JIRWAYE CHAPTER 7

Wani qaton gida suka iso, filin gidan qato ga motoci iri iri masu tsada anyi parking. Yara biyu ne kananu suka doso su da gudu daga saukar su mota. Suna gudu suna kiran sunan zainaba, daga gani sun saba da ita sosai. Babban ne ya riga isowa ta jawo sa jikinsa tana mai wasa da gashin sa. Can sai karamar me suna Tasneem ita ma ta iso tana kuka a dauke ta. Badejo ce ta kai hannu zata daga ta amma ta qi zuwa saboda rashin sabo da ita. Suna shiga ciki, wani babban sitting room suka iso, Badejo nata mamakin girman dakin.+

‘Ai wannan yayi girman gaba daya gidanmu’ take fadi a zuci. Sai kauyanci take ta yi, ta taba nan ta taba can. Hankalinta na can kallon chandelier inda ke sama taji muryar wata mata cike da fara’a na masu maraba. Tana dagowa suka hada ido da matar, fara tas, kyakyawa da ita ga jikinta sai walkiya yike ta yi alamar hutu. Sanye take da riga gown wanda da ka gansa ka san ba kalar talakawa bace, tsaye take tana shafa cikin ta tana tambayar zainaba ya ta baro mutan gida.

“Wannan ce yarinyar?” Ta tambaya da fara’ar ta. Kai zainaba ta daga mata, nan ta shiga gaisawa da Badejo tana tambayan ta ya gida ya ýan uwan ta. Matar dai daga gani tana da kirki.

“Ni suna na Sarah, Sarah Muhammad Fadoul”. Ta fadi wa Badejo.

Kallon ta Badejo ta sake, a gaskia in kyau ne auntie Sarah akwai kyau ga kudi ga Ilimi. Family dinsu sanannun masu kudi ne, kuma ita yaya ce a gun Nawfal Muhammad Fadoul (mind you: a lokacin duk Badejo bata san da wannan ba). Mijinta babban architect ne, shima dan gidan masu kudi kuma Allah ya albarkaci auran su da yara biyu; Suleiman wanda shine babba danta, dan yaro be wuci 5 years ba sai kanwar sa Tasneem, ýar shekara 3 sai kuma cikin da take dashi a yanzu.

“Ai sai ki nuna mata daki koh, ku ci abinci ku huta”. Riqo hannun Badejo zainaba tayi zuwa quaters din ýan aiki, nan da nan aka kawo musu abinci suka ci suka yi sallah suka huta.

Kan ka ce mai, Badejo ta zama ýar gida kuma auntie Sarah na son ta sosai saboda tana da tsafta da kuma kula gashi ta lura tana da Ilimi kuma tana son karatu. Yaran su ma duk sun saba da Badejo, kowa a gidan son ta yike. Ita kanta rayuwar gidan na mata dadi dan duk tayi kyau ta murje. Abu daya ne bata jin dadinsa a zaman ta a gidan, yadda mijin auntie Sarah ke mata wani irin kallo me cike da sha’awa.

Tana kitchen tana wanke wanke bayan lunch sai ji tayi kamar tafiyar mutum a hankula amma koh da ta juya sai bata ga kowa ba dun haka kawai ta cigaba da wanke wanken ta tana ýar waka. Can ta kuma jin motsi ta leqa amma ba kowa. Juyawar ta ke da wuya taji hannun mutum an rungumo ta. Salati ta saki da karfi kan aka yi saurin toshe mata baki. Turaren sa me dan Karen kamshi ya sanar da ita koh wanene. Juyowa tayi da qarfi, idanunta cike da kwalla.

“Un…unc….uncle wani abu kake so”. Ta tambaya murya na rawa.

“Ni ke nike so”. Ya fadi yana wata irin dariya gami da mata kallo me cike da sha’awa. “Kinyi shuru”. Koh kallon sa ta kasa bare ta ce wani abu.

Ta buda baki zata yi magana kenan taji muryar auntie Sarah na magana, kuma daga ji hanyar kitchen in ta doso. Da sauri ya wayance yayi kamar yazo daukan abu ne a fridge ita kuma ta juya ta cigaba da aikin ta, zuciyar ta cike da mamakin yaudarar ďa namiji. Me mutum me kudi da matsayi irin uncle Mukhtar zai yi da ita bayan yana da matar sa ýar boko, kyakyawa, ga iya kwalliya.

“Ina ta neman ka, me ka shigo yi kitchen”. Ta tambaya.

“Apple nazo dauka”. Ya fadi yana mata murmushi. “Wannan ýar aikin ta ki akwai kallon banza”. Ya fadi kan ya kama hanya ya fita. Auntie Sarah kam abun ya daure mata kai dun ta san Badejo a yarinya me ladabi da nutsuwa, toh me zai sa me gidan ta fadin ta mai kallon banza. Bata dai ce komi ba ta wuce ta bi bayan sa. Ita kam Badejo suna fita ta fashe da kuka, tana wanke wanke tana kuka, duk taji bata ma son zaman gidan kuma dan uncle Mukhtar ya tasa ta gaba kuma ita har ga Allah baza ta taba iya yaudarar auntie Sarah ba, mace me kirki da karamci.

