شرر Sharar

Ten

"Mumny! Apki tabiyat kaisi hai?" Kaif sat on the bed of his mother and touched her forehead to check for any sign of fever

(How's your health?)

"Tabiyat se zyada mera dimag kharab ho raha hai?" Rukhsar's voice was very weak

(My mood is spoilt.)

"Kya hua, mummy? Koi problem?" Knowing very well the problem, he thought being oblivious would be good idea

(What happened? Is there any problem?)

"Tumhe nahi maloom Kya ho raha Hai? Mere sabse bade bete ka rishta Tay Kar Diya Meri marzi ke beena." Angrily, she asked,

(Don't you know what's going on? My son's marriage is fixed that too without my approval.)

"Woh bhi kissey? Ayla se." Rukhsar mocked Ayla's name

(And who they have choose for you? Ayla.)

"Tumhare papa ke sar pe to bhanji aur Bhai ke liye pyar sawar Hai ki yeh nahi dekh sakte woh ladki bahu banane ke kabil Hai hi nahi." Her voice wasn't weak anymore, it had hatred and fierceness

(And your father is happy with it, he can't even seems to notice the fct that Ayla is not kind of girl I want for you.)

"Na dhang ke kapde pehenti Hai, na hi Ghar ka koi kaam theek se ata ho, na hi bade chote ka lihaz, Jo munh mein ata Hai bol deti, aur bahana Kya hai? Mbbs Kar rahi Hai, ussey waqt nahi milta."  in one breath, she count some of the qualities of Ayla which she despite

(Nor she wear proper clothes neither knows any chores of the house. Doesn't know how to talk to elder, and what excuses she have for all these things? She is doing mbb.)

"Baat kapde ki Hai to woh aaj se aise kapde nahi pehnegi. Aur Ghar ke kaam aap sikha dijiyega." Kaif tried to reason her, listening all these qualities of Ayla made him devasted, she wasn't like what his mother thinks

(If it's about her clothes, then she won't wear that kind of dress again, and about household chores, you can tech he that.)

Okay, she wear jeans and shirts and he himself never liked it but she knows her limits, she have modesty

She doesn't really need to do any work of the house, There are maid for everything,

Ayla is a girl of wisdom, she speak for those, who can't take stand for themselves, this quality of hers was what kaof adores most. She isn't typical girl who need someone's support

She is independent.

But clearly, his mother have different opinions

"Uski maa ne toh itni taqleef ki nahi ki kuch sikhaye ussey, yeh sar dard bhi main hi loon ab." Rukhsar's voice was very piercing, which made Kaif scrunch his face

"Mummy, Ayla buri ladki nahi Hai, aur Shaadi ke baad aap jaisa chahengi woh waise hi rahegi. I promise." Not knowing how to convince his mother, Kaif said the only sensible thing which came in his mind

(She is a good girl, and after marriage, I promise she will do as you'll tell her.)

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"Phir?" Ayat asked Khurram Haider, who was telling her the story of his college days

(Then?)

"Phir Maine apne dost ke kapde pehene aur uski jagah examination hall mein baith gaya paper dene." Smilingly, Khurram recalled those days off his college

(Then I wore my friend's clothes and gave his paper in his place.)

"Kisine notice bhi nahi Kiya?" Ayat's eyes winded, they were in lounge, Khurram was sitting on sofa while Ayat was sitting on a small stool which had blue cushion,her hands on her thighs and her cheeks in her hands, she was interestingly listening to his stories