MUNTAZIR (A TALE OF AWAITING LOVE) ☑️

Chapter 28

Everyone is busy occupied in their own tasks the door bell rang, pulling their attention "bhabi aap baithiye mein dekhte hoon." nadia ji, opens door to witness her long lost friend maryam.

"Aslamualikum maryam, kya haal hain itne saalo baad yahan kaise ?" nadia ji, surprisingly uttered.

"Walaikumaslam, alhumdullilah tum sunao kaise ho arey bhae tumne yaad nahi kiya .. maine socha kyun na main he mil aun." maryam ji, laughed by tightly hugging nadia ji.

"Acha kiya, baahir kyun khade ho ao andar ao ?!" nadia ji, happily drags maryam ji inside where bi jaan lovingly welcomes her along shagufta ji.

On the other hand, shehnaaz hears loud cheerful noises erupting from downstairs to witness what was exactly happening, stepped out of the room.

While strolling, shehnaaz accidentally bumped in to sidharth losing balance.

He was quick enough to protect her from meeting the ground.

She fearfully, shut eyes and fists his shirt into her palm by horrifyingly gripping his shoulders.

He affectionately, takes a glimpse of her beautiful face, her nose and cheeks are crimson red exactly how it used to be during their childhood.

Manifesting, she had cried a bucket of tears !

He gently, wiped off the area where dry tears can be felt making her jolt in place snapping her back into the harsh reality of the world.

She instantly, yanks his hands off herself without even sparing him a look walked away confusing a shit out of him, as per his siblings information up till morning she was too concerned for his health.

Then, why does her behavior and attitude depicts the other way around ?

The youngsters meet and greet maryam ji, seeing shehnaaz couldn't stop praising her "mashallah .. kitne khoobsurat ho beta zain ke saath saath iske liye bhi koi acha ladka dekh kar nikkah karwa de, arey nahi, sorry main toh bhool he gaye, sidharth aur iska rishta bachpan mein he pakka hogaya na shagufta bhabi, aakhir kab tak, shehnaaz ko apna banane ka irada hai .. dekh lijiye .. hume pasandh arahe hai toh sochiye dusraun ko bhi aate hoge ?! Dekha dekhi mein kahin dair na hojaye !" she has no clue about their current situation.

Everybody's facial expressions changed "maryam hamare hisaab se bachaun ke marzi hona behadh zaroori hai, aakhir zindagi unhe guzaarne hai aur jahan tak baat .. inke rishte ke hai toh bache bade hogaye hain, unke pasand bhi waqt ke saath kaafi badal chuke hai isliye shehnaaz ke liye agar aapke nazaraun mein koi acha rishta ho nadia ko zaroor batana hum apne bache ke liye .. dekh rahe hain." Bi jaan, tries her best to handle the situation zoya adil, shagufta, jamshed ji and sidharth's face turn dull with the unexpected bomb being exploded as this came as a shock to them.

Nobody here felt the need to discuss in-fact poor abdullah was kept in the darkness "bi jaan, aap .. tension na loh, maine toh isliye kaha kyunke aap sabne kaaye saalo pehle kaha tha ke shehnaaz ek tarah se sidharth ke amanat hai uske wapis ajane tak apne maa baap ke paas hai uske baad aap log bachaun ke shaadi karwa doge, khair mitti pao in beetein bataun par nadia fikar mat kar mere nazr mein ek bohut acha rishta hai, agar mera koi beta hota na aankh bandh karke .... shehnaaz ka haath maangte koi na meri behan ka ladka haina, dubai mein rehta hai aaj kal yahan business ke silsile se aya huwa hai kaho toh baat chalaun ?" she asks it breaks shehnaaz, watching them making decision for her without taking her consent.

Nadia ji looks at her husband for approval whose helplessly back and forth, staring at his daughter. She seems to be completely emotionless, keeping her head down took the stairs to her room "hmm aap baat kijiye phir hume bataye." nazakat ji half heartedly, agrees upsetting his brother's family it clearly shows they are highly disappointed.