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A haka suka cigaba da zama ba daren da uncle Mukhtar baya kokarin kwana da Badejo amma ta qi basa hadin kai. Takaicin haka yasa ya fara tsanarta, komi tayi sai ya kushe, ga sharri da yike yawan qala mata. Tun auntie Sarah bata magana har ta fara magana, ta daina saki wa Badejo fuska kamar yadda take yi da. Wataran suna zaune sai ga baquwa tazo gun auntie Sarah. Tana zaune a sitting room lokacin Badejo ta shigo dauke da Tasneem sun dawo kitso, tana ta wa yarinyar wasa. Tunda ta shigo matar tai ta kallon ta har ta wuce, gashi ta sa hannu zata karbi Tasneem daga hannun Badejo yarinya ta qi. Badejo bata kai ga barin sitting room dinba taji baquwar auntie Sarah na tambaya koh wacece ita.

“Ke Sarah wacece waccan?”. Ta tambaya.

“Ýar aiki ce”.

“Tabdi! Ýar aiki? Wannan kyakyawar yarinya zaki dauka aiki? Tana zama gidanki, mijin ki na kallon ta. Lallaima Sarah”. Zancen ta ya matukar jawo hankalin auntie Sarah dun ta kasance mace me zafin kishi.

“Ke wayace miki ana daukar ýan mata masu kyau haka aiki? Wannan in ta samu hutu kema kinsan ba qaramin go slow zata ja a titi ba, Amma kin dauko kin ije a gidanki. Ji yadda ma kika bari ta saba da yaranki”.

“Hmmmmm”. Kawai abunda auntie Sarah tace kenan. “Toh ni Meenah ya zanyi? Wallahi yarinyar ba ruwanta kuma ta iya aiki, a cikin masu aikin nan ba me kula mun da yara kaman ita”.

“Yo ai shikenan, nan gaba sai ubansu yace ai ta fiki kula dasu dan haka auran ta zai yi, dun yara su dinga samun kulawa da kyau. Ina da irin wannan ýar aiki tuni ban watsa mata ruwan zafi a fuska ba, dun kada mijina ya ga ta mai kyau. Wallahi gwara kin san Inda dare ya miki tun da wuri, koh baki taba jin inda ýar aiki ta zama matar gida ba”.

“Ni koh naji, ina yarinya ba abunda ya samu aunt dina ba kenan”.

“Ohhhh ya ma faru a gidanku shine kike haka. An gaida ki Sarah, Uwar kirki”. A ranar dai meenah bata tafi ba sai da tabbata ta dasa wa Sarah mugun aqida a zuciyar ta game da Badejo. Tun ranar Badejo ta fara ganin can ji sosai a gun Uwar dakin ta. Kashe gari da ta tashi ta gaida ta sai hararta tayi madadin ta ansa gaisuwa. Sannan kuma ta fara hana Badejo daukan mata yara.

“Koh da kukan mutuwa zasu yi kada ki kuma taba mun yaro”. Auntie Sarah ta mata warning “Wallahi duk randa kika yi kuma sai na yanke hannayen ki, banza ýar kauye kawai, kazama irin ki”.

Badejo tayi mamaki matuka da yadda auntie Sarah ta sanja mata rana daya, kuma dai gashi ba haka take wa sauran masu aiki ba sai ita daya. Da ta fadiwa zainaba sai ce mata tayi halan ta mata wani laifi ne, taje ta bata haquri. Kashe gari da sassafe kam haka akayi,  Badejo na wanka ta fito ta shirya ta wuce gefen auntie Sarah lokacin bata tashi ba dun haka ta shiga ta fara clearing dinning table sai ga uncle Mukhtar ya fito da shiri zuwa office. Cook ya kawo breakfast ya shirya musu shi da yara. Badejo na gaishe sa ta juya zata wuce ya kirawo ta ya sa ta aiki. Mug dinsa ya miqa mata wai ta dauraye mai a wash hand basin. Sai da ya lura da hankalin yaran yayi ne sa tukun ya miqe ya bita ya tsaya a bayan ta ya kamo ta, tsananin firgicewa ya sa ta saki mug din a qasa.

“Un…uncle”. Bata gama maganar ba taji saukan mari.

“Baki da hankali ne?”. Lokaci daya taga expression dinsa ya sanja ashe matar sa ta shigo dinning area din.

“Me ke faruwa a nan?”. Auntie Sarah ta tambaya.

“Mommy, daddy was…..”. Uncle Mukhtar be bari dan sa ya qarasa ba dun gudun kada ya tona masa asiri.

“Babe, wannan mara hankalin me aikin naki. Yanzu ni ban kai matsayin na mata gyara ba? A gidana zata na mun rashin kunya”. Ita kam Badejo ba abunda take yi sai aikin kuka ta buda baki tace wallahi karya yike mata Aikam ta ji saukar wani marin daga auntie Sarah.

“Shi ne zai miki karya? Ehhh Badejo, ya zama sa’an wasan ki koh? Toh wallahi na san maganin ki,  you filthy being. Karkarar ku zaki koma”.

