Author : Asmeetah writer Category : African Stories & Novels
Alhamdulillah.”
Cikin ƙasaita da izza ya fito daga motar, farin suit ne a jikinsa da gilashi akan dara-daran idanunsa. A mashigar kamfanin ma wasu security ne, yana shiga kai tsaye ya nufi ginin babban office ɗinsa da ke saman bene, ko kallon gefe baya yi, sai kamshin turarensa da ya cika sararin wajen. Duk ma'aikata sai gaishe shi suke, da haka ya nufi can upstairs...
Amal ta miƙe a zabure, zuciyarta kamar za ta fito ta hancinta.
Ta nufi security da gudu ta ce
"Dan Allah naga ya zo, inason ganinsa... ku sanar masa ina nan."
Security ɗin suka kalle ta da mamaki, ɗayan ya ce:
"Ashe baki tafi ba har yanzu? Mun manta ma kina nan."
Sai suka kalli juna, daga bisani ɗaya ya ɗaga wayarsa ya ƙira office ɗin sama...
A cikin ofis kuwa, Maleekh yana zaune a kujerarsa mai juyawa, yana duba wasu takardu. Telephone kan table ta fara ringing, ya yi shiru bai ɗauka ba har sai da ta jima tana ruri. Daga ƙarshe ya ɗauka a gajiye...
Muryar da ke can ta ce:
"Sir, akwai ba'kuwa tana son ganinka a ƙasa."
Maleekh ya ɗan yi shiru, bai ma tambaya ko wacece ba, sai kawai ya ce da gajeriyar murya:
"Let her in."
Bayan ya sauƙe wayar, sai ga knocking.
Ya bada izini, wata ma’aikaciyar kamfanin ta shigo da takardu. Bayan ta gaishe shi, ta fara bayani cikin nutsuwa:
"Sir, wannan ne jadawalin ribar da muka samu cikin sati, da kuma matsalolin da muke fuskanta a kasuwa..."
Suna cikin wannan tattaunawa sai ga wani knocking a ƙofa. Maleekh ya ɗan tsuke fuska, ya ce:
"Come in."
Security ne ya shigo, sai kuma Amal ce ta biyo bayansa...
A hankali Maleekh ya ɗago kai ya kalli bakin ƙofa, sai kawai eyes ɗinsa suka sauƙa akan kaɗaɗden fuskar Amal, wacce ta sha wahala, fuskar tayi fari ƙal kamar ba jini a jikinta...
Ji yayi duniyar kamar ta tsaya cak.
Ya zazzaro da idanunsa kamar wanda aka fizge shi daga mafarki...
"Amal...?!" ya faɗa a zabure, ya miƙe tsaye da sauri daga kujerarsa.
Amal ta tsaya a bakin ƙofa, hawaye na zuba daga idonta, zuciyarta cike da farin cikin ganin sa.
Shi kuma zuciyarsa ta buga da ƙarfin gaske tsakanin ƙiyayya da soyayya da mamakin zuwanta Abuja...
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Ofishin ya yi shiru, sai ƙarar AC da ƙaramin turirin shishan da ya fara fita daga gefe..
Maleekh ya tsaya cike da mamaki, hannayensa a dafe saman tableɗingabansa, yana kallon Amal kamar zai cinye ta. Amal kuwa ta kasa magana, sai hawayen da ke bin kuncinta.
Cikin ƙasa da murya ta ce:
"Na zo ne... don na ganka."
Maleekh kallon ma'aikaciyarsa yayi sannan yayi mata nuni da ta basu wuri, shi kuwa Security yana kawo ta ya juya...
Maleekh ya yi dariya mai cike da ciwo, ya dafe ƙirji yana kallonta.
"Kin zo Abuja... bayan abinda kika yi mun? Bayan wulakancin da kika yi a bainar jama’a, kike da ƙarfin halin tsayawa a gabana?"
Amal ta ɗan runtse ido, zuciyarta na tsananta bugawa ta ce
"Ban zo in yi faɗa ba, Maleekh... ban zo in tuna da baya ba. Na zo ne saboda zuciyata bata iya haƙuri da rashin ka ba."
Ya matsa kusa da ita, yana hura numfashi mai ƙona zuciya ya ce
"Rashi na? Haba Amal! Ni kike faɗa wa haka? Kin manta da marin da kika mun a bainar jama’a? Kin manta da wulakanci? Kin manta da mutuncin da kika zubar mun?"
