SHATTERED HEARTS

Ch.19. The Uninvited Guest...!

Dedicated to my beloved friend Zarahfarooq♥ I love you dear, for Allah's sake:)

The wedding guests had all departed to their homes and it was only Mr.Hussain Bakhtiyar's family and Mrs.Naushin Bakhtiyar and her son who were going to spend the entire vacation in the wedding house. It was the third day after the wedding and even though the house wasn't much full of guests, yet it was again bustling with activity.For that night some quite special guests were about to visit !

Mrs.Zeenat Bakhtiyar was rushing around the kitchen planning to make as many dishes as possible with her cooking excellence. Zaara and Nawal along with their beloved Farheen bhabi were busy in the preparations. Farheen had planned to make some of her own recipes, Nawal was in charge of chocolate cake for dessert ; but that wasn't the only dessert ofcourse for Mrs.Zeenat always loved to make as much as possible and as tasty as could be yet after the meal there was one key sentence that the girls would always hear "I wish we had done more."

But again it was one of her beautiful qualities why many people loved and adored her.For Mrs.Zeenat Bakhtiyar loved to cook for everyone and serve at the best of her ability. And now again it was her best friend that was going to be the guest, plus the fact that they had met after so many years!

Zaara however was totally opposite to her mom.Not that she didn't love guests, but she just didn't like chaos and mess around.She loved to be in silence and isolation.
Yet today, much to everyone's surprise she wasn't complaining about the chaos but instead looking forward to meet her mom's friend.

"Mamma shall I make chicken cutlets for tonight?" Zaara asked enthusiastically and the other three ladies turned to her in surprise.

"Aren't you feeling tired today?"
Farheen asked in surprise.

"Don't you think there is much chaos around to be adding another dish to it?" Nawal added teasingly.

"Alhamdulillah, Nargis is fortunate I must say, for she is the first guest you are looking forward to welcome. And yes InshaAllah you can make the cutlets." Mrs.Zeenat assured her daughter.

Zaara shrugged, "I just like her.She is a very good and kind woman.Not many people are like her."

Farheen agreed, "I agree with you there.She is very kind MashaAllah. "

Mrs.Zeenat nodded as she resumed her preparations, "Nargis has always been like that.Kind, loving and gentle.She never argued with anyone. "

Zaara who was busy chopping the onions looked up at her mom as she remembered something, "Mamma, what about her family? Did her husband and children come for the Walima? "

Both Farheen and Nawal turned to Mrs.Zeenat wanting to hear the answer as well. Mrs.Bakhtiyar sighed and shook her head as she thought about her friend.

"Her sons had come for the Walima but .......I came to know that Nargis is divorced. And she has been divorced years back from what I heard."

"Ya Allah! How could someone divorce a lady like her? I mean ...She is the most kind woman I ever came across.I just can't believe this." Zaara said, frowning at the realization.

"Even I can't believe someone could do this to a person like her. It's so sad to hear this." Farheen precisely agreed.

"Yet she always keeps smiling and not any inch of pain is revealed in her expressions.She must be a really strong woman." Nawal added with a thoughtful look.