Sarah slept with Mah e Roo at night. Zarib Shah asked her to stay here for a few days. She decided to stay here till Arooj's wedding. Mah e Roo loved to be with Sarah so she was very happy. When Sarah woke up in the morning, she looked at her Mah e Roo lying to her left side. She smiled and kissed on her forehead. She was like Naveera to her.
When Mah e Roo opened her beautiful hazel eyes, Sarah Aunt had gone down. She looked at Naveera who was lying next to her. She smiled beautifully, pressing her lips into her teeth. She liked little children. She started playing with her hair. After a while, Nayab came there. Mah e Roo frowned at her.
"Maha. Get up quickly and take a bath. You have to go downstairs for breakfast today." Nayab said, grabbing Mah e Roo by her arm.
"No, Baba is there. I don't want to go down." Mah e Roo said hatefully. Nayab knew that Zarib also hated her. If they both faced each other, Mah e Roo would definitely misbehave with him and baba would get angry at her. That's how they could go further away from each other. That's why she wanted Mah e Roo to meet Baba.
"I don't have time to listen to your nonsense. If you do not come out of the washroom in Ten minute, I'll definitely break all your bones." Nayab pulled Mah e Roo towards the washroom and pushed her into the washroom. Mah e Roo staggered. She took the support of the wall to save herself from falling on the floor. She cursed Nayab inside her heart and quickly closed the door of the washroom. There were tears in Mah e Roo's eyes but she did not let them flow. When she came out, Nayab gave her a dress and sent her to the dressing room. As Mah e Roo came back after changing her clothes, Nayab started combing Mah e Roo's hair. She pulled Maah e Roo's hair harshly. Maah e roo barely endured this, pursing her lips. Then , Nayab dragged her out of the room.
"Slow down. I can't walk quickly." Mah e Roo yelled as they came near the stairs.. Nayab stared at her.
"You are not a delicate princess. No prince will come to pick you up in his arms" Nayab said sarcastically. Mah e Roo could not understand her taunt. Nayab began to pull her down on the stairs. Suddenly her foot twisted and she fell downwards where stairs were turning. Her arm also slipped from Nayab's hand. Mah e Roo's heart trembled with fear but she did not fall. Sufyan had come in front of her. Her back hit Sufyan's chest . He quickly grabbed both Mah e Roo' arms tightly to stop her from falling. Nayab remained still.
"Maha ….. Are you alright?" He asked worriedly. Mah e Roo's whole body was shivering. She was not in a position to respond to him. Suddenly her heart began to ache. She moaned.
"Maha…. What happened?" Sufyan addressed her anxiously, patting her face with his hand. Nayab showed artificial concern coming downstairs. Mah e Roo looked at her with red eyes. Sufyan got confused. Was Mah e Roo pushed by Nayab? This question came to his mind.
"Mah e Roo." He called her again. Mah e Roo was getting back to normal condition after enduring the pain.
"Leave me" She said wearily. Sufyan made her stand straight but didn't leave her one arm.
"How did you fall from here?" He asked. Mah e Roo looked at Nayab in fear. Nayab got nervous.
"My foot slipped." She lied. Her foot twisted because Nayab was pulling her but she couldn't tell him. Sufyan kept looking at her face for some moments.
"I tried to support her but her arm slipped from my hand. " Nayab tried to clear herself.
"Why were you coming down?" He asked from maah e roo.
"I asked her to have breakfast with all of us today. In this way she would also meet baba." Nayab said quickly. Yesterday, she was refusing to meet Zarib shah. How did she agree today?
"Do you want to go down?" Sufyan asked politely. Nayab looked at him annoyingly.
"Hmm." Mah e Roo said in a low tone. If she refused, Nayab would teach her a lesson later.
"Okay let's go." He took her down on the ground floor. Sarah looked at Mah e Roo in surprise and moved towards them.
