HEEDAYA CHAPTER 35 BY By Khaleesat Haiydar
Www.bankinhausanovels.com.ng Abba ya dafa Asp a hankali yace “Sir, isn’t it good mu fara jin abinda ke tafe da shi tukun…” Asp ya girgixa kai
strictly yace “That will be at the station not here, a suspect??? Noo” Handcuffing din hannun Khaleel dake ta kallon
Shuraim ta gefen ido yyi in both hands, yana pointing dinsa da pistol din hannunsa Incase he should make any
attempt of wanting to escape, ba musu Khaleel ya nufi motar da Asp din ke nuna masa yana biye da shi bayansa, nan
yyi instructing din Shuraim ya biyo su, Khaleel ya sake kallon Shuraim kafin ya shiga motar da Asp ya bude masa,
kawai he just don’t want to escape ne banda haka pistol din Asp bai bashi tsoro ba, minti nawa ne xai yi guduwan sa
kuma bullet dinsu baxai ta6a shi ba, but he can’t just run without knowing if Heedayah is home or not, ynxu bai san
ko Zayyad ya kawota gidan ko bai kawota ba, Junaid dai har sannan yana tsaye bakin gate tare da Abba, Abba ya
dafasa yace “Let me go with them, Kai kuma ku taho station din tare da Barrister yanxu….” Junaid ya gyada masa
kai snn ya juya ya koma cikin gidan. Khaleel na xaune yana facing wani d’an sanda dake masa tambayoyi yana
rubutu a report book dinsu, su kadai ne xaune wajen, Shuraim na daga bakin kofa a tsaye looking directly at Khaleel
dake magana calmly without any fear, he felt like shooting Khaleel ko xai ji saukin abinda xuciyarsa ke yi masa, bai
ta6a jin he wants to use his gun on someone ba irin Khaleel, Mami dai na xaune ita ma a sanyaye tana kallon
Khaleel, gaba daya ta dawo kamar warce ta tashi ciwo sbda damuwa, wnn dalilin yasa Abba bai bata fault ko kadan
ba duk da without knowledge dinsa Heedayah ta taho Abuja which isn’t right but he never blamed her even for a
second, Abban ma dai da Junaid na xaune wajen, sai Mijin Dinar da ya dawo a ranan shi ma yana gun a xaune, Dpo
na xaune shima yana ta rubuce rubucensa shi ma a gurin, police officer din na kallon Khaleel yace “Bayan ka tafi da
ita sai aka yi yaya?” Khaleel yace “A jiyan nace xan dawo da ita gida tace baxata dawo ba…” Police officer din yace
“A daren still?” Khaleel yace “Eh” Police officern na gyada kai bayan ya gama rubutu yace “To sai aka yi yaya?” A
takaice Khaleel yace “Sai na wuce da ita gidana” Hawaye ya shiga sakkowa Mami uncontrollably, Shuraim ya dauke
kansa daga kallon Khaleel jin wani abu da ya tokaresa a kirji, Abba dai ya sauke kansa kasa, Junaid ya shafa kansa
ya nemi waje ya xauna daga tsayen da yyi a wajen, Police officern yace “A gidan naka ta kwana kenan?” Khaleel
yace “Ehh” police officern yace “Go on, sai aka yi yaya” Khaleel yace “Da safe after breakfast nace xan mayar da ita
gida, tace min she isn’t going back home, I insisted and she ran away without me knowing” Police officern yace
“She ran away from ur house?” Khaleel yace “Yes, but after 4 hours ta dawo gidan nawa, bana gidan ma lkcn da
koma coz I was looking for her from the moment I noticed ta bar gidan, na dawo da yamma na ganta kwance parlor
tana bacci, I have to make plans with my frnd kafin in basa ita ya mayar da ita gidan da na daukota” Dpo ya daga kai
yana kallonsa yace “Wani plan kenan?” Khaleel yace “Na sa mata pill din bacci a lemo, bayan tayi bacci sai muka
tafi da ita da abokina na nuna masa layin, na kuma gaya masa house number din snn na sauka motar nace ya karasa
da ita” Dpo yace “Me yasa kai baka kai ta ba?” Khaleel yace “Because I remain a suspect a gidan, duk da I didn’t
take her to my house intentionally, na tambayeta ko anyi mata wani abu a gidan ne da tace she isn’t going back, tace
min nothing, she only want to stay with me” Kallonsa kowa na wajen yake yi, Mami dai sai kuka take don tasan ba
training din da tayi ma Heedayah bane, something might be wrong somewhere” Dpo din yace “Toh abokinka bai kai
