Chapter 9 It's better to be drunk than to have a heart attack

What Malam musa Abu look up her face lined with suprise she realized her father was being supremely tactful.

Yes Malam musa, he seek to marry you and I told him to wait because I wanted to give you some chance he replied.

Abu's cry voice increases she knows her father he never said what he does mean.

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Usman drove to his friend house Muktar after Leaving Abu's Hausa, The gate man Malam Bala opened the gate for him after informing his boss Muktar he has a guest.

Muktar was sitting watching movie in his parlour when usman come in.

"What am i seeing!! Usman what happened? You changes alot, look at you, you looses alot of weight and you are darker than always" Muktar Said with suprise.

Usman strolled nonchalantly toward muktar " you won't understan," Usman lamented while sitting next to Muktar.

"how can you say I can't grok, just tell me, I will," muktar retorted showing some care.

"I made a huge mistake, enunciating our divorce 3 times I don't know how, and why" he bewailed sobbing.

"Be a man please, men never cry for love, after all you have sa'ada she got everything specially the look", Muktar Said tapping Usman's shoulder in his attempt to comfort him.

Usman tilt his head and smirked, "when I said u can't understand my situation you said you will, look or beauty isn't everything and it doesn't matter, what matters is how I feel, and what I wanted, I love Abu not Sa'ada". Usman said languidly

"Then why do you marry her if you have no feeling for her?" Musktar Question

"I have my reason for that" Usman replied

"What am regretting is not accepting my mistake, had it's been I admitted to my mistake for sleeping with Sa'ada at our matrimonial home, Abu won't asked for divorce" he said ruefully.

"Well there is always a solution to any problem, it only depends on how we view the problem". Muktar said

"I told you it's already 3 time, the only way we can be back together is when she marry another man, and he divorce her, but for me Abu marrying again yeh marrying another man not me is a like killing me alive, as I know no man will marry her and divorce her" Usman mentioned tearfully.

Muktar burst into laughing; "said who? he asked, let me tell you, their are alot of people like you, who can divorce her" just have some hope.

Usman scowled; "what is this muktar? Am telling you my problem and you are laughing, I hate nonsense he said beligerently.

"Calm down my man, as I told you early there is always a solution to a problem, yours not excluded why not you pay for another man to marry her for some month, just for him to divorce her later, so you can be back together" Muktar replied looking at Usman in his attempt to find out what his reaction is.

Usman smacked his palm against his forehead, tighten his lips "You will always be the worse person I know, how can you advise me to do such a thing, after knowing it's prohibited religiously, I can't do that just help me pray for Abu not to find another man, things will be easier for me if she never marry again" Usman besought.

"That's what I will never do, after calling me the worse person and you are begging for prayers," Muktar replied in anger

"Please man don't mind my words, I said that out of anger, and I take back my words,"he said pleading with his eyes....

After some minutes Usman said "Am thirsty I need some water"

muktar frowned; his face "you know where to get it", Usman laughed, "common man let bygone be bygone I take back what I said" Usman said rosing up.

There are alot of drinks in the fridge, he took a bottle of water plus one soft drink.

Muktar watch him drink it all, before saying; "I thought you quiet drinking Muktar asked?,"

"yes what did you see?" he asked looking at the bottle in his hand this is soft drink.

Muktar smile "it's nothing, I just forget to tell you, I add some drug,"

Usman thrown away the bottle he is holding, "mtss he hissed you have problem how can you add drugs to a soft drink, and leave it in frigde, yeh when I said you are the worse person I know I mean it," Usman said in a druk voice," the drug Muktar said he added to the drink seems to be stronger seeing how Usman was pissed in few minutes.

Hmm "it's better to be drunk than to have heart attack because of love" Muktar replied to him smiling.

Usman took another bottle and finished it, Muktar was watching him and never stop him.

Usman do not leave his friend house till midnight, when he come back home Sa'ada was sleeping in the palour, he was drunk as he entered the parlour he was walking and mubling drukly.

He slapped sa'ada on her thighs,

"Please Usman what is this, you startled me," she muble half a sleep

what are you doing here, how can you spend a night in your friend, house you better leave before I come out he said in his druk voice.

His voice made her wake up, she rubbed her eyes and look at him, is not like she is dreaming he was druk, what am I seeing she said to her self, a tear trickled down her face.

She was still in the palour her palm on her chin, she was crying sadly, when he come out grandishing a thick cane, "where are you, are you still there,?" he said smashingly seeing the cane made her hide.

He then suddenly begin to vomit and later blackout.

Sa'ada clear the place and leave for her room while crying, she's gradually understand how she destroy her self in the name of finding her happiness.

She went to bed quietly and had a restless night.