-they asked her parents how much they trusted their daughter, was it possible she herself willingly was missing because it could be absolutely different line all together-one of abduction, all around fell a hushed deadly silence, but their were many who would readily support them , have courage they said to khurshid
-first father had wanted to ask his son what was all this topic of friend they were fighting over, then seeing shopya"s reaction and expression , her face revealed it all and he ad his wife did not wait to ask any question from their son akhtar, they all kept their quiet and then a few days later this event happened and then akhtar exploded , he had seen that young man with whom she used to meet at home and outside , spoke to him and spent time chatting, father had slapped his face for keeping this information from them
-he said he was surprised his son akhtar who was so much in love with his wife shpya was now estranged from her , not showing same affection as before , he was now always ready to argue and one day he even could not stop the statement from escaping his mouth , he knew what friend she spends time talking, which friend it was she messaged all the day, which friend it was with whom she went around , if she challenged him he will declare that friend's name, shopya covered her fae with her hands lowering her eyes , crying she went to hide somewhere,
-he was watching fehem who was sitting up in the chair, he also sat up in his cot, the wall clock showed it was eleven at night electric saver spread faint light around, fehem looked rather serious , his seriousness was felt and caught by him and he asked him what was the matter and wha was troubling him, fehem spoke his mind out, it was their only sister asman , , was she not their responsibility , she was of age and young and marriageable
-emperor akbar"s step mother:s name was bega beghum who was known more popularly as haji beghum, mega beghum went on hajj with hamida beghum natural mother of the emperor , akbar loved bega beghum after his real mother but mahamanga was akbar"s milk feeding mother who plays a major role in his life and history more than the other two mothers he loved, mamamanga helped akbar in his all important decisions he took
-he was just twenty six at that time , born and brought up in lenning he was a product of a broken family, his parents had separated when he was small, in 1936 he passed high school, because he had no one to guide him and no parental control he had no where to go and chose to join civilian conservation core who gave allowance to their youth and trained them for various jobs and sent them to factories , ninety five percent of their young population was adjusted in harry ford and getting decent allowance and then the war broke out
-he looked up the sky was covered with white blobs , he pulled the string of the parachute, looking down he could see a township, the church surrounded with a forest, nestled amidst it, some distance away a stretch of a run way with two ready to fly aircrafts, he could see the commotion right below him, closing up he saw to his horror they were ME 109 s , he was falling down in german territory, he began praying , he was escaping from his plane to enter the enemy ground
-their bomber aircraft was on the attack and jonny alerted them the enemy fighters had surrounded their air craft , he was helped to jump out , holding on the to the string he spun in spirals and shook right and left and finally he saw his plane falling down slipping past him and explode , followed by two more of their B24 crashing down in fireballs, he saw two groups of parachuters descending right above his head in the same speed as his
-the story is set during the world war 1944 , an american firing man narrates his experience, dropping bombs was his job, flying over holland suddenly his aircraft catches fire, either it was shot down or an accident, his mission was to complete their task and return home, 33 targets were destroyed and to complete the mission two more were left, the lead fighter aircraft dived and dropped smoke bomb, they followed the dive and dropped more bombs , he felt faint , his head was spinning, his colleague helped him to jump out from the door meant for para divers, though a hole as big as a jeep was visible in the floor of the aircraft
-do not break promises made with me
-trust not the life of two days long
-do not burn your heart to light up rejoicings
-gathering is dark for desire, lamps of passions aflame
-let expression of love remain in heart of love
-do not degrade your love by exposing love
-screams of heavens are heard below
-worry not arrangements of fate and fortunes
-beauty and love permit not life of ease
-let admirers a slow death stop them not
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-katherine left his house just a few days before christmas and moved into a rented room in manhattan on eight hundred dollars a month rent, sharing it with a friend , she seemed happy with her new surrounding but it was certain she was not happy to move ot from james apartment,she was thrown out from his house because he had found someone else even better than her
-katherine wanted to avenge her insult and humiliation , she was one of those girls who get carried away quickly by uniforms,