ta gidan ba, and now tell us more about him, and where he stays….” Khaleel yace “I’ve been calling him but no
response, shine ma yasa na tafi gidan to check if she is home…” Dpo din yace “Ya sunan frnd din naka?” Shiru
Khaleel yyi, Dpo ya masa wani kallo yace “You Answer me….” Khaleel yyi kasa da idanuwansa yace “Zayyad” Dpo
yace “Full name?” Khaleel yace “Zayyad Idris” Dpo yace “A ina yake xaune” Khaleel ya shafa kansa bai ce komai
ba, dai dai nan wayarsa ya fara ring a pocket dinsa, xai ciro officern dake facing dinsa ya dakatar da shi ya mike ya
ciro wayar da kansa, ya kalli screen din snn ya nuna ma Khaleel yace “Waye yake kiran ka?” Khaleel yace “Zayyad,
shine ke kiran” Officer din ya daga ya sa handsfree snn ya mika ma Khaleel, lkci daya Khaleel ya ji gabansa ya fadi
ganin handsfree d’an sandan ya sa wayar, daga Mami, Abba, Junaid da mijin Dinar duk kallon Khaleel suke, don
Shuraim tun da ya fita bai sake dawowa ba, Daga daya bangaren Zayyad yace “Tell me Brainiac wacece wnn
yarinyar da ka bani kace in mayar gida, for how long take wajen ka??” Khaleel yace “Why were you not picking my
call?” Zayyad yace “No tell me yaushe ka fara rayuwa da yarinyar, how long??? coz ni na kawota gidan da kace and
ban gane drama din da mutanen gidan suka yi displaying ba after seeing her, shekaranku nawa tare da yarinyar ni
ban sani ba” Khaleel yace “Wani gidan ka kai ta??” Zayyad yace “Gidan da kace mana, I am even still at the house
now, her father ya ki bari in tafi, it seems the girl have been away from home for long faaa” Gaba daya occupant din
office din kallon wayar Khaleel suke listening to what Zayyad was saying, Khaleel yace “Are you sure layin da
muka tsaya ka shiga?” Zayyad yace “Haba, shine wllh, and you know what Khaleel????” Khaleel yyi shiru, Zayyad
yyi kasa da murya yace “Gidan Alhaji Ahmad ne, shine Mahaifin yarinyar, ka gane wani Alhaji Ahmad din?” Kittt
Khaleel ya katse wayar, Officern dake kallonsa yace “Hey, Why did u cut the call??” Khaleel yace “Layin xa mu je
da yace ya kai ta, sai a dubata a nan” daga Mami har Abba kallonsa suke keenly, Abba yace “But y did you end the
conversation that way, when he is talking?” Khaleel ya kallesa bai ce komai ba, Abba ya kalli Dpo dake office din yace “I think ya kamata su gama maganan, he should call him back” officern na kallon Khaleel yace “sake kiransa”
Mami ta sauke boyayyen ajiyar xuciya tace “Da dai mu fara xuwa mu ga halin da yarinyata ke ciki don Allah dpo,
Ko xan samu nutsuwa” Dpo yace “Their conversation will take just few minutes Madam kiyi hakuri, xa mu je can
din yanxu, ka sake kiransa” Dpo ya fadi haka yana kallon Khaleel, Khaleel ya sauke idanuwansa kan wayarsa ya
sake dialing Number Zayyad, Zayyad na dagawa Khaleel yace “Be brave Zayyad…. where are you at now?” Wani
kallo Dpo ya jefa ma Khaleel, ya tashi da
kansa ya katse wayar yace “Maganar da yake maka daxu xaka ce ya ci
gaba…. Keep on to that conversation” Khaleel yace “Ohhh, ohk” Daga haka ya sake kiran Zayyad, Zayyad na
dagawa yace “Yauwa, Brave you, kace gidan wa kake?” Zayyad ya d’an yi shiru snn yace “Gidan Baban yarinyar…”
Khaleel yace “Maintain… So waye baban yarinyar?” Zayyad yace “Uhn sure…, I just learnt that Alhaji Ahmad ne,
wanda ke neman takarar gwamna na jihar kano, so I was surprise, ashe babanta babba ne… That’s all abinda xan fada
maka, sai kuma ince why did she decide to leave home” murmushi kawai Abba yyi, Mami dai sai kallon Khaleel
take, police officer ya katse wayar, Dpo ya mike yace “Xa ku tafi can anguwar tare da Asp Ina jin” motar yan sanda
daya suka shiga, wanda Khaleel ne ciki da two police men, sai Shuraim dake motar shi ma, Mami da Junaid suka