“Aah haba baby, me yayi zafi. Ki dan mata uzuri mana”.

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“Rashin kunya fa ta maka”.

“Ya wuce, yarinya ce ai”.

“Kin gani koh? Bawan Allah, wallahi darajarsa kika ci da yanzu na sa an sa ki a bus zuwa yola. Mara hankali, shi shi da kike wa rashin kunyan gashi shi ke roqon a barki”. Ta fadi gami da sakin wata ýar tsaki. Uncle Mukhtar kam sai murmushin qeta yike ta mata. Zata wuce kitchen dauko tsintsiya dun share mug inda tayi breaking sai kiranta auntie Sarah tayi wai ta tsince sa tas da hannunta, koh shard na glass daya kar ta bari. Tana kuka tana tsincewa taji ya zuquno qasa ya matso kusa da kunnenta yana mata rada.

“Kadan kika gani yarinya, ni zaki wulakanta”. Ya daga handkerchief inda ya wurgar da gangan ya miqe ya wuce.

Bayan sati biyu, ranar auntie Sarah bata nan, ta fita zuwa dauko qaninta daga airport, zaya dawo daga qasar Qatar inda yaje qaro karatu. Badejo ta shiga zata yi dusting sitting room ta sama uncle Mukhtar zaune da yaran suna kallon cartoon. Tunda ta fara aikin ta ya kafeta da ido. Hakika Allah yayi wa yarinyar jiki me kyau, gaba da baya tubarkallah.

‘Abunda Sarah bata dashi kenan, sai kyaun fuska’ yike fadi a zucin sa. Amma a waje sai kiranta yayi “ke”. A tsorace ta juyo ta ansa shi da Na’am.

“Bedroom dina nike so a gyara mun”. Abun ya matukar daure mata kai saboda bedroom din uncle Mukhtar ya kasance a restricted area to all the staff in the house. Tsayawa tayi tana kallonsa ta rasa abun yi, ta san trap yike shirin hada mata amma kuma in ta qi duk dai ta gudu bata tsira bane. “Koh biki ji bane”.

“Eh.. ehhh naji am….amm.,.. amma”.

“Amma me?”. Ya tambaya.

“Auntie ta hana mu shiga”.

“Ni na baki order. Maza wuce. Ya fadi rai a bace”. A hankula, kamar kazar da kwai ya fashewa a ciki ta ke tafia har ta isa bedroom dinsa. Ganin dakin tayi tsaf ba abunda ya baci. Ta tsaya tana ta yaba kyaun dakin kawai taji qarar key, ya shigo ya rufe qofar. A hankula ya dinga takowa har har ya iso gab da inda take tsaye. Heart dinta nata bugu vigorously, a zuciya kam tana ta shikenan yau uncle Mukhtar zai raba ta da budurcin ta. Addua take ta yi, Allah ya kawo mata mafita. Da ya iso gab da ita tsayawa yayi yana kallon ta yana murmushi.

“Badejo kina da kyau sosai. Aikin gidan be kama ce ki ba”. Ya fadi yana hadiyan saliva. Shuru tayi bata ce mai komi ba, ita dai tana ta addua subhanahu wata’alah ya kawo mata mafita.

“Saki Jikin ki, magana kawai nike so muyi”. Ya fadi.

“Ina ji toh”.

“Ki zauna muyi magana cikin fahimta”. Ya fadi kan ya yunkura ya dauko wani briefcase ya ije kan gado kan shima ya zauna kan gadon.

“Aah nan dinma yayi”. Ta fadi a tsorace.

“Koh baki son kudi?”. Ya fadi yana murmushi kan kan ya buda briefcase din wanda cike yike da dollars.

“Ina so mana” ta basa ansa “Amma halal dina, gumi na”.

“Ai wanan dinma gumin ki ne. Abu zaki ban nikuma na baki kudin”.

“Aah…. uncle dan girman Allah kayi haquri. Kada auntie ta zo ta izza mu”.

“Nace ki saki Jikin ki mana. Ina matukar sha’awar ki Badejo, wallahi da zan iya auran ki zanyi dan ke irin kalar matan da nike so ne. Kin fi Sarah da komi fiye fiye da yadda kike zato. Dan Allah ki tausaya mun, kinga tunda ta sama ciki abu ya daina shiga tsakanin mu”. Ya hada fuskar  tausayi, kai ka ce wani bawan Allah ne. Namiji kenan, harda kneeling down yana roqon ta.

“Dan Allah ki rufa mun asiri Badejo. Wallahi koh nawa kike so a briefcase din ki deba, sannan zan siya miki gida inda zan ije ki.  Ki zama tawa ni daya. Har mota zan siya miki. Ke Keda talauci kunyi bye bye Allah”. Yayi ta roqon ta. Ita kam ba abunda take yi in ba hawaye ba. Tabbas offer dinsa was very tempting amma kuma bazata taba iya cin amanar auntie Sarah ba sannan bazata taba iya sabawa ubangijin ta ba.

“Gaskia uncle kayi haquri, wannan abu da kake so mu aika ta babban laifi ne, bazan iya ba”.