-staying shut up for five months , her brain was burning and heart fuming with suppressed anger , she rang up police , she wanted to unveil the curtains fallen on the dead case of renny murder case, the police cop became nervous ad quickly handed the receiver to the investigating officer of the case who was familiar with all the details, katherine said she wanted to give dangerous information and confess
-the purse was found missing and could not be located , may clues were found but nothing was clear, finally ten days later the detective decided james had to go through hypnosis , he might recall new points he otherwise had overlooked,
-they took help from a psychologist , james added new details, he had parked his car that night near an italina bar where his wife wished sometime to go and had never been
-he also had seen the killer in the mask, who had a woolen cap on his head with red stripes and a long mask , jacket with red stripes and seen him jump and escape , running through the crowds , cars and building
-the detective also had reached by the time a woman witness came forward , it was a dark shivering evening in new jersey and she had seen the couple walk from the parking to the restaurant , she had seen him pat his pocket and turn from his wife away instructing her , she had seen him walk some feet away, she saw him suddenly stop and run back, curious the winess had stretched her self and followed the running man to see a shadow of a masked figure crouching jump up and escape the scene, slight in figure it was not sure if it was a man or a woman , but the witness did see the whole crime live on the spot
-a woman who was present in the restaurant at the time of the scene gave her statement to the investigating officer how she had ran outside with several napkins using them to block her bleeding a , waiter also helped the victim who was still alive and breathed faintly and whose heart was throbbing distantly , to give her first aid they got themselves ready wiping the blood from her face when the police arrived and she was taken to the hospital where she was declared brought dead, she was twenty two stabs from her face down to her stomach
-by the time police reached the crime scene james had recovered more or less from the shock, his wife"s dead body lay in a pool of blood, he told the interrogator he had parked the car and began walking towards the restaurant with his wife , suddenly patting his pocket he missed his car keys and asked his wife to wait a while as he got his keys from the ignition , he turned and began walking back to the car when he heard his name uttered , his wife was calling him, he stopped and ran back to where his forty year old wife renny was lying on the road, without moving , in a pool of blood oozing out from her jacket and pantaloons, unable to catch even a glimpse of the killer he instead of running around looking for the killer rushed into the restaurant and asked for an ambulance be called
-nazar begh had risen from an ordinary man to extra ordinary fame and success only with his hard work and brains, he could not believe it that his accounts were embezzled , sajid was his man friday and very close , his partner and kept all his secrets , when asked about the man sajud explained the next day was a sunday and the man will return after two days vacation back to work, then he could be arrested, he was not aware he was caught and the trap will be laid down, till then sajid will remain in touch with him and not let him know they know of his fraud
-nazar begh was stunned into a state of shock , within three months of his absence and millions of dollars were withdrawn, his company was doing well but this was his profit stolen , he had begun checking and rechecking and calculated each and every step , what was it that had corrupted the accounts, he began finding out who all were stealing from the company accounts , it was an embezzlement he was being cheated and a warning sign of treachery
-nazar begh was a sixty year old businessman respected for his acumen and his hair had turned snow white , his shadow of a moustache lined up grey on his lips , his only facial decoration, his paunch was slightly noticeable signifying his wealthy lifestyle but not so much protruding that anyone could taunt at him, his only son looked after his singapore branch , three months later he had arrived and found some problems in the accounts a matter of deep concern
-the night was turned frightening with incessant rains pouring, crackling lightening and roaring thundering clouds , nazar begh stood by the window lost in thoughts, the room was dimly lit, though he was looking at the pouring rain he was not seeing it because his mind was running in another direction,, his eyes were filled not with the scene he watched but the image his mind presented, by his side some distance away a thirty year old youth waited watching him, the wall clock showed it was quarter to mid night
-on a tree lived a pair of birds, male and female in their self made nest and all day they happily chirped
-one fine day the female asked her husband why did the mankind look so unhappy miserable and stressed
-the male explained it was to earn their bread
-but we also become hungry and trusting in almighty make some efforts and find what we can eat and satisfy our hunger and neds
-yes , but we are always thankful what ever little we get and are always satisfied, mankind is never satisfied with what they have and greed pushes them around to their deathly ends , it is not their hunger but nature of hoarding that keeps them so stressed
