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The Child Bride – Chapter 5

The Child Bride – Chapter 5

 

The Child Bride – Copyright of AryEmber

 

CHAPTER FIVE

 

5 MONTHS AGO

She looked at all the items in awe, picking them each to be sure she was not dreaming but she wasn’t, this was real.
She fell to her knees suddenly.

“Thank you so much for all of these, may the almighty bless you in abundance! I’m so grateful my husb….”
He clicked his tongue repeatedly and shook his head. “What’s my name Ayi?”
“Erm…. Sorry, thank you Khalid,” she said shyly and bow her head.

“You are saying that on your knees? Get up and smile for me please, that’s all I want.”
Ayisat got up and did as he asked. “Thank you, I….I don’t know how to thank you enough but I’m grateful with all my heart.” She clasped her hands together and bowed her head like someone about to say a prayer and continued to muttered ‘thank you’.

Khalid lifted her chin up and said softly. “You are an intelligent girl and also hardworking. I also know you have the determination to be someone in life and all you need is help, I may not be able to do much but I promise to assist you in any way that I can. Once I have the time, I will look for a good lesson centre for you or hire home tutors if those are what you want.”

“Home tutors are better,” she said quickly. There was no way she would go out and perhaps meet anyone who might inform her mother in law.
He smiled and she wondered whether he sensed her fears.

“That it is then but you will have to manage with these textbooks on your own for a while and I trust you’ll use them wisely, maybe I will join you sometimes.”
She nodded and soon began to rain down prayers on him in their native tongue. He had no choice but to stop her when she would not, even after he stopped saying ‘amen’.

“It’s not that I don’t need the prayers but food to fill my stomach first will be deeply appreciated.” He said with a smile.
“Oh! Of course! I’ll serve dinner right away….. Thank you once again my….. Khalid,” she rushed out before he could complain about the mistake she almost made.

He smiled more widely and shook his head before heading up.
Ayisat was still in daze; he bought her studying materials and even promised her help! This was her creator at work!

Oh, thank you Allah!
She had no idea how far he was willing to help her but she was hopeful, the future had better things in store for her. She smiled happily as she served his food, something she was beginning to enjoy these days.

PRESENT

He heard a movement and looked up to see his wife holding a cup of tea.
“Mother said I should bring you tea,” she said in a low voice, so low he could barely hear her and she had her face down.

He caused this and he knew he did, he made he the girl that feared him again and he had no one to blame but himself…… and maybe his mother.
Oh no, you did the barking and accusing before hearing her out not mother.
Khalid groaned, cursing the voice and himself. He didn’t want her to fear him, he wanted her affections instead.

“Place it on the stool,” he said.
She did that quickly and turned to leave but he stopped her.
“Please wait Ayisat,” he quickly stood up.

Ayisat turned back with her face still down, he moved closer to her and lift her chin up.
“I am so sorry Ayi, I should have listen to you and never raise my voice at you. It’s wrong and I’m truly sorry.”
She nodded. ”I am sorry too.”

He shook his head. ”no, I was wrong and I should be the one to apologize not you, you didn’t do anything wrong. It was mother who forced you to tell her, I know that now and I am sorry for falsely accusing you.”
“I am not offended, you don’t need to apologize.”

He knew she didn’t offend him but would never agree so he nodded to stop arguing.
“Alright, I forgive you. Am I forgiven too?”

She couldn’t help the smile even though she wanted to appear serious. “Yes, my husband.”
“You say that to annoy me intentionally, don’t you?” he said smiling.

“Did it work?” she said and smiled more widely.
The smile on his face died and for a moment, she thought he was truly pissed and was about to beg him when he burst into laughter.

“I got you there for a second, didn’t I?”
Ayisat started to laugh and he soon joined. They both laugh for what it seemed like forever.

Khalid was the first to stop laughing and when he did, he started to look at her like someone fascinated by a rare treasure.
“I love your laughter, have I ever told you that?”

She stopped laughing but still had a smile on her face, she didn’t know if he really wanted an answer and he continued before she could think of a reply.
“I love your smile too….. Your face and everything organ in it,” he said in a husky voice.

