Hadiya was getting ready sitting in front of the dressing mirror. Some memories were flashing in her mind . nineteen years ago, she faced a storm in her life. His husband Zarib Shah married another woman. But that marriage did not remain for a long time. She made that woman get out of his life, but couldn't get close to him, either . This was not the fault of that girl. The reason was Hadiya herself, but she blamed Urwa and punished her daughter.
She herself didn't torture maah e roo much but allowed nayab to hurt maah e roo. It was easy for nayab because zarib shah was not there. He spent sixteen years in Canada and today he was coming back but now she did not care about him. Zarib Shah never accepted her. Their marriage was arranged by their families. Hadiya was happy to get him but Zarib did not agree by heart but he had to obey his father. . After marriage Hadia didn't try to win his heart and tried to rule over him. She wanted to make him helpless before her but never succeeded in this. She remained arrogant and Zarib married urwa. They were in London and came to Pakistan after a year when Urwa had gotten pregnant. That was a big shock for him. She protested a lot but soon realized that she had lost his husband. Then she schemed a plan and blackmailed Urwa through her one day old daughter. She had to go away from zarib. Hadia forced her to make zarib hate her also. After her going, she tried to win his heart once but he left her alone and went to Canada. She remained empty handed. But now There were many people who wanted her.
She was satisfied that urwa was no longer in Zarib's life. They were still in pain living away from each other. They were enduring punishment for doing wrong with Hadiya.
"Mama!"at nayab's voice she came out of her thoughts. Nayab stood behind her and held her shoulders.
" You look happy. Baba is coming . Is that the reason for your happiness?" Nayab asked.
"Your Father did not give me any happiness till today. He always gave me sorrows. Now I don't expect anything from him. I am not happy because he is coming back." She spoke with hatred. Nayab remained silent for some moments. She loved her father as well as her mother. She wanted to see both of them together.
"Mama. Please don't say this. Baba's behavior has changed a lot. That was past when you both suffered. Don't ruin your present. I believe that if you talk to him once , he will forget everything ." Nayab said to her mother politely.
"You mean I should welcome him warmly? Are you in your senses ?" Hadiya asked, frowning
"No mama. I did not mean that…." She tried to explain to her , but Hadiya stopped her .
"I needed your father in the past but he was not with me. Now I don't need him because I have everything now. I have self-respect. And I will never forgive him ."
"But Mama, he went away from you because of your behavior ."
"Yes, I admit that because of my fault, he married urwa, but when she was gone from his life, I appealed to him not to leave me, but he went away.I will not beg him to stay here again "
"But I will definitely try to stop him." Nayab said. Hadiya stared at her
"You should struggle to get usama instead of this. You will not live your whole life with your father."
"I have already told you I have no relation with usama. He is going to get married to my cousin . He is not valuable to me. I can't destroy my self-respect for him."
" But you said he was your friend then why did he send a proposal for Arooj?
"because he likes her type of girls. I realized that he is not my type. He is egoistic. I will get a better life partner than him. There is no advantage to struggling for the person who is not mine. You know this very well because that is similar to your and Baba's case. I am identical to you . I can't spend my whole life with a man like him ." She explained her point of view.
"You are right." She agreed.
"But you are not exactly like me. I took revenge on Zarib and Urwa both. You should have taken revenge on Osama and arooj" Hadiya thought seeing her image in the mirror
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Mah e Roo had a slight fever and was feeling a pain in her whole body. She had become accustomed to all pains except heart pain. She was lying on the bed, playing with her doll. She was in her dream world she had created. Where every sorrow was far from her, where all the pain ended, where she was not alone, her fairies were with her. She was lost in her innocence away from the bitter realities of the world. She had also forgotten someone met her last night and she talked to him for a long time. She did not tell anyone about that boy. Her lips were smiling when Nayab entered the room and stopped for a moment, seeing her beautiful smile.
"Maha". She called her as she approached Mah e Roo. Mah e Roo rushed out of her dream world. Seeing Nayab, she sniffed her little nose, staring at Nayab with a wrinkled forehead.
"Why were you smiling?" she questioned
" Huh why do you come to spoil my imagination every time." She looked away with disgust.
"I won't tell you "
" Will you really not tell me why you were smiling?" Nayab extended her hand towards her neck . Mah e Roo stopped breathing.
"I won't." she shook her hand
"Okay, don't . I forgive you this time. How kindhearted? " She said with a smile. Maah e roo made a face.
. I have one thing to tell you." Nayab sat down in front of her.
"I don't want to listen."
"You have to listen." Nayab leaned closer to her face. Mah e Roo's heart trembled with fear. She stared at her with frightened eyes.
"Oh, you are scared." Nayab moved back laughing sarcastically. Mah e Roo gritted her teeth trying to control her anger.
"I came here to tell you that baba has come. Do you want to meet him?"
"No. I don't want to meet anyone. Get out of here."
"You will meet him. This is my order and you have to follow my orders. " She said, glared at her. She looked like a bloodthirsty witch to Mah e Roo. She could not speak out of fear. Nayab was affecting her mind badly.
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