Hadh...Out of Limit

Chapter 15 : Gloomy Damsel

"Oh my Allah, there is so much work to do", Uttered Anjum while roaming around the living hall carrying cartons of items from one place to another, "They will arrive any minute", she then calls out to the Shiza, "Shiza, be a little quick child, they will be here any moment".

"Anjum, relax, there is still about an hour", said Shabnam

"Ammi, please make sure Shiza is ready on time," requested Anjum without even paying attention to what she said.

"I still don't feel good for not inviting or even informing Ashar or Zareen or Zahid about this", said Shabnam, "I am sure Ashar will understand that this decision is about Shiza's life and she is free to choose her life partner, he will never spoil their friendship over this"

"I don't know Ammi, I had tried talking to her, but she outright rejected it. Shiza doesn't want them to know about it yet. Ammi, as bad as I wanted both of them to be here today, I cannot deny the fact that Shiza has asked us for a favour for the very first time, I cannot deny her", replied Anjum.

Yes, this was, indeed, true. Shiza in her most important moments of life, did not invite two of her most closest people. The only friends that she had, will not be there with her when she will today, be sitting beside Zuhaan, when the adults will fix a marriage date for them. They won't be here to support her, she will have to face the beast alone. Ashar, Zareen and Shiza had all been together in ever misery and happiness from the time that Shiza could recall, the conscious starting of her childhood. They had faced almost everything together, they had all the right to stop anything wrong happening in her life or if she was making a mistake. And this time, indeed it was a drastic step that Shiza took.

Shiza knew that her friends would never settle with the fact that she agreed to marry Zuhaan, it is only them who know what Zuhaan is or what he can be, as they have seen it. They will never ever agree with the fact that she is happy with the marriage, and after knowing the truth they will never allow her to marry Zuhaan. The fact that Rauf and the family was unaware about the image that Zuhaan has amongst the Buisness fraternity. Zuhaan was truly living two images, one that was of a business tycoon and a gentleman's son and another was of a raging Fire. Rauf, like other in his society and neighbourhood was aware about the first image, the one that media showed.

Shiza again was sitting with herself on her bed side and was still lost in thoughts. Today, Zuhaan will visit her house, and she was all alone to face him, she had no clue what Zuhaan would do. She surveyed her whole room and sat their content to herself, talking to herself. The fact that she was leaving her room forever, to be in a room that will never truly be hers. She was leaving her belongings forever and now there was nothing that will ever truly be her own, not even a family, she thought. One thing that she wondered from the time Parvez had put forth the idea of her marriage to Zuhaan is that, how had Zuhaan agreed for the marriage? May be Zuhaan has agreed for the marriage because of Parvez, but one thing she has strong feelings about is, that she is not at all welcomed in Zuhaan's life. She was confused badly, she did not know what made Zuhaan want to marry her? Is he doing this out of hate? Is Mr. Parvez supporting his son? Or is Zuhaan also helpless and feeble ? These arguments don't fit. Shiza was sitting silently, with one trail of tears from the left eye. The fight was within her, and she had no one to speak to.

"Shiza?", a familiar voice made Shiza turned towards him, "Zaid?"

Zaid saw her crying and stood still. The fact that her innocence was weeping. Shiza, wiped her tears off and then she spoke, "You all have arrived?"

"No! No one has come yet, just me", said Zaid, "I wanted to see if you are alright"

That was a moment of conflict, Shiza wanted to smile and say everything is alright, for he was Zuhaan's brother and he dearly loved his brother. The second thought that challenged it was that, Zaid was, in spite of the fact that it is his brother who will need him the most today, he was standing at the door asking about her. Shiza looked him in the eye, and wanted to lie, but he was too good be manipulated, she broke down.