HEEDAYA CHAPTER 42 BY By Khaleesat Haiydar

HEEDAYA CHAPTER 42 BY By Khaleesat Haiydar

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Khaleel yace “Ohk…” Tace “Why do u ask” ya buda ido sosai yace “Nothing, I only want to know…. yau din xa ki 

wuce schl?” Tace “Aa sai gobe, na xo yi ma Kaka sallama” yace “Ke da wa?” Tace “Ni da ya Shureen” yyi shiru, sai 

kuma a hankali yace “Me yasa kike son bin sa, why not Junaid?” Tace “Ya Junaid ya tafi aiki ai shi” Yace “Shi 

Shuraim din baya aiki?” Tace “Da safe yake dawowa, he is a military Dr” Khaleel yace “Uhn I see….” Tace “Xaka 

xo ne anjima?” Yace “Probably” tace “Probably? Baxa ka xo ba bayan gobe xan wuce schl” kamar xata yi kuka ta 

kare maganar, yace “Xan xo” a hankali tace “Toh sai ka xo” yace “In sha Allah” yyi kasa da murya yace “Tell me 

Heedayah, who is ur first love?” Dariya tayi tace “Yar yarinya da ni? I don’t love” Yace “Uhm ko?” Tace “Ehh mana, 

baka gan ni yar karama ba” yace “How old are you?” Tace “Soon xan yi clocking 17…” Shiru yyi, can yace “Can u 

marry someone 2 times ur age?” Dariya tayi tace “Aa nima ban sani ba” Yace “Uhm to shkkn, sai na xo anjima, ana 

kirana yanxu a waya” duk sai bata ji dadi xai katse wayar ba, a hankali tace “Ohk bye” yace “Take care of ur self 

pls” tace “And you too” ya gyada mata kai kamar tana ganinsa yana murmushi, daga haka ya katse wayar. K’in fita 

Heedayah tayi daga dakin su Zainab don ta sa a ranta baxata bi Shuraim ba, she is finding it hard to withstand the 

sight of him, daga karshe kawai ta tafi dakin mum din Zainab ta gaisheta ta koma dakinsu Zainab ta sa makulli tayi 

Kwanciyarta hankali kwance. Da yamma tana dakin Hajiya Hauwa tare da Zainab da dawowarta makaranta kenan 

kaka ta leko dakin tana kallon Heedayah, tayi kasa da murya tace “Wllh naji dadin yanda kika tafi kika boye abinki 

ya gama jiransa kamar debabbe ya wuce, kawai mutum ba tsoron Allah naga kamar sai wani makale maki yake, ni 

dai ba ruwana, ga abinci can na ajiye maki a daki” Hajiya Hauwa tayi dariya tace “Ta ma ci abinci a nan” Kaka tace 

“Atoh, idan ya kama anjima ni da kaina sai in mayar da ita gida, waye kuma Shureen Allah na tuba, d’an banxan 

yaro me mugun hali” daga haka tayi ficewarta, sai kusan Magrib Heedayah ta shigo dakin kaka, Xaune ta tadda kaka 

da junaid kaka na masa hira, Ta wara ido ganinsa ta tafi ta xauna kasa tana kallonsa tace “Yaya… ” Kaka tace “Ai 

yanxu xan tafi in kira ki dama, wai Rakiya tace ya xo ya tafi da ke gida, kinsan shima ya lalace yanxu baya gaida mutane” Junaid dai murmushi kawai yyi yana shafa kansa, kaka tace “Kuma naga duk ya rame kamar yana tare da 

damuwa na tambayesa meye ya ki gaya min, to ya sani ko ina da abinda xan masa in taimaka masa??” Junaid dai bai 

ce komai ba, Heedayah ta mike ta dau jakarta, Junaid ya mike shi ma yace “Toh sae da safe kaka” sabulu kwara uku 

da soyayyen nama a leda daban ta ba Heedayah tace “Babu komai a dakin, duk an bar ni a gantale nace su bar ni in 

fara sana’a ko ta Maggi ce da manja sun ki gashi ni basu dauke min lalurorina ba” Dariya Heedayah tayi, Junaid ya