Her smile slowly disappeared when she notice the look on his face. It was no longer the remorseful look he had on before; it was now the look of a man who wanted her in intimate ways. She was awe at how quick his demeanour changed, with the look in his eyes; she was not leaving the study room anytime soon and although she should be weary, she felt excitement her ran through instead.

Khalid knew he should let her leave especially as his mother was still downstairs but he couldn’t help himself. He was only going to kiss her once, just once.

She shuddered as his lips covered hers, nothing registered in her mind again. She moaned and returned his kisses with the same fiery passion, she couldn’t even think of her monster in law would do if she came to look for her and found them like this.

How she was suddenly sitting on top of his desk, she had no idea, all she knew was that he was kissing her like his life depended on it and she didn’t want him to stop.

He promised himself of stopping after one kiss but he couldn’t….. Didn’t want to stop, he missed her terribly and it felt like she did too. Hell, she was urging him on and they both needed to quench the thirst for each.

Everything….. Everyone else could go to hell for all he cared. She was his wife, his only! He had his right to love anytime he wanted, no one should tell him when to and when not to!

Ayisat felt her skirt been raised up and waited in anticipation of the pleasure to come.
“Subhana Allah!”
Ayi heard the shout that sounded like thunder crash and trembled.

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She continued to wash the dishes after watching her left the kitchen, she made a mental note to remind her son to get a dish washer. She might be willing to cook because of her happiness at the coming baby but she was not comfortable washing all the time and never would she allow that girl to wash anything.
This baby was here to stay even if she had to sacrifice her comfort, she would get that dish washer herself if Khalid wouldn’t answer her.
She rinsed the plates and was about to place them in the draining board when she heard a shriek of laughter. She wondered what was wrong with her son laughing like that, and then it hit her. That stupid girl was yet to return since she took that tea up!
She hurriedly placed down the plates and head up, she was going to yell at her from the stairs to leave the room right away but when she could no longer hear any sound and she had not yet come down, she decided to see what was going on.
What she found them doing shocked and angered her at the same time.
“Subhana Allah!” she didn’t know when she shouted.
So, after she had warned this unfortunate girl not to do anything like that with her son because of the baby, she still had the courage to defy her?
“This was your plan all along right? I knew! I knew it you this unfortunate girl! You want to abort my grandchild ba? Allah punishes you!”
Ayisat got down from the desk hastily and moved far away from Khalid, who appeared to be in a daze and began to shake.
Khalid finally got his acts together and said calmly. “Mother, please the next time you want to come in like this, remember to knock. Now please excuse us, my wife and I need sometime only, as you could see before you interrupted, we were quite busy.”
“I can see that, busy at the process of terminating my grandchild I see that alright.”
“No one is terminating anything mother, we both this child just as much as you do so no one wants this baby gone!
You need to understand that my wife and I have right to moments like the one you just interrupted, for Allah’s sakes! She’s not the first pregnant woman!”
The woman placed her hands on her head and shouted suddenly, startling the couples.
“Ah! I swear this was not what I prayed for my creator. When I got pregnant, I prayed for an intelligent boy with good senses! Where did I go wrong Allah? Where?” she questioned like the almighty being was in front of her.
To say he was insulted would be an understatement; he was not going to let this one slide.
“Mother, I …..”
She cut him off, ignoring him and turning to Ayisat who was still shaking. ”And you? This is how you pay me for all I’ve done and all I’m still doing for you? Is this the tea I asked you to bring for him?”
“I….I was just coming out….”
“Eh? My God punish you….” She barely finished her statement before launching toward the poor girl who was not fortunate enough to escape her.
If she wasn’t carrying her precious grandchild, she would have been beaten her to a pulp but a slap would not kill the foetus.
Ayisat felt the sting on her cheek and let out a yelp, the woman kept shouting and cursing at the same time.
Khalid got between them fast before another resounding slap could land on Ayisat’s cheek.
“Mother, stop this nonsense!” he yelled louder than his mother’s shouts.
Ayisat escaped from her mother in law’s grip, she no longer listened to anything coming from mother and son, she ran like someone was chasing her. In her haste to escape a woman that was not chasing her, she didn’t know when she missed a step on the staircase.
Mother and son released themselves the moment they both heard Ayisat’s scream and ran out of the study room, Khalid was the first to get out.
The only thing she heard was hurried footsteps coming her way before embracing the darkness beckoning to her.
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