𝐏𝐄𝐄𝐑-𝐄-𝐊𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋 (پیر کامل)

🌺CHAPTER-36

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Her decision came as a shock to Dr. Sabat Ali.

"Why Amina! Why can't you stay at my house?" He said to her very angrily. "Why does Saeeda want to stay with you?"

"She is very insistent."

"I will explain to her."

"No, I myself also want to live with her. If I live with her, then her loneliness will be removed."

"This is not a reason. You can visit her whenever you want, but not to be together."

"Please, let me stay there, I'll be happier there. I want to slowly stand on my feet now." Dr. Sabat Ali looked at her in surprise.

"What do you mean by standing on your feet?" She was silent for a while then she said.

"I don't want to be a burden on you for too long. I have already been dependent on you for many years, but I can't spend the rest of my life being a burden on you." She stopped talking. She felt that her last sentence had hurt Dr. Sabat Ali. She regretted.

"I have never considered you a burden, Amina! Never. Daughters are not a burden and you are like a daughter to me, then this....... I am very saddened by this."

"I know Dad! But I am only talking about my feelings. It is very painful to be dependent on others. I will be more at peace with Saeeda Amma. I will pay her. Even if I want to pay you, I won't be able to. Maybe even if I get ten lives, I can't repay your favors, but that's it....... Not anymore....... I have yet to learn all the ways to live life. Let me learn." Dr. Sabat Ali did not force her to stay in her house again after that. She was grateful to him for that too.

The experience of staying with Saeeda Amma was completely different for her from living in a hostel or staying with Dr. Sabat Ali. She felt a strange sense of freedom and happiness in them. She lived all alone. There was only one maid who used to do the housework during the day and went back in the evening. She used to have a very social life. She used to come and go a lot in the neighborhood. And not only in the neighborhood, but also at her relatives' houses and also at their houses, And there was often someone at her house.

She had introduced Imama to everyone in the neighborhood as her niece and after a few years this introduction had changed from niece to daughter. No one would have been interested if she was introduced as a daughter. People were aware of Saeeda Amma's habits and how much of a loving heart she had. Her sons were also familiar with Imama, but they used to regularly talk to Saeeda Amma on the phone and inquire about her condition. Their wife and children also used to communicate with her.

Her sons used to come to Pakistan every year and even during their stay, Imama never felt this way. As she was not a part of her family, at times she felt as if she was actually the daughter of Saeeda Amma and the sister of her sons. The children of both of them used to call her Phupho.

After doing her MSc from Punjab University, she started working in a pharmaceutical company through Dr. Sabat Ali. She had a great job and became financially independent for the first time. It wasn't the life she lived at her parents' house, nor was it the life she dreamed of, but it wasn't the same fears she had when she left home. She can't say that about everyone, but for her life was another name for miracles. Such help from a guy like Salar Sikandar, access to Dr. Sabat Ali....... Meeting a family like Saeeda Amma. Completing education and then that job....... There was only Jalal Ansar whose thought always made her suffer and if she had found him, she would have considered herself the luckiest girl in the world.

Eight years had brought many changes in her. When she left home, she knew that there was no one in the world to take care of her. She was not to have any expectations of anyone nor to feel pain when they were not met. Her crying was also getting less and less with the passage of time. Imama Hashim, who used to get scared and worried about small things at the age of 10, gradually lost her existence. The newly emerged Imama was more confident and had strong nerves, but at the same time she became very cautious. About everything, about conversation. About the structure itself.