Destiny

Chapter 5

The Sikandar family had rushed to the hospital. Mrs.Sikandar and Sana were both crying and making silent prayers.
Just a week was left for Saad's wedding amd now all of this. They didn't know much about what had happened, the hospital had called as they found Saad's ID and  the basic information about him. Mr.Sikandar was just told that a truck had hit his son's car more like both the vehicles had collided into each other. They were not aware how severe his injuries were until they reached the hospital.

Meanwhile Izah had just woken up around 9am. The first thing she did was to check her phone and she found Saad's text greeting her a very good morning and an I love you, automatically a smile appeared on her face. She thought of calling him but then decided against it as she knew Saad must be busy with his brother and she did not want to disturb him. She went to take a shower and get dressed up.

Salaar was listening to the doctor who was informing him about Saad's severe head injury, internal bleeding and multiple fractures. Saad had been unconcious all this while, doctor informed him how critical his condition was.
The family was not allowed to see him.
Seeing his parents and sister weep for his little brother his heart was hurting, he was just standing there not knowing what to do like a man who has lost his way in a jungle.
His heart was pleading to Allah to save his brother. Just then he heard Sana talking to their father.

"Baba! We should tell Izah."
Her voice was cracking, tears oozing from her eyes.

"I should call Abdul Rehman and inform him."
Mr.Sikandar said.

Mr.Sikandar went away to call Izah's parents and inform them, while he was gone there was a sudden activity in Saad's room the nurses were rushing in and out of the room and the doctor came running and entered the room. Salaar rushed towards the room and asked the nurse who was standing at the gate about what was happening when she didn't answer he had almost yelled as he wanted to go inside and see for himself but they would not let him in. Salaar was shouting at the staff his voice was breaking and then the doctor came from inside he first asked Salaar to calm down and then while taking off his gloves slowly he said the words which had their world come crashing down in a second.

"I'm sorry he is no more."
For the doctor these were mere words that he must have said many times to many families.
But for all of them those words had pierced through their hearts.
Mrs.Sikandar fell on the floor crying and Sana was trying to hold her, their sobs were getting louder. Salaar froze in his place.

Mr.Sikandar came back after calling Izah's parents and when he saw his wife and daughter on the floor crying loudly he felt afraid to go near them as to what they might tell him, he did not want to listen to it.
Salaar saw his father standing in the corner with tears in his eyes. Salaar went up to him and hugged him, he whispered in his father's ear.
"He is gone baba, he left us.."
He felt his father's tears, he held him by the shoulders, in his entire life Salaar had never seen his father so weak, he had never seen him cry.
In that moment Salaar Sikandar felt helpless, he felt pain like never before, he thought his heart would burst, his family was weeping for his dead brother and there was nothing in this world he could do about it.