shiga mota daya, Abba da Mijin Dinar su ma mota daya suka hau suka bar police station din. Officer daya ya sa
Khaleel ya sake kiran Zayyad ya tambayesa gida na nawa ne, Zayyad yace “Gida na biyar….” dai dai gidan Alhaji
Ahmad duk motocin suka tsaya suka sakko, mijin Dinar yace “Wnn ai gidan makocina ne Honorable….” Asp ya
bubbuga gate din, Yan sanda biyu na tsaye tare da khaleel, ba a dau lkci ba aka bude gate din, Dpo ya gaisa da sojan
da ya bude gate din Snn ya nuna masa ID dinsa yace “Muna son ganin me gidan nan ne….” Sojan yace “Alright, bari
ayi alerting dinsa” kulle gate din yyi ya koma, Jikin flowers Shuraim ya tsaya fuskarsa bbu walwala, ya ki yrda ma
ya kalli direction din Khaleel kar xuciyarsa yyi explode, gaba daya he is just restless da bayanin da Khaleel yyi a
station, su Mami da Abba duk suna tsaye bakin gate din, ita dai Mami fatan ta a ga daughter dinta kuma ko kwana ta
dau ma kanta alkawarin baxa su yi a Abuja ba xata dauketa su koma gida, da ta tuna wai gidan namiji ta kwana jiya
sai taji hawaye na mata xarya, bayan wani lkci Alhaji Ahmad ya bude gate din da kansa, da kallo ya bi dukansu snn
suka gaisa da Asp dake kallonsa shi ma, Asp na murmushi yace “Sorry for the disturbance Honorable, amma daxu
an shigo da yarinya gidan nan kuwa…. They mistook here for the girls home” Alhaji Ahmad ya d’an yi shiru duk
yana kallonsu, can ya gyada kai cikin sanyi yace “Kwarai an kawo yarinya gidan nan daxu” Asp yace “Fatan tana
nan gidan har yanxu?” Alhaji Ahmad yace “Sure, tana nan” Asp yace “To Alhmdllh, xa mu shiga mu tafi da ita
ynxu” Mami bata san lkcn da ta sauke wani bayyanannen ajiyar xuciya ba, taji wani farin ciki ya lullubeta, Alhaji
Ahmad dai bai ce komai ba ya basu hanya duk suka shiga gidan, k’in shiga Shuraim yyi ya nufi titi walking like the
soldier he is, Khaleel dai sai kallon Alhaji Ahmad yake bayan sun shiga gidan, har suka isa building din Uwar gidan
Alhaji Ahmad, Har sannan Heedayah na kwance parlon still sleeping heavily, Zayyad kuma na xaune saman kujera,
Mum Islam na kusa da Heedayah da family Doctor dinsu da ya gama dubata, Mahaifiyar Heedayah kuma na xaune
ta takure waje daya sai kallon Heedayah take ita a dole she is dreaming and can wake up anytime, Mami ta karasa
gun Heedayah da ta fara gani a parlon da sauri ba tare da ta bi ta kan mutanen dake parlon ba ta durkusa kusa da ita
ta fara kiranta tana girgixa ta, a rikice tana kallon likitan tace “Me ya sameta Dr??? what’s wrong with her” Mikewa
Mum Islam tayi tana kallon Mami da mamaki bata son tabbatar da cewa Ita ce yarinyar da ake ta nema tun jiya a
makotansu, Junaid dai na tsaye bakin kofar parlon sai kallon Mahaifiyar Heedayah yake, same goes to Khaleel that
is shocked at the resemblance, Mami dai hankalinta gaba daya na kan Heedayah da take tadawa, Asp da Abba, da
Alhaji Ahmad sai Mijin Dinar kadai ne waje basu shigo parlon ba har sannan, Heedayah ta bude ido a hankali, kana
ganin yanda take bude idonsa kasan sun mata nauyi, murya can kasa tace “Mami” Rungumeta Mami tayi hawaye na
sakkowa idonta tace “Ina kika tafi Heedayah, me yasa kika fita gida da daddare?? Where did you go to” A hankali
Heedayah tace “I just felt like going Mami, Mami don Allah kiyi hakuri baxan sake ba” sai kuma ta fashe da kuka
sosai, Mikewa Mahaifiyar Heedayah tayi daga inda take xaune hawaye na sakko mata ta wuce dakinta, Mami ta
goge ma Heedayah idonta tace “It’s okay daughter, we are going back to Kaduna now, in sha Allah…” Heedayah ta
d’an yi shiru, sai kuma da sauri tace “Mami where is he?” Mami tace “Who” Heedayah tace “Ya Khaleel, shi ya
dawo dani gida ko?” Mami bata saurareta ba tace “I don’t know, we are going home now” Mami na fadin haka ta
tashi tana dago Heedayah, Heedayah ta xame hannunta tace “Mami Ya Khaleel din fa? Da ya kawo ni wucewa yyi?”