“Dan Allah Badejo, so daya kawai. Allah zan aure ki, kinga in na aure ki shikenan, ba wanda zai sani ma. Kinji baby”. Yayi ta rarrashin ta. Da yaga dai bata da shirin yarda da buqatar sa sai yayi deciding yayi maganin ta, ya biya buqatar sa ta hanyar mata fin karfi.A haka suka fara kokawa, uncle Mukhtar na kokarin cin ma burinsa a kan ta ita kuma tana kokarin kwato kanta. Gashi ba abun ta saki ihu ba, ya toshe bakin ta. Cikin wannan halin ba wanda a cikin su ya ankara da shigowar motar auntie Sarah gidan ba sai da suka ji motsi, alamar ana kokarin buda lock din dakin. Nan uban gumi ya fara keto wa uncle Mukhtar, Tabbas yau dubun sa ta cika. In Sarah ta kama sa kashin sa ya bushe, wa zai dinga nemo mai projects kuma dun dama duk projects in da ake kawo masa dan uwan ta ne ke masa hanya.+

Nan da nan basira tazo mai, ya buda button nasa biyu ya fada kan gado kan ya jayo ta ta fado saman sa.

“Dan Allah kiyi haquri ki rabu dani. Bazan iya yaudarar mata na ba, in ba ke ba Badejo wani irin kyautatawa ne Sarah bata miki…….”. Ya dinga fadi a lokacin da auntie Sarah ta shigo dakin.

“Me zan gani haka”. Ta fadi tana sakin wayoyin da ke hannunta da key din motar ta a qasa. Cikin hanzari Badejo ta sauko jikinsa ta dau kallabinta wanda tuni ya fadi qasa. Qasa kawai tayi ta fara rokon auntie Sarah.

“Wallahi auntie ba haka bane….. Un…..unc….uncle ne…..”. Bata gama magana ba auntie Sarah ta matso kusa ta cakumo ta ta fara jan ta waje, suna isa gun da daya daga cikin masu aikin gidan ke gugan uniforms din yara auntie ta tsaya.

“Sai kin ci uban ki yau wallahi”. Ta fadi kan ta kwata iron din me zafi daga hannun me gugan zata na na wa Badejo a fuska.

“Auntie dan Allah kiyi haquri, wallahi uncle shi yace naje na gyara mai daki”. Ta fadi cikin hawaye.

“Shine kika ce bari kiyi using opportunity ki mun seducing miji koh, wallahi sai kin ci na jaki yau”. Auntie Sarah ta fadi tana kai wa fuskar Badejo hari da iron din ita kuma ta kauce da sauri ta hanyar duqawa sai saukar iron din ta ji a bayan ta ta saki wata ihu me karfi.1

“Ai Allah yau sai nayi disfiguring wannan fuskar da kike alfahari da ita, har kike ganin zaki iya kwace mun miji. Kai Musa qara zafin iron din”. Ta fadi cikin zafin rai. Ta daga hannu zata kuma sakin wa Badejo iron din a jiki wani namiji ya zo ya riqe ta gam.

“Sarah! What’s this? Me ya faru”. Ya tambaya.

“Nawfal ka rabu dani, yau sai na kassara yarinyar nan. Ta rasa wanda zata bi sai mijina”. Ta fadi tana fisge kan ta amma ina dan uwan ta ya mata riqo sosai ta kasa kwance kanta daga riqon. Da kyar ya shawo kanta ta ije iron din suka fara tafia, Badejo kam na gun tana ta faman shara kuka, ga zafin qazafin da aka mata ga zafin qunar da tayi. Koh bakin door din barin dakin basu isa ba auntie Sarah ta saki wata ýar ihu, water dinta yayi breaking. Nan da nan Nawfal ya dago ta yana kwala kiran uncle Mukhtar ya fito. Cikin hanzari aka wuce da ita asibiti.

Ita kam Badejo na isa quaters dinsu ta fada Jikin zainaba tana kuka tana fadi mata duk abunda ya faru. Zainaba ta rungumo kawarta suka ta kuka tare, sai da suka yi kukan ta ishe su kan zainaba ta miqe da niyyar dressing ma Badejo burn dinta. Auntie Sarah kam tunda aka wuce da ita hospital sai bayan 2 days suka dawo gida ta haifi danta santalele, Aikam a ranar da ta dawo Badejo bata qara koh da 30 minutes ba a gidan.

Tana shiga ta izza ta kitchen ta jawo ta waje a wulakance tace wa wata mai aikin gida ta je ta kwaso mata kayanta ta bar gidan. Masu aiki ne sun kai su biyar suka taru ana ta ba auntie Sarah haquri, at least ta bari kashe gari da safe, yanzu ina zata cikin dare haka, an riga da anyi sallah isha’i. Sam auntie Sarah tayi kememe kan cewa Badejo baza ta kuma kwana mata a gida ba dan haka tayi mata watsi da kaya a waje tare da kudi naira dari biyu wai tayi kudin mota dashi zuwa yola dun mugunta da rashin imani. A ina dari biyu zata ishi mutum kudin mota daga Abuja har zuwa yola.

