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Chapter 6: Fragrance of the flowers

Chapter 6: Fragrance of the flowers

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Saad's POV

I could hear some faint noise from a room, and it sounded like a female's voice who was reciting Quran*, which was sounding good to my ears, so I decided to see who was it.

I take small steps towards the room on my left, which was a room away from mine and when I reach there, I slowly unlock the knob of the door. It was dark which only had the moonlight entering the room and a dim light which was coming from the lamp placed at the corner of the room.

I enter the room further and the women stops reciting the Quran. She was sitting on the floor with Quran in her hand and was covered with a hijab which had pink and orange flowers in it.

"As salamu alaikum, I did not mean to disturb you; I just wanted to tell you that you recite Quran in a beautiful way, allahmdullilah".

There was silence for few minutes. Her back was facing me, so I could not see her face. I started to analyse the room I was in, which I had never seen earlier. I was in my deep thoughts; I heard her replying for my salaam.

"Walikum as salaam"

Then my attention goes back to her, and her back was still facing me. I got furious and suspicious and I wanted to know who she was. I see her getting up from the floor and she places the Quran on the side table and she slowly starts turning her face towards me.

The only thing I could see was a flash of light hitting my face with full force and I cover my eyes with my hands.

When I take away my hands, what I see astonishes me and keeps me numb and speechless. I find myself on my bed and hear my morning alarm ringing. I was sweating, I immediately turn off the alarm and I see my laptop is still on my bed and it's not turned off.

I recall as to what had happened last night before I went off to bed.

After dinner I came back to my room and placed those white lilies in my room, and then I started working on few designs on my laptop and fell asleep.

I stop thinking about the dream I had and make my morning dua and get up from my bed. I check on the time it was half past seven; I get ready in other twenty minutes and start cleaning my room. I had a habit of cleaning my room myself and keeping it clean.

I could still smell the freshness from the flowers which made me feel good for some reason. When I was cleaning my room, I found something really strange and I froze in my place.

I saw the same Quran placed on the side table in my room. I was not able to register as what had happened. I pick the Quran and recite few ayats*.

I finish reading Quran and place it in my shelf. I felt much better after reading Quran. I change myself into business formals and go down stairs and greet my salaam to ammi and Sehar.

"As salamu alaikum ammi, I wanted to tell you that I will be coming along with you and Sehar to India. So let me know the dates we will be flying there, so that I can book the tickets and plan my schedule."

"Walikum as salaam beta, I am happy that you finally agreed to come along with us, your Shameem Khala will be happy to hear this. I will have to speak to your abba first and let him know that we all will be going to India so that he can also plan his schedule and join us there."

"Sure ammi, and I might get late today so do not wait for me for dinner."

I finish my breakfast and Sehar was already planning the things she gonna do in India like shopping, side seeing and visiting some beautiful tourist spots in India. She also wanted me to come along with her for some shopping before we leave to India, she wanted to buy some gifts for all our cousins and aunts. I had piles of paper works to finish and instruct John to handle the work once I am not in city. I some how convince Sehar to go shopping with ammi and I will send my driver to pick them up once they done with it.