fiddo dubu ukun aljihunsa ya mika ma kaka yace “Ba kudi wajena kaka, gobe xan shigo in sha Allah” Kaka ta amsa 

tana wani murmushi tace “Allah yyi maka albarka, gobe ka dawo mu yi magana da kai, tunda ita Rakiya bata gane 

kana da damuwa ba ni na gane, idan ma baka xo goben ba sai in iya biyo ka har gida” da sauri yace “Aa xan xo 

kaka” tace “Toh ina saurarenka, bari in je Hauwa ta sama mana canji in ba Deedayah ko dari biyu ne ta siyi abu a 

hanya” Junaid yace “Aa xan bata a madadin ki” Kaka tace “Toh Allah yyi maka albarka” daga haka suka fita dakin 

tare da Heedayah da tayi mata sai da safe ta bi bayansa, a hankali Junaid ke driving, can yayi kasa da murya without 

looking at Heedayah yace “Tell me…. a ina kika san Khaleel din nan Heedayah?” Heedayah ta d’an yi shiru, sae 

kuma tace “Ban san sa ba, shine dai kawai yace min ya san ni, but his voice sounds familiar, na ta6a jin muryarsa” 

Junaid yace “A ina kika ta6a jin muryar tasa?” Ta d’an yi shiru sai kuma tace “When I was unsighted” Junaid ya 

kalleta da mamaki yace “Where precisely?” Ta buda masa hannu alamar bata sani ba, yace “No, ki tuna inda kika 

ta6a jin muryar tasa now” Heedayah tayi shiru, sai kuma tace “But I seriously can’t remember, I have tried hard” 

Yace “You just have to, when u where unsighted ai ba fita kike ba, you are home always to a ina kika san muryar 

tasa” Bayan wani lkci ta girgixa kai tace “I can’t remember” Bai kuma ce mata komai ba har suka isa gida, ta ga 

motar Khaleel a waje, a tare suka shiga parlon da Junaid, Junaid ya ba Khaleel hannu suka gaisa ya gaida Mami 

dake parlon ita ma snn ya wuce sama, Heedayah ta gaida Mami ta gaishesa ita ma ta wuce sama. Mikewa Khaleel 

yyi sbda kiran wayarsa da Zayyad ke ta yi tun shigowarsa parlorn not less then 15mins ago yana kallon Mami yace 

“Let me answer a phone call” Mami tace “Alright dear” kofa ya nufa ya fita ya tafi can kan daya daga kujerun dake 

ajiye a compound din with round table ya xauna, snn ya daga kiran yyi shiru, Zayyad yace “Khaleel why are u 

behaving anyhow this days, I really don’t want u to get into problem, I get u are newly in love now, but ka dinga 

controlling kanka pls, Nobody is stopping you from loving” Khaleel dake ta sauraronsa yace “Wnn shine dalilin 

kiran da kake ta yi min haka Zayyad?” Zayyad yace “No!! me yasa Oga Arne ke kiranka baka daga kiransa? First u 

spoilt the show of kidnapping Alhaji Ahmad, secondly….” Khaleel ya dakatar da shi calmly yace “Wnn ya fi karfin 

ku yi kidnapping dinsa when I am alive and breathing” Zayyad yace “See you, ka dai san some big leaders gat our 

back Khaleel, you like it or not dole ne sai an yi kidnapping wnn mutumin kafin xabe ya gabato” Khaleel yace 

“Then we shall see” Zayyad yace “Duk wnn ma ba shi ne ba, coz they are still planning on it, the main issue in here 

is that why… ka ki fitowa operation shekaranjiya bayan san sanar da kai, meeting din ma kuma da aka kira baka xo 

ba” Khaleel yace “Na ce masu I need rest, and seriously I need that rest, ko basu yadda da abinda nace masu 

bane….” Zayyad yace “What nonsense, rest din sati nawa, wllh Brainiac ka bi a hankali suna watching every 

movement dinka without you knowing, ni kaina I just noticed ba wai gaya min aka yi ba, ka ma san bbu wanda xai 

gaya min, and you know what… da matsalar iya kai xai tsaya ma da sauki, they are seeing it as bakinmu daya da kai, 

to ni yaushe rabon mu hadu yanxu, 24/7 kana kwance gida daga waya da yarinya sai xuwa wajen yarinya, ni 

damuwata a nan wani riba kake ga xaka ci dating that teenager da ko hannunta naga baka rikewa, meye mamorarta? 

