My Cure

~Chapter 17

Zaisha's POV:

It was Isha time and I was praying. I raised my hands to make a dua'a.

"ALLAH, mainy iss rishty ky liye haan kardi hai. Baki apky haath main chora hai. Please mujhy Armaan ky saath khush rakhna aur mujhy himmat dena Armaan ko qabool karny ki iss rishty main. Main umeed karti hoon Armaan, Sadiq Bhai jaisa nahi nikly ga aur yeh bhi umeed karti hoon shaadi ky baad Sadiq Bhai mujhy harass karna band kardy. ALLAH, mujhy apny hifz o iman main rakhna aur meri mushkalain asaan karna. Armaan meri hifazat kary, meri izzat kary aur ussky ghar waly mujhy boj naa samjhy aur naa hi worthless samjhy. Ameen".

(ALLAH, I have accepted the marriage proposal. The rest I leave it in your hands. Please let me be happy with Armaan and give me enough courage to accept Armaan in this relationship. I hope Armaan is not like Sadiq Bhai and I also hope that Sadiq Bhai won't harass me after my marriage. ALLAH, please protect me and ease my hardships. Armaan should protect me, respect me and his family shouldn't think of me as a burden and shouldn't think of me as a worthless human. Ameen).

I was making more dua'a but my trance broke as I heard my phone ringing. I got up folded the prayer mat, looked at the caller ID, and picked up the call with a smile. It was Irum. Irum: "Zaishu, how are you?" I replied: "I'm good. How about you?" Irum replied: "I'm good but I miss you". I replied: "I miss you too. We will meet soon". Irum asked: "Ok! Tell me what's going on?" I replied: "Ummm......Ar.........*I gulped on my saliva* Armaan has sent a marriage proposal for me and I have accepted it". Irum screamed in excitement: "Aaaaahhhhhhh! Congratulations! I'm so happy for you". I smiled at her reaction and on the other side I could hear Nabeel's voice. Nabeel: "Kya huwa? Chat gir gayi tum par?"

(What happened? Did the roof fall on you?)

Irum sassed back: "Jaanwar, Zaisha ny Armaan ky rishty ky liye haan kardi".

(You animal, Zaisha has accepted the proposal sent by Armaan).

I heard Irum sassed back to Nabeel to which I smiled. I heard Nabeel yell from the other side: "Congratulations Zaisha!" I smiled and said: "Thank you!" I heard Irum yelling at Nabeel: "Get out, you chimpanzee". And it went on, they started bickering forgetting I was still on the phone. Nabeel said: "Hey, you called me a chimpanzee?" Irum: "Yes". Nabeel: "It's no big deal because I had to match you. How can I leave my only sister resembling a chimpanzee alone?" Irum yelled in frustration: "Aaaahhhh! GET OUT!" I have to disconnect the call otherwise I won't be able to do my pending work. I spoke: "Irum, I will talk later. Bye!" Irum bid me bye as well and the call disconnected. I exhaled a breath.

Author's POV:

Nouman was talking to Zeenat. Nouman: "Zeenat, we have to take extra care of Zaisha. Zeenat was confused and asked: "Why are you saying this?" Nouman exhaled and replied: "Zeenat, Furqan ny apni beti bhechdi hai humain".

(Furqan has sold her daughter to us).

Zeenat was surprised: "What are you saying?" Nouman replied: "I'm telling the truth! In China, Hamza and I were behind him to give us Zaisha's hand for marriage; in the end, he agreed to one condition. His condition was to own 20% shares in my company". Zeenat's jaw touched the ground and said: "Yaa ALLAH, what has happened with that poor girl?" 

Nouman said: "I think Zaisha isn't getting treated well in that house so, we have to take care of her like how we take care of Armaan". Zeenat nodded. Nouman's phone started ringing. Nouman saw the caller ID and picked up the call. Furqan: "Aslam o alikum! This is Furqan speaking". Nouman greeted back: "Walaikumsalam Furqan! How are you?" Furqan replied: "I'm good, how about you?" Nouman replied: "I'm good too". Furqan spoke: "Zaisha has agreed to marry Armaan, you guys can come on the weekend and fix a date for the marriage". Nouman smiled and replied: "Congratulations! We will meet on the weekend". The call disconnected.