Broken Tears Episode 8

Idris was done with his project work and his supervisor had approved all his chapters, He had defended and now, he was preparing for Law school. He called his parents that morning and told them about it, they were so happy and they prayed for him and told him to bring Maryam to meet them soon. Maryam didn't know he told his parents about her already. He loved her so much and he wanted something permanent with her. Just the thought about her made his heart flip-flop. He had to see her.




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      Maryam left the hall smiling, she just wrote her last paper for the session, and it was very okay. She walked towards Saffy's department to wait for her. She was relieved to see her walking out of the hall as well, she waved at her to come over. "How was it?" She asked. "It was very okay, I answered all the questions to the fullest." "Good, let's go home. I'll be meeting Idris soon,he says he wants to celebrate my birthday eve with me, maybe take me out or something before the main birthday tomorrow." She told Saffy with a happy smile. "Wow that's so sweet Maryam. Idris really cares about you..." There was an awkward silence between them for while and Maryam tried to reassure her sister; "Don't worry Saffy, Gaffar might surprise you! You'll see!" Saffiyah laughed and they kept talking as they walked home.  




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     Maryam and Idris talked while she got ready to go out with him, she picked up her make up brush to do some finishing touches; "Where are you taking me to tonight?" She asked; "There's this new place close to school gate where they sell nice dishes, I went there yesterday to check it out. You'll love it, I promise!" Saffiyah came out of the room wearing her nighty. Maryam looked over at her curiously; "Saffy no date for you? Whatsup?" "Nothing jor! Gaffar said he's preparing for a presentation tomorrow, so I'll just stay in and watch movies." Idris looked over at her; "You can come with us o, its your birthday eve too you know." "No dear, you guys have fun. Thanks though." She opened her laptop and turned it on. Maryam finished with her makeup, picked up her bag and left the house with Idris.




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     "I don't know why we can't get a cab. Let's walk further a little, maybe we'll get bike at least." Idris and Maryam walked for a while,and as Idris was about to flag down a cab,Maryam heard a familiar voice from a joint nearby. She turned; "Idris hold on." She followed the voice; "Guy I swear that chic baaaaaad! I just dey follow the waist as the beat dey go! Mehn! That party rock yesterday abeg! We just dey high anyhow! Shayo dey waste! I even get one party tonight self. Abeg control that chic for me now." And then an unfamiliar voice answered; "why you no collect her number yesterday? You go just dey fuck up anyhow!" "Guy no be so, I just dey carried away. And all of us dey high! Na this morning she commot from my place self. You know as e dey be now!" As Maryam and Idris approached the joint, the smell of weed clouded the air. Idris already knew who they would find, he had seen him countless times getting wasted, and one time he tried to caution him but got shunned instead. As they got to the entrance, he was so surprised at the calmness in Maryam's voice as she confirmed her suspicions; "Gaffar," she said with a sarcastic smile; "How's that presentation prep going?" Gaffar quickly got up and threw the remains of what he'd been smoking on the ground, stepped on it and quickly walked towards them. Maryam held out a hand, stooping him on his tracks; "Say whatever you've got to say from there, don't ruin my perfume." "Maryam err whatsup with you? Errmm see, its not what you think...." "I'm not thinking anything Gaffar, not yet. Does my sister know about this?" She asked, waving her hand around, knowing he understood what she meant by that gesture. He laughed nervously; "Maryam she doesn't have to know you know." Maryam's control snapped; "How dare you! You think my sister is a fool? Listen, you have just one option, come out clean with my sister or I will." With that she turned around and left the place. "Can you imagine that idiot?!" She said to Idris; "that guy is a junkie! I knew it! I tried to talk to Saffy but she wouldn't listen!" "Calm down Maryam, at least now you have proof that he's no good. Just make sure you're there for her when she needs you okay?" "Of course I will. Thanks for bringing me out tonight. I wouldn't have known." "Common Maryam, let's just try and get a cab."    




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    Saffiyah rolled over on her bed and opened her eyes. She smiled, it was her birthday. She took a deep breath and stretched. Thoughts of Jamal washed over her, she remembered him saying he would be there to give her a birthday kiss every year for the rest of their lives.  Funny how time flies though. She thought of Gaffar,  then she picked up her phone and dialed his number to wish him the best in his presentation . Her heart thumped when a feminine voice answered; " Hello who is this? "  " This is Saffiyah and who is this? " "This is Gaffar's girlfriend!  Any problem?" There was a little struggling on the other end and the next voice was Gaffar's; " Saffy whatsup?" Saffiyah was pissed.  "Gaffar what's the meaning of this? So you have another girlfriend right? Why??" "Saffy listen uhm... I've been wanting to talk to you for a while now. This.... thing between me and you. .. its not working for me.  I'm sorry you had to find out this way,  I didn't plan for it to happen like this, it's just. .. well l'm not feeling it anymore and I'm very sorry okay.  Take care." Saffy was breathing heavily now, all she could manage to utter was; "what?"... The line went dead. She sat up on her bed, shaking from head to toe., tears burning her eyes and cheeks, she took a very deep breath and with all her strength, she screamed; "Maryaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam!"....

