Fasaana | फसाना | فسانا
:a tale; a romance; a fiction
Zoya had spent her entire life adhering to societal and parental rules, feeling trapped like a bird in a cage. But what happens when she decides to shatter those restrictions and soar freely?
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Darling, I am a nightmare dressed like a daydream.
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"She's so pretty!" Ruhani exclaimed while looking at her phone's screen, where Zoya's picture was displayed.
Shahveer, who was on a video call with her mother, smiled into his laptop screen.
"I am impressed with your choice." She smiled.
"You'd be more impressed when you'll meet her." He stated. Ever since valentine's day, his mother had been after him to tell her about the girl. He tried to dodge it, but she was a lawyer after all. She could get really persuasive when she wanted to.
"So when are you introducing us? Bring her home." She replied back.
"Before you meet her," He paused, "You should know that she'd not be the only one you'd be meeting."
She looked confused. He picked up his phone and sent her Sehrish's picture.
"Who is she?" She asked, looking at the kid.
"She's Zoya's daughter, Sehrish." He said bluntly.
Her eyes widened for a tiny second before going back to neutral. She knew how to hide her emotions.
There was silence on the call for a while.
"Is she a widow?" She questioned.
"Divorced."
She carefully nodded. "I would still like to meet her..them."
He smiled at his mother. "Amma's birthday is coming up next month. I was planning on coming home. Let me ask Zoya if she wants to come as well." Amma was his paternal grandmother.
And speaking of birthdays, Zoya's birthday was in a week and Shahveer wanted to celebrate it with a huge party. He spoke to Aarti about it and they both started planning right away. He looked into the best places to host a birthday bash and finally settled on a quality rooftop restaurant. He even visited the place personally to taste the food and instruct the workers about the kind of decoration he wanted.
The next step was to send out invites. The list included all of Zoya's college friends and colleagues with whom she was close. He even invited a few of his own friends whom he wanted to introduce Zoya to. A couple of their neighbors were on the list as well.
Sehrish got very excited when she got to know about the party. Good food and lots of people to talk to, the girl lived for days like those. But Shahveer had to tell her over and over again to not spill out anything in front of Zoya.
The eve of Zoya's birthday was like any other evening. She returned from the office at the usual time and was planning on watching a movie at night. She wasn't one of those people who celebrated her birthday. When she lived with her parents, neither did they have money or resources to do anything big. Her mother would just make some kheer and that would be it. After marriage, nothing changed. So when Aarti wanted to celebrate her birthday during the first year in Delhi, Zoya refused. She was okay with just the wishes and blessings of people.
