The POWER She Chased

2.Flickering and extinguishing

My house was lit up with decorations and was crowded with relatives and natives.Full of chaos..sounds of crying babies,local tidings..argy -bargy everywhere..Anara di was busy wearing her colourful bangles and relatives surrounded her adjusting her grand lehenga..

Yes, my elder one Anara Zafar Farooki
is going to be hitched with a handsom
boy at Zanbad,very far from our native..But I didnt like him,not that ge was bad..inspite I felt scared by seeing his pale face on that engagement day.

       Actually Baapu wasnt ready to give his peice of heart to an orphan..
Because of his deprived condition,
he agreed for nikah.Always a drowning man will catch a straw..
Baapu called me from frontyard to show his little girl to his friends..
"Aha sab deko..yeh hei hamari choti beti.."    by hearing tge word 'choti'
I corrected him "Iam not that chotti baapu..Iam 6 year old hei na.."
They all looked me with opened mouth in an 'O' shape..one of them,Shoukath Aliji,a police officer who is baapu's best friend said..
"She is a titan Zafar,mashallah never let her down.." Did he say Iam that powerful..may be..I smiled wide and went in.

     Why ummi is crying? Anara di's eyes too are wet..I could hear many murmuring but could not put up words..I wedged in between to hear wheather anything matters me or not.
Then I heard ummi say...
"from where could I muster up 10 thousand rupaye...
Ya subhan,muje madad kare.."
She lamemded,her elbow supporting her head..many woman removed their ornaments and gave for debt..
But little me pretended these matters will nevee affect me..I went away and played with friends..

     Few days after didi's marriage,
things were all odd.Her husband didnt want her to stay at his rented house. So,he dropped didi at our house..didi cried alot balancing her head on baapu's shoulder..she was moaning.."Baapu,muje maaf kardo..I donno what happened to badruddeen .
He always threatened me asking the dowry money..Im worried about him"
Her eyes,drimming with pearls,
showing the fear of danger on our family..

"Nahi beti,I should have asked pardon to you and rabb,for spoiling your life.
Kuch nahi hoga Anara..."
He hugged her tight consoling..

Yes.so my prediction is right one.I had
already determined he is such a rude man by his look..allah maaf nahi karega isko..my heart cursed him the nth time..

"meri bachi,no worry..you will be safe here..ummi hei na there liye..rona math.."
Ummi's soothing tone made her more comfortable..how carring a mother is!
Like Agatha Christie said -
'No one other than a mom can pat a child with so much of care and love'..