This wasn't what I expected
#This wasn't what I expected (01) 💔
Sometimes, we feel so grateful to have certain people in our lives, we thank God for them a lot.
Other times, we look at those around us and envy them because they have friends and loved ones who reciprocate our feelings, while we lack that, so we say to ourselves: "Why don't we have the same?"
Then situations happen to us that shake us and teach us lessons, and we discover that there are mistakes that should not be repeated because they hurt those who came before us.
I am writing this story for you so that you can take a lesson from it, and avoid falling into the mistakes of others...
Follow me, and I will try to convey my feelings to you as much as possible. 😴💔
Scene 1:
Amina:
"Mom! Mom, open the door!"
"Oh God... Mom, where did she go? I've been knocking on the door for a while and she didn't open, and she asked me to wake her up..."
And when I opened the door, I saw something I could never have imagined...
I saw my mom lying on the floor, blood dripping from her nose! 💔
She quickly grabbed her phone and called my dad:
Amina (crying):
"Hello... Dad! Come quickly! Mom is unresponsive and blood is coming out of her nose! Please!"
"My mom is all I have in this world, I can't lose her..." 😭💔
My father arrived quickly in the ambulance, and she was taken to the hospital.
I could see the doctors consulting, but I couldn't understand anything...
Amina:
"Dad, what's happening? Why is blood coming out of her nose?!" 💔💔
Muhammad (her father):
"Don't worry, she'll be fine. Your mom is just a little tired. Pray for her to get well." 🥺💔
I saw my father crying...
I didn't understand what was happening, and my heart was breaking with fear, until I lost consciousness and fell to the ground, and I heard my father's footsteps approaching me...
Mohamed:
"Amaniya, my daughter, get up... I swear I can't lose you. You are the most precious thing I have." 💔🥺
His words were like a dream...
I tried to get up with difficulty, and when I regained consciousness, the doctors came in and started examining me. They said my condition was stable but the result of shock.
Then the doctor came out of my mother's room and said:
Doctor:
"Currently, your mother has appendicitis and needs to have surgery."
Mohammed:
"Of course! Do it right away, no problem."
Doctor:
"We won't do it today. Let's monitor her for a couple of days, then set a date for the operation."
Mohamed:
"Thank you very much, Doctor." 🤝♥️
Amina:
"Dad, will Mom be okay?" 🥺
Muhammad:
"Don't worry, you'll be fine, God willing. I'll take you home now to rest, because we can't see her now."
Amina:
"But we'll be back soon, won't we?" 🥺❤️
Character introduction:
Muhammad: The father is a well-off man who travels a lot. He is about 50 years old. He loves his daughter very much, she is his only daughter. ♥️
Amina: A 10-year-old girl, the only child of her parents, kind and peaceful. ♥️
Maryam: Amina's mother, a simple and humble woman, who loves charity, 45 years old. 🤝♥️
Ibtisam: Amina's aunt, a spiteful woman who hates her sister (Maryam), and the reason will become clear later. 🐼♥️
Leen and Walid: Ibtisam's children, roughly the same age as Amina.
#This wasn't what I expected (02) 💔
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O God, may the days pass in peace, O God, may we be content with everything! 🤍
Surgery Day:
Maryam: Doctor, can I see my daughter before the surgery? Please.
Doctor: No problem, but don't take long, we don't have much time.
Maryam (jokingly): I know he's leaving, and I'll go with him! 😹😹
Doctor: God forbid, we'll call your daughter now, Masha'Allah, she's very beautiful.
Amani: Mom 🥹 I miss you, when will you come back home? 🥹💔 I can't find anyone to play with me or comb my hair, my dad doesn't know how to comb it 🥺
Mariam: Your dad used to comb it for me before 😹, but now he's forgotten, his beautiful time is over 🙊🙊
Amani: You'll come back okay, right? And I'll see you playing with me and combing my hair, no one loves me mom but you and my dad 😔💔
Mariam: Yes, I'll come back to you, and I'll find you studying, or else I'll hit you, did you hear? It's time for the operation now 🫠
Doctor: He clearly kicked him out 😹😹😹 Really, it's time..
After they left and took Maryam into the operating room, her neighbor was with her. She said to the doctor:
Neighbor: She has a heart problem, Doctor.
Doctor: Really? You should have told me that from the start!
Maryam (jokingly): 😹😹 No, I don't have a heart or anything. Just do your surgery and be done. I don't like these hospitals. 🥲
The doctor took Maryam's words seriously, even though she is known for her frequent jokes.
During the operation, the doctor suddenly said:
Doctor: The pulse has stopped! Quick, electric shocks..
