Rabt

2

6months later

Qasim

He was in his office when he heard his daughter ,
"Baba?" She said as she stood at the door , he hummed ,

"Mama k saath khel liya?" He said putting his laptop away as his three year old made her way to hislap.

"Kya hua hai Inaya" he asked as his daughter cuddled next to him.
"Mama sho gai hai" she pouted .

"Hmm , woh thak gayi hogi na beta" he said to her ,
"Woh mere shaath kyun nahi khelti" she asked ,

"Beta mama ki tabiyat kharab hai na, aap batao baba aap k saath khelein gay" he said ,

Saima continued to refuse treatment , and she had not stopped pushing him on the fact that she wanted him to marry again.

He had so far steadfastly refused .

She hurried of to get whatever toys she wanted to play with.

Inaya came back with barbies ,
"Inn shay khelna hai" she said giving him a smile.

She gave him one barbie while the other was in her hand .

He indulged his three year old playing with her barbies.

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Saima woke up around 7 , and joined them to watch a movie.
Inaya cuddled in her armsholding her tightly.

Qasim looked at her with concern ,

"Mein utha loun issay?" He whispered ,
"Tum thak gayi hogi?" He said and Saima shook her head,
"I dont want to leave her" she said , and he felt his heart hurt.
"Pata nahi kab tak hun mein, I want to hold her as close as possible, so that she doesn't forget my scent." She said .

He gave a small nod , and took her hand in his his thumb grazing her knuckles.

Saima turned to him,
"Qasim , meine tumhari ammi se baat ki hai , k larkiyan dhoonday" she confessed ,

He turned to her glaring at her ,
"Saima I told you no" he gritted out.

"You said I could" she said ,

He shook his head,
"Mein tumharay se larna nahi chahta iss liye , par I need you to drop this." He said to her .

"Tumhari bhalayi k liye hee kar rahi hun" she pointed and he rolled his eyes,

"Meri bhallayi tumharay treatment karanay mein hai, Inaya aur meri dono ki." He told her ,

Saima stared at him,
"Mein tumhe pehle bhi keh chuki hun k kab tak hun gi mein?" She asked him bittery,

"Mumma aap kaha jaa rai hain" Inaya asked lifting her head drowsily.

Saima and Qasim both stared at eachother , Saima brushed away her daughters hair out of her face ,
"Jaan mumma aap k annual function ki baat kar rahi hain" Saima said as she pressed a kiss to her daughters temple.

"Aap aayein gii!" Her daughters eyes brightened ,
"Haan baby mein aaoun gi , meri Inaya is going to be a honey bee I wouldn't miss it for the world." She said .

Qasim swallowed , this was so hard, he was losing his wife , the woman he had loved for as long as he could remember.

He couldn't mourn that his wife dying because his daughter was going to loose a mother .

"Inaya beta aren't you sleepy?" He asked , and she shook her head and rested it on her mother's chest.

"Nope" she said , popping the p , she had learnt to nope and it he had to admit it was one of the cutest things he had seen.