Innocence

Chapter 7: In a jungle all alone

"Hello, who is there on the phone", I asked in a soft tone. "Yeah it's your uncle Tahir, how are you Zayn", my uncle replied gently. We talked a little and then I passed the call to my father, later he told us that Uncle Tahir has invited us to an Aftar party (Aftar: A holy tradition) and we have to be at my grandfather's house before dawn. I became overly enthusiastic because I was eager to meet my cousins and yeah! how can I forget to play hide and seek and other stupid games with them, that if I think of them now I vomit instantly.
So we reached at our grandparent's house just before dawn and enjoyed the delectable food prepared by my father's sister (phupho). After being done with eating and praying I went to play with my cousins, we played different games and made our time so called worth it. At nearly 12 'O clock my father called me to say goodbye to my grandfather as we were leaving. I wasn't ready to leave that early so I asked my dad to allow me for a night stay here in my grandfather's house as most of my uncles along with their families and their uncountable miniature and loud chicks, I mean their children, who were loud enough to transform the eardrums of a deaf and bring their hearing sensations back, were dwelling there together. My father was reluctant first but then he granted me the permission to stay but just for one night.
Zayn was expecting a great deal from this one night because it was really special for him but he didn't know that whatever is going to happen with him in this one night it would become the second worst incident of his life.
"Usman brother can I have your cell phone, I want to play subway surfers", I requested for my cousin's cell phone as I was highly addicted to subway surfers. "Sorry Zayn I don't handover my cell phone to any kid", Usman insulted me on the spot even calling me a kid was a kind of abuse to me because what kind of kid confesses that he is a kid, NO ONE. "Usman brother if you won't give me the cell phone, then God would become angry with you and He is going to kick you in the hell, so now tell me are you giving me or you would prefer going to hell?" I replied while sounding like a beggar and a really cheap and lame one in other words I was just emotionally black mailing my elder cousin just see the level of innocence in me. I know every kid is highly innocent but in my case, innocence was highly overloaded but I wasn't cognizant that my jovial personality and childhood would be snatched and stolen from me ONE DAY.
"Zayn I don't think that you are comfortable with Usman and Farhan so I want you to come with me on the upper floor", It was midnight when Uncle Tahir's son, Daniel forced him to come over to the last floor of the house so that he could sleep there comfortably. Before that he was sleeping with his phupho's (father's sister) sons Usman and Farhan, and he was having a very good time with them they were gossiping and laughing all the time until his so called pious cousin, Daniel showed up. "No, Daniel brother I am fine here", Zayn replied in a soft tone. "I am not asking, I am telling that after five minutes you should be on the above floor, I will be waiting", He replied both bluntly and aggressively while glaring and went over. His eyes were filled with rage which haunted him. "Usman I don't want to go up", Zayn wasn't willing to sleep with Daniel because he was older than him while Zayn was a shy kid. "I am sorry Zayn you have to go because he is calling on my cell phone, and you know better of his anger", Usman sounded persuasive. "Can I at least go after few minutes", Zayn exclaimed angrily yet he was in a constant terror and discomfort.
Let me introduce Daniel to you, he was a kind of person who had an ironical personality and a person who changes his colors all the time. He was the eldest son of Zayn's uncle, Tahir. Zayn wasn't aware as to why he wanted to take him up with him because he was just a nine years old oblivious kid, an innocent one who was going all alone in the jungle in front of an animal. He was going to encounter the worst of his life and sadly he wasn't ready for that, he didn't deserve what he was going to encounter. Daniel forced Zayn's cousins to send him up, so they presented Zayn to an animal who just wanted to overcome his thirst by feeding on the innocent, so finally Zayn went over.
"LIFE TAKES YOU UNEXPECTED PLACES"