-romana was very upset for being the target of unwanted blackmail, father explained she was so lucky because the man they were thinking of looking for was one of the blackmailers, akbar hasin"s nephew, akbar hasin the same old man who was wealthy and no family except a nephew , shah mir was him and now without wasting any more time they could contact mahush to get on the job of hooking him , for it romana must get in touch with her friend in need and instruct her his plans what to do next, romana dropped her friend near shah mir 's locality , hoping either his mother or he himself will open the door when mahush knocks at it and she will do all she could to get close to them and enter their life and residence because he was the nephew of akbar hasin the wealthy man
-romana was in rage when her father arrived to talk to her, she should know it when he was showing hospitality and extending invitation to have refreshments she should not defy him , his voice was dry , he had been rough to the blackmailers who were ready to flee from his office , professionals always first do their homework , they gather all details and information of their future target because here romana was their target and they did know she was meeting her fiance and getting married soon, the men had believed they were locked inside because he was calling the police but he had surprisingly returned with fifty thousand they wanted bady
-the barrister asked the blackmailers to sit down and asked his daughter romana to get refreshments for them, romana annoyed left the room , the men got up asking forgiveness, but the barrister locked them in and returned with fifty thousand offering them with his advise to come back for more every month because he knew how they felt without money, life was so hard and unfair, unbelieving they dstarted their bike and left feeling they had met an angel who had taken their addresses and would contact them when suitable jobs for them were found and meantime they were welcome to visit him any time
-he was asked if he was faruq beg, , faruq beg added he was barrister faruq beg and how could he assist them, both blackmailers taunted in a tone the older man with his experience of life could understand better that they were not professionals as they showed him pictures of his daughter seeing a young man in an isolated area, the barrister laughed, his daughter was getting married to the doctor and as a modern man he had given them permission to see each other, the blackmailers felt like idiots, they had spent so much to develop the pictures and invested on other accessories , fifty thousand was all they wanted begin with,
-kamal faruq hwaes danyal out and was absolutely shocked, what was he doing, merely a weak woman had changed him, his heart was squeezed and shrunk , danyal defended his fiance , it was not about pyari if she was or not weak woman but about masud her brother who was not weak nor a woman and nort ready to change , without a change in thinking nobody ever reached their destinations, time and tide wait for nobidy , time and tide d not give others opportunities to change or not change , they move on with the flow and force naturally , others who wish to ride them must have courage and right bent of mind or tides disappear, but pyari has declared she profers a life in her maternal side with her brother who raised her like her father and mother and can not leave him
-shocked faruqi kamal changed his tone and shaking off all the cob webs in his mental confusion declared sternly danyal was engaged to her for marriage and it was final and nobody had the authority to stop their marriage not even the bride
-danyal was getting dressed properly for his office and was about to leave when sadya called him , she was a worried mother , how could he leave without eating his breakfast, if he came so late he must be resting home and if it was so urgent or not at all he need not worry because his father was certain to reach office after meeting appa and masud
-danyal kept his silence , not revealing his side of facts that the plans had changed , father was heading for office, canceling his visit to appa"s , danyal had to reach on time his office to explain a serious matter to his father but before his mother he stood ignorant, looking the other way, mother thought it was not right , something of a germ of a doubt was rising in her mind
-faruqi kamal was just leaving for appa"s house, he was on his way to reach her house and meet her before reaching his office, he heard his cell ring , the screen showed danyal his son was calling, it was rush hour so the best thing to do was give him information he was on his way to meet appa and will soon join danyal in the office and thinking it was enough and was about to switch off when danyal said he should not go to appa"s place at all, instead reach office, it was serious matter , not to be spoken off on phone, kamal faruqi was slightly taken aback, it was not the seriousness of the matter danyal would not talk on phone but his serious tone, he canceled his visit to appa's and changed the direction of his vehicle
-appa had reached home by nine thirty with masud who was being pulled by some invisible force behind her dragging himself like a hidden magnet was dragging him helplessly, appa's simplicity and plain appearance was in dramatic contrast to her setting , her house was so impressive and rooms so decorated, the lawns so beautifully kept and surroundings appeared and smelled money was flowing