Broken Tears Episode 7

"Saffy please eat now, you have to eat so you can take your drugs." Maryam tried to feed her sister who had been ill for almost a week. Saffiyah was always falling ill, she was the number one reason why they didn't stay in the hostel anymore. She wasn't used to the whole hostel lifestyle and so little things got to her. "I can't eat much Maryam, I don't even like the smell of food! I'm just tired!" Maryam stared at her sister sternly, she thought about what was going on in her mind... She wondered if Saffy was really in love with Gaffar, because the big head was never there. Anytime her sister fell ill, he would come when she had gotten better and tell them about how he'd been busy with school work, like they were drop outs and didn't know what school was like! Its been 4days and the human being hadn't showed. Of course she knew the kind of guy he was, but her sister wouldn't listen to her, she had found what her parents wanted and that was final. She always tried to talk to Saffy about it but she would shove her off, pointing out that Idris was from kwara too, and that Maryam was judging her boyfriend unfairly. She said yes to him in their year 2 and in second semester Saffy let him deflower her, what was that her flimzy reason then ooo... Oh yeah! Girls were disturbing him and she didn't want him to leave her so she gave herself to him, because she believed he would love her more. Bullshit! How could Saffy be so naïve?? Dupe was really pissed at her and they didn't speak to each other for two weeks! Maryam hated Gaffar's guts! She knew the kind of guy he was! While she was busy looking for a guy like Jamal, her sister was loving a fool because he was from kwara! Gad! She didn't say yes to Idris because he was from kwara. Infact she didn't know until she helped him print out a slip he wanted to submit in school! And it didn't make her love him more or less! Infact if Idris fucked up today, God help her, she would leave him! Just to prove to her sister that it wasn't all about the tribe. The door opened and Dupe walked in with Idris; "Maryam I'm so sorry for taking time, I had to use the ATM machine and the queue was a bit long. Has Saffy been able to eat?" "No o, I'm still begging her." Idris bent to feel Saffiyah's temperature; "You have to eat something dear, you've really lost weight, and remember the doctor said, if you don't eat, we should bring you back for injections, we both know you don't want that, or do you?" Saffiyah rolled her eyes and searched for an excuse; "I just don't want food! I think I would even prefer snacks or something." She knew they would have to go out again to get snacks, and everybody was tired, so she had won! Or so she thought, her heart shattered when Idris reached for his bag; "Oh that's okay, I got you meat pie and Coke, the meat pie is hot, and the coke and cold. So you'll eat now and take your drugs and then we won't have to go for injections. Do we have a deal dear?" "Yeah." Saffiyah answered dryly. Maryam smiled and sighed; "Thanks so much Idris. You saved the day." Idris smiled; "its okay dear, I got the rest of us fried rice, I hope you girls are ready to eat, because I am dying of hunger!"






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Saffiyah sighed as she stared at the pile of handouts on her table. She had four make-up tests to write, the lecturers had considered her because she had been a serious student from her year 1. That fever really weighed her down. She couldn't wait to graduate and have a house of her own so she could sterilize everything she came in contact with. She wondered how Maryam and Dupe rarely fell ill. She picked up the first handout to read and then her phone rang; "Hello dear" she answered, it was Gaffar. "Saffy whatsup? How are you doing?" "I'm fine, how are you too?" "I'm okay, I just finished one test now. I'm coming to see you. Is there food? I'm seriously hungry." "Errr there's no food but you can come I'll make you something." She dropped her handout and went into the kitchen to prepare something for her boyfriend, she thought of what to cook, they hardly allowed her into the kitchen since she fell ill, saying she had to regain her strength. She lit the stove and started to heat water, noodles would do. After a while, she felt a little dizzy and held the edge of the kitchen table to steady herself and just then she heard her sister's voice behind her. Wrong timing! "Saffy what are you doing? And why do you look so pale? Ah ahn! I left rice in the cooler for you now, why are you cooking again?" "Its not mine Maryam, I've eaten the rice, I'm not hungry. But Gaffar is coming over, and he says he's hungry." "Gaffar is coming over, and he says he's hungry, and this place looks like a restaurant? Does he even remember you were ill? And you came into the kitchen to cook for him, with all the heat from the stove, see how pale you're looking. Saffy what is wrong with you? This guy didn't even give you paracetamol when you were sick and you're here almost killing yourself for him! Saffy think! He's supposed to even take you out and buy you something to eat, not this crap you're doing!" Just then there was a knock on the door. Maryam turned around to go check who it was but Saffiyah grabbed her arm, knowing what would go down if it was Gaffar; "Maryam please, just let it go. Please." Maryam stared at her sister for a while, she was so pretty, and it made her heart melt to see her doing all this for an idiot! She stumped out of the kitchen, opened the front door and almost walked through Gaffar, leaving him at the door with a confused look on his face.

