Laila My Love - S01 E15

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Laila My Love - S01 E15

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 15

I was so nervous that I couldn’t even

sleep the entire night. I just kept

thinking about Farid and even though I

tried everything to stop my mind from

wondering off, it just didn’t listen. But

then again when does your heart ever

listen to you? It just makes its own rules.

It was almost 10 am so I still had couple

of hours to recollect my thoughts and

get myself together. Farid and I were

never friends, hell we hated each other

when we first met and now not only the

thought of being around him does

something funny in my stomach.

It was 12:30 now and I decided to call

my mother since it was our last day here

in Brighton before we go back to

Bradford.

‘Asalam O alikum Ammi Jaan’ I said to

her.

‘Walikum Asalam’ Ammi sounded so

weak that I didn’t even recognize her

voice at first.

‘Ammi are you sick? Is everything okay

there?’ I was so worried for her.

‘Yes dear I am fine; I have just been

getting a lot of headaches for the last

few days’

‘Why didn’t you tell me? Did you go see

the doctor?’

‘Yes I did…yeah everything is okay, just a

regular migraine’ I could tell that she

was hiding something from me.

‘Hmm okay, where is Sabir?’

‘He is okay, hold on I’ll pass the phone to

him.’

‘Take care okay Ammi, I’ll see you

tomorrow’

‘Hey salaam Baji’ Sabir sounded dull as

well. Something was off for sure.

‘Hey Sabir what happened to you?

What’s going on?’ I was beyond worried

and all of my doubts were gone at this

point.

‘I can’t tell you over the phone’ He

whispered.

‘Why are you whispering? Is Ammi

around?’

‘Yh, just come back home quickly Baji’

His voice was shaking.

‘Yh Sabir I will be there tomorrow,

whatever it is we’ll figure it out okay.

Take care’

The call ended but it made things a lot

worse for me, I wanted to skip

everything and go back to Bradford

instantly, maybe I will leave tonight…but I

don’t know the way back. I’ll just have to

wait until tomorrow.

I was really looking forward to meeting

Farid but the excitement died down

quickly as soon as I finished talking to

my family.

Farid was waiting for me outside the

house so I grabbed my jacket quickly

and informed Sobia about the dinner

plan so she wouldn’t get worried.

‘So you and Farid will be meeting us at

the restaurant?’ Sobia winked as I head

out the door.

‘Bye Sobia’ I yelled back and walked over

to his car.

Farid was looking quite sophisticated in

his black turtle neck sweater and camel

coloured pants. Whereas, I tried to pull

off boyfriend jeans, leather jacket and a

pink scarf.

‘Ready?’ He opened the door for me and

I took my seat and nodded.

Farid took me to the Brighton Beach and

when we got there, the sun was setting

down and everything looked like it has

been washed over with an orange tint.

Since it was a working day, not a lot of

people were at the beach and it was

very quiet.

We sat down on the one of the big rocks

near the beach and looked at the water.

‘So…’ He cleared his throat and turned

his head around to look me in the eye.

‘Yes…’ I gulped.

‘You know how I said I have something

important to tell you?’ He asked me.

I nodded.

‘Well let me just this out of the way first,

I am not the type of guy who gets

romantically involved with girls and I

don’t play by the books which I am sure

you already know.’ He waited and I

didn’t say anything just yet because

honestly I had no idea where all of this

was going and I was getting anxious.

‘Okay so, my birthday is coming up soon

and I will be turning 22 okay?’

I nodded again, following his lead.

‘My grandfather…when he passed away,

he made a will where he made a deal

with my father that when I turn 22 I will

get most of his assets that he has left for

me since I am his only grandson .’ The

story took a huge major turn.

‘Why are you telling me all of this?’ I

asked him feeling completely lost.

‘The only way I can get all of these

assets is if I get married’

‘Okay…’ I turned my brain off, let’s be

honest it was already dead at this point.

‘I want to marry you Laila’ He signed

heavily as if a huge burden has been

shifted off from his shoulders.

‘Farid…do you have any idea what you

are saying? Is it one of your sick jokes?’

I laughed sarcastically.

‘Does it look like I am joking?’ He

clenched his jaw.

‘I can’t just marry you Farid’ This is not

how I planned this evening.

‘I don’t want to be married to you

forever’ He stood up and came closer to

me.

‘What?’

‘Just marry me for few months, once I

get my money you can go’

‘For few months? Do I look that

desperate to you Farid? No seriously?

Just because you think you are some

god sent creature and people treat you

all nice doesn’t mean the entire world is

under your feet. And for the record, I am

not interested in you’ The last part was

somewhat a lie and I knew it.

‘That’s exactly why I think you’ll be

perfect. You don’t like me and you are

not my type either.’ I can’t believe him.

‘Why did you even think I’ll be interested

in marrying you? For few months…I have

a life’

‘Yeah but you don’t have money’ He

crossed his arms on his chest and his

words hit me like a truck.

‘How dare you!’ I snapped at him and

got up from the rock and started

walking away.

It didn’t take him long to catch me and

he pulled me back into his space.

‘I am not done.’ His voice got colder.

‘I am’ Mines got weaker.

He held me by the shoulder and I didn’t

ask him to let go. Because he wasn’t

done talking and I had nothing else to

ask.

‘You want your mother to suffer?’ He

said and my eyes snapped open, I didn’t

realize my eyes were shut until I heard

him mention my mother.

‘What are you talking about?’

‘I know your brother is about to

graduate and he wants to attend a

private school just like you but how can

he when he doesn’t have good grades

cause he is too busy playing soccer? I

know your mother works for my step-

mother and if you didn’t know already

your dear Ammi got fired and has no

work. So that’s another bad news for

you.’

I could feel my eyes burn.

‘Now how are you planning on

protecting your family Ms. got it all under

control? Are you planning on ditching

college and working at a coffee shop or

something or marrying some rich old

guy who will treat you like a playgirl?’

‘I can take care of my family’ My voice

shattered as I said those words to fight

back for myself.

‘Can you?’ He smirked.

I nodded and looked down.

‘Oh but I know you can’t Laila, I know

everything about you? Do you really

think I came all the way here to attend

some stupid wedding?’

I looked up to him again, not being

surprised by him.

‘You came here for me’ I answered his

question.

‘Smart girl. Now as far as I know you

have two options, one be mine for few

months get the money from me and

save your family or two…make your

family suffer because as far as I know

there are plenty of maids in Bradford

and once Mrs.Ibrahim fires someone,

they don’t get a call for work from

anywhere.’

‘You are lying’ I started crying and

hitting his arms to let myself out of his

grip.

‘You know I am not or else you would

be long gone. I know you know that I

am right Laila, face it you are in trouble’

He chuckled. This is not the guy that I

was admiring and thinking about for

the last couple of days.

‘I want to go home’ I demanded, my

voice being loud and clear this time.

‘Okay’ He let me go and walked back to

his car and I followed him shamelessly,

hating myself for even believing for a

second that he actually might be a

decent guy. It was all an act and I fell for

it. You stupid girl this was no fairytale.

I ran back inside the house as soon as

his car stopped in front of the driveway.

I ran upstairs and thank god Sobia

wasn’t in the room. I had no idea how

long I cried, it felt like hours. Once I

steadied myself I laid down on the bed

and closed my eyes and took deep

breaths.

I still had couple of hours of hours

before dinner and at first I thought

about not going but I am not going to

let Farid feel as if he has power over me

or I am scared of him. I will go out

tonight, look him in the eye and be okay.

I have let a lot of people push my around

but not again. I can’t let a sick-minded

guy like him treat me like a toy. I can

take care of myself and my family.

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