Chapter 33: Chapter 33

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Faisal sauntered downstairs needing a hot cup of coffee. He has been working for hours now in his room and sleep was starting to take over so in order to drive the sleep, he needed a cup of coffee. He walks to the kitchen where he saw Umm Rasheed and some other maids arranging the plates.

He sat on a stool close to the refrigerator when he entered. Umm Rasheed gave him a once over then turn back to what she was doing. Lately that has been what is going on between Faisal and Umm Rasheed. She avoid him like a plague.

" I need a cup of coffee Nanny, please " he said trying to get her attention back.

The other maids scrabbled out of the kitchen quickly leaving the two behind. Umm Rasheed didn't answer, instead she continued what she was doing.

Faisal sighed " please Umm Rasheed talk to me"

She drops the plate in her hand in anger which then made a loud sound " if you want coffee then get it yourself " she snapped

" But you always make the best cup of coffee" he tried lightning her mood

She shot him a hard glare " your tactics will never work on me Faisal. You've broken whatever relationship I had with you the moment you drove that innocent girl out of this house "

He groaned then rubbed his face " Not this topic again "

She shook her head at him " You've change. This isn't you Faisal. Why are you behaving like someone that has no common sense! Does kalthum love meant nothing to you? "

He stood up then paced round the kitchen " Of course Nanny I loved her. You of all people should no that. Wallahi I loved her fisabilillah. She is the only woman that has ever captured my heart and it hurt to see that she betrayed me "

" You keep on talking about betrayal when the real person that betray the other in this relationship is you. You were the one that betrayed her love for you. You drove her like she was a dog." She sniffled softly

" It hurts me alot son. I didn't raise you to be like this. Why in the world did you make a rash decision? Why didn't you even listen to her own side. I taught you better "

Faisal heaved a sigh. He hate seeing Umm Rasheed in tears

" You don't need to pretend as if you aren't disturb by her absence in this house. I know something in you is scolding you but why are you trying to lock that side off. Look at you, you've become so thin due to all the late night work Faisal. You decided to use your work as a leverage acting like you don't regret what you did " she wiped her tears

" why did you do this Faisal? Why? "

" I got jealous OK! I got jealous" his breathing became rage. "I planned to asked her when I was on my way home from the hospital "

" Then why didn't you? "

" Nanny why does it matter? She did what she was accused of anyways. If not, then what was she doing with that man? If she was innocent, she would have told me since we were in a relationship but she didn't. What did you expect me to think? Of course she is guilty. You need to bel__" he was cut off by a hot slap on the face.

" Just shut up already! "

He held his face dumbfounded at what just happened " you slapped me? "

" Yes and I'll do it over and over again."

" You slapped me because of her? "

" Yes. You need a wake up call Faisal. Drop this foolishness of yours already and be a man. Go to Kalthum and find out the truth please. "

"I can't "

" Why?" her voice croaked " why can't you? Why are you behaving like this? " She was concerned for him " please talk to me son. I want to know why your heart is at a denial. I want to know every thoughts in your head. Please talk to me "

He stared at her. His eyes bloodshot " I'm scared " he uttered

Nanny shot him a warm look " what are you scared about? "

He sat back on the stool. He put his head in his hand " I'm hurting too. I felt hurt for driving her away like that. I really do. Since the day she stepped foot out of this house, I always regret doing that to her "

" Then why did you do it? "

He sighed " When the incident with mom happened, they're just too much people that wanted her to leave. It get so annoying hearing them talk badly about her and I just don't even know how I let's their thoughts affect me. I began to have conflicted feelings. I began to think about the what ifs. What if she actually pushed mom on purpose? I asked myself . I don't even know what got to me that day "

" Then when I was on my way home to asked for her side of the story, that was when the pictures entered and I was enraged. I was disappointed that she didn't even tell me that she met Bashir. I was angry seeing how comfortable she was around him. For Allah's sake Nanny, she even hugged him! "

