Hiraeth

Chapter 32

At night, at dinner, the boys of the family were not there as they were preparing for a very important meeting that was going to be very beneficial for the business. The meeting was with one of the biggest businesses in Dubai. It was a chain of hotels that was named as Jannat's group of hotels.
This business was owned by a very young man of 29 years of age, named Ibrahim Mustafa Khan. He has been in this business for more than a decade now. His personal life is a total mystery. No one knows anything about him. It is rumored that he killed his own father to inherit this business. It is also rumored that he has a younger brother but no one has ever seen or heard of him so it is just a rumor. There is another rumor of his wife but still nothing is confirmed.
Aside from all the rumors and personal life, he is a very intelligent and polite person. Whether all this is a facade or not, no one knows.
Tomorrow is the big day for their business because tomorrow is the day that they are finally meeting with the owner of the Jannat's group of hotels, Ibrahim Mustafa khan. Rayaan, Zamid, Zayn and Daniyal have been working very hard for this meeting because this meeting will be a real turning point for their business. They have a business of marriage halls and the shah family's males were trying to open some restaurants too and if they get this deal with the Jannat group then they can finally achieve their goal of opening new restaurants in Islamabad.
When the boys came back, everyone was sleeping except for Hiba and Asfand. Asfand was in his room while hiba was waiting in the lounge for the boys to return so that she can serve them dinner. Hana was also awake because she was going on a study tour to Naran-Kaghan with her photography teacher and full class. She was getting ready because she had to reach at her university campus  at 3am.
It was around 2:30 am when the boys came back. They were silently and tiredly making their way in the villa but when they saw the lights on, they made their way in the lounge and greeted hiba. Hiba instantly stood up and greeted them back. She made her way to the boys and kissed all of them on the foreheads and told them to get fresh till she heats up the food.
"Go and change! I'll heat up the food till then, bachoon (kids)!" Hiba said softly bit with extreme affection.
"Okay!" They replied back and made their way to their rooms.
After ten minutes, Zayn made his way downstairs. He was the first one to get there. He sat on the dining table and waited for the others to join. His mother put the last dish on the table and then also sat down.
"Zayn bachay (kid), why are you being so rude and angry with hana? You know na how much it is hurting her?! She first time got to experience the bond of having a sibling but now, you have again started to treat her the same way like all the others do! Why are you doing it? What changed?" Hiba asked softly but with extreme sadness in her voice.
"Mama, it's nothing!" Zayn felt guilty but he masked it with a face of an indifference. Hiba became more sad but she left it at that as Rayaan and Zamid were making their way from the stairs.
They also took their seats and waited for Daniyal. Before Daniyal could reach, it was hana and Asfand that came downstairs with hana in her abaya and her university bag on her shoulders. The boys were confused to see her up at this time and they were even more confused to see her ready for going out.
"Where are you guys going?" Zayn asked when they came down stairs. He asked it from his father.
"It's hana's study trip so I'm going to drop her at her at her university! I'll be back in no time, In Sha Allah!" Asfand replied with a small smile and he put his hand on hana's shoulder and hugged her from the side.
"Papa, don't you think it's wrong. I mean, there are definitely gonna be boys too and she is a girl!" it was Zamid who said this with a serious expression.
"I am her father! I know better than you what's good for her and what's bad! You should keep your opinions for later for your own kids! Okay kid?" Asfand asked with an amused smile but also with firmness. Rayaan was only watching all this in silence but he was also not comfortable with Hana going at this trip but he remained silent as it was not his place to say anything.
After this statement of Asfand's, everyone remained silent as Asfand made his way to the gate while Hana went to her mother and kissed her cheek and started to make her way to the door. Before she can reach the door, she turned around and stuck her going out to her brothers' back but instantly put it back as Daniyal saw this as he was on the last stair at that time.
"Seriously!" Daniyal loudly said with amusement in his voice and a mischievous smile on his face. This made all the others to turn towards Daniyal and hana to hurriedly make her way out of the door with an extremely red face.
"What's wrong?" Hiba asked daniyal before anyone else can say anything to him. Everyone was looking at daniyal with expectation.
"Kuch nhi chachi jaan (Nothing aunty)! Its just that your daughter is really something else!" He replied with a big grin and sat down. Hiba smiled in confusion and she had a silent question I her eyes. The other three were also looking at him in confusion and waiting for further explanation.
"Actually, she did something just now that I think no one was supposed to see but unfortunately for her, I saw it! So, I'm not saying it! You guys can ask her on your own but it was hilarious! That's for sure!" Daniyal chuckled and said. Everyone became more curious but remained silent and started with their dinner.
After dinner, they went to their rooms and retired for the night as the boys had to be up at early in the morning for their most awaited meeting.