ka xo ga manyan babes a gari in jonaku amma ka ki ka makale ma yarinyar da there is nothing to write home about, 

sannan mind you, wllh gidan wnn innocent barristern da kake xuwa xa su iya tracing su je can kuma kasan abinda 

xai iya faruwa” lkci daya jikin Khaleel da yyi shiru yana sauraron Zayyad yyi sanyi, Zayyad yace “And nima kana ja 

min matsala ne da damuwa gunsu, suna ganin komai da kake yi har da hadin bakina nasan komai, Oga Manga Vow 

to have ur legs shoot yanda xaka xauna waje daya tare da su” Khaleel dai bai ce masa komai ba, Zayyad yyi kasa da 

murya yace “Wllh Khaleel tun da ka koma gefe ka wani yi isolating kanka abubuwa suka daina tafiya smoothly, 

operations are always not successful this days, sae ynxu su kansu suke sanin you mean a lot, don Allah ka tsayar da 

hankalin ka gu daya, no one is stopping you from dating that little girl da ka haifa a haihuwar kaji amma ka daina 

wasa da sana’arka, snn kar ka xama butulu Oga Arne bai yi deserving haka daga gare ka ba, Kuma ka fa san irin 

yanda yake sonka yake ji da kai” Ganin Heedayah na tahowa da tray me dauke da drink da ruwa Khaleel ya katse 

wayar ya sa a flight mode cikin few seconds, ta karaso ta ajiye tray din a table tana kallonsa a hankali tace “Are you 

okay?” Ya kirkiri murmushi ya shafa beard dinsa yace “Sure” Xaunawa tayi tace “Mami tace in kawo maka ruwa” 

yyi kasa da murya yace “Thank you” shiru ne ya biyo baya, ta bude drink din ta debar masa a glass cup, a hankali ta 

ji yace “Wani class kike yanxu Heedayah?” Tace “Ss1 3rd term xamu fara yanxu, sai in shiga ss2 a nan xan rubuta 

waec” Shiru yyi yana kallonta, can yace “You know what Heedayah?” Ta girgixa masa kai, a hankali yace “I have 

left a lot of me because of you…. Saboda ke naji I might just have to give up on many things….” Ta katse sa tace 

“Like?” Yyi shiru, can yace “My personality, who I am.. and so on, I don’t know how that is going to be…. But 

promise me Heedayah, no matter any circumstance, no matter the up and downs, no matter the situation kar ki guje 

ni don Allah” Kallonsa ta dinga yi ko kiftawa bbu, ya ci gaba cikin sanyin murya yace “I don’t know why I am having this feeling kamar xaki gujeni soon, very soon xa ki gujeni Heedayah” Lkci daya jikin Heedayah yyi sanyi 

tace “Me yasa kake tunanin haka, me ka min da xan guje ka? Meyasa kake ga xan guje ka?” Ya lumshe ido ya bude 

a sanyaye yace “sbda wani dalili da ya kamata ki gujeni din, you just have to leave me for that reason, but plss don’t 

Heedayah, idan kika gujeni I don’t know what will become of me, don’t forget I have nobody, I know nobody, and I 

don’t know the love of family” ta girgixa masa kai in an assuring state tace “Ni baxan guje ka ba sai dai in kai xaka 

gujeni” yace “Make me that promise Heedayah” shiru tayi tana kallonsa gaba daya jikinta yyi sanyi ne, ta sauke 

idonta kasa, bayan few seconds tace “I promise” Murya can kasa yace “Nagode Heedayah” ta sakar masa murmushi 

bata ce komai ba, yace “Yaushe ake xuwa maku visiting a schl?” Tace “Anytime if we are free ana barin mu” yace 

“Alright, may be next week xan wuce Holland, I need rest, much rest” tayi shiru sai kuma tace “Yaushe xaka dawo?” 