Amal ta share hawayen fuskarta da sauri, tana mayar da ƙarfin hali ta ce
"Eh, na tuna da duk abinda ya faru. Amma ni mace ce... zuciyata baza ta taɓa ƙin ka ba. Ina sonka Maleekh, amma ban yarda da kai ba har yanzu. Ina son in ga gaskiyar zuciyarka."
Maleekh ya tsaya cak, ya ɗan ja numfashi da ƙarfi, sannan ya yi murmushi mai sauti, murmushin da ya ɓoye muguwar manufa.
"Kin zo Abuja don ki tabbatar da zuciyata? To, Amal... zan nuna miki zuciyata. Amma ki shirya... soyayyata ba zata zo miki a sauƙaƙe ba."
Ya juya da sauri ya koma kujerarsa, ya zauna yana juyawa da kujerar, ya buga table da ƙarfi sannan ya ce
"Amal, ke ce kika sa na zubda hawayen baƙinciki. Zan sa ki biya duk abinda kika yi... ta hanyar soyayya."
Amal ta kalle shi da idanu masu cike da fargaba da soyayya a lokaci guda, zuciyarta na bugawa a hankali ta furta
“Shin so ne ko fansa yake nufi?”
Maleekh ne ya ɗago yana kallonta, lokaci guda ya saki murmushi sannan ya taso ya zo front ɗinta tare da riƙo hannun ta a hankali, yana kallon fuskarta cikin nuna kalar tausayi ya ce
"Akwai kalmar da kika faɗa… Amal. Ina son ki maimaita mun."
Amal ta runtse idonta, hawaye na tsiyaya a fuskarta, sannan cikin rauni ta furta:
"Ina sonka Maleekh…"
A hankali ya saki ajiyar zuciya, ya zaro murmushi wanda ya gauraye da jin daɗi da wata muguwar manufa ya ce
"Kin san me Amal? Duk soyayyar da za ki nuna mun… bazata kai wanda nake miki ba. Ni na riga na nutse a cikin sonki fiye da yanda kike zato. Kin zo Abuja saboda ni, and I appreciate you for that."
Amal ta share hawayenta da hannunta tana kallon shi cikin tsantsar gaskiya ta ce
"Ban iya zaman kadaici ba… nayi gwagwarmaya da kaina, amma zuciyata ta kasa daina tunaninka."
Ya matso sosai, ya kamo fuskarta da hannunsa, yana shafar gefen kuncinta da yatsa ya ce
"Kin tabbatar min da matsayina a zuciyarki… matsayi wanda babu wanda ya isa ya kwace. Ki kwantar da hankalinki Amal, Maleekh bazai taɓa gujenki ba. Na yi nesa da ganin ki, amma a zuciyata… kina kusa da ni kullum."
Amal ta yi ɗan dariya mai sauti, cikin hawaye tana jin kamar an sauƙe mata nauyin da take ɗauka tun tsawon lokaci.
Ta yi saurin faɗowa jikinsa, ta jingina kanta a faffadar kirjinsa, tana shakar ƙamshin turarensa da ke ƙara narkar da ita.
Shi kuwa ya zagaye ta da hannuwansa, yana bubbuga bayanta a hankali tamkar yana rarrashin yaro.
a hankali cikin kunnenta ya ce
"Shhh… komai zai yi kyau…"
Amal ta runtse idonta, ta yi murmushi cikin hawaye, tana jin ɗumin soyayyarsa ya lull6ube ta.
Sai dai a cikin zuciyar Maleekh, wani murmushin gefen baki ya bayyana. Wannan farin ciki da yake ji ba wai saboda soyayya ba ne, saboda nasarar matakin farko na ɗaukan fansa ne.
Yana maganar zuci
"Zan barta ta nutse sosai cikin soyayya… zan barta ta saba da ni har ta daina iya numfashi ba tare da ni ba. Daga baya… sai na karye zuciyarta. Zai fi komai daɗi in ga Amal da kanta tana neman Maleekh, amma Maleekh yana juya mata baya."
Sai ya lumshe ido, ya jingina habarsa saman gashinta, yana ci gaba da dariya a zuciyarsa.
Ita kuwa Amal tana jin zuciyarta ta samu wurin hutu, tana hawayen farin ciki a kan kirjinsa.