Broken Tears Episode 6

.".....and after then,he got scholarship to stud
medicine in Tturkey and we couldn't even talk
before he left. I haven't heard from him since, I
know he tried to get hold of me in school to talk
but I made it impossible. I thought it would be
better but I'm really not happy..." Saffiyah started
to sob as she narrated her story to Dupe. Dupe
pulled her close and held her and said soothing
things to her. Maryam just sat at the far end of
the bed, with a blank look on her face. She hated
to see her sister cry, she took care of every situation
but there was nothing she could do about this. Her
sister had been devastated after Jamal left for
Turkey, she wish things had gone differently for
Saffiyah. Jamal was a good guy! Their school has
a link with a university in Turkey, every year any
student that wanted to study medicine and had the
best result would be awarded a scholarship to
study in Turkey. And during their year, it had to be
Debby! That tramp is now in Turkey! And Saffy is
here crying her eyes out everyday! She got up and
went over to her laptop,turned it on and opened her
mail, there was a new mail from the University
they all applied for. She got in, she checked for
Saffy and Dupe, they both got in too. Dupe was to
study Law, Saffy Electrical Engineering and she
was to study Computer Engineering. She broke the
news to them, and she was glad it lifted Saffy's
mood a little. She just hope she would meet
someone good enough to make her forget about
Jamal. She really wanted Saffy to be happy....



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Unical was a very beautiful school. There were so
many lovely features they saw even before they got
to the school. Maryam was so happy that they
were together again after two years, they were
back in thesame school with Dupe. It would be
better for Saffy, at least they would both make
her happy every way they could. They got to the
hostel area, Dupe and Saffy were room mates
while she was in the room next to theirs. They
dropped their bags and went out to take a tour
round the school before retiring to bed. They strolled around
and talked and laughed, then they came accross a
very beautiful garden, they all sat and talked
while they ate their snacks. Maryam got a call
from an old school friend and she had to get up
and walk a bit farther from them because the
signal was bad. She got to a tree and rested her
back on it as she talked, after a short while, she
heard something behind her, she turned a bit to
check and saw nothing. The hair on the back of her
neck stood and she knew someone was definitely
behind her. She shivered, and dropped the call, she
knew it couldn't be Saffy or Dupe because she
knew the fragrance of the perfume they had on,
she couldn't move, fear had her glued to a spot,
the person was close to her now,she could sense
it,she paused, took a deep breath and with all the
guts she had, she turned around.....



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"Maryam is taking so much time, I wonder where
she is.. I can't even see her." Saffiyah said
worriedly. "Yeah I guess she should be done with
her call already, let's walk around and see if
we'll find her." As they were about to stand up,
they heard foot steps behind them and before they
could turn around..., "Look who I found!" Saffy
turned around and recognised the face she saw,
standing beside her sister was the guy from the
plane! "Wow, its you! Its so nice to see you again,
what are you doing here?" He smiled; "I go here,
I'm a Law student, 300Level. Its so nice to see you
again too. My name is Idris Maleek." He stretched
out his hand and Saffy shook it; "This is our friend
Dupe. She's a Law student too." She introduced
Dupe and he shook her hand too. "You girls
shouldn't be out at this time, it could be dangerous
you know, I caught Maryam off-guard a while
ago." "Dang!" Maryam replied stubbornly; "I
would've punched you in the face!" They all
laughed and Idris walked them to their hostel.



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The next morning they all left the hostel to
commence registration. Saffiyah really hoped and
prayed that things would be a lot easier for her
now. She got to her department and brought out her
credentials and entered the HOD's office. There were
four other student there so she had to wait, she
went through her credentials and discovered one
was missing, she quickly went through her bag but
it wasn't there, she started to sweat. She was so
sure she put everything in her bag before leaving the
hostel. She quickly got up and went outside, she
looked around but didn't find anything, she started
to panick when she heard a voice behind her;
"Looking for this?" She turned around and came
face to face with a good looking guy, holding up
her form. "Where did you get that?" "I saw you
bring out some papers from your bag and one of
them fell,obviously you were unaware of that, but
the wind started to blow it away so I ran after it
and brought it back." "Oh that's so nice of you,
thank you very much." She collected it from him
and wanted to go back to the office but he stood his
ground; "Are you a freshman?" "Oh, yes I am."
"Okay, may I know your name? I'm Gaffar, in
this department, 200 Level." "My name is
Saffiyah." "Okaaaay Saffiyah, how can I see you
again, can I have your number pleeeeaaaase?"
"Alright." She gave him her number and they said
their byes. Then he stepped away and she went
back into the office. Later in the day, the three girls
met for lunch and that was the kick off of theiir
campus life....

