FAMILY TIME

Ahlif went down to meet her mum in the kitchen after praying, hey momma here I am! Smiling.. Ahlif what took you so long Mrs aisha asked? Momma I prayed before getting down here, oh yes ahlif mum huff's.. Get the tomatoes and blend them ahlif" alright momma she replied, moving forward she grab the washed tomatoes placed in a bowl on the kitchen table pour them into the blender cover it and on the button.

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Asalama alaikum...!?

a man opens the front door leading inside a well furnished sitting room with his office bag held in his left hand walk inside and dropped the bag on a stool,

sitting beside a couch while dropping his bag he collapse into the couch and made a tiring sigh..

Meanwhile ahlif and her mum were inside the kitchen when they heard the front door opened hearing the voice of ahlif dad Mr saiffullah sadiq,

Amin wa'alaikuma Salam..

raising her voice from the kitchen ahlif go meet your dad and tell him I will join him soon also dinner will be served in some minutes okay momma I will go right away she left walking down the hallway passing through the dinning room leading to the sitting room,. Welcome daddy Mr Saif look forward to where his daughter is standing ahlif.. How you doing and how was school today? It was fine daddy and am also doing fine how was work today? You look tired furring her eyebrows,

while seeing her dad in such state Yes dear am very tired work was hectic today where is your mother? She is in the kitchen she asked me to tell you she will join you soon and dinner will be served soon ahlif said.. OK let me go inside and freshen up before dinner is served I will come down right away when am done Alright daddy ahlif replied standing up from where he was sitting he walk pass her climbing the stairs freezing from the spot he was standing he turn around and look back and said please hand me over my bag I forgot it was there while getting up from the sofa ahlif who was starring at the TV screen right in front of her turn and picked the bag from the stool and hand it over to her father here it is dad.. Thank you dear he said and he continue climbing the stairs off to his room.

Ahlif return to the kitchen met her mum packing some dishes heading towards the hallway to the dinning room ahlif joined her mother in setting up the dinner on the dinning table.

After dinner ahlif went up to her room picked some of her books and went through it then she remember what her father said during dinner, we re going to have a visitor this weekend. Who is that? Mrs aisha look up to her husband from where she was sitting across the dinning table, the son of my cousin uncle Emir Abdulmalik he replied ooh.. Yes I remember his mother telling me he school's here what took him so long to visit us? well I guess he has been busy and khaleed told me they met in school and he wanted to come over but was told we travelled, that was when we travel to your niece wedding, Yes I remember Mrs aisha exclaimed so when exactly did he say he is coming.. this Saturday! he replied alright then we will be expecting him she said.. Looking to where his daughter is sitting he said ahlif I hope you know tauheed starring up to her father she shake her head no daddy I don't know him but I do know his younger brother bello who is around my age, that must be the Emir's last wife son they are the younger ones in the family I mean bello and his younger brother Yes daddy he once showed me his younger brother umar. Daddy how many wives does the Emir have? Four he replied oh I see she said so he has been studying here but I never came across him in school though I know am in my first year.. well you said you don't know him ahlif raising his arch eyesbrows to her "confuse" huff... She raise her hand over her face right daddy I don't know him how will I have recognise him even if I bump into him...!

he turn to face his wife and said well I guess you all should be expecting him he is coming along with khaleed this Saturday.

talking about khaleed momma I haven't seen him since I came back from school did he tell you he was staying over in the hostel with his friends this time again? Uhm she nodded her head he called me earlier this evening while I was coming home from the market that he has some group assignment so he will be staying at the hostel with his course mate for tonight.. Yes he told me so too Mr Saif cut into their conversation he came along to meet me in my office they were together with tauheed that was when he told me he is coming over this weekend oh I see Mrs aisha said while packing some dishes and gesturing to ahlif to help her with the dishes.. Thinking ahlif was wondering why she was tense about this particular visitor they were going to have this weekend she shove the books aside and laid her head on the pillow right behind her, closing her eyes she thought to her self sometimes I get tense and freak out for nothing.. Remembering she hasn't changed into her pyjamas she stood up and went straight to her wardrobe to change into her pyjamas and set to sleep.