Bayan suka gama rungumar juna a office ɗinsa, Maleekh ya ɗan ja Amal da hannunta cikin natsuwa ya ce
"Na san yunwa ta galabaita mun da ke… bari mu fita restaurant, kin sha wahala daga jiya har yau."
Amal ta yi ƙoƙarin share ragowar hawaye a fuskarta tana ɗan murmushi ta ce
"Wallahi gaskiya ne, ban ci komai ba tun jiya…"
Maleekh ya ƙara sakin murmushi, yana kallonta da wani irin yanayi da zai sa kowace mace jin daɗi. Ya ce
"To shikenan, yau ni zan ciyar da masoyiyata."
A haka suka fita yana riƙe da hannunta, suna fita harabar kamfanin wurin parking motoci suka nufa, yana zuwa ya buɗe murfin gaba ta shige, sannan ya zaga yo driver side ya shiga shima, a ɗari suka bar kamfanin....
Security da suka mata wulakanci ganin yanda ta samu matsayi yasa suka shiga mamaki, har suna faɗin
"Yarinyar da muka raina wa wayo ashe ba ƙarama bace, cabbb Allah ya taimake mu kada ta sanar wa Boss abinda muka mata..."
Haka suka gama mitar su...
Maleekh da Amal ne suka nufi wani babban restaurant mai kyau. Amal tana zaune tana dube-duben ƙawataccen wurin. Maleekh kuwa yana ta duba menu yana zaɓa mata abinci da ruwan sha.
Bayan sun ci abinci sosai, ya ɗan jingina ya na kallonta da murmushi. Ya ce
"Na san kin gaji sosai… bari mu wuce gida ki huta."
Amal ta ɗago kai tana kallonsa da sauri ta ce
"Gida kuma? Wane gida kake nufi?..."
Maleekh ya ce
"Gidana da nake hutawa. Ba komai a can sai nutsuwa. Zaki huta, zaki sha iska ki samu kwanciyar hankali."
Amal ta girgiza kai da sauri tare da faɗin
"A’a, Maleekh… bazan iya zama a gidanka ba. Na san kai mutum ne mai daraja, amma idan mace da namiji suka haɗu a wuri ɗaya da babu kowa, shaidan ne na ukun su. Ka nema mun gidan wata matar aure kawai, zan kwana acan."
Maleekh ya tsaya yana kallonta, sai ya yi dariya mai taushi. Ya ce
"Amal… kina da imani da tsoron Allah sosai. Wannan shi ya sa nake ƙaunarki. Amma idan hakan ke damunki, to shikenan… zan kai ki gidan mu."
Amal ta zaro ido da mamaki. Ta ce
"Gidan ku kuma? Kai… ina tsoron iyayenka. Me zasu yi tunani idan suka ganni?..."
Maleekh ya ɗan jingina ya na kallonta da ido mai cike da sirri ya ce
"Kar ki damu da wannan, masoyiyata. Ni na fi kowa sanin iyayena. Zan gabatar da ke da kwarin gwiwa, domin ni ban zan taɓa ɓoye ki ba."
Amal ta kasa ɗauke idonta daga nasa. Zuciyarta ta cika da farin ciki. Ta furta cikin natsuwa..
"Ka tabbata babu matsala?..."
Ya jinjina kai cikin tabbaci. Yana faɗin
"Ba matsala… ki kwantar da hankalinki."
Wannan maganar ta ƙara narkar da Amal, domin a zuciyarta ta tabbatar da cewa Maleekh da gaske yake sonta.
"Toh kenan… wannan shi ne soyayya ta gaskiya," ta faɗa a zuciyarta.
Shi kuwa a ransa murmushin gefen baki ya sake bayyana. Wani sashe na zuciyarsa yana jin kamar ya ci nasara sosai domin ya san zai fi sauƙi ya karya ta idan ya riga ya gabatar da ita da iyayensa....
Bayan sun kammala gidansu, Maleekh ya nufa da ita..
Arfat da Islam suna zaune a babban falon gidan suna hira da dariya, kowannensu da waya a hannu. Cikin ɗan lokaci sai suka ji ƙarar motar da ta shigo harabar gidan.
Da sauri suka leƙa daga window, suka gane motar Yayan su ce. Duk suka koma zaune cikin shirin tarbarshi.
Sai ga Maleekh ya shigo cikin falon da sallama mai ƙarfi.
Arfat & Islam cikin fara’a suka ce
“Sannu da dawowa Yaya!”
