CHAPTER 3

Nasrin

Before I could say a word ,Ameena smirked at me and drove off

I was in a big mess .

I couldn't even buy what mama sent me to buy ,I was worried about what just happened, different thoughts of what ameenah might do with the pictures kept crossing my mind .

Ya Allah I know this might be the end of my modelling career because a part of me knew she was going to brocast the pictures on every social media on Earth.

"The famous model NASRIN MUHAMMAD KANGIRMO was found on the street of gwarimpa with no make up blaaa blaaaa and God I know how Nigerians take issues like this , rumors will be flying everywhere.

Some might even say I'm from a very poor background but hides it with the only modelling career I have and always put a rich face on the outside world.

I entered our house compound and noticed baba's car parked at the lot ,it wasn't there when I left .

I knew he was at home, I entered our home with a salam ,humaira sitted on the couch facing the parlours door munching only god knows what.

I went straight to the kitchen because I knew that was where I would see mama by this time.

I entered the kitchen without a Salam and saw mama dicing something on top of the kitchen counter, for the first time noticed the way I really looked like my mother ,though her back was facing me.

she's a tall but curvy woman,fair in complexion and very beautiful mashallah.

I was still looking at her when I heard her

Call my name.

"Nasrin she called my name again and I answered .

"naam(yes) mama".

"Waton keh ba'a koyamaki salama agarinku banea(so no one thought you how to Salam in ur village koh) . As usual she started her normal ranting,I kept quiet and pretended like she wasn't talking to me .

"Bada keh nake bah"(am I not talking to you).

"Where is the stuff I sent you to get from malam sule ?".

I told her he wasn't around when I got to his shop .

I heard her say something like " kedai Kika sani(na you know) before I ran upstairs to my room.

I know I'm acting too dramatic but right now I really miss the comfort of my room.

I entered my room and jumped on my bed ,I checked under my pillow and saw my phone, I decided to call my best friend rufaida .I dialled her number and after the third ring she picked up the call.

"Hey bessfrnnnd "I heard her say over the phone.

"ruffy "I replied .

We chatted for some time before I decided to tell what happened between me and ameenah abubakar .

She was amused at first but later felt bad because she knew I was going to be in trouble .

We ended the call after agreeing she was going to come over tomorrow so we could hangout .

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The next day I woke up very late because I slept late ,after watching seven episodes of grownish .

I went into my bathroom to do my morning business,I took my bath and dressed in a white top with black straight skirt ,I ended up topping my dressing with a green kimono and black veil.

I hopped downstairs and met everyone sitted on the dinning table eating breakfast, I greeted mama and baba then took a sit beside humaira. she was so engrossed in operating her phone,she didn't even notice I was sitting next to her .

Baba asked me where I was heading to and I told him I was going out with rufaida. He replied me by just nodding his head ,it was his normal way of replying us . I don't know why our dad was not free with us like other dad's .

He always had a grumpy face , sometimes I actually thought my dad was possesed with aljanu(Jin) "how funny".

Mama later told me to get back before magrib prayer, I nodded and left the dinning room .

I took one selfie before leaving the house and uploaded it on my Snapchat and IG story.

I called malam shehu our driver to take me to coldstone because ,that was where me and ruffy were scheduled to meet.

I entered the car and greeted malam shehu "Inna wuni" (good afternoon). He answered me with "hajiya karama ya kike? ( small hajiya how are you?), I replied with a lafiya ( fine ) and he started driving.

When I saw ruffy I was very happy because I really missed her,the last time I saw her was on our vacation day .

she was very happy to see me too.

We ordered ice cream and pizza and we catchup all the amebo ( gist) we couldn't say on phone,we took some pictures and I posted my favourite among all the pictures on Instagram.

I went home and met mama cooking, I changed and came downstairs to help her ,it was fun because mama was gisting me about her childhood.

The first time she cooked jellof rice and it turned to porridge rice and how her friends started calling her "hajiya Mai Patten shinkafa"(hajiya porridge rice).

I ate my dinner and ran upstairs to my room ,I jumped on my bed and picked my phone.

I turned on my cellular data and decided to check on the picture I posted on Instagram before replying my friends on Snapchat and WhatsApp.

A notification popped up on my screen ,someone tagged me on Instagram,at first I thought ruffy was the one who posted the pictures we took today and tagged me.

But what I saw made me see red,to say I was shocked was an understatement .