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Traces Of The Past

The incident completely broke Haseena. She felt as if she was dead inside as she walked towards her house, her parents waiting for her in the hallway.

Noor was concerned for her daughter. She looked at the devastated woman, soaked in rain, her arm bleeding, her eyes swollen from crying intensely. Noor ran towards her and asked,

"Haseena!! Yai kya halat banali hai beta aapne? Kya hua?". Mr Malik rushed towards the table placed in the hallway and grabbed the first aid kid. While Rashi di handed a towel to Mrs Malik.

Haseena wasn't in a state to utter anything. Her parents noticed the smell of alcohol emanating from their daughter and realized it wasn't the right time to ask her about what happened. Mr. Malik bandaged her injury while Mrs. Malik wiped her down to prevent her from getting cold. Haseena fell asleep on the couch due to the amount of alcohol in her body, continuously whispering,

"Kariisshmaa ne asa kyu kiya hamare sathh... pushpee aapne asa kyu kiya... kyu sab hamse chin gayeee... ammiiiii aap batao..".

That completely broke Mrs. Malik's heart as anger surged within her towards the people responsible for her daughter's condition.

She stood up, wiping her tears, and said, "Bas bohot hua!! Aman chaliye hamare sath!!!".

They wasted no time. After securing their daughter with a warm blanket, they headed straight to Singh's mansion in utmost anger. But both were stopped by the guards on the main entrance.

Mr. Malik abandoned his calm demeanor, having had enough of everything. He grabbed the guards by their throats and turned to Noor, saying, "Aaj hame hamari beti ki hak ki ladhai ladhne se koi nahi rok sakta Noor, aap jaiye ham bethe hai yahape!!".

"Noor understood and stormed into the mansion, slamming the door open with a thud, disturbing the sleeping occupants. She roared,"PUSHPA SINGH!!! Bahar aao!!! Akhir ham bhi toh jane ki asi kya kami reh gayii thi hamare prem mai jo tune hamari beti ke sath iss tarah ka sulukh kiya hai!!".

Pushpa wore her night coat above her night gown while walking down the stairs she replied, "Itni rat ko yaha chillane se yai toh sabit ho gaya Noor ki asi bajjat beti kaise nikali tumhari!!".

That fueled Noor's anger even more. She marched towards the lady, grabbed her by her gown, almost causing her to crawl down the remaining stairs, and then threw her onto the floor, she said in her scary voice, "Bass!!! Ek aur lafz nahii!!! Akhir kya bigada tha usne tumhara?!!! hamse bhi jyada mohobbat tumse karti thi wo!!!! Aur tune kya kiya???".

Mrs Malik felt an overwhelming rage as she remembered everything that had happened, the hurtful words directed at her daughter by the lady before her, and the sight of her daughter in a state of weakness she had never seen before. All these emotions mixed together as she raised her hand to punch the lady, but her hand stopped midway as she heard someone's voice.

"Noorri... please ruk jaiyee!!", Shivani uttered almost in tears as she came in front making her mother stand on her feet. She stood between her mother and her bff's mother.

She said, "Ham hath jodate hai Noori.. please..". Pushpa meanwhile straighten her head, cracking it to avoid the pain from falling earlier, replied, "Shivu!! Iske samne hath jodne ki jarurt nahi hai!! Ham abhi sabak sikhate hai inhe!!!".

Shivani had it enough. She was already broken down by what had happened and had no energy left to endure more. She held her mother by both shoulders and said,

"Bas Ranisahiba!!! Basss!!! ham nahi jante asa kya hai iss rutbe mai ki aap na apni beti ke ansu dekh payi, na uski zindagi se uske apne pyar ko khone ka dard!!! Na hi apni jan se pyari bhatiji ki bebasii aur nahi jisse aap uske bachpan se usse itna pyar karti thii wo dikhiii!!!! Asa kya haii iss shano shaukat mai ham nahi jantee!!! Lekin itna jante hai Ranisahiba ki iss shan ne aapse aapki beti aaj chin li hamesha ke liye!!! Ham Shivani Pushpa Singh, aajse balki abhise khudko iss rishte se aazad karte hai, aur iss ghar, aapki zindagi se bhi!!! Yai shan, aur yai nam aapko mubarak ho Ranisahiba!!".