They gave her the shock once, then a second, and on the third, the pulse came back 😮💨
Doctor: She already had a heart problem! Why wasn't the team informed when they asked?
The anesthetic was too much, and it wasn't appropriate for her condition.
Nurse (mm): We have to act quickly, because this could lead to complications, either a coma or… you know the other possibility.
Doctor: Yes, we have to reassure her before…
(Suddenly the machine beeps)
Doctor: We're losing the patient fast! 💔
But it was too late... and she died 💔
Doctor: To God we belong and to Him we shall return. Only God is eternal.
Mohammed: What's wrong, Doctor? Speak quickly! You're late in the operation!
Nurse: To God we belong and to Him we shall return. The patient passed away 💔
Muhammad (grabbing the doctor by the collar): What are you saying, Doctor?! You killed my wife! And you left my little daughter to grow up without a mother 💔
#This wasn't what I expected (03) 💔
The doctor said: "It is God's will, and what happened was fate... God is eternal."
Mohammed sat on the ground and began to cry, while the people around him were drowned in grief and tears. Even little Amaniya was crying bitterly and repeating:
“I want my mother, bring her back to me…”
Amidst this overwhelming sadness, there was one person who was happy about Maryam's death, and we will find out who it is later...
The day after the funeral, a woman entered wearing a colorful dress, with excessive makeup and perfume, as if she had come to a wedding, not a funeral!
Everyone looked at her in surprise, wondering to themselves: "Who is this?"
It was, as you guessed it... Ebtisam.
She said with a sarcastic smile,
"I am sad for my sister, but I do not like to show my sadness."
People went around talking about her: How can a sister act like this at her sister's funeral?!
As for Maryam's mother, she cried and did not sleep that night, repeating with anguish:
"My daughter... come back to me, you are a piece of my heart... you were too young for death to take you 💔😭"
(Note: Raising your voice in wailing is not permissible, as when Allah Almighty takes a trust, He does not reject it. It is better to increase your supplications for the deceased, as this will benefit them. It is recommended to stand near the deceased’s room and supplicate for whatever you wish, as angels surround the place, and supplications at those moments are answered, God willing. Take advantage of the opportunity and supplicate for whatever you wish for, whether marriage, success, or children... and do not forget to supplicate for the deceased while the funeral procession is being carried, as this is one of the times when supplications are answered.)
On the third day of mourning, the administration of Amaniya School came to offer their condolences to Mohammed, and told him,
“Amaniya is our daughter, and we will teach her for two years free of charge.”
Mohammed thanked them profusely, and they left.
But Ibtisam immediately commented coldly:
“May God reward them, they will study it for free!”
Muhammad merely smiled a small smile and called his daughter,
"Amaniya!"
She replied in a sad voice, "Yes, Dad..."
He said:
"My daughter, your mother is now in a better place. God loved her and took her to Himself. Now she is looking at us from there and is sad to see you sad. So you should be a little happy and pray for her, so that her soul may rest in peace."
Amaniya replied:
"Okay, Dad, I will pray for her." 💔♥️
Ibtisam chimed in,
"I have an idea, brother Mohammed. Why don't you leave her with us? The school is close to our house, and you're a busy man, you can't take care of her alone. Let her stay with us, and I'll take care of her. She'll play with my sons, Lina and Walid, and she'll be like a sister to them."
"What do you think, Amaniya?" Mohammed asked. "Do you want to stay here?"
She replied sadly,
"No, I want to stay with you..." 🥺
"Your father is busy and won't be able to take care of you all the time, " Ibtisam said.
"It's better if you stay with us, and we will visit him every week."
After much insistence, Amaniya agreed.
The mourning period ended, and Ibtisam packed the child's belongings and took her home.
Upon arrival, she said,
"Hey, boys, come here, Amaniya has arrived!"
Lynn (annoyed): "How are you?"
Amaniya: "Fine."
Ibtisam said,
"Lyn, take her to your room, she'll be staying with you from now on."
"Why, Mom? I don't like anyone sharing my room." 💔🤧
"Do what I told you, quickly!" Ibtisam shouted at her sharply.
Amaniya entered the room with Lynn, and the latter disliked her at all, unlike Walid, who preferred her.
For the first week, Ibtisam treated Amaniya with extreme kindness and fulfilled her every wish.
One day, Amaniya was playing and accidentally broke a glass cup...
Suddenly, someone slapped her hard. She didn't know where it came from...
#This wasn't what I expected (04) 💔
As soon as she agreed, her aunt burst into tears 💔😪.
