Shades of Love

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~07/08/22

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We could never learn
to be brave
and patient,
if there were
only joy in the world.
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Everything was packed and kept outside shaziya's room. She was all set to move out. She met her maamu and his children, Shafique and Shariqua. They were younger to her and had been great support to her in such a crucial time. They adored having a sister who was elder to them and would always keep her company.

They had clue that something was not going right with their Shaziya Di and Niyamath bhaiya but they couldn't help them uniting. They had seen their niyamath Bhaiya trying hard to meet shaziya Di but she wouldn't let him.

She bid them goodbye and Sajid stood near the entrance door waiting to drop her to the airport. She had denied him but he wanted to try persuading her once again.

"Shazi please let me drop you to the airport atleast. First of all you're not telling me now where you're going and secondly not letting me drop you to the airport is totally unfair" he argued one last time trying his luck.

"Sajid please don't make it hard for me. I will reach my destination and send you all the details. Just let me go alone this time" she pleaded him.

Sajid was ready to fight back again but their maamu stopped him.

"Sajid I've already called a taxi. You don't need to worry about shaziya. I've taken care of everything and I won't let her be alone without taking care of her. So, stop worrying and let her travel peacefully" her maamu interjected.

Sajid was not satisfied but he saw his Maamu's eyes and he saw the assurance in them. So he reluctantly agreed to his maamu.

"Shaziya bete, I've asked the servants to load your luggage in the car. The driver is ready to drop you to the airport. Promise me you will call me once you reach and also when everything is settled and you're safe. You're going only because of the promise you've made to me. Always stay in contact beta" he blessed her by keeping his hand on her head and was waiting for her assurance. She nodded her head and promised him to always be in contact with him.

She went and sat in the car after finally biding each and everyone a final goodbye. Once she was alone in the car, the dam from her eyes finally broke. She was trying to portray herself as she was a strong person but somewhere she too had given up. It was really hard for her and her barriers were breaking.

She took out a tissue and wiped her tears. She couldn't cry in front of a stranger. Even when the stranger was giving her looks from the rear view mirror. She felt a little uncomfortable by his stare and adjusted a little bit and broke the trance of the driver and he continued driving without looking at her.

She was so busy with controlling her emotions that she hadn't noticed the driver taking a left turn instead of a right turn which would take her to the airport.

She looked around and noticed the area and it was leading towards the hills. She had visited this place with her friends long time ago and she was familiar with the place. Worry started to settle in the pit of her stomach.

"Driver this is not the route to the airport. Please take a U-turn" she told him in a panicked voice.

The driver didn't listen to her and continued driving the car. She got scared of being abducted. Her hands started to tremble.

"stop the car right now or else I'll call the police and complain about all this" she raised her voice even though it trembled a little bit.

"Shaziya relax, its me! Stop panicking" he pulled the car over seeing her tremble in fear.