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"He doesn't smile, he doesn't laugh. The only emotion I see on his face is anger. He hates everything about me, my views, my dressing sense and my forward thoughts. It's not like I challenged his views on purpose, I tried my best to fol...
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(Abdullah is the doctor friend who came to check on Seher in chapter 14)
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Abdullah arrived at his best friend's house, Saad, who was excited to meet him. He was met by a sullen, sad face.
"Why are you sad? Didn't they find your wife?"
They walked to the hall where he sat on the sofa, "Wife? How can I call her my wife... when I failed as a husband?"
"What do you mean? How did you fail? She ran away, " Saad didn't understand Abdullah's tone, who looked at the sky. He wanted to protect this relationship of his with his wife, but in doing so, he complicated it further. If he hadn't put so much pressure on her or let his insecurities take the best of him, maybe Maheen wouldn't have runaway.
"I failed her as a man, I was meant to protect her, but I didn't. Like all the villagers, I took part in the atrocities..."
Saad laughed, "Drag her back like a man, maybe impregnate her so she doesn't run away, rebellious woman need to be taught a lesson."
"You think that's the solution?" Abdullah asked, his voice heavy with disappointment.
"Force her back, make her submit... and then what? Pretend everything's fine?"
Saad shrugged, unfazed. "That's how it is, Abdullah. Women need to know their place. If they don't, it's our job to remind them." Abdullah shook his head, unable to hide the pain in his voice.
"I don't want a wife who's afraid of me, Saad. I wanted a partner, someone who'd stand by me... not someone who runs because she can't breathe in this suffocating world I've built around her."
Saad frowned, confused. "You care too much about what she feels. She’s just a woman."
"Maybe that's where I went wrong," Abdullah muttered, more to himself than to Saad. "I should've seen her as a friend instead. Maybe if I'd seen her for who she truly is... she'd still be here."
"And who she is apart from being your wife? She is a nobody.. just like my wife, Seher thinks she has a choice that she can choose another man over me, just like your wife who is still stuck on a dead man."
"Seher... she feels trapped too, doesn't she?"
Saad snorted, dismissing the thought with a wave of his hand. "Trapped? She's just ungrateful. I give her everything she needs, but still, she thinks that fool as if he is worth more than me."
Abdullah sighed, his heart heavy with the weight of their conversation. "Maybe that's the problem, Saad. Maybe we think giving them things is enough, but it's not."