Broken Tears Episode 4

Wow! Seasons greetings everyone! I've been getting messages about this story, everyone wants to know what's going to happen between Jamal and Saffiyah... I appreciate that you all take time to read my posts, thank you very much. But I dunno y y'all feel reluctant to post the comments here instead of bbm and. whatsapp. Its all good tho. Let keep reading.......









"Saffiyah what are you writing?" Maryam looked over at her sister from where she was sitting in the room. They were alone at home, their dad had gone for a meeting earlier that day and their mum travelled the day before. Saffiyah had been distant and disturbingly quiet and she was worried. "Say something Saffy, I don't like the way you've been acting since we got back." Saffiyah sighed, scribbled something into the paper, pulled herself off the bed and handed it to Maryam. Maryam looked at her suspiciously but collected the paper anyway,her heart beat raced as she read through what turned out to be a letter;


    "Jamal...
I really do not know what to say or how to start. I dunno where all this wud lead,but I think we should stop whatever it is we have started. I am scared, n I don't want my parents trouble especially my mum. Its not ur fault that you're from Adamawa and I'm from Kwara, but maybe sometime in the future,ul understand and probably find a better person. We r still too young to even understand it now. I'm sorry, and I love you. ... Saffy"



Maryam laughed shakily; "what the hell is this Saffy?!" She asked her twin sternly. "Why would you want to do this to that guy? Oh for God's sake, stop being modest! I have had boyfriends and you haven't,so I know something real when I see one! Why do you think I stopped hanging around with guys recently? I see the way he looks at you Saffy, I have never had anyone look at me like that! Saffy don't throw this away because of mum and dad!" All the while Saffiyah was sobbing; "maryam please stop this okay? Mum would even kill me if she finds out I have a boyfriend, but well it just happened and now I have to make it right! And no matter what you do or say, I'll give him that letter!" Maryam was pissed at that point; "Very well then, but count me out okay? I'm not gon' help you deliver that letter to him. You'll have to do it yourself!" She walked out on her sister angrily, like seriously! Too young! Mum will be mad! Really! At what age did mum get married?! If she had Jamal to herself there was absolutely nothing anyone would do about it!





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Saffiyah sat at her desk in class, lost in thoughts. She jumped out of fear when her class mate tapped her; "wow, you scared me Debby!" "I'm sorry I have been calling you to borrow me your economics note but you weren't answering. Whatsup? Why are you moody today?" Saffiyah sighed and told Debora everything, Debby was a good friend of hers, when she just came into the school, she helped her with notes and assignments, but Maryam didn't like her, she said Debby just wanted people to like her and she would do whatever it took to get attention! "Wow Saffy, but you two are so good together, everyone envies you! Did you talk to your mum about him?" "What? My mum? She would kill me! She would tag it infatuation, plus I'm only 15, I'm just confused. I don't know if this is real, but it feels so real. I have a note I want to give him, but my sister wouldn't help me give him,and I can't do it myself." Debby smiled at her; "I'll help you, if that's what you really want." Saffiyah thanked her, gave her the notebook she asked for and also the letter, Debby got up immediately and was off to Jamal's class and Saffiyah watched her with a very heavy heart. Immediately Debby walked out of the class, Maryam got up from the corner she had been watching them from and followed her,making sure Saffy didn't see her.





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Debby got to Jamal's class and thankfully it was empty, probably they went out for a practical or so. She went over to Jamal's seat and opened his bag, slipped the letter in it and hurriedly turned around and yelped when she came face to face with Saffiyah's twin, almighty Maryam whom nobody dared to compete with in anything; "Oh Maryam, I didn't know you were there." She said, shivering. She wanted to walk away but Maryam blocked her way completely with her stance. Maryam smiled; "Debby," She started; "So, you are the break up piece yeah? I hope you know my sister isn't happy with this decision she made, that's why I refused to help her drop that letter, you haven't only succeeded in helping her drop that letter but also you have helped her shatter her happiness and Jamal's and until they get back together, you'll live with that guilt." With that she stepped back far enough to see what was going on outside. Debby turned around to go over to Jamal's bag to retrieve the letter when Maryam stopped her; "I wouldn't do that if I were you." Then she stepped out, out of sight. Debby walked towards the door and bumped into Jamal as he was about to enter his class. He was curious and wanted to question her presence when his other classmates poured into the class talking untop of their voices and before he could do anything, Debby was gone. xxxxxxxxxxx