and I just shaved my head and headed to the kitchen to make breakfast, I turned on the coffee maker and the toast after fixing bread in it and started picking out the ingredients for my Irish potato and egg mix. I was still cooking when Arif got up with his Afro all bushy and his top squeezed as he got up and walk towards me with a smile.

"Morning beautiful, what you cooking?" He asked as his arms found their way to my waist.

"Morning ogre, potatoes and egg" I said giggling as he kissed the nape of my neck.

"Someone could walk in you know" I said trying to pry him off me but he didn't budge

"I don't care" And just Ya Farooq walked in looking all bossed up which made Atif immediately fix him self and I chuckled.

"Morning" he said walking to the couch.

"Morning" we replied in unison.

Breakfast was served and we eat in silence except for when Adeel kept making noise we all got up and Arif helped me clear up.

"I'll have to go home and get my things ready for the trip back home, I already told my mum I was bringing her daughter in law and she is psyched to meet you."

"I can't wait either." I said before kissing his cheek and seeing him to the door before he left.

NIGERIA