Her Silence Screamed A Thousand Words

Episode 8.

Dua's POV

I reached home and to my surprise uncle Azan and his family was there. One step in the house I could feel the tension in the air. What happened here? I walked into the house and I'm engulfed in a bear hug by ammi.

"Dua where were you do you know since how long Azan and his family has been waiting for you" baba asked sternly.

I looked towards baba and signed I was in office working on my latest book, baba looked at me clearly seeing through my lie, I think baba was not happy with my lie and then he did something I never expected him to he raised his hand almost slapping me square across the face. I put my hands up in defense and shut my eyes forcefully. Baba had never raised his hand on me never in my life. I waited for the impact or the pain to come but it didn't. I looked up to see uncle Azan holding his hand, I could only stare at his hand in pure horror baba slapping me wasn't the thing that was preventing me from breathing unfortunately it dragged me back to one of the days with kashan when I thought it was fun to tease him and then run away. When he caught me he pinned me against the wall and held my wrist in such a painful grip that I started struggling.

"I don't remember permitting you to tease me or even seek for my attention and then running away... Hmm now did I ?" He said nuzzling his face in my neck and forcefully bit down on my neck causing me to whimper and struggle even harder

"Kashan your hurting me. Please leave my wrist. I won't do it again. Promise" I said trying to get out of his hold.

"No you don't" he jerked me towards him and claimed my lips hardly biting them so hard that I could taste blood in my mouth.

"Kashan!!!" I pushed him away and in return I felt a stinging sensation on my left cheek realization dawned on me that he-he slapped me. Hot tears rolled down my cheek. Its the first time in my life I've been slapped. Baba nor bhai neither of them ever raised a hand on me. It hurts really bad. Its only been a week and. .........

"Dua!!" I hear someone calling me. I feels someone shaking me but my head is to clouded to even comprehend what's happening.

I feel my eyelids getting heavy and I feel my self falling in an endless pit of darkness. I could hear him yelling and laughing at my helpless state but I'm too numb to even cry too tired to even shed a single tear.

After a while I give in the darkness and welcome the darkness with open arms but even this numbness doesn't lessens the pain.

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"Dua!! Baby wakeup. The ride is not over yet. Where's the fun in you passing out" kashan said with a sinister smile on his face that I was able to catch with half open eyes.

His hand roam over my body like I'm some piece of meat. When I don't react for a while I feel his fist making contact with my chest knocking the air out of my lungs. I gasp for air my eyes brimming with a fresh set of tears. If the pain he's giving me wasn't enough the new pain in my chest right above my heart was immense. I sobbed even harder but that only gave him the satisfaction he needed and started laughing like a hyena.

"Now you get it wasn't hard now was it" he said with a smirk on his face. I put my trembling hand together to beg him to leave me.
"Please stop now. I can't take this anymore. For Allah's sake I can't. Please me alone for now please." I sobbed not being able to handle his assault anymore. The doctor advised me to take a break from any sort of intimacy since my inside are totally ripped apart especially after 2 miscarriages but ever since I've told him that he's been extra rough not even giving me the time to take rest.

I wake up with a jolt. My head was pounding and I had sweat covering my head to toe. The lights of my room were dimmed. I don't even remember how I ended up here. Then it all came crashing down. I'm such a bad daughter first I trouble them then I lie and then cry over the fact that baba was about to slap me.

No matter how much I tried I couldn't stop the tears from flowing. What had life come to. If only I had listened to baba that time all this wouldn't have happened.

The sun was peeking from the horizon. The light blue sky gave my conscience a warn welcome. My head was spinning like a fidget spinner. After a while i felt myself falling a sleep again and this time it was that much needed sleep that enveloped me.

Waking up I saw the time it was much after 10:00am. Ammi baba would've been awake since ages but anyways. Like always I make my way towards the kitchen upstairs and made a cup of coffee for myself. The time the coffee took to be ready I made my way to the bathroom and freshened up and then did my breakfast.

After practising an apology I went down stairs. I saw baba watching YouTube videos on his phone full volume typical brown dads. I sat beside him and tapped on his shoulder he turned towards me.

I bowed my head down with shame and and handed him the letter I wrote I never said where I went but I just apologized for staying out for so long . He read it and said that its ok but I should at least inform Ammi if I'm ever going to be late he also apologized for his behavior then I hugged him tightly because at this time I needed a fatherly hug very much a dramatic gasp was heard and we saw Ammi standing in the door way with a hand on her heart.

"Family hug without me" she said

"Tabassum begum fikar mat Karen yeh baanhein aap keliye makhsoos hai aur dua keliye bhi" baba said to which Ammi blushed furiously and I laughed silently.

(Tabassum madam don't worry these arms are restricted to you only)

Baba opened one of his arms and said "ab aa bhi jaayen" baba said and Ammi came in his arms and hid her face in his chest.
(Come now)

All I could to was hayee with a hand on my heart but I only placed my hand on my heart. We three shared a memorizing bear hug and soon shahzain bhai joined in. After that we enjoyed a happy lunch and then baba told me that Raza and his family was here for an engagement but all that happened. He said they will come next week for the engagement and now that I know their coming I should not work late.

I just hope this all goes well other wise I can't handle another rejection.

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