"What's the problem with your leg?" He asked with concern.
"Nothing."she gritted, glaring at him. He blinked. That little girl made him look around.
"Can't you speak respectfully?"
"I can't because I am bad." she said expressionlessly. Hasaan stared at her.
They entered a room after some moments. It was dark. Hasaan found the switch board on the wall and switched on the bulb. Mah e Roo kept her hands on her eyes . Hasaan looked at her face carefully in the bright light.
"Why did you switch on the light? It pierces my eyes." she fumed.
"Are you accustomed to the darkness?" Hasaan asked in surprise. Mah e roo just nodded and then looked at hasaan. He was dressed in blue jeans and a check shirt, looking handsome. But for maah e roo he was just beautiful. She narrowed her eyes. How could a beautiful person be a ghost? She thought.
"Are you really a ghost?" She said, looking at his face innocently.
"No. I'm human. Just like you." Now he was watching the color of her eyes shining like a rainbow.
" Liar, you scared me. I will kill you." She yelled and moved towards him to beat him. But he gripped her.
"Mama. Where did you stick to me?" he addressed mama in his thoughts.
"Leave me you jerk" he digested her last words with patience.
" Mah e Roo, listen to me. I want to become your friend. Will you be my friend?" He said holding her delicate wrists
"No. You are a liar. I Hate you. Get lost from here ." She was not agreeing to talk to him peacefully.
"Ok. I will go but tell me one thing. You live alone in this room. Don't you feel scared?" He released her wrists.
"No. I am not scared of anybody. I live here alone. This whole floor is mine . I don't let anyone come here." She said proudly. Hasaan was astonished. How could her family leave her alone on the third floor while she was sick.
"Where is your father?" He asked another important question. Mah e Roo's face darkened for a moment.
"Why would I tell you ?" She didn't want to answer.
"And why are you questioning me?" She asked in a suspicious tone.
"Because I am your friend. Friends share everything with each other. Tell me where your father is?" He treated her as If she was a child.
"I don't know where he is. Mind your own business. I will not tell you anything. Go away from here." She said she wouldn't tell him anything but she had told him an important thing. She didn't know where his father was. It meant she was not close to her father. Hasaan felt hatred in her tone. But he was not sure that she really hated her father.
"okay. I'm going. Don't tell anyone about me." He said, taking his phone out of his pocket
"Why?" she asked, blinking. Hasaan's eyes were attracted to her blinking eyelashes.
"If you told someone about me, then ..." he stopped.
"Then what will you do?" she asked angrily.
"Then I will send a ghost who will eat you. I have some Ghosts in my control." He barely made an excuse.
"Really?" She was frightened.
"Yes,"
"You are lying to scare me?"
"No, it is true," he said.
"Okay, I will not tell anyone about you." She made a face. He opened the camera of his Mobile phone and took her picture. Her eyes closed because of a sudden flashlight.
"What are you doing?" she asked in wonder. Hasaan took another picture. This time , her eyes were open in the picture.
"Nothing. I am going." He went out quickly. Who was he? Mah e Roo thought in wonder.
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"Mama. See this." Zonaira moved towards her mother in an enthusiastic manner and showed her phone screen. Mama's eyes shone beautifully.
" Bro sent the picture of Mah e Roo." Zonera said. Mama took mobile phone from Zonaira, watching maah e roo's picture in a trance. She was Mah e Roo undoubtedly. She saw her eighteen years ago when she was one day old. And today she recognized her at the very first sight. She was similar to her mother. Rather, she was more beautiful than her mother. She touched the picture of Mah e Roo with love. Tears started flowing down from her eyes.
"Mah e roo" She muttered.
"Mama. Bro forbade you from crying." Zonaira was looking at her sadly. She wiped her tears from her cheeks.
"Call Sani. I wanna ask him about Mah e roo." She said composing herself . Zonaira called Hasaan and gave the phone back to her.
"Hello." Hasaan's sound came from the other side. He was smiling because his mother was happy.
"Hasaan! Mah e Roo?" she asked impatiently.
"Yes. She was maah e roo. Now be happy."
"I am happy. So happy. How is mah e Roo? Is she alright or they treat her badly? Did you talk to her?" She asked many questions at a time. Hasaan remembered his meeting with Mah e Roo. She insulted him a lot .
"Yes, I talked to her." He said in a low tone.
"What was She saying?" She asked. Hasaan did not understand what to tell her.
"She was behaving like a child. Despite being sixteen years old, she was reacting like an eight-year-old child. She was talking about fairies and ghosts" Hasaan told her in a confusing manner. She understood that Mah e roo was still in her childhood.
" Did she tell you about her family? how do they treat her?"
"She did not tell me anything important. She lives on the third floor alone. According to my guess, she is not close to her family. I asked her about Zarib shah, but she expressed hate for him. She doesn't even know where her father is. "
"It means Zarib Shah also hates her. He gave her punishment for her mother's sin." Her tears started flowing down her cheeks.
"Mama . don't worry . I will take Mah e Roo to you soon. Everything will be fine. Please Don't cry. " Hasaan did not tell mama intentionally about her somnambulism disease and weakness of legs of Mah e Roo.
"Be careful sani. First, buy any accommodation to live there. I have to get there as soon as possible."
"What do you want to do?" he asked with curiosity .
"I will tell you when time comes." She said in a commanding tone.
"Okay mama . As you wish." He said in an obedient tone.
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