Dedicated to Zarahfarooq...
The serenely blowing morning breeze halted in its peaceful stroll ,
as it came across the unexpected encounter,anticipating the scene about to
unfold! The former pleasant aura of the surroundings suddenly seemed
to fade.....! It gradually started to morph into something far from pleasant.
From behind the huge curtains of Grey clouds,The King of the Day stepped
out royally ,fixing it's fiery stare upon the scene that had disturbed the soothing
phase of the lovely morning..!!!
Tension filled the air ,as the two people noticed one another ,on either
sides of the road...!!
Time seemed to have stopped....
Everything stilled.........
Afzal Shaykh, the strong ,confident guy who always remained firm & composed,
never allowing any situations to take control over his mind,froze at the sight.....!!!!
But again it wasn't something he had expected..!
Or maybe he wasn't prepared how he would react if ever he saw the person
again!
The person whom he despised so much,he despised everything about that
person but most of all Afzal despised his own relationship with that person!
And despite his deep hatred for the latter, Afzal stood there staring in shock,
his phone glued to his ear,hand frozen ,and words dying on his tongue....
Faisal's voice coming from the phone seemed so distant that he couldn't
even make out the words properly.Let alone the voice,he was hardly aware
of his surroundings.Everything in the background was slowly fading.....
Afzal couldn't see the people around him,or beside him,but all that
was crystal clear to him was the view of that face......
Face of the person whom he had thought ,he would never again see in his
life!
And yet today life was showing him that he didn't have control over everything
.. that someone else was controlling all the good & bad happenings .....
The One who had power over all things!!
When life had just overcome & escaped the storms of hardships,again
beginning to sail smoothly...Fate had brought back the wild waves disturbing
the smooth phase once more!
He recognised that face despite years of not having seen the person....
How could he not? He had the same blood running through him......
That same stern,sharp featured face and deep black eyes which were
now fixed upon him!!!
Face of the man,whom he 'used' to call his Father!!!!
There on the other side of the road,by the tall gates of Lifecare hospital,
Mr.Adnan Shaykh stood ,his tall,proud frame,stilled in shock!
At first,he had just frowned at the guy across the road who was staring
at him as if someone familiar,but it didn't take Mr.Adnan longer than a few
seconds to recognise his very own flesh and blood!
Ofcourse he could tell the guy was his eldest son....Afzal!
The tall,proud man had halted in his steps,not believing what he saw ....but
it was right there before him.....as clear as daylight.....and just as he noticed
the other guy who approached his eldest son,the father seemed beyond shocked.....
an exact version of his youth!
His younger son... Arhaan!
Yes,he remembered their names.
Besides Mr.Adnan ,was Mr.Salim,the one who was appointed at the Shaykh
house to handle the house affairs,and who had taken care of the Shaykh brothers
in their childhood!He too,was shocked,but there was another expression
prominent in his features,an expression of woe,Salim chaha didn't want this
to happen! He didn't want the father and sons to face each other like this because
he knew it would hurt both sides!!!!
Afzal had been so lost in his trance,that despite Faisal disconnecting the phone,
he still kept it glued to his ear.Nothing could have brought him out of it,but
then he felt something.....
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SHATTERED HEARTS
Spiritual"Dreams and expectations"...the very forces that pull you up and when you are soaring high it knocks you down so that you land back with crushed dreams and hopes just like your heart...which is Shattered to pieces! Life is like a bitter batter of br...