Maleekh yana amsa musu cikin natsuwa, ya ce
“Yawwa, sannu… .”
Kafin su sake tambayar wani abu, sai ga Amal a bayansa ta shigo cikin gidan da sallama a ranta, tana sunkuyar da kai saboda jin kunya.
Arfat da Islam suka zaro ido suna kallonta da mamaki. Sai ga Farha ta sauƙo daga upstairs, alamar daga ɗakinta ta fito, tana riƙe da glass cup a hannunta mai ɗauke da lemon juice, cikin falon ta shigo ba tare da ta kalli kowa ba, ta zauna tana sha a hankali... ɗago kai tayi zata yi wa Maleekh magana, idonta ne ya sauƙa akan Amal, a zabure ta miƙe da sauri kamar wacce aka mintsina..
Farha cikin ɗaga murya ta ce
“Wacece wannan kuma?…”
Maleekh ya tsaya cak, fuskarshi babu alamar wasa. Ya ce
“Amal ce… matar da zan aura.”
Fuskar Farha ta ƙara canzawa, ta ɗaga muryarta cikin kishi da takaici tana faɗin
“Amal kuma? A cikin wannan gidan?…”
Arfat da Islam ne suka miƙe tsaye
Arfat ta ce
“Amal wannan matsiyaciyar yarinyar nan?”
Islam itama ta ce
“Wallahi Yaya, ka rasa macen da zaka so sai wannan ‘yar talaka?”
Maleekh ya daka musu tsawa har sai da suka razana, ba iya su kaɗai ba hatta Amal dake bayansa sai da ta tsorata,
har suka tsaya cak cikin tsoro..
Maleekh cikin ɗaga murya ya ce
“Ku dakata mun! Shin ina wasa da ku ne?…”
Arfat da Islam suka yi tsumu, zuciyarsu na harbawa saboda sun san Yayan nasu idan ya ɗaga murya, ba mai iya tankwarar da shi...
Farha kuwa ta matse baki cike da kishi, ta kuma furta cikin masifa:
“Ƴar talakawa ce mana! Ka rasa mata sai wannan jakar matsiyaciya zaka kawo mana gida? Ni ɗin meye aibu na?…”
Maleekh yana zazzaro mata ido cikin tsananin ɓacin rai ya ce
“Farha! Gidan ubana ne ko gidan ubanki? Idan kuma baki da amsa, ki yi shiru kafin ki tashi min hankalin da zai sa na kakkarya ki a gidan nan...!”
Arfat da gudu ta haura stairs, zuciyarta na ɓari, ta je ta ƙira Ammy da gaggawa.
Ba a jima ba sai ga Ammy ta fito daga ɗaki da hanzari ta sauƙo falo, fuskar ta cike da masifa da mamaki. kallo ɗaya tayi wa Amal tayi saurin kawar da kanta tana kallon Maleekh..
cikin ɓacin rai ta ce
“ Maleekh saboda ka raina mutane yanzu abun naka har ya kai ka kawo mana wannan matsiyaciya gidan nan? Wato duk duniya ka rasa mace sai wannan jakar marar mutunci?…”
Amal ta sunkuyar da kanta, ta kasa cewa komai, hawaye na taruwa a idonta.
Maleekh kuwa yana kallon Ammy ya ce
“Ammy, ki saurare ni da kyau. Duk masifar da za ki yi, na yanke hukuncina. Dole Amal ta zauna a gidan nan, babu wanda zai hanata. Kuma wanda ya wulakanta ta tamkar ya wulakanta ni ne.”
Falon ya ɗauki shiru. Arfat da Islam suka shiga tsoron kallon Yayan nasu, suna taɓa juna da alamun tsoro.
Maleekh ya juya ya kalli Islam da idon da yasa ta firgita.. Ya ce
“Islam, tashi ki je ki gyara mata ɗaki. Ina so ta samu wurin kwana mai kyau.”
Islam ta tsaya cak tana kallon Ammy, amma saboda tsananin tsoron Yayan natan yasa ta juya cikin jin haushi ta tafi ɗakin domin shirya wurin....
Ammy ta cije lebenta, amma babu yanda ta iya domin ta san halin ɗanta idan ya tsaya akan abu mai mai dakatar da shi sai Abbansa...
Maleekh ya juyo ya kamo hannun Amal, ya zaunar da ita a kan babban sofa, ya furta cikin natsuwa da izza
“Ki zauna a nan, ki kwantar da hankalinki. Ana kammala gyara miki ɗaki sai ki shiga ki huta. Kin ji?”
