Fates Intertwined (Tere Bin AU)

11. Preparations

This is the longest part in this whole story (around 4.6K words) and I wrote it in a few hours only. Ideas were just flowing so fast because I was free yesterday so I penned them down.
Please give it much love. I hope you all are having fun celebrating Eid with family and friends. Happy Reading.
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Murtasim knocked on the door to his mother's room. "Come in", she called out and he went inside and sat down on the couch.

"Maa ap se kuch bat karni thi."
"Han beta bolo."
"Mei chahta hu ke Maliko aur Anwar ke pohanchne se pehle mera aur Meerab ka nikah hojaye. Agar wo mere nikah me hogi tou Maliko ki buri nigah se mehfooz rahegi. Warna wo shayad usse agwa karne ki koshish karen. Nikah huwa hoga tou shayad wo iss ka lihaz kar len."
"Lekin beta teen char din me ye sab kese hoga?" Maa Begum tried to protest. "Akhir mere aklote bete ka nikah hai."
"Janta hu Maa lekin filhal haalat ki nazakat ko dhyan me rakhte huwe yehi munasib hai. Rukhsati aur Walima kar lijiye ga ap shan o shaukat ke sath."
"Chalo theek hai beta." Maa Begum agreed reluctantly.
"Marium ko bula len ap. Tayario me thori madad hojayegi ap ki. Iss jummay ko nikah hoga, Meerab se bhi keh dijiye ga. Dusri bat ye hai ke Anwar ne jo kiya hai usse sazaye mout hi hogi. Meerab ke iss hawale se kuch sentiments hain jinhe mei ignore nahi kar sakta, na hi mei Anwar ko maaf kar sakta hu. Mujhy samjh nahi arha kya karu. Ap ki raye darkar hai Maa Sahab."
Murtasim had never ever asked for Maa Begum's help in making decisions once he had come to terms with his responsibilities. She was surprised at his request.
"Police complaint kar do Murtasim."
"Aur un se kya kahu?"
"Keh do ke apni beti bech raha tha wo. Women trafficking case ban jayega Anwar aur Maliko ke khilaf. Iss tarah Maliko ko bhi saza milegi, ghalti tou un ki bhi hai na."
"Idea acha hai Maa. Nadia chachi ka khatt saboot ke torr pe kam ayega."
"Kesa khatt? Kesa saboot?" Maa Begum was confused.
Murtasim then told her everything that Meerab had told him. The whole deal as well.
"Khatt me Nadia chachi ne apni mout ki waja batane ke sath sath ye bhi likha hai ke Malik Waqas, un ke walid ne unhe aaq kardya tha. Iss hawale se Maliko ka Meerab pe koi haq bhi na huwa. Case aur strong hojayega."
Maa Begum was still trying to process everything so she just nodded.
"Ap iss sab ki fikar na karen, Nikah ki tyari karen bas. Baki ap ka beta sambhal lega." Murtasim told her with a smile.
Maa Begum kissed him on the forehead and proudly said, "Mera sher beta."
Murtasim then left to go to his office. He had a lot of pending work regarding the fields and crops that he'd ignored to find Meerab.

Maa Begum was about to pick up her phone to call her daughter but her phone rang at that instant. The caller was Marium.

"Assalam o Alaikum Maa", Marium greeted her cheerfully. She sounded happy and excited.
"Wa Alaikum as salam beta. Bari lambi umar hai MaShaAllah. Abhi mei tumhe hi call karne lagi thi."
"Maa mei ne ap ko bataya tha na Naurez Lahore gaye huwe hain office ke silsilay me."
"Han beta huwa kya hai?"
"Naurez ka Karachi ki branch me transfer hogya hai. Hum waha shift horhe hain. Un ke parents ke sath rahengy ab. Aur karachi tou Hyderabad se bhi itna qareeb hai. Kal hi aarhe hain."
"Array wah ye tou bara surprise diya hai tum ne. Aesa karna airport se seedha yahan aa jana. Jummay ko Meerab aur Murtasim ka Nikah hai, mujhy tumhari zaroorat hai yahan."
"Bhai tou bari jaldi macha rahe hain. Sab kher tou hai."
"Bat zara lambi hai. Tum kher se aa jao phir aram se bataongi. Allah Hafiz bete."
"Allah Hafiz Maa."

Then Maa Begum placed a call to their designer so that they could decide Meerab's Nikah outfit.

Maa Begum went downstairs to the living room. She then asked a maid to call Meerab.

Meanwhile Meerab had been in her room thinking about Murtasim. She was really lucky that someone as caring as Murtasim loved her. She was also reminiscing the moment his lips had met hers. The contact had been really brief but she had enjoyed it and she was finding herself wanting it again. A knock on the door disturbed her thoughts. It was a maid informing her that Maa Begum was calling her. She quickly adjusted her dupatta and started descending the stairs.