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Haka Badejo ta mike ta kakkabe jiki ta tsinto kayanta tana hawaye. Yanzu ita ya zata yi? Ina zata je, ina zata sama kudin motar komawa gida kuma in ma ta koma tace wasu Ummati menene? Takaicin Hamma Suraj ma kadai ya ishe su bare kuma su zo su ji dalilin barin ta gidan aikin ta.

“Ya Allah gani gareka, ka zaba mun abunda ya fi alkhairi a gareni”. Ta fadi ta cigaba da tafia ba tare da tasan inda take zuwa ba. Haka ta sha tafia har kusan goman dare kan ta isa tashan da suka sauka farkon zuwan su Abuja. Zama tayi shuru a wani dan dakali tana ta kallon jama’a kowa na aiwatar da abunda ya kawo sa. Ga karuwai nan suna tsayuwan neman customers, ýan tasha ana ta hayaniya, masu fada nayi, masu busar cigari nayi, masu caca nayi. Ga masu abinci nan ma iri iri. Kowa dai na harkansa. Tana cikin zaman ta shuru tana sharar kuka taji an tabo ta, juyowar da zata yi ya buso mata hayakin cigari a fuska.

“Toh ýan mata yaya ne?”. Ya tambaya tayi shuru bata ansa shi ba. “Magana nike”. Ya kuma fadi still tayi shuru. Sai kawai ya ja tsaki ya fara zagin ta.

“Shegiya, karuwa ýar iska. Daga gani gudowa kika yi daga gida. Ai bani na aike ki kwaso cikin shege ba ko ma wani laifi kika aika ta da ya sa ki barin gida. Dama na so na kaiki dakina ne ki huta nima na huta”. Ya fadi kan ya wuce. Jin haka yasa kukan Badejo ya qaru, wai ita ce yau ake kira da karuwa, ýar iska, me cikin shege.

Gani tayi zama a tashan bazai amfane ta da komi ba, dama ta so ne tazo ta roqi drivers koh akwai wanda zai ji tausayin ta ya kaita yola. Daukar ýar jakarta tayi ta fara tafia, bulayi ta ringa yi ba tare da ta san Inda zata ba, a haka har ta iso wani dan tebur kamar na me shayi haka, ya tashi sai tayi addua ta kutsa qasan tebur din inda ta tabbata ba wanda zai lura da ita ta shimfida zanin ta guda daya ta kwanta. Gaba daya daren ranar kasa barci tayi tana ta tunani iri iri. A karshe dai tayi concluding cewar zata cigaba da neman aiki kawai madadin ta koma gida haka, ta san komi yaya dai zata samu aiki. Ba ita ta sama barci ba sai kusan subh dun haka har me shayi yazo bata tashi ba. Shima sai da tin din milk daya ya fadi qasa ya sa hannu zai dauka yaji mutum, duqawar da zai yi yaga Badejo nata sharar barci, nan da nan ya nemo sanda ya kwala mata.

“Shegiya tashi! Ance miki nan muhallin mahaukata ne”. Ya fadi a tunanin sa mahaukaciya ce, ita kam Badejo taji bugun da ya kai mata sosai da sosai. A hankula ta buda ido taga ya daga sandar sama zai kuma kai mata wani bugu.

“Aah aah dun Allah, zan tashi”.

“Oya maza tashi! Mahaukaciya kawai”. Ya fadi. Ita kam tana tashi ta ruga a guje, har ta mance zanin ta da ta shimfida a qasa garin sauri. Haka ta cigaba da tafia, gashi jikinta duk ya butu butu, duk inda ta gota sai an Kalle ta, har da ta tsaya wani shago dun ta sayi bread da dari biyun da auntie Sarah ta bata masu shagon suka koreta, a tunanin su zauttaciya ce ita. Tafia take ta yi ba dun ta san Inda ta nufa ba ga yunwa da ke addabar ta. Tana cikin tafiyar ta iso gun wata me koko da qosai. Nan ta tsaya matar ta saurare ta, ta siya kokon ashirin da qosan talatin. Ba dun zai ishe ta ba sai dan tsumulmulan kudi. Dari biyun nan was the only cash she had. For 4 days haka Badejo take ta bulayi a streets din Abuja har ta gama kashe kudaden hannunta tas, ta fara yawo on an empty stomach. A rana na biyar ne tana tafia ta iso wani qaton building wanda offices ne. A bakin entrance din building din taga banner which read; *Secretary, receptionist and cleaners needed* cike da farin ciki ta dosa hanyar building din, da niyyar shiga ta gwada luck dinta koh Allah zai sa a dace tunda duk gidajen da ta kwankwasa tun a gate ake sa me gadi ya zuba mata mai.

“Ke dallah ina zaki shiga”. Me gadin building din ya kwalla mata tsawa.

“Aiki nazo nema”. Ta basa ansa.

“A hakan?”. Ya nuna ta da hannu yana ýar dariya “Daga gani wannan sabon hauka ke damunta”. Ya fadi yana dariya. Kuka ta fashe mai da tana mai bayani cewa ita ba mahaukaciya bace, situation ne ya maida ta haka sai yaji ta bashi tausayi.

