Atish e Ishq (Fire of love)

Chapter no 28

"Sit in the car"
Burhan ordered coldly at which all of them nodded and sat in the car except Aliyan who was helping Burhan to keep bags in the boot of the car ignoring the pain in his leg and back

Burhan and Aliyan sat in the car. Aliyan was staring at his father silently. Burhan held the staring wheel tightly and bent his head down while closing his eyes. He didn't want to go but had to. Suddenly he felt a hand on the back of his shoulder making him come out of the trance

"Let's go Burhan"
Heyam whispered with tears in her eyes. That place gave her nothing but horrible memories, but it was Burhan's home, and she could sacrifice everything for him. She still loved him madly. She loved him more than herself. His love made her selfless but his presence and love were more than enough for her. Yes, his love made her weak and vulnerable, but at the same time, strong and courageous. Strong enough to face anything for him and her kids

"Hmm"
Burhan started the car with a heavy sigh reciting Bismillah and after sixteen years started his journey towards Buner Valley

Nobody spoke anything during the whole journey. Aliyan noticed his mother wiping her tears from time to time trying her best to hide them from Burhan. Alayna and Afaan, although knew nothing they, just sensed that their parents were distressed. Afaan was scared seeing Burhan in that much anger but now he couldn't control more. He stood in the middle of Aliyan and Alayna and pulled Heyam's hair lightly. Heyam looked behind and raised her eyebrow. He eyed her to come closer. Heyam bent to his level and looked at him curiously

"Mama I am hungry"
Afaan pouted and was close to cry

Heyam picked him up and made him sit on her lap. He immediately placed his head on her chest. Burhan turned to look at him. But seeing his red eyes, Afaan closed his eyes and hid his face under Heyam's hijab, which consisted of a black georgette scarf. Burhan sighed to calm himself down. He knew that Afaan was getting scared of him. He placed his one hand on his head above Heyam's scarf and started caressing his hair. Afaan took the dupatta off his face ignoring Heyam who was giving him the feeder and mumbled
"Baba I am hungry"

"I will stop at some restaurant I know all of you have not eaten anything since morning"
Burhan placed his hand back on staring and said looking back at Aliyan and Alayna who were literally about to die because of hunger

Both of them nodded their head too afraid to say anything

Aliyan saw his mobile's screen after hearing a notification sound. There was a message from Zaeem in which he was asking him are you hungry?

"Hmm"
Aliyan replied and turned his head towards the window. After a whole five hours, he noticed seven black cars following their car. Only two of them were parked near his house as the street didn't have much space to park cars. Aliyan didn't look at their cars for once and followed his father silently. Now by looking at them, he got to know two of them were Audi R8, one was a BMW M8, one was a land cruiser ZX V8, and three were Toyota Hilux Vigo Champ G. Aliyan could see the guards sitting there in Shalwar kameez holding guns. He got to know one thing: they were extremely rich, although Zaeem and Zubariya never showed that. Was his father that rich before?

He came out of shock when Burhan stopped the car in front of a drive-thru of a famous cafe. He ordered Burgers for them and a cup of coffee for himself. Heyam told him to eat something, but he refused, saying he was not hungry. Burhan saw all the cars stopping behind him. He hated this protocol and the respect that the Sardar gets. He couldn't forget these people didn't value his love and feelings. Maybe it will take a lot of time to heal the wounds. Although he forgave them, memories never fade.

On reaching the mountains all of them started feeling cold. Heyam asked Aliyan to give her a small bag in which she kept their sweaters and jackets. She gave them the jackets to wear as their nose started turning red. She put on an open hoodie and wrapped a shawl around herself. She gave the shawl to Burhan which he wrapped around himself and started driving as he refused to wear any jacket or sweater