-masud was stunned into speechlessness this amazing castle must accommodate an army of servants and back up of many more to maintain it, he was rooted to the spot and would not move looking around gaping , appa called him , what was he thinking, masud expressed how majestic ut was all,he did not realise se lived such a rich life, she smiled and told her nephew he must see her room , it was plain and unfurnished and very simple , her own life was very basic
-after the fajar and tasbih the first thing appa did was to ring up kamal faruqi for it was known he always woke up early and got ready before the namaz some fifteen minutes earlier , se explained him on the phone there was no need for anyone to come to hospital that day for she was hoping masud was feeling better and improving , she was taking a chance and allow him some quiet, kamal faruqi sighed a breath of gratefulness , any call so early specially from hospitals creates panic button
-dayal was now affected by fear , under the grip of fear he forgot his sorrow, if it was not some emotional attachment pulling them together what was it that made him wait there beside her at that hour of night , he had not tried to console and stop her from crying because it was fear in his mind that she might catch the moment and express her feelings, then he might react and regret later after all he was a man, when in love each one respects the feelings of the other and expects to be treated with dignity or they get hurt
-pyari began speaking he should not be there, the glass was up again and she felt left out standing , she began to knock with her palm , then both hands her banging began on the car , then her fists and more strength was applied on to the banging ,,
-the tired face appeared asking her to go in and rest a while instead of pretending she was showing her concern he believed was false and again the glass window was turned up between them , his voice echoed still in her ears he was trapped and was waiting for the night to pass, he threatened he would go away and spend the night on the sea shore if she kept on bugging him and did not go in to her comfortable room , who was she to him , they were in no way attached and to each other ad had no obligations
-pyari braced her self and gathering her courage knocked on the car window with her ring on her finger with a meaningful purpose, expecting to either the car window be lowered or even bettter the door will open for her but she kept on waiting , one minute wait seemed endless wait of a century long, she again mustered her courage and knocked louder and harder , when she became flustered, the window glass lowered and she could see the face of danyal , expression of annoyance and sleep was writ on his face , he was absolutely silent waiting for her to speak and she waited for him to ask some question from where she could pick up the corner of her conversation
-romana turned red in face , she asked her father the barrister what did he mean by if she were not engaged to zishan- faruqi explained in that case it was easy for him to fix her with the nephew and capture the entire wealth and trust and still be ethical , but now the situation was slightly different
-the last time faruqi had overheard her conversation with her best friend mahush who was alone and poor, her mother had left her with no inheritance , mahush believed life without riches was not worth living and death was a better option , she was a fast clever and desperate young woman ready to do anything for easy money
-faruqi went on to add speaking his heart out to his daughter romana engaged to zishan , that akbar hasin was a dying man and he was his client, it was right all his wealth was his possession and his own heard earned money but as a man faruqi wanted all his client's wealth going waste into his own control and he could go to any extend for it , he could slow down the procedure , keep the trust on pending , let things go array and then keep all of it himself, the nephew of client was also struggling in life and not rich -
-the point was if romana wanted a clinic for zishan and live a happy life of luxury she must support faruqi and together they can find out a way to catch the client in a net and hook all his assets for their own use after his death, criminal activity but she must see what was he trying to say
-faruqi said to his daughter romana that he found it so odd why akbar hasin spent money he earned and was not answerable to anyone in such miserly manner,, why did he want to trust it and use it for a cause, roomana liked the idea of trust and it was for a good reason and be used for a certain cause , that hasin did not spend freely was a secret she was over awed, but father added a information for her clarity there was a twist in the story and it was akbar hasin"s beloved in the past who chose not him but his poor brother and married him , at that point in life he was still a struggler and not rich, when he came to know of his beloved married his brother he was helpless and not having a revengeful criminal mind he did not react negatively only now he added a clause his brother and his wife and son will not get any thing from him