Sai a snn Mami ta juya ta kalli Khaleel bayan ta fahimci shi Heedayah ke tambaya, sosai gabanta ya fadi da suka
hada ido da shi, don har sai da ta koma ta duka kasa, Heedayah ta shiga bin mutanen dake parlon da kallo, idonta ya
fara sauka kan Zayyad, tashi tayi ta tafi gunsa da sauri tace “Ina ya Khaleel din, did he leave after bringing me
home?” Zayyad ya nuna mata Khaleel da ke tsaye yana kallonta, kallon handcuffed hands dinsa ta dinga yi sai kuma
ta tafi gunsa almost running tace “What’s this, waye yyi arresting din ka?” Komawa gun Mami tayi hawaye cike
idonta tace “Mami wllh nice na bi sa ba shi ya tafi da ni ba, shi ba ruwansa, he only helped me, he is innocent, tell
them not to arrest him plsss” Dai dai shigowar Asp tare da su Abba da Mahaifin Heedayah, Asp ya karasa gun
Khaleel da makullin handcuff din ya bude ya cire handcuff din daga hannunsa, Heedayah ta tafi gunsa tana kallon
wrist dinsa cikin sanyi tace “I am sorry I caused you everything” Mami ta nufeta ta dafata tana kallon Khaleel da ya sunkuyar da kai bayan ya hada ido da ita, ta kama hannunta za su fita parlon, Asp yana kallon Mami yace “Ku
dakata Hajiya….” Kallonsa Mami tayi da sauran mutanen parlon, Asp ya kamo hannun Abba dake tsaye gefensa yace
“Barrister Ahmad d’an uwan abokina ne da muka yi karatu tare, and we are still family frnds till date, 5 years ago
Barrister ya xo station dinmu da wata yarinya da baxata wuce shekara 12 ba, a blind girl, lkcn Ina kano ba ayi
transferring dina xuwa Abuja ba….” Very briefly Asp Usman ya bada wnn takaitattcen tarihin, Asp ya ci gaba yace
“Shekarun baya, like 2 to 3 years back mu kan yi waya da shi in tambayesa how is this little girl kafin daga bisanni
na watsar sanin baxai cuceta ba don a lkcn yace min har tayi regaining sight dinta, don har lkcn mu ba mu samu
wani labarin iyayenta ba, but I must confess it’s a case we never took serious, ganin makauniya ce ita wnn yarinya
kuma gata yar karama, nafi xaton daga less privileged home ya fito, ni Allah ya ga xuciyata kusan gata nayi mata na
son in ga ta xauna gun shi wnn bawan Allah, nasan shi da iyalansa baxa su cuceta ba, xa kuma ta samu gatan
karatu…” Yana nuna Heedayah yace “As at the time this lady got missing yesterday evening, d’an barrister ya kai
report police station dinmu, but bana office then, sai daxu da rana abokina Dr Umar wato yayan shi barrister din ya
kirani ya sanar min halin da ake ciki, and I immediately reported to office to see the needful we can do about the
case…. Sai dai cikin hukuncin ubangiji bamu ga yarinyar nan a ko ina ba sai gidan biological parent dinta yanxu, and
yanda ni nayi tunanin iyayen nata ba haka bane, sannan ba ayi masu adalci ba kwarai da gaske….” Asp ya nuna
Alhaji Ahmad that is also by his side trying all pos
sible mean to control his tears yace “Mahaifin yarinyar nan kenan,
Honorable Ahmad, we saw pictures, resemblance, and concrete proofs, that’s just it, nan din gidan iyayen wannan
yarinya ne” Heedayah ta juya tana kallon wanda Asp ke nunawa matsayin Mahaifinta, Khaleel couldn’t stop looking
at him also, Abba ya karasa gun Heedayah yana kallonta ya kamo hannunta gently yace “That’s ur father Heedayah,
I am sorry I never made any effort to take you back to them, I am sorry daughter” Rungume Abba tayi ta fashe da
kuka sosai, almost whispering into his ears tace “You are always my father Abba, you remain my father” Mami taji
