TereBin

Betrayal

*Waqas lives, but you guys might wish he had not.*

Meerab walked into her house and called out 'MAMA , BABA'. From the worried looks on their faces as they came running out of their room , Meerab knew they had been informed of her dissapearance.

Before she could say anything, both her parents pulled her into a hug, and Meerab felt like everything would be alright after all.

Once they had gotten her settled in and she had her breakfast the questions came. Why had she run away like that, why had she not come to them , where had she been all of yesterday?.

Meerab did not know how to answer their questions, they kept asking her what had happened and all she could do was cry. 

Her mama was convinced Maa Begum had done somethng,'woh sirf Meerab ko Marium ki shart ki wajah say lay gayi thin, rukhsati hotay hi Ghar say bahir nikaal diya hoga meri bachi ko.

Her baba was convined it was Murtasim, 'Nahi bhabhi begum aisi nahin hain, woh kabhi ghar ki beti ko aisay raat ko nahi nikalin gi, kuch aur hua hai.'.

'Meerab beta bataou tou sahi kya hua hai. We have been so worried kay pata nahi tum kahan chall gayi ho. Murtasim, Anwar sab tum ko kab say dhoondh rahay hain'

On hearing this Meerab began to shake, her mother wrapped her in her arms. Her baba began to pat her head, 'beta batao Murtasim nay kya kiya hai?'

'woh, woh mainay us ko Haya kay sath bedroom main dekha tha', Meerab managed to say.

'kya ?', her parents were beyond shocked.

'Meerab woh aisa larka nahi hai, Haya tou behn jaisi hai uski room main agayi ho gi', her mama said.

'Meerab tum is liyay adhi raat ko ghar chor kar bhaag gayi? kya hogaya hai tumhain, tum batati humain, main Murtasim say baat karta' beta aisay raat ko akelay challay jan , poori raat bahir rehna ata na pata, yay tarbiyat tou nahi di thi hum nay', her baba sounded dissappointed.

'Meerab abhi tou tum wapis ghar gayi thi, aur phir say yay sab,' her mama had moved away from her.

'no', Meerab wanted to scream, that's not why I ran. She was crying hysterically now, unable to speak, she was not sure how to tell them what he had done, how could she explain to someone else when she had barely accepted it herself. She had never ever thought he would force her, still didnt really believe it.

And now hearing how easily her parents were taking his side, how insignificant Haya being alone with Murtasim in his bedroom was to them, Meerab began to wonder if she should even tell them. They were so ready to take his side after all why wouldn't they ? All Meerab did was create havoc and Murtasim came to fix it. The gaon incident, the contract, Marium running away , she had done all that and now she had run away, no wonder they thought she was wrong.

She should have stayed away, but this had been her last resort. Saba's phone was off and Malaika was out of Karachi. Meerab knew if she went to Rohail, Murtasim actually would kill him and possibly her. So she had come home, hoping her parents would believe the daughter they had so lovingly raised.

When she calmed down a bit , they told her to sleep and that they would talk later. She had barely fallen asleep, when her mama shook her awake, 'Meerab utho jaldi utho.'

Meerab blinked confusingly, her mama looked extremely worried, 'beta woh Murtasim aya hai, tumhain Hyderabad lay janay.'

'KYA, ap logon nay us ko bulaya ?', how could they have done this to her. She had been right, they were going to just hand her over to him.