𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧 [PAUSED]

1. Fated strangers

I was getting ready for my dad's business party organized by his best friend; i had to attend it forcefully because of my father. I have never had a special bond with my parents like the other children have with their parents. I haven't even seen my so-called mother since 15 years. My mom, sameena, hates sehar because she thinks she is the reason behind her bad luck.

My mom and dad had a love marriage, the sailing had been smooth but after 8 years my dad used to come home all drunk with different women everyday my mom wanted to compete my dad, she used to get different men everyday to home to show my dad what she is capable of doing, they used to sleep with them and when all this would happen I and sehar would be locked up in a room after I was 8, there wouldn't be a single day on which I wouldn't cry. After two years, sehar and i were sent to my grandmother's place , i was 10 and Sehar was 6. However, we were sent letters on our birthdays as a keen formality showing the world that how caring they were. Sehar kept hers in a special box while I threw mine.

"SARAH!" I was taken aback when Sehar shouted my name.

"Whattttt? Who died?" i asked being annoyed.

"Where were you lost?" She asked like she had been calling me for the past hour. "our lovely father is calling us down with his sweetest voice" she said sarcastically. We rolled our eyes and went down.

I wore an emerald green full length gown which had full sleeves and had put a little bit of makeup and wore my favourite diamond earrings gifted by dadi. Sehar was wearing an off-shoulder purplish gown which definitely suited her.

When we went down to see hala sitting on the couch like she owned the house. Hala is definitely just 14 but she doesn't go according to it. I went towards dadi before I could say anything she put a small back dot behind mine as well as sehar's ear and then I whispered "what is she doing here?"

"I don't know sarah"
Dadi doesn't like us going with our so-called father because after what he did to us, she hates him but she allows us to go because she doesn't want to talk to him. It's been years since dadi has talked to him.

*at the party*

The party took place in grand ballroom

There was nothing special in the party it was all about showing off and nothing else. We were introduced to a number of clients of my dad he showed too much love towards me and sehar I swear to god if this went on for some more time I would throw up. Sehar and I were enjoying our drinks when Hala came to us.

"Hi! Sehar and sarah"
she spoke like she would spread venom in our body any time.

"HI" I and Sehar replied to her all grumpy, together. After hearing the sweetest call from our dad all the three of us turned our heads towards him just to see another client of his.
"She is Sarah and she is sehar" he introduced us, Hala was ignored.

"Sarah he is Zahid, he is my best friend and they are his sons, Saad rehman the oldest and sayyid rehman the youngest. Saad is the upcoming CEO of this company" he introduced them to me as sehar was least interested.