Amal ta ɗaga kai a hankali, zuciyarta cike da tsoro da kunya, amma kuma tana jin wani farin ciki na musamman cewa Maleekh ya tsaya tsayin daka saboda ita.
Farha kuwa ta kasa zama. Kishi ya rufe mata ido, tana ta hararar Amal kamar idanunta za su faɗo. Zuciyarta na karyewa, tana jin kamar duniya ta tsaya mata saboda yadda Maleekh ya fito fili ya kare Amal a gaban kowa.
Bayan Islam ta gyara ɗakin da ƙyar saboda tsoron Yayan ta, Maleekh ya kai Amal da kansa...
Cikin tausasawa ya ce
“Kin ga! Ki kwantar da hankalinki, ki huta sosai. Ni zan koma part ɗina. Idan kin buƙaci wani abu, ki sanar.”
Amal ta gyaɗa kai cikin kunya, ta ce cikin murya mai rauni
“Nagode sosai Yaya Maleekh. Allah ya saka da alheri..”
Maleekh ya dafa kanta ya yi mata murmushi, sannan ya fita daga ɗakin ya nufi part ɗinsa.
Amal ta rufe ƙofar a hankali, ta kwanta a kan gadon. Da hawayen farin ciki da kuma tsoro, ta rinƙa farta addu’o'i a ranta:
“Ya Allah, kai ka san zuciyata da gaskiyata. Kada ka jarabceni da wulakanci. Ka kare min mutuncina, ka tabbatar min da soyayyar da nake gani a fuskar Maleekh…”
Ta rufe idonta, hawaye suka fara silalewa akan kuncinta, zuciyarta na tsaka da farin ciki da tsoro a lokaci guda...
Ba a jima ba sai ƙofar ɗakin ta buɗe da ƙarfi, Amal dake kwance a firgice ta tashi daga kwancen da take. Farha ce ta shigo, fuska cike da ƙiyayya da kishi, tana tafiya a hankali kamar maciji, tsaya cikin izza tana furta..
“Ke! Tashi ki fuskance ni kafin na tashi miki hankali.”
Amal ta tsaya tana kallonta cikin tsoro, ta kasa cewa komai.
Farha ta ƙara matsowa ta cigaba da faɗin
“Kin ji abin da na faɗa ko? Wannan ɗakin ba naki bane, wannan gidan ba naki bane, wannan namijin da kike mafarki da shi ba naki bane! Ni ce wacce zai aura Farha, cikakkiyar yarinya daga gidan masu kuɗi, mai kima da daraja.”
Ta kwaikwayi Amal tana girgiza kai cikin raini ta kuma cewa
“Ke kuwa? Babu abin da kike dashi face tsiya! Ƴar talakawa marar gata, ke da kika rasa komai sai kukan banza. Ki fita daga rayuwar Maleekh kafin ki ga tashin hankali a hannuna.”
Amal ta runtse idonta, hawaye suka cika mata ido. Ta ce cikin rawar murya
“Ni banzo nan domin in karɓe shi daga kowa ba. Soyayya ce ta haɗa mu, kuma shi da kansa ya ce…”
Farha ta dakatar da ita da dariyar rainin hankali ta ce
“Soyayya? Ke da Yaya Maleekh? Haba! Soyayya ce ta makantar dake har kina tunanin zaki zauna a matsayin Amaryar sa? To bari in gaya miki gaskiya wannan gidan zai zubar miki da mutunci ne, idan baki fice da kanki ba.”
Amal ta yi shiru tana kallonta, zuciyarta tana bugawa da sauri. Ba ta so a yi hayaniya ba, amma kalaman Farha sun shiga zuciyarta sosai.
Amal cikin rauni ta ce
“Me yasa za ki ce haka? Ni ban zo nan da niyyar karɓar wanda ba nawa ba. Idan Maleekh ya yanke shawara akanki, ai ni ba zan taɓa tsaya masa a gaba ba.”
Farha ta matso kusa da ita, ta ɗaga gira da isa ta ce
“Kin yi kyau wajen wasa da magana, amma ki sani, ni ba zan bari ki tsaya a tsakanin mu ba. Idan baki fita da kanki ba, to zan tabbatar kin fita da kunya.”
A part d'in Maleekh kuwa, yana zuwa ya shige bathroom