“Kinga yanzu yamma tayi, boss karfe 4 yike barin office kuma yanzu hudu saura minti 9, ki dawo gobe da karfe takwas haka sai ki gansa koh Allah zai sa a dace”. Ya bata shawara. Godia ta mai, har ta juya zata wuce ya tsayar da ita.

“Baiwar Allah, kiyi wanka kuma, ba zaki iya shiga da wannan warin da kike yi ba”. Ya fadi.

“Toh a ina zan samu bayin yin wankar? Kusan kwanana goma kenan bani da gun sa kai”. Ta fadi ta cigaba da tafiyar ta sai kuma taji ya kirata.

“Baiwar Allah dawo”. A hankula ta koma. Murmushi ya mata yace ta shigo, sannan ya mata nuni da ta zauna kan dakalin dakinsa. Tana zama yace mata ta shiga dakinsa tayi shirin wanka, tana ta shakka koh dai wayo shima yike son mata amma sai ya tabbatar mata da bazai cuce ta ba, yana da diya sa’ar ta. Dun haka Badejo tayi addua a zucin ta kan ta shiga dakin. Kayan jikinta ta tube kan ta daura zani jikinta ta sa dan hijaab tazo ta shiga wanka. Ta dade tana cuda jikinta, sai sai da tayi ensuring tas dirt inda ke jikinta ya fita kan ta watsa ruwa, ta tsane jikinta ta fito. Tana fitowa ya fadi mata inda zata ga man shafawa. Sai da ta gama shirin ta tas, ta sa kaya masu tsafta kan ta fito da zauna kan dakali ta fara mai godia. Kwanon abinci ya turo mata da ledar pure water shima ya ije daya gabansa. Yadda yaga tana rushing din abincin ya basa tausayi, kan kace me ta share kwanon tas, cikin tausaya wa ya miqa mata nasa kwanon. Tana kallonsa ta gefen ido ya share hawaye sannan ya miqe wai yana zuwa.

Yana tashi shago ya wuce ya siya soap da detergent yazo yace ta kwaso kayan dattin ta ya wanke mata su tas, sannan ya goge mata wasu masu kyau wanda auntie Sarah ce ta bata kwance, yace ta sasu gobe in zata gun boss. Ya bar mata dakinsa ya shimfida tabarma waje ya kwanta. Early the next morning ya tashe ta tayi sallah sannan yace ya ce ta shiga wanka ta shirya. Tsaf ta shirya ta fito, lafiyeyyen tea da bread har da egg na jiran ta.  Cikin hawaye ta dinga mai godia da zata wuce.

“Na gode sosai Baba Haruna, ba zan taba mance wannan taimako da ka mun ba. Allah ya saka maka da alkhairi”.

“Ahhh haba Badejo, ai yi wa kai ne. Allah bada saa, Allah ya taimaka. Kinga zuwa anjima kadan zan wuce can zamfara ganin gida ba lallai ki dawo ki izza ni ba, sai dai abokin aikina. Amma ga wannan ki riqe, ba yawa”. Ya sa mata naira dari biyar a hannu. Kuka take sosai tana mai godia, ya mata  fatan alkhairi. “Ina fatan in na dawo mu kuma haduwa, Allah sa ki sama aikin”. Tace Ameen kan ta wuce.

A hankula ta taka har zuwa main entrance din building din, sai da tayi ýar addua kan ta tura kofar ta shiga, receptionist din cikin fara’a ta tambayi abunda ya kawo ta, ta fadi sai tayi directing dinta to 5th floor din building, wai a nan office din boss yike. Har 12 suna zaman jira kan boss din ya iso ya fara attending to mutane masu son ganinsa. Sannu a hankali har aka iso kan Badejo.

A hankula matar ta taka har ta isa inda Badejo ke zaune tana ta gabzar bread dinta, koh lura da matar bata yi ba. Koh da matar ta zuquna, ta dade tana kallon Badejo idanunta cike da kwalla kamar tana tunanin wani abu. Ta dade a zuqune kan ta sa hannayenta biyu a kan cinyoyin Badejo.+

“Ýan mata”. Ta kirata a hankula. Ido kawai Badejo ta zuba wa matar bata ce mata komi ba. Can kuma dai sai ta buda baki tai magana.

“Lafia?”. Ta tambaya matar.

“Ina gidan ku yike?”. Tambayar da matar ta fara mata kenan. Sai da Badejo ta dau lokaci kamar tana nazarin wani abu kan ta nata ansa.

“Can yola”. Ta fadi kan ta kuma gutsurar bread dinta.

“Yola!”. Matar ta fadi cikin mamaki “Me kike yi nan Abuja toh”. Ta tambaya amma Badejo koh kallon ta bata yi ba bare ta bata ansa, gaba daya hankalinta na kan abunda take ci.

‘Tabbas wannan yarinyar na buqatar taimako’. Matar ta fadi a zuci kan ta miqe ta kakkabe rigar ta. “Taso muje”. Ta fadi gami da miqo wa Badejo hannu amma sai Badejo ta qi,  tsoran ta kada a kuma maimaita abunda ya faru a gidan auntie Sarah. Matar tayi tayi amma Badejo ta qi bin ta a haka dai ta haqura ta tashi ta wuce, zuciyar ta fal da tunani iri iri. Gashi Badejo ta mugun kwanta mata a rai, duk da cikin tsumma da datti take, haka be hana matar hango tsananin kyaun da Allah ya mata ba.

