MUNTAZIR (A TALE OF AWAITING LOVE) ☑️

Chapter 26

Nadia ji wakes up in the morning after preparing breakfast goes to wake up shehnaaz who must be asleep noticing her absence knocks at the door of the bathroom "shehnaaz ?" called out, earning no response, opens the door to find it empty.

"Ya ALLAH, yeh ladki subah sawere bina bataye kidhar chale gaye ?" she gasps in tension, checks balcony too where she is usually seen painting or writing in her personal dairy.

She worriedly, stepped out only to witness her in night suite sneaking out of sidharth's room "beta choraun ke tarah idhar udhar kya dekh rahe ho ? Is waqt, Is halat mein sidharth ke kamre se kyun nikal rahe ho, kya aisa kuch hai joh tum dono me chal raha aur hume dhoke mein rakha jaraha hai. I want you to be honest !" shehnaaz shakes head, denying her over exaggerated thoughts.

"Ammi, aap jaante bhi hain kya keh rahe hain ek baar sochiye toh sahe mujh par itne bade tohmat lagane se pehle ... aapko apne beti apne izzat par zara bharosa nahi ?" shehnaaz asks, nadia ji told what she felt, anybody would have said the same thankfully nobody witnessed the scenario except her "main nahi, sarah zamana kahega tujhe dekh kar ab baat mat ghooma aur seedhe seedhe bata" nadia ji, insists by grasping her hand.

"Ammi kuch hai he nahi batane ke liye sidharth ke tabiyat na baarish mein bheegne ke wajah se kharab hogaye thi .. maine usko dawa di thande paani ke patiyaan kare fever down hogaya tha, I didn't feel the need to inform taaye ammi .. raat ko meri ankh uske fikr mein khule ALLAH paak ne mere dil mein khayal daala shukar main jake check kiya aur adil ko uthaya, hospital mein call ke doctor uncle ne time pe sab bataya or humne instructions ache se follow kiye ab woh theek ho gaya hai medicines ke wajah se he is asleep rahe baat mere chup kar nikalne ke toh woh isliye hai kyunke mujhe tha agar kisi ne dekha toh na jane kya sochenge." she lowers down gaze, her mom's death glare were clearly stating she wasn't happy to hear about whatever happened.

"Bade jaldi nahi khayal aya tujhe beta is ghar me sirf hum nahi tumhare phuppo bhi reh rahe hain kabhi socha ... un par is harkat ka kya impression padega woh toh shukar manao koi jaag nahi raha tha .. shehnaaz tum mera guroor ho beta sidharth ab tumhara kuch nahi lagta usne saaf saaf duniya ke saamne tumhare pyaar ko thukraya hai phir is sab ka kya matlab hai ?" she's really tensed as for how long her daughter is going to run after a man who doesn't love her back putting her self-respect at stake by becoming his door mat.

"Ammi, more than anything he is my cousin uske jagah koi aur bhi hota na main yahe karte aap bhi bina wajah baat ka patangar bana rahe hain." her voice raised as soon as her mother reflects reality through her honest and bitter words.

"Jhoot, kisi aur ko bewaqoof bana apne in bataun se mujhe nahi ... main tere ammi hoon kya maine nahi dekha, tujhe uske peeche din raat pagal hote huwe ek din bhi kabhi ne guzra jab teri zubaan pr uska naam na aya ho .. tere ye aankhein hamesha uske aane ke chahat mein muntazir raha karti thi upar se ye paintings jinhe tu hum sabse chupaate phirte hai in mein tere dil ka haal ranga huwa hai tere diary jisko tu apne alfaazun se sajate hai beta main teri ammi hoon, jaante hoon is darwaaze ke peeche tere pagal pan ka saboot hai." she pointed towards the area where her art work is preserved.

"Mat kar, khudko uske peeche zalil o khwaar tere aage ek khoobsurat zindagi pade hai kyun apne is self respect ki dhajiyaan udwa rahe hai .. sidharth ka khayal rakhne ke liye bohut hain, tu apne upar dihaan de .. aaj ke baad .. main tujhe uske peeche deewana hote huwe na dekhoon, zain aur zoya ka kuch dino mein nikkah hai uske baad main ladka dekh kar tera bhi karwa dunge !!" her eyes widen, felt like somebody slit a knife through her heart.

How could she think of marrying someone else ?

When, she grew up already feeling married to the love of her life !

Tears of heartbreak, stream down "Ammi, please khuda ka vaasta hai mujh par itna bada zulm mat kijiye." she cries folding hand and begging her for mercy "main tujhe is aziyatt se chutkara dilawana chahte hoon aur woh tab hoga jab tu is ghar se ya phir keh loon sidharth se durr chale jayegi." what on earth has gotten into her mother ?