Feezan-e-Nazar

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Love, happiness, peace, family wasn't a strange thing for me like it seems now. Like every other child I also had a cute, chaotic and a perfect family. Baba and Mumma loves me unconditionally. We used to go on vacations, everything was perfect until one day. Mumma and Baba had to go to America for some meeting and left me at Inayah's house and said they'll come back after two days but they didn't come, only I knew that they'll never come back.I used to pray to Allah SWT to return my Mumma and Baba, and used to cry infront of him that I'll be good girl and I'll also drink milk regularly without teasing Mumma.

It felt like the most horrible nightmare from which I won't be able to wake up anytime soon , when we got to know that the flight in which my Mumma and Baba was about to come back to Lahore got crashed due to some technical issues. I tried so hard to wake up from this nightmare, no matter what I do to wale up from this horrible nightmare but I couldn't. It was so much for a 4 years to handle. I cried, cried and cried in hope that maybe after seeing me so much crying Allah SWT will return my Mumma Baba, but that didn't happen. And then I started living with my aunt, Sidra Malik.

My Mumma, Mariyam Malik was youngest one and Inayah's Mumma, Sidra Malik is middle one, while Mustafa's Mumma, Mahira Malik is elder one. Uncle and aunty were beyond happy when I said I want to live with Inayah,and used to love me like their daughter. And then I also started calling them Mumma and Baba like Inayah used to call, and I was named Zoha Ehsan Shah, as my biological father's name was Ehsan Ahmed. Slowly slowly everything was coming back to normal, I was Mamma's princess and Inayah was Baba's princess but both Baba and Mumma used to love us both equally. We both got admission in same school, same class. Whenever someone troubles me Inayah was the one to fight with them. And I used to hide it from Mumma and Baba,only when she gives me Pani pauri treat. When Mumma got to know about it, we had to eat karele ki sabzi for 3 days. And I still remember how Mustafa and Inayah fought when tayabbu came to get me with him.

"Das(10) saal baad unhe apni bhatiji(neice)kyu yaad aayi hai Baba" 15 years old Inayah was asking angrily after entering into their room.

"Aur tayiammi mujhe achi nahi lagrahi hai Khalu " 16 years Mustafa was telling furiously.

"Bacche, Zoha unke chote Bhai ki beti hai" Sikander Shah was trying to make them understand.

"Mein bata raha hoon khalu, agar unho ne kuch Kiya na to mujhe rokainge nahi aaplog"Mustafa was dead serious while saying this.

"Thik hai, lekin abhi ke liye niche chalo tum teeno" Sikander Shah said while eyeing them with hidden warning.

They all left the room and enter into the hall, where Ibrahim Ahmed(tayabbu) and Mehmooda Begum(tayiammi) was seated on the sofa. On their right side Sidra Malik and Mahira Malik was sitting on the sofa and at left side Saad Khan, who was later joined by Sikander Shah. Inayah and Mustafa along with Zoha was standing in the middle.

"Humari ek shart hai" Mustafa broke the silence.

"Aur wo kya hai" Ibrahim Ahmed asked while amusement was dancing in his eyes.

"Agar Zohi aap ke yahan 1 hafta rahegi toh" Inayah said.

"Toh" Mehmooda Begum asked forcing out a smile.

"Toh humare yahan 2 hafte rahegi" Mustafa completed.

"Bacche ye zyadati hai" Ibrahim Ahmed complained.