Yace “Tunda kina makaranta sai idan kun yi hutu, that is after ur waec” a sanyaye tace “You will be away for almost 

a year?” Ya gyada mata kai, ta sauke idonta kasa tace “But I am going to miss you” yace “I will too, but I have to go 

so you will concentrate on ur studies, ranan da aka gama waec xa ki gan ni idan Allah ya yrda” Bata iya ta ce masa 

komai ba, kamar yanda yyi shiru shi ma a ransa kuwa yana tunanin idan yyi nisa da Nigeria for that period of time 

oganninsa xa su basa breathing space, he will have rest of mind, yasan ko da Heedayah na makaranta xai ce sai ya 

xo ya gaida Mami don har ransa yake jin matar, he can’t resist coming to her, kuma kamar yanda Zayyad yace yasan 

ba wani abu me wahala bane gun su Manga suyi tracing dinsa din su gano gidan, kiran da Zayyad ke tayi masa duk 

da wayar a total silent yake ya sa yyi ma Heedayah sallama, ita dai bata iya tace masa komai ba, ya sa hannu a 

aljihunsa ya ciro kudi me yawa without thinking twice ya kamo hannunta ya saka kudin, ta wani xaro ido yace “This 

is my own sweat not Haram Heedayah, it’s all I have got (Halal)” gaba daya yyi confusing dinta kafin kuma tace 

komai yace “Till after a year in sha Allah Heedayah, do not try to forget me even for a second during the year 

Heedayah, I will think of you till the last day of 365 days to come in sha Allah, kice ma Mami na tafi, I appreciate 

her love and kindness toward me, kuma ta dinga saka ni a addu’arta don bani da me yi min” Daga haka ya sake 

hannunta ya nufi gate, ta bi sa da ido ko kiftawa bbu, hawaye ne ya gangaro idonta…. Mumy ce tare da Salima da 

Sadiya a gun Mutumin da Salima tace xata kai su, a wani d’an karamin kauye a garin Kaduna Mutumin yake, tafiyar 

kusan awa uku ne kuma ya kai su gun Mutumin, mata biyar suka tarar a gabansu, duk manyan mata, suna xaune 

suna jiran turn din shigarsu, Mumy tace “Na samu labarin yau Heedayah ta koma makaranta gaba daya, kun ga 

kuma idan ta tafi nasan sai candy xata dawo gida, yau da safe ina jin Barrister da d’an uwansa suna tattaunawa a 

waya amma bai san I was eavesdropping ba, wai tunda uwarsu ta nuna bata son auren toh baxa a sake tada maganar 

ba, ni yanxu duk ba wnn ba, ku fada min ya xa ayi da wnn tsohuwar dake neman kawo mana cikas?” Salima tace 

“Ita wnn tana da wani alkibla ne dama, tsohuwar da ko dubu biyar kika ajiye gabanta xata canxa xance, duk ba wnn 

ba matsalar ina ga fa daga Shuraim xai fito, don banga alamar yana son yarinyar nan ba, baya yinta ko kadan, abinda 

kawai ya kamata ayi shine a daura masa mugun sonta ynda xai birkice ma Ubannin nasa da ita kanta Kakar yace shi 

dai sai Heedayah, kinsan duk da suna ‘yar tsama ta fi sonsa cikin jikokinta idan kuwa taga ya birkice kinsan dole ta 

amince bbu bata lkci, snn tunda Barrister yace a bar xancen kinsan baya magana biyu, wllh ya bar batun auren kenan 

har abada, don haka idan Shuraim yaji mahaukacin son yarinyar na neman yi masa illa to wllh lkcn da xai je gun 

uban yarinyar da kansa a Abuja yace shi ita yake so ma baxai sani ba, kuma uban yarinyar baxai ta6a cewa Aa ba 

sbda hallacin da Barrister yyi masa, xai kuma so hada wnn auren ko don ya nuna appreciation… Toh daga baya ana 

