The sharp white light hurt my eyes.
I closed them once again. I felt tired like I had travelled a lot. My head was heavy with eyes as heavy as metal balls fitted in the sockets instead of them. My ribs...they just won't let me breath with ease. I had to sleep. I needed to sleep but I heard him nearby. I couldn't open my eyes but strained to hear what he was saying.
"Mama I can't leave her like that... Never...She needs me!!"
There was a pause for a moment, maybe his mother was saying something.
"I've told you before and I'm saying it again, I'm sorry I can't do this one thing. I've never disobeyed you but I can't do this." He sounded really pleading.
What was it all about? What did Aunty want? What made him so disturbed?
I felt him coming near me.
I had to remain silent and still.
"I love you. Don't do this to me. Please open your eyes for me. For Zara. For Abdullah. For us. I want you... I want them! I can't stay strong anymore Hira. Please...please be with me. I can't lose you! Ya Allah rehem farma mere haal pe! (Oh Allah have mercy on me)"
His tears made my cheeks wet.
His love was my heart's beat.
His strength was there in me.
Some air escaped my lips. Maybe I had whispered... I love you ..
He stood there for a while holding my hand.
I opened my eyes to see the corners of his eyes holding glistening pearls.
Out of the blue I had the courage to collect them.
Nothing was painful.
Nothing was painless.
There were hardships ahead.
There was ease ahead.
There was him
There was me.
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SonstigesSometimes its not just one moment but many which change a person and his life completely. This is a story of a mere housewife who completely changed herself and her life turning all the negatives to positives. Lack of love,ignorance and too much of...