Nanny shook her head " Then why didn't you just confront her about it "

" I planned on doing so when I got home and when I finally got home, just imagine what I saw. She was sitting with you people laughing when she should be feeling guilty about what happened to mom. Then I just snapped I guess. The pictures actually added more fuel to all the problems" he groaned

" I'm tired of all the dramas Nanny. I think it's best we broke things off. Maybe relationship aren't meant for me after all. " he shrugged

" you can't just say that Faisal. Yes, you made a very grave mistake but sometimes we also learn from our mistakes and by doing so you become a better person "

He stared at Nanny with a sad expression " why don't you want to believe that she did what she is accused of? I just want to know your reason for trusting her completely. What if she isn't who we thought she is? "

Nanny smiled " You of all people should know that Kalthum is very open. One can easily read her like an book and from what I've noticed so far about her, she isn't that kind of girl that throws herself at men. She is well educated and calm. You of all people should know this "

" I really don't know what to think Nanny. I'm tired of living in self pity . I just want to know the whole truth about everything. I have so much going on in my head right now and if I don't get answers I might regret doing more things that shouldn't be done. "

She heaved a sigh " Then go to her "

" Do you think she will want to see my face after what I did to her? You should know better Nanny" he rubbed his face

" You brought all this upon yourself Faisal and you should be the one to clear it all. I have nothing else to say to you than that. " she dropped the last plate then faced him " I'm heading to my room now. Good night "

Nanny left him all alone feeling dejected. He groaned loudly then went forward to prepare his coffee himself. The coffee didn't taste exactly as how Nanny usually made it but he drank it nevertheless. He promise himself that one way or the other he'll have to meet Kalthum  to know the real truth and that is if she will listen.

***

" You can't be serious. That jerk did that to you?! How dare him! " Zainab yelled. She went outrageous after hearing what Faisal did to Kalthum.

Kalthum tried calming her but zainab being zainab doesn't want to hear any of it. All she want to do right now is to claw out Faisal's face.

" Please Zainab you need to calm down. Don't forget that your parent are downstairs they might think something is happening here. "

Zainab huffs " I just can't believe this kalthum. Why didn't you tell me on time? So if I didn't force you to come here you won't even tell me? "

" of course I'll tell you. You're my best friend after all " Kalthum tried soothing her.

" He hasn't tried contacting you since then? "

" Nope " Kalthum shook her head " I won't even pick it even if he tried "

" That jerk! "

They heard a knock . Their heads jerk to the door.

" Who is there? " Zainab asked with an eye roll even though she knew who that was.

" it's me zainab . I'm sure you already know who it is " Jamil said from outside

Kalthum faced palmed. She groaned " what does he want? "

" What do you want ya jamil? "

" I just want to borrow your charger. That's all. "

Zainab stood up, she went to pick the charger up from where she kept it then walk to the door and open it " here it is "

Jamil collect it from her but still tried looking inside the room " I hope Kalthum is doing fine. I heard one of you screaming the other time "

" Yes she is. Is that all? " Zainab asked with raised brows. She knew the charger was an excuse for him to see Kalthum.

He rubbed his neck " well... There is this new ice cream shop that a friend of mine just opened. I don't know if you two will love to go. Today is their opening day and I was told to invite as much friend I can "

Zainab's eyes sparkles in joy. She loves ice-cream but on a second thought, she doesn't know if Kalthum will love to go especially now that she is still suffering from her break up.

" I'm not sure if kalthum will love to go " she said instead.

Jamil raised a brows at her as if telling her to ask Kalthum first before making decisions for her  " is that true Kalthum? You don't want to go ?" he pushed zainab out of the way as he asked Kalthum who didn't expect him to come in all of a sudden.

She opened her mouth to talk but the words refuses to come out " I.. I.."Kalthum heaved a sigh.

" I'll go" she finally said clearly. At least it might help elevate her spirit a little.

Zainab watched Kalthum with mouth agape.

