Must Read: Behind The Veil

Episode 7 years ago

Must Read: Behind The Veil

With the weight of the girl, Sadiq’s pace was slowed down but he still had the gap advantage
over the terrorist. As Sadiq ran, he looked back.

The terrorist was still far behind and his hands
seemed to be touching several wires strapped to his chest and moment later, a deafening blast
occurred, throwing and splitting to pieces everything and anything around!

And there was silence! As though nothing ever happened. There were fire ridden cars and bodies and smoke covering everywhere.

Moments later there were wailing from parents that couldn’t identify their children bodies and children whose parents were burnt in their car without recognition! It was a disturbing sight which was ineffable!
The news soon covered the whole TV channels.

Another suicide bomber kills twenty five people!
In Alhaji Najib’s house everyone was terrified.

This was the first time ever they’ve attacked their
state. It was almost seven in the evening now and Sadiq hasn’t still come home! Nobody wanted to imagine what they thought might have happened. But they still tried his number relentlessly and still kept getting the same response.

In Zaria Humaira had seen the news on TV. Her heart melted. Just then she knew it has
happened. She called Kazim and he informed her that they haven’t still seen Sadiq and his number wasn’t going through. That was it! She burst into tears! Her voice had even signaled Kazim that she had been crying since.

Kazim couldn’t say anything to her. He couldn’t tell her to stop crying that maybe he is safe, that maybe he is probably somewhere relaxing, he couldn’t tell her this because something told him that he was at the scene of the explosion!

Alhaji Najib and Anty called Sadiq’s parents. Fortunately, Mr. Animashaun was at home and
was able to hold his wife before she almost fell to the ground on hearing the news.

“Please don’t cry. We are not just sure of his whereabouts now.” Anty spoke on the phone, her
voice surrounded by deep emotions and sadness.

The next morning they went to the scene of the attack and they were first led to where the injured victims were. They checked each unit,

each bed, each patient and Sadiq was not among them!
They were then led to the hardest part; where the dead bodies were. One of the men had told them it was no use checking because they were burnt beyond recognition, but they still insisted to check.

The man was right. There was no way to identify any of the bodies.
Kazim saw something, but only him would know this. Only him knew the shirt Sadiq wore
yesterday, and the shirt was staring him at his face! He couldn’t say any words, his hands raised
weakly as he pointed to the direction. His parents and the man looked at where he was pointing at and immediately Anty didn’t know when she cried out! Alhaji Najib had tear drops rolling down his face and Kazim, Kazim was too shaken to let out a cry or water his eyes.

The light in Vanessa’s room lit up the next morning. There was a smile on her face, a smile
that was new. She had tried Sadiq’s number the previous day to tell him of her new union with
Kross but his number wasn’t reachable. They were a couple now, and madly in love. She couldn’t hold the excitement, she wanted to tell Sadiq right away.