"Mama, she will have breakfast here with everyone today." Sufyan said. Sarah smiled and got her to the dining hall. Everyone looked at Mah e Roo in amazement as if they were seeing her for the first time. It was a joint family living in the shah palace. Zarib had two brothers. They were older than him and both had four children. They all got together on the ground floor for breakfast to meet zarib shah. Maah e roo became nervous to see so many people around her while everyone was looking at that beautiful doll.
Zarib Shah came there just a few minutes later. His footsteps stopped suddenly and his gaze fell on her daughter. Everything blurred in the background. He was just looking at her breathlessly, who had turned eighteen years old. He felt the time had stopped. Mah e Roo was just like her mother. Mah e Roo also looked at her father, paused for a moment and then looked away with indifference. Zarib Shah was shocked. The moment when his heart melted for his daughter and the love overcame his hatred, he realized his daughter hated him. Zarib Shah pursed his lips. He deserved her hate.
Sarah had felt that Zarib would not be able to ignore her anymore. She turned maah e roo to a chair at the dining table. Zarib Shah's eyes remained fixed on her. It was a surprise for nayab. She wanted to see her father hating Mah e Roo but it seemed that he lost his hatred for Mah e Roo. Hadiya also saw this scene and was worried.
"If you want, let me introduce you to Mah e Roo." Hadiya said sarcastically. Zarib Shah came into his senses and sat down on a chair before her daughter. Amar started talking to end this awkward situation but Zarib Shah's attention remained on Mah e Roo. he recognized at first sight that Mah e Roo was sick. He also noticed her staggering while walking, which increased his worry.
Maah e roo was sitting with her whole family after a long time. She felt herself misfit between all of them. Their gazes made her restless. She thought everyone was looking at her with hate and disgust.
"Mah e Roo, greet your father." Hadiya addressed her. She looked at Hadiya who had a smile on her face but hatred in her eyes. She panicked. Zarib Shah was waiting for her but she did not greet him.
"Maha." Nayab called her in a scolding way. She looked at her in fear. Mah e Roo's mental state was wrose. Zarib Shah was trying to read the expressions on Mah e Roo's face.
"Maha. Relax, everyone here is your family. greet your father." Sarah, who was sitting next to her, said softly . Mah e Roo was encouraged and returned to her mood.
"Why should I greet him? He is nothing for me" She said in her outspoken tune. Zarib Shah realized how much she hated him. Sarah was embarrassed. A faint smile came to Nayab's lips and disappeared.
"maha! He is your father. Behave yourself. " Sarah scolded her but she ignored it and started having breakfast.
" Mah e Roo." Zarib Shah called her wearily. She stopped her hands and looked at him in surprise. Nayab and Hadiya looked at Zarib shah anxiously and waited for Mah e Roo's reaction, which was as they expected. Mah e Roo hit the fork on the surface of the glass table while staring at Zarib Shah with anger. Everyone was looking at her expressions of hatred in wonder. Her cold eyes were on Zarib Shah. Her face was red and lips were trembling. She spent all her life with difficulties but both of her parents never came to see her. She did not need them anymore. She hated both of them.
"Don't call me. I hate you." She shouted , ignoring other family members. Zarib Shah felt helpless. He pursed his lips in embarrassment. Nayab and Hadiya succeeded in their goal to some extent but Zarib Shah's behavior made them tense. He didn't get angry.
"Maha." Sarah called her again. She did not expect that Mah e Roo hated her father such that she would express her hatred in front of everyone. Mah e Roo looked at her, got up from her chair and walked away. Zarib Shah was hurt, Seeing her stagger.
"Mah e Roo. Stop." Zarib Shah also got up from the chair and ran after her. Everyone understood he could no longer hate his daughter. Nayab and Hadiya were shocked.
"Mah e Roo." Zarib Shah held her shoulder. She looked at him.
"I am bad. That's why you left me?" She asked sorrowfully, cutting his heart up. He didn't have the answer. He was left speechless. There were tears in her eyes but she did not want to cry in front of her father, that's why she wanted to go to her room. She jerked his hand away and went out of the dining hall. Zarib Shah remained stop there helplessly. Sufyan followed her, and took her to her room. She burst into tears after closing the door of her room behind her
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