-faeuqi speaking to his daughter carried on his discussion on strangeness of people who sometimes it feels do not belong in this world, he had a client akbar hasin such a weird man , he possessed immense wealth he earned with his own efforts and accumulated such vast properties and lands firms and houses and assets but that man had nobody for his family, no wife no children and no clan, why such people accumulate so much wealth when they have nobody, funny part is he is so miserly and counts every penny before spending it
-romana was speechless, stunned to silence , if her father would not have got her engaged to zishan he would have played some other game, she was confused , what games he was planning to play, he continued expressing his views , this world was full of all types of strange and odd people , at times it was unbelievable that such species of humans really existed
-faruqi asked romana slowly almost in a secretive manner that zishan could realise his dreams only of she supported him, faruqi had brains and she had knowledge and without their help zishan was nothing, romana was engaged to him but now reversing it would be a great folly and faruqi had a plan he had wealth but not for zishan
-faruq beg was a lawyer and frequently took help from his daughter in his cases specially when he found no solution , romana was intelligent and very much like her own father and both would sit and debate the impossible cases , he would get the solution and new points and it helped him establish him as a solid lawyer barrister,
-this evening also she was called to accompany him to sit out on the upper open yard terrace , romana smiling looked at him thinking it was some new case they will discuss
-he asked her how was zishan her fiance and what was he doing, she began explaining they met often, he was doing well in his house job, after completing it he plans to join a clinic or open up his own
-both blackmailers were unemployed graduates and friends and partners now to make money , the girl was apparently plain to look at and the young man's registration number from the car was available and the details the next day were found as investment , paying for the information, telephone number and address was fine with them , at least fifty thousand for opening their black account , men usually are stronger and tougher so they wished they could find the woman"s address but they decided to call them, they had seen them taking pictures so they would play blank for a couple of days then phone them by then their trauma will have increased their stress level and any public booth is from where they could operate
-both blackmailers were sitting quietly in the remote area when suddenly their fate smiled on them, a car driven by a young girl stopped in the secluded shade of the tree groves and she kept on impatiently glancing on her wrist watch, it dawned on them this was not normal why a young woman alone should be waiting in such a place and soon another car arrived and a young man emerged , both began to walk off as the black mailers followed from a discreet distance making their movie and noting down their car numbers
-akbar hasin discussing his personal matter with the barrister friend declared he would throw away all his wealth he earned for self but not give it to sajid"s son he had decided to get a will and last testament made , he would want to use it for a good cause and spent it there , it was certain he was the owner of his properties his hard earned wealth and he could choose and decide what to do with it, he wanted a trust on his name created and not add the names of sajid and his son and widow must not be mentioned in any way not even as the needy
-akbar hasin agreed he had self created his problems and invited trouble but if the narrow minded woman was closer to him in life then also it would be impossible to make her see his love for her for she was absolutely and madly fallen for his brother and still leads a life of deprivation with her son
-akbar hasin was keeping bad health and was under mental stress, feeling his life was coming to an end and he had no heir and so much accumulated wealth, properties and assets, he asked the barrister if he could speculate who could be declared his legal heir after him,
-thinking a while he said it would be his brother sahjid"s son
-right that is the course law will take but should it happen, will it be right must he allow this to happen, his face turned red with rage , he will never let this happen, he earned all his wealth for himself and his extended self not for others and he would allow all his wealth to be wasted away as his life was wasted away for earning it but not give it to the unwanted heir
-he said addressing Akbar hasin that all the problems he faced were his own creations , self inflicted and self made, he if was in love he ought to have disclosed his interest and made sure before leaving for abroad long time to let the woman know he would return for her and she must wait for him, solid things like declaration of his love and engagement could have been possible, and the basis of going out of your country was to earn enough wealth and to earn a wealth it takes a lifetime , he stayed away such a long time and never contacted her it was his self made problem that was troubling him now
-Akbar hasin was very fond of accumulating properties, lands , buying houses and import export firm but just some time ago he decided to close his business, he was miser by nature and hated paying his staff their honest salaries, several times Akbar hasin met privately with faruq beg who asked him he lived alone in the whole huge mansion, he had only two men for his staff, one was a sirt of house keeper and cooked and cleaned , the other was a gardener driver and secretary and manager because he was somewhat educated ,
