Her Little Wishes

Chapter-27

Author's pov

" And, my husband! Let's not talk about him," Maryam said wiping away her tears and looking outside.

Mikaeel asked hesitating a little bit," Umm....Mr Shamsi..... I mean is he abusive to you? Does he raise his hands on you? That's why you wanted to divorce him, right?"

" I can't show you the wounds he gave me," Maryam answered letting out a long breath and Mikaeel was confused by her answer.

Looking at his confused face Maryam replied placing a hand over her chest," Some words and some actions stab right here, Mikaeel."

Well, after the arrest of Maryam's brothers and father, Mikaeel asked her what's the matter. At first, she didn't want to share but in front of his continuous questions she gave up.

Then, she told him everything that happened ten years ago. How did she get married to Yardan, her family's continuous demands for money etc? She shared a lot of things with Mikaeel except for some matters about her & Yardan's relationship. She also didn't share anything about her mental problems fearing that Mikaeel will think of her as a crazy woman.

" I tried a lot to cope with the situations I was in. I sacrificed every single bit of mine but in return except for avoidance, humiliation and heartbreak I got nothing. There wasn't a single person with whom I could share my pain, my sorrow and my unspoken wishes!!! The person who should have taken the most care of me, hurt me the most. He only saw me as a substitute for everything!" Maryam finished saying having a blank expression and Mikaeel was silent completely.

Maryam continued saying," You told me that you suffered from depression because I left you. But, you can't even imagine what kind of depression I have gone through. Once I requested my family to take me back to them but their straightforward answer was 'I killed my sister and it's my duty to compassionate it for the rest of my life'."

After hearing everything Mikaeel was speechless and he wasn't finding any words to console her. He was feeling guilty as well thinking that she went through all this where he continued accusing her of leaving him. Her tears created a writhing sensation inside his chest making him guilty more.

" I am sorry, Maryam. You wen.............." Mikaeel couldn't finish his sentence when Maryam interrupted.

She replied sighing," Don't try to console me, Mikaeel."

" I won't. But, as a friend of yours, I can suggest to you one thing that it's not late yet. There is still hope and you should move on. We can't change the past but we can mould our future just the way we want," Mikaeel suggested and Maryam looked at him with emotional eyes.

Then, he continued motivating her," Just look at you now. Once you were a fragile woman who always thought about others well being but now you aren't fragile anymore. You are strong, independent and can take your own decisions. You learnt a lot from your past and it's time for you to move on and make your future just the way you want. As a friend, I will support you always."

Maryam was overwhelmed after hearing him and started shedding happy tears. She again took his words in the wrong direction or we can say her desperation to have a happy life forced her to believe that he is talking about them. She concluded that his every word was not just to motivate her but to have her hope that he still loves her. She missed the friend word or maybe she didn't want to accept it.

" You are one of the nicest people I ever met, Mikaeel," She said looking at him with overwhelmed eyes while Mikaeel only nodded his head.

Two days passed after all this and Mikaeel was worried about everything. At one side there is Maryam who went through a lot of pain because of her family and he couldn't do anything for her. Though she is his ex and he moved on, still deep down inside his heart he has respect for her. And after hearing her sacrifice for her family, Yardan & his children, the respect for her increased to another level in his eyes. Now, he just hopes that she will overcome her past soon and have a happy life.