All Chapters of Enshrouded: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

She sat down on her bed with a small smile playing on her lips. She was curious and anxious about that paper. What could be in it? Maybe her admission letter from Katsina? She quickly dismissed the thought, because she could clearly remember how Nasir's face looked like when Baba dropped the bombshell, he knew it too then. But then what? She asked herself and folded her legs and sat into yoga style in the middle of the bed.Slowly, she began unfolding the paper until she came across his carefully written words. Not the kind of meshed handwriting Doctor's is accused of. She smiled and took a deep breath. What could he have possibly written in here? Silently, with only her lips moving, Aisha began to

Mama dropped her off at the saloon and even paid the money before she looked at Aisha, all loving with a beautiful smile on her life. “Aisha, Nasir will get you when you're done. I've left my number with you. If you need something, buy it please.” She handed her a stack of money and barely heard the “Thank you, Mama.” Aisha had uttered.She sat there, like a statue as the hairdresser began taking off her veil, and there revealed her long, bushy hair. Despite her hair having a rough texture, it was exceptionally long and black. Mommy had that kind of hair, and she wondered where Mommy hailed from to get that kind of hair. But despite anything, she thought of herself as Fulani,

Not even for a second had Aisha sat down, Mama had been calling her to greet one woman or the other. Sometimes when their eyes met Nasir, he smiled brightly at her and that soothed even though not all her tiredness, half of it. She hadn't enjoyed her stay in the hall until it was not less than an hour to leave. Nasir had gone out of making a call, who knew maybe he was even tired of the place? Aisha wished she had as much freedom as he had. Even though Mama couldn't let him leave and have the driver take them back home. She sat down and was sipping a cocktail from her cup when a girl of her age smiled at her and sat down beside her. Aisha smiled back and awkwardly, the girl spoke. “My mo

This was the fifth time he was reading the letter, the amazing thing was how he heard her voice in his head as he read the words she had written. He smiled brightly, of course, he would love to help her pack her clothes, that's the greatest pleasure he would have to experience. Dr Aliyu entered his office with a file of a patient and placed it on his table. “Dr Nasir, this girl should let you work. You can't be smiling all day in your office.” He teased and laughed when Nasir glared at him.“And this file?” Nasir dismissed t

Aisha had never thought she would cry this hard until she felt her lung threatening to suffocate her whole body. She had never imagined she would miss Mama until she found herself slowly walking towards the car, and that’s when she knew she couldn’t do it anymore. Mama mattered more to her than this change of environment she was having all in the name of a school. She cried almost all their way to Katsina, and Nasir had consoled her until he couldn’t anymore. She had her face sulked and glum until they drove into Rafin dadi, the

She had woken up earlier than the time she was supposed to. Aisha knew it was phobia that was dealing with her, she was afraid of meeting anseconf version of Jaafar in Al-qalam University. Nasir left yesterday, even though she didn’t cry in front of him, she came back to her room and cried her eyes out. Ans now she wished he was together with her. She got ready and sat down on the vanity stool, looking at how cute the Hijab looked on her. She smiled to herself but there was a glint of tears from her eyes which she fought with utmost bravado.Aishe knew if she was ablw to control herself tofay and she was able to fight off the coming back of old memories, she would be able to handle heself in e

He didn’t indulged much in the information, Aisha had noticed. She wanted to know, to feel it all, what happened? What did he hide from Mama? What did Madina turned him into. Sleep had already deserted her, she had a bad feeling about this, she knew nothing good out of this would come out, but Aisha was certain. She wanted to read, After all, it was Nasir that wrote it. What he didn’t mentioned was that, he hid Madina from his life, from his world, not just Mama. He told her every single detail of his stay in Katsina, there were moments he told her about, more than twice. He delibrately pulled Madina out of their conversations, he didn’t want her to know, but she did. 

22nd May, 2015On my way back home

24th May, 2015Makera Motels, Katsina

Life had never gone as fast as it did, for Aisha. This was the second holiday she had spent. She was already in the second year, and it felt so good seeing how time was passing by. She knew some things would forever remain unchanged, but she was more than thankful for what she had. The only problem she had was Abba. Up till today, he had been a pain in the neck for her. Abba made sure he made her feel unwanted and he made her felt low and unworthy of herself. He wasn’t always at home, merely a few weeks when she was at home. But it was still