Chapter 13

Flashback
"Yaar, Minal I am here talking to you, and here you are sitting engross in your books.....put it aside......"
Ishal said getting irritated. She takes the books from Minal's hand and puts them aside.
"What's this aapi (sister).......let me study..... I will listen to you later on......"
Minal said getting frustrated, she was taking her books back but Ishal has put them far away from her approach.
She always does this, whenever Minal sits for studying she makes her engaged with herself by talking.
Unwillingly, Minal has to keep listening to her talking.
"Listen yaar (buddy), you know that I don't feel at ease till I don't tell you about myself......"
She said innocently staring at Minal. On that, Minal feels great love for her sister.
"Right aapi, you tell me, I am listening....."
She gets up from the bed to stand. There's no other way with her other than listening to her sister.
"You know Minal, today what happened in the uni.....he tells me that I am very nice."
She started saying her very enthusiastically. Her face was glowing with happiness at that time.
Minal gaze at her sister and prayed for her happiness heartily.
"You know, he tells me that I am quite different from all other girls..... totally different."
Saying joyfully, she gets up from her place and came near Minal. There was distinct happiness on her face.
As if she got something special.
"Don't be too happy aapi, don't know to how many other girls he had told this...he finds you nice, don't suffer in that misunderstanding, that will be good for you....."
She again started telling her against him.
"I must say aapi, don't go close to him, these rich people don't value feelings of our people.... for these people, it's all joke, and we take this joke to heart...."
She was making her understand like an elder older one.
"No Minal, it's not like that...... it doesn't need to happen the way you are thinking....if he was wrong then not any girl will droll over him....."
She again started favoring him.
"He is wrong that's why he keeps himself among the girls, aapi....."
Her tone was sarcastic.
"He is like that as I told you.....if any day, I come in front of him then he will also tell me this....."
She said very assuringly.
Flashback ends
She herself doesn't know what she is saying will turn out to be true one day. And today it proved to be true.
"See aapi, I told you.... today it turns out true..... you were loving that person who doesn't know your worth....."
Today again she is talking with her sister taking her photo. Her inner sadness only dissipates in that way.
"I wish, aapi at that time you understand what I am saying to you.....I wish you don't expect anything from him.....then today you will be here with me and I will not be alone....."
Her tears were soaking her face.
How much pain she has been afflicted with at the time when Shah Zain confessed his love to her, only her heart knows.
How much tormented she felt after listening to those words from his mouth for herself with whom her sister loved.
Because of him, her sister is no more among them.
And how peacefully is he living, happy and satisfied in his life?
Maybe he will not be aware that someone lost her life because of him.
"I will never forgive you, Shah Zain never......"
In her tone, there is hatred for Shah Zain, only hate....
Till when this hate will remain in her heart, she also doesn't know about it.


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"What's nonsense....... have you looked properly or saying it by yourself....."
Mr. Hassan barked at the maid standing in front of him. The maid started shivering on his barking at her.
She said to him something on which Mr. Hassan becomes furious.
"Yes sir, I properly checked, miss is not in her room...I searched the whole room, but I didn't find her anywhere....."
Poor maid says with bowed head getting scared from Mr. Hassan's anger. It is the first she finds her master getting that much angry.
Because Mr. Hassan by nature is soft-hearted neither does he talks loudly with anyone. It is Mrs. Yusra who is good at doing this.
After listening to the maid, Mr. Hassan's face turns into anxiousness. It was yesterday he talked to Shah Zain about shifting Noor to somewhere else today.
That is why since morning he was waiting for her before she gets up. He already told to Shah Zain, so getting satisfied he left for the office.
Now when he keeps waiting for a long time, in the end, he sent a maid to Noor's room. But after that what she told him when she came back was enough to make him more distressed.
"You can't do even a single work properly, I will look for her by myself...... after all, where she can go in that early in the morning, it never happened before....."
Mr. Hassan glared at the maid and then move toward the room of Noor.
Don't know why he feels shivering in his legs. An unknown fear in his heart is engulfing him, which is not going to subside.
After reaching her room, he slowly opened the door and taking slow steps enters her room.
As soon as he enters her room, his gaze went to her empty bed. Don't know why but he senses something wrong is happening.
"Maybe Noor will be in the lawn....."
Speaking with himself he moves toward the lawn. After lawn, he searched the entire house but he didn't find her anywhere.
If she is at home, only then he will find her.
Now his apprehension is getting further intensified.
"Where are you gone, Noor?"
He said more like falling on the sofa.
"Whether Kawish....."His fear of heart came on his tongue.
"No it can't happen, I have to call Shah Zain...."
As he wants to pick up the phone from the table, his phone started ringing before he make a call.
He recognized the number appearing on the phone screen. He knows who is calling.
He hurriedly picks up the call.
"How are you, Mr. Hassan...... I hope you will not be perfectly alright at that time, you must be worried about your daughter.....so I think why not I further intensify your worries....."
In a cold voice, he is speaking venom. In a rage, Mr. Hassan's nerves pop out after listening to him.
"Your lovely daughter is here with me right now, means with her husband Kawish Zeb....."
After his saying, he started laughing loudly.
It means his fear is now in front of him.
"If you think of doing any wrong act with my daughter, then I......"
He becomes silent for a moment.
"Either you do something or not, but..... now if you try to take away my wife from me then I will reveal all your truth to your son......he really loves you, and give you very respect, isn't it.....then let's see, what will be your condition......"
His tone is sarcastic now.
After listening to him, Mr. Hassan becomes silent for a moment. Which truth he is talking about.
"Whether Zeb....."
"You are giving me a warning.... what do you think I will get scared from your talk..."
He said in a strict tone.
"I'm not giving you a warning, I am just making you understand, before doing anything, think for once, what I told you.....rest what I can do further, you can't even imagine that....."
After completing what he wants to say, he cut the call.
While Mr. Hassan keeps standing silently for a long time comprehending what he said to him.