C12 Twelve
Two days, it's been two days since Anisah's incident and she has been discharged and presently she was at home and seated on the island with her note book in her hand. By home, she was in Waleed's house.
She was preparing for her waec examination, which will be taking place tomorrow and their first subject was literature. Which she knew like the back of her palm.
"WITCH" From the way her name was yelled by Waleed. She knew he was definitely missing something.
"What does he want by 11pm at night?. He has mental issues I swear" Anisah mumbled with her gaze on the wall clock while standing on her feet. She placed her book properly on the microwave and Immediately strolled out of the kitchen towards the staircase and straight into Waleed's disorganized room.
"Did a tornado storm hit here?" She found herself asking the minute she stood before his room.
"You, where the hell did you keep my book box?" Waleed yelled angrily with his hair ruffled while dressed in a black sweatpant and a plain blue shirt.
"Which book box?" Anisah asked in an uninterested tone.
"The one with my designs. Wait I hope you didn't steal them to sell them, because I don't trust you one bit" he stood on his feet and crossed his hand across his chest.
"Why would I steal that sort of thing?. Is it even worth money?" She asked while squatting on the floor.
"What are you implying? and why are you squatting?. Is this a toilet to you?" He asked and she rolled her eyes.
"Huffffff" she breathed out heavily "under the bed, there's your Book box" She said. Pointing towards where the box laid.
"How can it be under the bed?" He turned arround and squatted and his eyes met with the black book box.
"Well you shouldn't have put it there, are you a Fool?" He said Neglecting the fact that he was at fault for not checking there firstly.
"You asked me to put it there, so obviously I don't think I am the fool" she stood on her feet and turned arround to walk away but he immediately held her by her arm.
"Are you trying to say that I am the fool!?" He said Calmly. His voice laced with Anger and frustration. Yes she was frustrating him.
"My hand" she yanked her arm away from Waleed and said "I didn't state a name. I only said the obvious" she said.
"You are forgetting your place Anisah, let me remind you that you are my maid and I am your boss" he looked her intently in the eyes.
"Okay, I now know my place. Can I leave sir?" She asked. Not breaking one bit of an eye contact with him.
"Get out" he said and she immediately Walked away while muttering words like. “he'll never change” . She decided to retire for the night for she was already exhausted from the days chores.
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Morning
At the dinning room sat Usey and Waleed as they both conversed about their new designs with Rathood industry. They needed something amazing and they must get it in twenty four hours.
"What if we put a bow..." Waleed was cut short when Anisah's voice sounded audibly besides Usey.
"Sir i...." Waleed cut in on her statement in a harsh tone. She was dressed in a blue uniform skirt and a plain white shirt with her perfectly white hijab on. She looked cute but he wasn't gonna admit.
"what the fuck is wrong with you?... Can't you see we are working?" He asked angrily making Usey dazed as well.
"Calm down Waleed. You scared the poor girl" Usey said staring at Anisah who was trying hard to blink the tears in her eyes.
"What is it Anisah?" Usey asked calmly while Waleed hissed and stood up angrily and left for the kitchen.
"I only wanted to ask if he needed something before I leave for school" Anisah wiped the tears that instantly cascaded down her eyes.
"Don't tell me you are crying because of Waleed?. Please don't, you know how he can be, you should be used to his attitude by now" Usey said. Waleed on the other hand stood in front of the kitchen staring at them. He didn't feel remorseful for making her cry. Infact she deserved it for frustrating him yesterday. He thought.
"Usey let's go please. And you, make sure you lock my door and give the key to Jaja. If anything gets missing, you'll pay" Waleed said immediately he stood before them.
"common Waleed. You are acting like a child" Usey said and he rolled his eyes.
"please let's go" he said walking further towards the exit, but before going, he shut Anisah a very deadly glare.
"Bye Ani, please don't cry because of him" Usey tapped her lightly on the shoulder before leaving with Waleed.
Anisah wiped her tears before cleaning up the table. She glanced at the wall clock that hung in the dinning room and she saw that she still had two hours until her exams so she decided to wash the plates before leaving.
She was done in less than three minutes. She straightened her rough uniform and made her way outside. But before doing that, she made sure to put off All the electrical appliance's in the house.
Standing outside the door, she locked it and sighed before turning arround only to find Waleed and Usey still outside. "Must we use this car?" Usey asked Waleed who was presently pouring water into his car.
"Yes" Waleed said curtly while dropping the empty water keg on the floor.
Anisah on the other hand decided to mind her business by walking over to Jaja whom she handed over the keys to and decided to leave.
"Anisah!" Usey yelled her name at seeing her about to walk out through the big gate. Waleed on the other hand had majestically sat inside his generation BMW. Staring at Anisah with an uninterested gaze.
"Come let's drop you off" Usey said while earned him a negative nod from Anisah.
"I'll take the bus, thank you" Anisah said with a smile.
"No just..." Before Usey could complete his statement. Waleed immediately pressed the horn button. Making it's loud sound disrupt Usey.
"Let's go please, I don't have time to waste" Waleed said pushing his head outside the window.
"Thank you Ya U" Anisah said before swiftly walking out.
"What gives Waleed?. Can you imagine, how can she take the bus when we might be heading her way?" Usey said while seating in the car and Waleed ignored his questions and ignited the vehicle and drove out of the already opened gate, where he saw Anisah boarding a Keke (Rikshaw). Usey felt sad seeing her like that. But waleed, he drove past her while staring directly into her eyes.