ta kasa ci gaba da tsayuwa ta nemi waje ta xauna hawaye na sakko mata sosai, junaid dai ya dafe kansa kawai daga
inda yake xaune, sai duk suke jin abun kamar a film, Mum Islam ta nufi Mami ganin yanda take kuka ta duka kusa
da ita, ita ma tana share hawayen dake sakko mata tace “Mami nasan Dinar tun dawowarsu anguwar nan, mun shaku
da ita sosai, har gaisawa mu kan yi da ke a waya in dai ta kira ki ina gidan ko kin kirata, amma duk bamu san ke ke
rike da ‘yar Mai gidana da ta bace shekaru biyar kenan ba, wanda har yau duk muna rayuwa ne da ita a ran mu, ba
tare da sanin ko tana raye ko ta mutu ba, Heedayah ‘yar kishiyata ce ta fari, wanda saboda bacewarta har yau ba a
gane kan mahaifiyarta ba, but How can we pay for this great deed Mami? A blind little girl got lost, but we are
seeing a sighted teenager now, baxa mu ta6a iya biyanku ba koda duk dukiyar Mahaifinta xa a baku” Mami bata iya
ta ce komai ba sai share hawayen da ya ki tsaya mata take, sai take jin abun kamar a mafarki, so she is leaving
Heedayah with them kenan yanxu, Abba dai na tsaye still holding on to Heedayah dake kuka sosai ita ma, shi kuma
nan gani yake bai mata adalci ba bai ma iyayenta adalci ba, shi dai yasan ba da nufin komai ya banxantar da batun
iyayenta ba, Abba ya kalli Alhaji Ahmad da ke ta kallon ‘yar tasa shi ma yana tunanin how is he going to pay
barrister Ahmad and Barrister Rahinah, Abba yace “Ina mahaifiyar ta?” Alhaji Ahmad bai ce komai ba, can ya nufi
dakin matar tasa, kwance ya sameta ta takure waje daya, ya xauna gefenta ya dagota yace “Aisha ur Daughter
Heedayah is back home, my assurance to you always, didn’t go in vain, na sha gaya maki idan Allah ya amince
Heedayah xata dawo garemu, and here she is today” Ta kamo hannunsa hawaye na bin fuskarta tace “Noo Ahmad
kullum irin mafarkin nan nake, daga karshe sai kuma in tashi da wani ciwon, why is this dream taking long, don
Allah ka tasheni daga wnn baccin, ni nasan ba gaskiya bane, irin mafarkin da nake yi kenan a ko da yaushe…. Daga
karshe na tashi naga ba Heedayata, beside my Heedayah I know is blind….” kuka sosai take yi tana kallonsa, ya
dagata suka fita dakin, suna fitowa parlor tayi ido hudu da Heedayah, kallonta kawai Heedayah ke yi, lkci daya ta
xame hannunta daga na Abba, ta tafi da gudu ya rungume uwarta ta fashe da kuka, sai a snn mahaifiyarta ta tabbatar
ba mafarki take ba, Heedayar tace ta dawo, but not blind Heedayah, ba mafarki bane, Cikin kuka tace “Heedayah”
Heedayah bata mance muryar mahaifiyarta ba, har cikin ranta ta ji murya ta rungumeta sosai tace “Ammi I have
missed you a lot, nayi missing din ki, you’ve always been in my thought, nayi missing din ki” Uwar ta kasa cewa
komai sai hawaye, lkci daya Heedayah ta xame jikinta ta juya tana kallon Khaleel dake kallonsu, Bata san lkcn da ta
nufesa da gudu ba ta rungumesa sosai, cikin kuka tace “You promised to take me to my parent, and u fulfilled ur
promised, I love you dearly, and I will forever be grateful” Junaid ya sauke idonsa kasa daga kallonsu da yake, shi
dai Khaleel na tsaye yana jinta har cikin ransa, but he is weak and breaking down, Baya yyi a hankali, ganin haka
Heedayah ta sakesa tana kallonsa, ya dafe kirjinsa ganin xai kai kasa ta saki wani kara, tuni Zayyad ya mike ya nufo
sa, haka ma Junaid da Abban Heedayah da Abba, with Asp, Mami ma ta mike tana cewa “Innalillahi wa Inna ilaihi
raji’un”