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Her fist squeezing more and more on its own, knuckles turning loosing all the color all the while and nails digging deeper into her skin. Blood droplets dripping out of fist. She could not feel this pain though, it was nothing compared to the pain she was feeling in her heart right now. Eyes glued to the TV screen, reading over and over again the same news which just came out five minutes ago.

It was about Sohail, about him being secretly involved with a female member of his party.

She looked at the girl who was accusing him of misbehaving with her, of being inappropriate with her. Anum rather than turning off the TV , grabbed the TV remote and turned up the volume a little so as to listen what the girl sitting on the other side of screen had to say.

Interviewer :So Miss Saba you're suggesting that Mr. Sohail was inappropriate with you.

Saba: yes I am and I do have proof of it. The text messages are the very proof of his misbehavior. You can even check them through his blackberry. And I'm afraid he has fooled Miss Anum too by showing a charm or two of his and has her wrapped around his finger and she has foolishly fallen for it.

That was it...as Anum took a hold of the near vase placed on the shelf and smashes it on the TV screen. She knew he had some flings and affairs with some women but she was okay with it now as she came to know that he's serious with her, he's committed to her and that he loves her but even then it hurt her. It tore her heart into pieces. She knew this was to come sooner or later, she was ready for it but even  then it hurt .....it had to hurt she thought. The day she committed to him she knew what she has signed up for and she was ready but alas! She couldn't keep up with it even for mere seconds. 

She felt belittled, cheated, mocked. She was blaming herself for it and did not want to cry, holding her tears at the back of her throat caused a lump. The ever growing lump aching her but she told herself not to cry as she didn't have the right to.

"U fell for it.....how could I ",she sobbed from her quivering lips and sat down with her knees bent on the carpeted floor of his office. She covered her face with her palms and sobbed even more. Every now and then  cleaning the tears from her cheeks , trying to soak them all in and trying to man up but nonetheless new tears took their place after every cleaning process.

The door to the office room  banged opened revealing Sohail and Adnan with a horrified and worried look cascading thier faces.

The commotion did not go unnoticed by Sohail and Adnan as they were just standing outside his office discussing about the elections strategy.

There they saw Anum sitting on the carpeted floor crying her heart out.

Adnan came rushing to her, sitting beside her he asked," Anum what's wrong? What happened? "

She cried even more at his inquires. This is how human nature is I guess or maybe not but whenever asks you as to why you're crying you cry more than ever.  Want to just keep on crying until no more tears are left. You don't want to tell what's wrong or why you're crying but just want that person to let you cry, to hold to you and to whisper in your ear in  timorous caution that everything will be alright that you'll be alright.

Sohail stood by the door with his hands tucked in his pant pockets. Taking in the whole situation before him, jaws clenching at every view he took in and when his eyes turned to look at the TV screen he immediately knew what was wrong.  His eyes turned darker at the thought of Anum listening to a faulty news concerning him on the news channels. He knew it would have to do with him but just didn't know the news which broke out now as he was outside his office privately talking to Adnan about the upcoming elections.

He finally took in Anum's state, pupils contracting, pain and remorse taking their place in his eyes instead of the earlier rage. He clenched his jaw once again and bit on his inner cheek trying to compose himself, to look calm and collected.

"I'm going to go call someone from the staff to clean up thia mess", Adnan said trying to make his cue to leave.  Sohail nodded faintly.

"Don't worry sweet pea whatever it is will be alright....you'll get through it", Adnan cooed in her ear and kissed her forehead like an elder brother does and exited the room... leaving the two to themselves.

Sohail heaved a sigh and took small strides towards her. Every step towards her felt like an eternity...making it nearly impossible to approach her,to hold her.

Anum was still sitting in the same exact position, sobbing audibly. Her sobs were forming grooves in Sohail's heart and chest. His chest constricted with every sob of her's.

He finally made it to her, placing his hands on his thighs and unbuttoning his suit coat he sat down in front of her. He closed his eyes to make all the rage go away for now and to replace it with the little calmness he had. Cupping her cheeks with his hands, her head was hanging low and he made her look at him by slowly making her face move towards him.

"I'm sorry Anum....its not at what you signed up for but whatever it is love I assure you that it's not true.  None of it is.", he whispered.  No one else was in the room but even then he whispered talked to her so as to not break the fragile nature surrounding them. He held her cheeks ever so slightly and softly as if she was a rose petal and one wrong move and it would tear apart. But little did he knew she was already torn more than ever on the inside.

She shook her head at him rejection what he just said.
Sohail did not utter another word but held her to him, Anum held on to his shirt tighter as if her life depended on it and Sohail let her cry, to cry once and for all. Cooing every now and then sweet words or short sentences about how sorry he is and he'll mend everything. He kept kissing the top of her head which caused her cries to come slowly to a halt.

Sohail broke the hug and look at her tears stained face and smiled apologetically, taking out his handkerchief from his suit pocket and cleaned her dry tears.

He made her get up and helped her to sit on the sofa, handing her a glass of water he too sat down beside her.

She gulped the water in three go's. Sohail took the glass from her a placed it on the center table. He slightly turned to her side and asked, "love are you willing to tell what happened?"

She nodded her head and rubbed her palms on her thighs taking her time to speak. Sohail kept looking at her with anticipation, but waited patiently for her to sober up and talk.

"I- I saw a news about you minutes ago on TV", she finally spoke. Earning a nod from Sohail she continued," it was about you being secretly involved with a party member of yours and she was being interviewed.  I saw that too .... she said you were constantly in contact with her through text messages and that you were inappropriate with her..... that you had me played too....", Anum finished her voice shaking in the end.

Sohail sighed, it was a habit he adopted while being over stressed. He closed his eyes as he would burst any minute now and he needed to be calm right now.  She didn't want to scare Anum away from him. He didn't want for her to see that side of him. The dark and dangerous side of him.
What Sohail said next, swept the earth from under Anum's feet. She could not believe her ears.

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