Ibtisam : Get up immediately! What did you do?! Do you think this cup is cheap?! If I sold you the whole thing, you wouldn't have been able to buy one like it! 😡😡
Amaniya : Sorry aunty, I swear I didn't mean to 🥺💔
Ibtisam : Your apologies won't do me any good! - Then she picked up a piece of glass from the broken cup and cut Amaniya's hand with it 💔💔
Amaniya : No, no aunty, please don't do this! 😭😭😭😭💔 - She screamed at the top of her lungs, but no one paid attention to her. Lian and Walid were enjoying themselves, they didn't care 💔😭
She ran to the room, hid under the bed, and cried bitterly...
"Where are you, mom? I'm not comfortable with my aunt... She's cruel, she tortures me, mom. Dad doesn't know anything about her actions 💔😭 I want my dad, I have to go to him 💔😭"
I cried for a long time, without anyone paying attention to me. Until I fell asleep. And suddenly... I woke up to something cold being poured on me 💔😭 - My aunt had brought ice-cold water from the freezer and poured it on me in this cold weather 💔😭
I was terrified...
Amani : Oh aunt, fear God! What did I do to deserve this? 😭💔
Ibtisam : What makes you sleepy? Get up and clean this house quickly! 😤😤😤 Before I bring the whip and hit you 💔
(I will now speak on behalf of "Amaniya")
I got up, washed my face, changed my clothes, and started cleaning the house, and my aunt was watching me with harsh looks 💔
I cleaned everything, and I'm a little girl, I'm not even ten years old. I didn't clean this much even in our house 💔💔
Then she made me wash the dishes, and she was pinching me for no reason 💔😭
I finished all the chores, and found the whole house asleep...
I went to sleep, and found Lian had closed the door to her room, I knocked on the door, and she didn't open it. In the end, I slept on the couch, but sleep didn't come, I cried for a long time 💔😭
Oh God, what did I do to deserve this? Why does my aunt treat me this way? And why don't Lian and Walid ask about me? 💔😭
Oh God, I want my mother, please God 💔😭💔
The next day, I woke up again to cold water 💔 Same thing. She forced me to clean up, even though I had cleaned everything last night, and even ordered me to clean the street too 💔😭
A year has passed and I'm still in this condition. I'm tired of everything. My father didn't know what was going on, and he didn't come to see me again. I heard that he got married 💔😪
I lost hope in everything...
I'm almost thirteen, and in my life I've seen nothing but torment and humiliation from my aunt 💔😭
But... God is sufficient for me, and He is the best Disposer of affairs. I ask God that she sees in her daughter what she did to me 💔😪
One day, the doorbell rang, I went to open it, and there I saw a young man I had never seen in this house before 🤨🤨
He said: Peace be upon you.
I returned the greeting and said: Come in.
He said: Is this Mrs. Ibtisam's house?
I said: Yes. And he entered.
I went and called my aunt. As soon as she saw him, she ran to him and hugged him 🤨
I was still wondering... Who is this? And what is his relationship to her? 🙂💔
After she finished greeting him, she turned to me...
Ibtisam : Go, prepare him some juice and get the food ready quickly 🙂💔
I did that and brought it to him, so he ate and sat down. Then he asked:
Ahmed : Who is this?
Ibtisam : This is your cousin, Maryam 🙂💔
Ahmed : Why are you treating her this way?! She's young and can't do this work. Where are Lian and Walid?!
Ibtisam : You have nothing to do with the way I treat her. If you want something, just call her.
And you, listen to me well, don't you ever complain about him 🙂💔💔🔥🔥
I left them and went to my room, recalling my tragedy 💔
#This wasn't what I expected (05) 💔
"Always remind yourself: life is just a test." 🤍
I sat without thinking about anything, and soon fell asleep...
— My daughter, I miss you, but your aunt deprived me of you 💔🥺, don't think badly of me, since you left me I've been feeling lonely.
Amani: Dad, come, don't leave, for God's sake don't go 😭💔
Suddenly I woke up, I discovered that I was dreaming, it was a nightmare... I felt that my father needed me, I don't know why, but I got up immediately, prayed, then went to my aunt, despite my pain from calling her "aunt" 💔💔😔
Ibtisam: Look here again, I've been calling you since the first time, call me before I hit you. 💔👊 What makes you sleep like this? 🙂💔
— Sorry, aunt, I fell asleep by accident.
Ahmed: Mom, please understand me. What is this girl's fault? Why are you treating her so harshly? 💔🙂 Shame on you. She is still young. Don't even treat "Layen" and "Walid" like this. Consider her your daughter, Mom. 💔
Ibtisam: It is impossible that I will ever consider her my daughter 💔🤬
Ahmed: So tell me, what's your problem with her? And what's her mother's story?
Ibtisam: Okay 🙄...