-the groom selected for his daughter by the barrister was a professional medical doctor with potential to earn well in future , doing a house job he had a satisfying life style and .opportunity to meet many types of people during the day, old clients also were sent to him , life could prove good
-faruq beg was a successful barrister and he was an authority and took all types of cases and always managed to handle hem well leading to victory, he was long time practicing but success as fate would have it man"s all efforts are not successful , time is most powerful of all and tells destiny is also meaningful , for some past years he had suddenly risen very high and made his name , his financial condition improved and all he had was a daughter and a wife with whom he lived in an old house, it was his own house and he had accumulated all things he wanted from life in there, he had no mental stress any more for his daughter was engaged to be married so he was a satisfied with life man
-both became friends , they were similar in nature and like minded, their life circumstances were same, both were unemployed and lonely and lived alone,
discussing the matters of life they agree that life was run only on feelings and emotions, to make it big and become rich one must over come their feelings and behave professional, love was not a strength but a weakness that prevented them from rising high in life
-so their new policy was to turn to blackmailing , those who were decent and wanted their reputation more than any other cherished thing , for the poor are ignored and crimes done by the poor are also of petty nature and they are turned in to the police, but the wealthy hide their nature of crime and use brains and money to get over their activities, so they can target these people and it would be more paying, one of them already had a bike for following and also get a new camera and then they could start
-mansoor on the other hand was a graduate and lived in a quarter sub letted him from a friend in a locality he occupied the quarter after he had shifted, his father had left a wholesome amount in the bank account but all was used and his mother also now dead he was all alone, he too was looking for a job and the friends they had become both found each other waiting for job interviews and for their turn , one sunday after the last interview mansoor reached shah mir"s house where he introduced himself to raia sultana who had only heard so much of him from her son ,
-that day mansoor ate home cooked food , the stiffed dal rotis were so delicious and served with love that he became emotional and kept on praising endlessly
-by the time police reached the crime scene james had recovered more or less from the shock, his wife"s dead body lay in a pool of blood, he told the interrogator he had parked the car and began walking towards the restaurant with his wife , suddenly patting his pocket he missed his car keys and asked his wife to wait a while as he got his keys from the ignition , he turned and began walking back to the car when he heard his name uttered , his wife was calling him, he stopped and ran back to where his forty year old wife renny was lying on the road, without moving , in a pool of blood oozing out from her jacket and pantaloons, unable to catch even a glimpse of the killer he instead of running around looking for the killer rushed into the restaurant and asked for an ambulance be called 
-nazar begh was stunned into a state of shock , within three months of his absence and millions of dollars were withdrawn, his company was doing well but this was his profit stolen , he had begun checking and rechecking and calculated each and every step , what was it that had corrupted the accounts, he began finding out who all were stealing from the company accounts , it was an embezzlement he was being cheated and a warning sign of treachery
-he said addressing Akbar hasin that all the problems he faced were his own creations , self inflicted and self made, he if was in love he ought to have disclosed his interest and made sure before leaving for abroad long time to let the woman know he would return for her and she must wait for him, solid things like declaration of his love and engagement could have been possible, and the basis of going out of your country was to earn enough wealth and to earn a wealth it takes a lifetime , he stayed away such a long time and never contacted her it was his self made problem that was troubling him now
-Akbar hasin was very fond of accumulating properties, lands , buying houses and import export firm but just some time ago he decided to close his business, he was miser by nature and hated paying his staff their honest salaries, several times Akbar hasin met privately with faruq beg who asked him he lived alone in the whole huge mansion, he had only two men for his staff, one was a sirt of house keeper and cooked and cleaned , the other was a gardener driver and secretary and manager because he was somewhat educated , 
-the groom selected for his daughter by the barrister was a professional medical doctor with potential to earn well in future , doing a house job he had a satisfying life style and .opportunity to meet many types of people during the day, old clients also were sent to him , life could prove good 