Har ta isa gida zuciyar ta cike yike da tunanin Badejo, tana ta tunanin mene zai dauko yarinya ýar budurwa kamar Badejo tun daga can gida yola, har zuwa Abuja.

“Allah sa ba abunda nike suspecting bane”. Ta fadi a hankula. Ranar dai da tunanin Badejo ta kwana, hakan ya sa ta tashi da sassafe next morning din. Masu aiki nata mamaki da suka ga ta shiga kitchen da kanta ta hada breakfast kuma tayi packing komi a cikin warmers kan tayi arranging warmers din a wani dan picnic basket ta wuce mota da shi. Da sauri take ta tuqi tana addua Allah sa ta izza Badejo cikin saa kam ta izza ta zaune inda ta ganta jiya ta zuba uban tagumi. Cike da fara’a ta sauko mota riqe da basket din ta iso inda Badejo take.

Ita ma a qasa ta zauna, ba tare da damuwa akan kayan jikinta ba. Ita ta fara buda baki tayi wa Badejo magana.

“Kin tashi lafia?”. Ta tambaya.

“Alhamdulillah…. ina kwana”. Ta gaida ta in a polite way. Silence ne ya rufe afterwards kan can matar ta turo mata basket din gami da mata Bismillah. Ganin Badejo bata da niyyar buda basket din ya sa matar budawa ta ciro warmers din da wani dan plate tayi serving dinta abinci. Cikin hanzari Badejo ta ja kwanon ta hau cin abinci, ba tare da wanke hannu ba koh wani abu. Shuru matar tayi tana kallon kwalla sun cika mata idanu, ga bisa dukkan alamu ta fada duniyar tunani. Tarin da taji Badejo nayi ne ya dawo da ita reality, cikin hanzari ta buda bottle water inda ta riqo ta miqa mata. Haka ta cigaba da shafa mata baya har tarin ya tsaya.

“Ki ci a hankula”. Ta fadi mata amma Badejo kamar ba da ita ake ba “Ya sunanki?”. Ta kuma tambaya. Sai da Badejo ta gama taunar abincin da ke bakin ta kan ta dago kai ta bata ansa.

“Badejo”.

“Ina son ki Badejo, zaki biyo ni gidana?”. Ta tambaya. Tana fadin haka Badejo ta turo plate din abincin da take ci ta matsa da baya. Kawai tuno da abunda uncle Mukhtar ya mata da kuma irin cin mutunci da auntie Sarah ta mata ta yi sai ta fara hawaye. Nan hankalin matar ya tashi ta hau bata haquri.

“Laaa dan Allah kiyi haquri, ba da wani nufi na fadi haka ba. Naga be kamaci diya mace ace tana kwana a titi ba, akwai mutane mugaye, in biki fada hannun masu fyade ba kya iya faduwa hannun cultists, shiyasa. Kiyi haquri kinji Badejo, ni fisabilillah nike son ki”. Ta gama fadi ta miqe zata wuce motar ta sai ji tayi Badejo ta tsayar da ita. Har ta fara jin dadi maybe tayi having change of heart ne amma koh da ta juyo sai Badejo tayi mata nuni da basket inda tazo dashi. Murmushi tayi kawai ta juya ta kwashi kayanta ta shiga mota ta wuce.

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Attitude din Badejo towards her be sa tayi sanyin gwiwa ba dun ta tabbatar da akwai incidence inda yayi traumatising dinta har ya sa ta jin tsoron mutane da kuma rashin yarda dasu. Dun haka ta umurci cook dinta da ayi dinner da wuri. Haka kuwa aka yi, ranar by 6 pm an gama dinner, ta kuma shirya abinci a basket ta wuce wa Badejo dashi. Still dai nan gun da ta maida kamar muhalli matar ta same ta. Murmushi ta mata, ita ma Badejo sai ta mayar mata da murmushi. Abun ya matukar ba matar mamaki. Murmushi ya qara fiddo da kyaun Badejo, saboda inta yi murmushi sai kumatun ta ya lotsa, dimples inta su fito. Matar taso yaba kyaun da Allah ya mata amma sai ta hi tsoron kada ta kuma razanata dun haka ta ja bakin ta tayi shuru. Mamaki ne ya dibe matar da taga Badejo na jan ta da hira.

“Na fadi miki sunana amma baki fadi mun naki ba”. Ta fadi a hankula. Murmushi matar tayi a zucin ta tana fadin it’s a progress.

“Yasmeenah….. that’s my name”. Ta fadi mata.1

“Yasmeenah koh Yasmeen”. ta tambaya

“Toh ai duk suna daya ne, amma na fi son Yasmeenah”. Ta mata bayani tana shafa mata kai. Koh kadan Yasmeenah bata kyamaci Badejo ba.

“Baki da yara? Kullum ke da ke zuwa”. Ta kuma tambaya.