A wide smile spread across jamil's face " Alright then. I'll give you guys thirty minutes to prepare "

" ok" Kalthum nodded

Jamil flashed her another small smile then he left them.

Zainab speed to the bed " do you just know what you just signed up for? "

" Let's just get ready Zainab. Who would miss a chance like this. I love free ice-cream" Kalthum smiled at her still surprised friend

" OK then. Don't say I didn't warn you fa. You know how ya jamil is, he will try getting your attention for the whole day "

Kalthum laughed it off " That reminds me "

" what is it? " zainab raised a brow

" Did you know that  ya jamil called me some weeks ago at the Dantata house? Imagine my surprise " Kalthum told her

" He did what? " Zainab couldn't believe it " How did he get your number? "

Kalthum shrugged " I really don't know. I even thought you gave it to him "

" I did not. You know I'll never do that unless you told me to give him "

Kalthum sighed " Well he did call. He is still on the insistent that he loves  me and all that. I really don't know what to tell your brother before he can finally leave me alone. I'm not the one for him "

" Soon enough he must get used to the Idea. Let's just forget my brother for now"

" yeah " Kalthum nodded agreeing

***

At the ice-cream shop

" look at how she is practically throwing herself at him " Kalthum giggles then put a scoop of ice-cream in her mouth.

They decided to enjoy their day by gossiping about some girls who happens to also be friends of jamil. From mere looking at them one would know that they are jamil's admires. That guy knows how to make ladies fan over him, Kalthum thought.

They congratulated the owner of the shop the moment they entered . He happens to be so different from jamil. He looks so calm that one must wonder why a guy like him must be doing with jamil. He welcomed them well and made sure to satisfied them with whatever ice cream flavor they want.

" The one with the blue Vail won't just stop " Zainab said as she stared at the particular girl in blue.

That exact moment jamil met Kalthum's eyes then he flashed her a smile. He has been doing that since those girl left him with zero breathing space. He thought Kalthum might be jealous or something.

Kalthum also waved at him with a smile " Your brother must be thinking I'm jealous of those ladies right now "

Zainab burst out laughing " Then he must be stupid to think that. "

Kalthum also giggled " you're mean. For Allah's sake he is your brother "

" Who cares. He is a Casanova after all"

Some minutes later they finally decided to call it a day. Their outing was actually worth it because they sure enjoyed themselves.

" Thanks alot for the ice-creams. They all look so lovely and delicious " Zainab told jamil friend truthfully.

" Thanks alot and I wish to see more of your faces. It was actually nice having you ladies here "

Zainab waved it off " we should be the one doing the thanking. I definitely need to tell my other friends about this ice-cream shop. They will love to patronize you because of how lovely the ice-creams are "

" That will really mean alot to me "

Kalthum left the talking to Zainab. She waited patiently for Zainab to finish whatever thing she was saying to Jamil's friend. Whereas Jamil kept sending the looks to Kalthum which actually made her uncomfortable.

Zainab finally end her thank you speech then turn to look at Kalthum " let's get going "

Jamil went over to his friend to whisper some few things to him then later came back to join Kalthum and his sister.

" I'll drop you guys home " he offered.

" You don't need to bother ,ya jamil. We can manage and moreover your friend needs you here " Kalthum said

" I can still come back " he shrugged

**

Faisal watched as the guy refuses to leave Kalthum alone. He notice how hard she tried to make him understand whatever it is she was saying but the guy wasn't having it. Faisal glared when he notice how the guy kept looking at her like she was the most beautiful thing in the world.

She was his, he thought. No one gets to look at her that way.

Because of the jealousy he was feeling , he didn't know when he opened the door and dashed out of the car. He went to meet them.

The guy (jamil) stops mid sentence when he saw Faisal " Can we help you?"

Kalthum almost gasped as she saw Faisal's hard look on her.

Zainab also became alarmed. She knew this was the almighty Faisal Dantata that broke her friend's heart.

" I'M HERE FOR MY GIRLFRIEND"