auren sai a warware sihirin Shuraim ya dawo dai dai ya fara cin uban yarinyar cikin ruwan sanyi” Mumy ta dinga 

mata wani shegen kallo tace “Idan kuma bai daina son nata ba fa?” Sadiya tace “Matsalar ki kenan dama, tunda aka 

iya sa ya so ta don abubuwa su tafi dai dai ai bbu abinda xai sa a kasa warware son, asiri ne fa Maryam…” Salima 

tace “Rabu da ita mana, ae rashin daukan shawarar ne ke cutarta, ga dai abu cikin sauki ayi a wuce wajen, in dai ba 

tsinanne ne uban yarinyar ba ai baxai hana Shuraim yar sa ba bayan halaccin da uban Shuraim din yyi masa, ni 

kinga Yaya duk abinda muka ce maki kawai kice to, don ke baki da wani shawara da tunanin kirki sae rudewa kamar 

tsohuwa” Mumy dai tayi shiru, can tace “Toh ai fa yanxu yarinyar ta koma makaranta nace maku” Sadiya tace 

“Baxata gama bane, mu dai ba dai kawai shiri kawai xa mu fara ba, kamar gobe ne xaki ga har ta gama fa” Mumy 

tace “Balle ma naji Barrister na cewa ta kusa xana waec” Salima tace “Yauwa to kinga” A haka suka yi ta tattaunawa 

har layi ya xo kansu suka shiga gun Mutumin a ‘yar bukkarsa. Kaka ce xaune parlon Baffa dake ta kallonta da 

mamaki, ta ci gaba da abinda take cewa hankalinta kwance “Shine nace in xo in sanar maku kada ku ce na raina ku” 

Baffa yace “Haba Kaka yaushe suka koma har xa ki bi su” kaka tace “Toh wai ce maka nayi xuwa xan yi in ja6e 

masu, magana fa mai muhimmanci ne xai kai ni, karewa ma da wnn yaro Junaid xa mu, shi xai rakani kuma mu 

dawo tare, a motarsa ma xamu tafi” Baffa dai ya rasa abun cewa, Kaka tace “Ni bance lallai ku bani ko sisi ba junaid 

xai kai ni ya dawo da ni kuma wllh wllh kwana biyu kacal xan yi” Baffa yace “Toh shkkn, Allah ya kiyaye hanya” ta 

mike tace “Ameen” daga haka ta nufi kofa yace “Xan tura ma Junaid din kudi da xai baki” Ko tankasa bata yi ba ta 

kara gaba. Shiru Mami tayi tana kallon Heedayah da take ta kokarin ganin hawayen dake kawowa idonta bai sakko 

ba, a hankali Mami tace “Ina yace maki xai tafi?” Heedayah tayi kasa da murya tace “Holland” Mami tace “Toh 

Allah ubangiji ya tsare sa ya basa abinda ya je nema can din, amma da ya tsaya ai mu yi sallama” cikin sanyin murya Heedayah tace “Yace ki dinga yi masa addu’a bashi da me yi masa” Mami bata ce komai ba sai dai gabanta 

faduwa yake ta rasa dalili, Heedayah ta mika ma Mami kudin da ya bata dake cikin Hijab tace “He gave me this, and 

I couldn’t say no” Mami ta dinga kallon kudin tace “You shouldn’t have collect it” tace “Kiyi hakuri Mami, he didn’t 

allow me to say anything” Mami tayi shiru… Dubu talatin ne kudin da Khaleel ya bata sai dai kalmar da ya fada 

mata a yayin bata kudin ya tsaya mata sosai “It’s all the Halal he have got, it’s his own sweat not Haram… How is 

that??” Washegari before leaving for Lagos don a can xai yi boarding flight da xai bar kasar Khaleel ya dauko daya 

daga many sims dinsa da yake amfani da shi only if the need arises, ya dau number Mahaifin Heedayah da suka yi 

exchanging daga wayarsa ya shiga rubuta masa text kamar haka….. After sending the text ya kashe wayar ya cire sim 

card din ya balle ya jefar nan kasan lafiyayyen dakinsa ya dau jakarsa ya fita dakin. 

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