Since we were young, everyone preferred and loved her, even though I didn't do anything to them, but they didn't enjoy my presence, even my friends, when they got to know her, they became her friends 💔😭
She completely destroyed me, even the suitors, they would come to propose to me, and when they saw her, they would reject me and ask for her 💔💔😭
And one day, I loved someone very much, and he said he wanted to propose to me, and he was the only one I showed this sister to... But, when he came to ask for my hand, he asked for her instead of me 💔💔💔
And this is what hurt me deeply, and since that day I have held a grudge against her...
She simply agreed 💔😔
She agreed to the person I loved 😭😭
And since that day, my goal became to destroy her...
But she always survives calamities...
And now that she died, I don't grieve for her 💔😤
Rather, she decided to take revenge on her daughter 💔
Ahmed: 😳😳😳 Mom, I'm shocked by you...
You're not the mother who gave birth to me and taught me right from wrong...
It's impossible that my mom would do this 💔
Is all this hatred reasonable
? Wouldn't you have accepted God's judgment? 💔😭
And what is this little girl's fault? For God's sake, tell me 😭💔
You hated her for no reason, Mom, this is wrong!
Mom, wake up, the devil is playing with your mind, seek refuge in God, Mom 😭💔
Lynn and Walid: 😳😳
#This wasn't what I expected (06) 💔
❥ 00:00 💔
Many mazes, and the way out is Duaa...🖤⛓️
Lynn:
Mom... 😳 Are you treating her this way because of that? 😳😳
Mom, do you realize what you're saying? 🥹💔
Why did you make us treat her the same way, even though I know she's kind and deserves good treatment? 😭💔
Why did you do that, Mom? She's a little girl!
Mom, did you hate her mother? She herself is not at fault 💔🥺
I swear to God, this is forbidden! You are thus bearing her sin, and everything you did to her, God will punish you for, and remember my words... 🙂💔
Ahmed:
Mom, fix your relationship with this girl. I don't like it at all, and my father sees everything but is silent...
Ibtisam:
Your father? Is he not done drinking and gambling?
Don't two people come to us every day and throw him at us? 😭💔
Let him finish those actions first... I'm tired of him, he made me hate life and ruined my reputation in the neighborhood 😭💔
Ahmed:
No, no... you all seem to have lost your minds!
How do you mean my father drinks alcohol? 😳💔
No, you must be delirious 😂💔
Mom, impossible... My father, who used to pray every obligatory prayer on time, how is this possible? 😳😳
Ibtisam:
Your father has changed, Ahmed...
You've been abroad for almost seven years. 😔💔
Your father, ever since he started that corrupt act, has changed. He started hitting me and doing a thousand things,
and he's the same one who used to incite me against Amaniya. 😭💔
(Walid stands watching silently)
Ahmed:
No... I can't leave you two like this.
My father must go back to the way he was 🥺💔
And you too, wake up... What you're doing won't help you, and remember my words...
(Then everyone went to their room, and Amaniya had heard everything, and she was just as shocked as Ahmed 💔😔)
They all went to sleep, and the next morning...
(Ahmed gathered them: Amani, Walid, Leen, and Ibtisam)
Ahmed:
Mom, you promised me something last night... do you remember? 👍🙂💔
Ibtisam:
Yes... 😔
Ahmed:
Okay, Amaniya, I know that I wronged you and deprived you of many things. 💔😔
I know that I humiliated you a lot, even though it was not your fault...
The whole story is that...
Amani (interrupting):
No need to tell the story, auntie... I heard your conversation yesterday. 💔
Why did you do this to me, auntie? 🥺💔
What did I do?
My mother had no control over anything, and in the end, it was fate. 🥺💔
Why did you make me go through all this? 😭💔
Would you accept that "Lynn" be treated this way?
Would you accept that someone treat your daughter with such cruelty? 🥺💔
Of course not, so why did you do this to me?
Why did you make me live through pain, oppression, and torment until I wished for death a thousand times? 😭💔
Because of you, because of the way you treated me. 🥺💔
I will not forgive you for my right, nor for my mother's right. 😮💨💔
Ibtisam:
Please forgive me, my daughter.
I swear jealousy blinded me.
I swear to you, I wasn't aware of what I was doing.
Let's start a new page and forget the past...
Amani:
Hahaha... Can I forget?
How can I forget, when you keep praying against me and my mother? How can
I forget that you deprived me of
my father? How can I forget the beatings, and the way you treated me as if I were a servant, not your niece? 😭💔
How? Show me how!
It is impossible for me to forgive you, nor pardon you, neither in this world nor in the hereafter 😭💔
Ahmed:
Do you like this?
Are you relieved now? ✅🙂💔
Do you see where your actions have led you?
Ibtisam: 😭😭💔
And suddenly...