“Ďiyata daya, tayi aure tana can Port Harcourt da family dinta”. Kai kawai ta gyada cigaba da cin abincin ta ba tare da ta kuma magana ba. Sai da ta gama ci ta wanke hannu kan ta dago ta kalli Yasmeenah ta kuma magana.

“Na gode……. Allah baki abunda kike so”.

“Ameen”. Yasmeenah ta fadi tana tuno babban abunda take quduri a rayuwa. Tsam Yasmeenah ta miqe bayan ta gama hada kayanta ta nufi motar ta. Har ta buda zata shiga sai muryar Badejo ta tsayar da ita.

“Hajia….”. Ta fadi a hankula “Kin fasa tafia gida dani ne?”. Ta tambaya. Da sauri saurin ta Yasmeenah ta dawo ta riqo hannun Badejo.

“Sosaima, zaki iya bina gida”. Ta riqo ta har inda tayi parking, ta buda mata qofa kan ita ma ta wuce ta shiga ta ja mota. Suna tafe tana da jan Badejo da dan hira.

Wani gida qato suka isa, Yasmeenah tayi honking nan da nan aka buda mata gate ta shiga. Motoci ne sun kai goma parked a harabar gidan, kuma duk cikin motocin ba karami.

‘Da gani matar babba ce’. Badejo ta ayyana a ran ta.

Shiga gidan suka yi, nan Badejo ta kuma sakin baki gun kallo. Ta ma rasa a cikin gidan auntie Sarah da wannan gidan wanda ya fi kyau da tsaruwa, ga uban dukiya da aka zuba a gidan. Riqe hannunta Yasmeenah tayi har zuwa wani daki wanda ya hadu matuka. Zama tayi shuru akan gado kamar yadda Yasmeenah ta umurce ta da tayi. Ji tayi gadon na da wani shegen laushi ga uban kanshi da ke tashi a dakin. Ta bi ko ina da idanu. Can ta wani angle a dakin dakin ta hango wani dan trestle table wanda akai pictures frames ne. Miqewa tayi ta isa gun ta qurewa hotunan kallo, Yasmeenah ce da wata yarinya, ýar budurwa me matukar kyau. Hotunan da ke gun sun fi karfin ashirin amma duk na Yasmeenah ne da yarinyar, wasu a ciki tun tana yarinya har ta kai ga girma. Sai wasu guda biyu kuma wanda Yasmeenah ce da yarinyar da wani namiji, wani kuma Yasmeenah ce da yarinyar riqe da baby a hannunta.

“That’s my daughter”. Ta ji muryar Yasmeenah a bayan ta “Duk duniya ban da kamar ta”. Ta fadi tana murmushi kan ta cigaba da ba Badejo labarin diyar ta. There was this kind of joy and pride a fuskar Yasmeenah a yayin da take bawa Badejo hirar diyar ta, Hakika bond dinsu is very very tight.

“Toh enough of Leek, shirya ki shiga wanka, na hada miki ruwa”. Yasmeenah ta jawo hannunta zuwa hanyar Bathroom din. Dan zaman da tayi gidan auntie Sarah ya sa ta saba da using some modern gadgets and equipment. Dun haka koh da ta shiga bathroom din, with ease tayi wankar ta ta fito although ta dade tana cudan jikinta. Tunda ta shiga hawaye ke zuba daga idanunta in ta tuna wautar da tayi.

Koh da fito, shafa mai tayi kan ta buda closet inda Yasmeenah ta fadi mata ta duba, zata sama kayan sawa. A cikin few kayan diyar ta da suka rage. Gama sa kayanta ke da wuya Yasmeenah ta budo kofar ta shigo, murmushi tayi ta kalli Badejo kan ta zaunar da ita gaban vanity table, tayi plugging din hair dryer ta fara busar mata da kai. Shuru ba me ce wa kowa komi a cikin su, har dai finally Yasmeenah tayi breaking silence din.

“Meya fiddo ki daga gida, me ya kawo ki Abuja?”. Ta tambaya.

“Aiki”.

“Aiki?”. Ta tambaya.

“Ehhh aiki, abunda ya kawo ni Abuja kenan”. Ta fadi kan ta fara ba Yasmeenah labarin ta A-Z. Tun daga rasa aikin Abban ta har ya zuwa rashin lafiyar ta, zuwa abunda ya sameta gidan auntie sarah, da yadda tayi wautar rasa budurcinta, duk ta kwashe ta fadi wa Yasmeenah. Koh da ta gama narrating story dinta, Jikin Yasmeenah ya riga da ya gama mutuwa. Ta dade ba abunda da take yi sai jan dogon numfashi. Labarin Badejo ya fama mata wani tsohon miki da ke zuciyanta, wanda a tunanin ta ya dade da warkewa or so she thought. Safaa da Marwah kawai ta dinga yi a cikin dakin kan daga baya ta matso zuwa inda Badejo take ta shafa mata baya tana rarrashinta dun kuka sosai take.

“My dear that’s life for you. You have to be strong”.

“Nima na taba fadawa cikin wani situation similar to yours. Maybe, just maybe someday nayi sharing story na da ke”. Ta fadi kan ta fita daga dakin.