All Chapters of Enshrouded: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

The sun shone directly on her face as she got down from the tricycle she hired. She heard the sound her stomach made, reminding her of the hours she took without putting anything into her stomach. She put back her veil on and handed the man one thousand naira note. He scrunched up his face."I don't have any change with me, Hajia." He didn't even collect the money and she stood there looking at him. She was at the verge of bursting into tears. If only this man knew how tired, hungry and sleepy she was."What are we going to do then, Mallam?" She asked, looking around their area. She had no idea where she wa

She wanted the ground she was on to open so it will swallow her whole and despite all that was happening around her, she couldn't even sit nor walked out of the hall. Jaafar was looking directly into her eyes, the kind of look that sent a shiver down her spine. The look he sent her was full of revenge and anger. What kind of an unforgiving person had she met in her life? If she knew he would be her lecturer she would've never made the mistake of talking back at him."Miss, kindly walk out of my class or else, I'll walk out myself." He assured, and Aisha found herself clearing her tears as she slowly walked towards the door. She knew he suggested he went out to show her how bad he wanted her out of his class. She wished she had never o

From that day, Aisha made sure 7:30 am clicked while she was at school. She would rather sleep on the benches and waited for him and the rest of her course mates than to do that in her own home. She had cried without number to Mommy about that course but all she could do was consoled her. Because from the way she saw the thing on the day they met, she was sure that lecturer of Aisha would never take off his words.Life went on, and Aisha now used Mommy's car to the school. No matter how she urged Mommy to take the car on the rest days of the week except for Monday, she had never agreed. As she would always say, “My car is yours, I'm hustling for all my money just because of you. Take it, Humaira. I'll be fine by myself.” A

Under hypnosis, she felt as if someone was pulling a knife into her heart. And at some point, she felt as if it was a fire being burned into her heart. She had to wake up because the pain felt so surreal that tears started spilling out of her eyes before she even opened them widely. She began taking in the environment she was in, and it was a hospital. From the paintings to the bed she saw herself on, to the IV fluid that was attached to her body.As the tides of an ocean flow to the shore in rush, that was how all that destroyed her life in not less than an hour came back to her, and she didn't know when she screamed. She felt a scorching pain under her, and she knew she wasn't dreaming of being ra

That was how Mama fed Aisha until she was satisfied. She helped her back on the bed before Nasir stood up as well. “Mama I'll go for ward rounds then we will leave,” Nasir said and Mama nodded before he walked out of the room. Mama and Aisha sat silently in the room, with none of them able to utter a word. It was until after almost thirty minutes that looked at Aisha and smiled. “Aisha,” she called, and Aisha despite having the car between crying and not crying, she held her tears back and looked at Mama.“Na'am, Mama.

Nasir walked out and Aisha walked to the bathroom after that. She washed her face before she walked after him, she knew Mama was waiting for them and it was time to meet their father. She had always loved a whole family, where you can have a father and mother all together. May be it was her dream being fulfilled, who knows? She saw them seated on the dining table and there was an elderly man seated too. Her whole body trembled, anxiety surged into her like the tsunami surged into an ocean. Numerous questions made a chaos of her brain, and the first question she was cleared of was; would he accept her?

It was weakened already. And on weeks he felt like, Abba drove back home to spend time with his parents and younger brother. This week was among those lucky weekends. Because when he started lecturing in the federal university, Jalingo, he spent two months straight without coming back home and hardly called Mama. She had to cry to him before he drove back home and spent four days before he went back. In his words, being a lecturer was nothing less hard and time-consuming than being a doctor. His words.She was cleaning the electric set in the living room and was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't notice when he walked into the living room or how he stood there, staring at her. It was only when

Approximately, it was a six hours drive, from Bauchi to Katsina by road. They set out by 7am and were already at Katsina when the clock showed 1:34pm. All through the long journey, Aisha hadn't uttered a word, and it troubled Nasir. He felt as if there was something that was eating her up. And there really was, Abba. She shuddered at the conversation they had just before she walked out of the kitchen after they had their early morning breakfast.She was about to walk out of the kitchen when he entered, hushing an almost inaudible “Good morning,” she tried walking out of the kitchen when he called her name.

She laid her head on her pillow and a smile creeped its way to her cheeks. Today had been the most amazing and happiest day she had, ever since the day she got her life destroyed. She had laughed like she hadn't in a very long time. Initially, she had only Mommy to make her laugh, that's when she came back some minutes to midnight. But today, her laughter came along with a fresh new set of waves that set her stomach in fire. It was real, free, and full of happiness.If she can voice it out, Nasir had been the best thing that had ever happened to her in her life. He was an angel sent to her from heaven. He had filled all the void spaces in her heart she thought would stay empty forever and those she

No matter how Aisha tried, Nasir hadn't glanced her a look when on their way back, and it bothered her that she felt like crying. She didn't know she was used to him, talking to him and all those stolen glances through the rear mirror until she had none on their trip back. Mama added more salt to the wound when she kept talking about how she was going to miss Aisha when she was away.It was dusk already when they arrived home and the house was empty and dry. They had their bathe and Aisha went out to the kitchen before Mama had the chance to. She came out and met her bringing out some recipes while there was a steaming meal on the cooking gas.