ISHQIYA

Keemti Ishq XI

It was a long dead night and Sheryaar was still out of home, his phone was unreachable, Safiya called his office, they said he is not there, Safiya was getting restless when the main door opens with thud, she glance at the door and got startled seeing Sheryaar in disheveled state, his eyes looks red, his hair was falling here and there on his face, "ammi" he called her.

Then he walked slowly toward her and staggered in the second step and was about to fall when Safiya held him from shoulder. He was smelling awful.

"Tumne sharab pi h?" Safiya asked with disgust. (You drank?)

Sheryaar laughed like a madman and nodded his head.

Safiya got stunned for a moment then slapped him hard, she shook him with force and yelled at him "Kyun, tumne pata hai na sharab pina haram hai? Phir sharab hath bhi kaise lgayi tune?" (Why, you no right wine is forbidden, then how did you even touch it?)

Sheryaar again chuckled "Afaf send me a divorce paper ammi."

Safiya frowns with this new information "What?"

"Yes ammi, she said she doesn't want to live with my name, she doesn't want to give Zafar my name, she wants to divorce me, ammi."

Safiya was just watching her drunk son with astonishment, he started sobbing and continued "What if she marry someone else Ammi, It was very hard for me to send her away from me, to induce hatred for me in her heart but I can't see her with someone else, I can't see someone else's name behind her's. Ammi, my son doesn't even know me, I can't see my son calling baba to someone else. No ammi no."

Safiya caressed his head and said "Why don't you tell her the truth?"

Sheryaar stares her for some moments then started sobbing again "I told her, I requested her, I told her everything, but even after knowing she wanted divorce from me, ammi, do something ammi, how will I......" stopping his sentence in the middle he slumps down on the floor.

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It's been six days, since Sheryaar fell unconscious on the floor. Next morning when she checked on him, he was sleeping and had a slight fever, in afternoon his fever got high, she tried many remedies but his health was still bad.

Next day she called doctor, doctor did some test but result was nothing, doctor said it is simple fever, he will be alright, and next day he shows some improvement. But his face became gloomy; his eyes were like he didn't sleep for years.

Safiya wasn't able to see her child in misery, so she thought to give a visit to her.

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Safiya was standing outside Afaf's home. With fighting with her inner self she rings the bell.

Fidgeting with her fingers she waited for the door to open for her, after a few minutes suddenly the door opened on it's own.

She peeked inside but no one was there, so she was about to go when she felt a tug on her salwar. She looked down and saw her grandson was clutching her salwar, he raised his eyebrows at her and asked "Do you have work here or you just came here for prank?"

Safiya smiled at her grandson and asked in confusion "Prank?"

He nodded his head then he signaled her to come near with his tiny fingers, she went near him and he whispered "Yes, sometime ammi also rings the bell of anyone's house and runs away from there, she says she is doing a prank."

She laughed at her grandson's secret revelation, when Afaf interrupts the grandson and grandmother moments "Zafar, what are you doing here, go and do your homework dear."