WHO IS TO BLAME?

Chapter five

   It was Saturday morning, she woke up early in the morning feeling excited. She feels like all her worries have gone away. She took a quick shower and  dressed in a Pink Arabian gown covering her long hair with it's veil and later sprayed her nice perfume. She looked at the mirror beside her bed and smiled. She looked so beautiful even though she doesn't wore much Make up ( It's only a powder and red lipstick). She smiled at herself again after looking herself from head to toe.
Just then, Asma opened the door and entered. She just stood there transfixed. She turned around and behold Asma standing at the door smiling." Hey Asma!  What's wrong?"
Asma walked to her and held her hands." You know what Isha? You looked so beautiful." said Asma looking serious.
Isha was not dark skinned but she was also not light skinned. She's somehow like brown complexion. There is one of her cousin sister that used to  call her "my brown sister." She's also neither tall nor short. She has a pointed nose, small mouth, long black hair...........................
Isha just smiled and held Asma too "you're also cute my Asma." Said Isha winking at her and Asma winked at her too and they laughed.
Let's go! Breakfast was ready." Said Asma dragging her out.
After breakfast that day, she spent most of the time chatting and joking with her siblings. Finally their mother asked them to take some pictures together. Seema was so happy that day seeing her children having fun. They helped her did all the household chores together. After that, they all went to their rooms to have some rest.
Isha was sitting up on her bed with Asma talking excitedly when they heard the ringing of her phone. Isha picked it up and smiled. "Who was it?" Asked Asma.
   " Ooh yeah! It was Amal." She lied while stopped smilling abruptly.
  "Alright! Let me go. I want do my assignment before Monday." Said Asma and she went out.
Isha keeps her eyes on the phone's screen staring at the name she loved the most. It was salim who was calling. She doesn't answer until the call ended. She wants to hear his voice after long time but her mind keeps reminding her about what her father told her one-day.
" I told you to stay away from this boy but you refused, right? Just continue and I will see who is going to get you married to him. I told you I hated this boy and his father. I hated them all but you refused to obey me just because I'm not your......."
" What are you trying to say?" Her mother interrupted. "What  you  are doing is totally wrong." She said dragging Isha and they leave.
Isha was about to drop the phone when she saw another call from him coming. She can't ignore the Call this time coz she loved salim deeply. She managed to pick up the phone and answered, placing the phone on her ear. " Why this Isha? Why are you ignoring my calls? I was calling since yesterday but i can't reach you. Don't you love me Isha? You don't know how i feel about you that's why" said salim as if he's going to cry.
Isha didn't say anything.
   " I want to see you today please. Will you do me a favour?" He asked but didn't wait for her to reply. " Please let's meet at faith restaurant today at 4 o'clock. Will you come?" He asked but instead of replying to him, she ended the call and threw the phone away. He called her back uncountable times but she refused to pick it up. Lastly, he started sending her messages but she still ignored them. At the end, she switched off the phone.
Tears ran down her cheeks but she didn't bother to weep them away because they're giving her some relief. She really loves him but what could she do? There's nothing to be done than to just let him go. I'm always in trouble with father because of you salim. I can't endure it anymore. I Want some peace with my father if that will stop him from hating me. It doesn't mean that I don't like you salim but this is the only right solution for all of us. But no matter what happens, I am going to keep loving you for the rest of my life. I love you salim.   She keeps on shedding tears until she fell asleep.
She woke up around 2 o'clock. She started getting ready to go out. She went out and have lunch with her family. She was feeling to go and meet her saleem. At 4 o'clock, she was still on bed. She finally made up her mind.
I HAVE TO GO AND SEE WHY HE WAS CALLING ME. she thought.
   " Mom i want to go see Amal please,  she was sick." She lied to her mother when she comes down from the stairs.
   " Ooh really? When?" Asked seema, her mother, looking at her reasonably.
   " She called me now. She was sick since yesterday so please allow me to go meet her" she said in a low voice.
   "Alright dear. You can go." Said seema." But please try as much as possible to come back home on time."
Isha went out slowly feeling sad for lying to her mom. She stopped a car and entered after telling the driver to drop her at faith restaurant.
Saleem meanwhile, was tiredly sitting on the chair after ordering some snacks and drinks for him and Isha. But Isha was nowhere to be found.
MAYBE SHE IS NOT COMING. thought saleem.
He was sad and disappointed. He just decided to go, so he stood up. Just then Isha appeared and they met gaze. He smiled Broadly. Isha just looked at him but she doesn't react even though she was so excited to see him too. In fact, she felt like hugging and tell him that he's the only person she loves but she can't do that because she made a decision already and she is here to inform him.
   " You're welcome my wife." Said salim." Come sit here." He showed her the chair opposite him.
   " How are you my love?" Asked salim when she finally sat down.
   " I'm good. Thank you"
They became silence for a while staring at each other before salon broke the silence.
"I thought you're not coming so i decided to leave but fortunately for me, you arrived."
   "Yeah. So tell me why you asked me to come here meet you."
Salim smiled Broadly showing off his dimples.
   " Yeah! I asked you to come because I missed you so much. I don't know why you keep abandoning me like this Isha. Can't you feel what I feel? Why are you so mean to me isha. I wished you can open my heart to see how i am suffering from your love." She sighed, closing his eyes tightly allowing hot tears dropping down his cheeks.
Isha was touched. But she knows that there's no way she can be with salim because of her father. He warned her time without numbers to stay away from him.
   " Okay." She managed to say. " I heard you well but how many times do I have to tell you to leave me alone?" Her heart skipped a beat. She knows that she's lying to herself if she says she doesn't loves him.
But what else can she do? She has no choice but to follow what her father told her if she wants to live in peace besides, her mother also spoke to her to stay away from salon several time.
" You have to leave me alone" she said in low tone as if in a whisper while tears were busy rushing down. " Yes we've to be matured. You know we'll never be together so it's better we stop decieving ourselves." Said Isha in a shaky voice and made to leave.
" But isha can't you please pity me? I've suffered alot." She didn't wait, she just walked out of the restaurant quickly as if she's going to fall. Saleem follow her but before he reaches her, she already entered a car. Saleem just stood there transfixed..................