"A lovely rose for a lovely lady sir?" He asked hopefully.
"Get lost you dirty bastard" screamed the man driving the expensive Porsche.
He walked away with slumped shoulders towards the next car hoping to sell all of his flowers before the clock struck 12.
Furqan Qureshi was a hopeless young man with the weight of the world on his fragile shoulders. His dad and and older brother were jailed on a false case when he was just 15 and few months ago his mom had been diagnosed with cancer. It seemed as if the older he grew, the heavier the burdens became.
After being rejected by a few more cars, the signal turned on and the traffic started to flow through the busy intersection again. Furqan went to the nearest footpath and sat down on a big bench. With his head in his hands and his back hunched up he hoped the earth would swollow him along with his troubles.
Furqan was not always like this. Even after his brother and father went to jail he remained strong, mainly due to his mother. After getting good grades in high school he gained admission into the city's top medical college on scholarship. The truth was that Furqan was a bright young man with many dreams and aspirations. But his mother's illness became a major blow to his future plans. Being the only son, not only did he have to take care of the house, he also had to scrape up enough money for his mother's treatment. But it had been a month since he has been doing odd jobs and he was barely keeping his house together let alone saving enough money for the treatment.
Furqan Qureshi had no idea what to do!
Furqan Qureshi (Çağatay Ulusoy ) in picture
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Beyond The Stars
General FictionFurqan was a simple nieve boy with shattered dreams and the weight of the world on his shoulders. An offer of a lifetime turns his life around. But at what cost? Will he survive this cut throat world and claim his love. Or all would be lost to the e...
