-he was then present before the government rest house,the surrounding landscapes were completely covered with snow,, from the city some officials were arriving, he was given the responsibility of welcoming them, because it was a tourist spot the rush of tourists was at its peak, snow was the main attraction , he could not figure it out what was so attractive about the snow, what was it that pulled these tourists to such mountains where nothing was visible except snow, there were other warm places in the valleys one could go
-the joint investigation team was present, it was a case a vip and his ten security men getting killed in an attack on them, it happened in a most peaceful area where hunting was allowed , it could not be the robbers because they are locally known and familiar , the authorities would arrest them and harass them to death, also because the robbers take away all the valuables and here nothing was taken or stolen, the tourists were scared to come and after this incident even the invited friends of the society were not happy to come,, they all wanted to go back , assurances of the authorities were unable to stop them, they dd not trust them any more
-mahi was pounding the spices for the kitchen , believing the crushed sppices in the vessel she was pounding in old fashioned manner were him-sunny , how dare he would marry her, she beat the spices even more using more force till someone shouted from inside if it was spice mix or the house she was trying to crush, , she focused on her pounding and staring at the spices thinking only of sunny, deadly enemies they both were of each other and getting married , family allowing them to have it their way , a lawful wedding is the licence to fight , life partners are not stopped from warring against each other , they have full legal rights
-the wedding was over and with it all the functions and noise and the guests also returned to their respective homes, the life became a routine and it was now normal pace when mahi attended her college and spent time at home doing her share of domestic work, and then one day an explosion in her mind sent her flying to her mother , what did she hear, when two enemies are found in the same family they must be brought together , she and sunny were to get engaged to get married for life, this was unfair that she was not asked her choice and was being tied up against her wishes to the man she hated most who was her enemy number one, mother was glaring at her through her glasses sticking on the tip of her nose and then mother scolded her and asked her to learn to hold her tongue , it was final and decided she and sunny were getting married
- in the upper portion of the house taya uncle"s elder son was getting married, abdulla 's wedding functions were arranged by all the girls of the family because it was the first in the family and the gathering of females in the room made a hell of a noise and prevented the boys entry by locking the door from inside, mahi and her cousins were dancing madly on the beat of the dholak which was also being beaten wildly , sunny stood outside trying to open the door rotating the knob , abdulla was his brother and boys felt left out, their mothers and aunts took the side of the girls and stopped them from entering the room, but at that moment navin playing the dholak threw it and opened the door and the whole gang sticking to the door rushed into the room , one grabbed the dholak and sat in a corner , the commotion that followed was a declaration of war between the girls and the boys all of them cousins, attending abulla's marriage
he knew exactly how conscious was she regarding taking her pictures. she was not fond of clicking her pictures doing her daily routine, cooking, brushing, sleeping sitting around casually , she was very particular when it came to taking her pictures , she preferred a proper get up , all the time make up was not possible but at least one should look presentable specially in their portraits , so as not to feel ashamed later showing them and seeing them, the picture sunny clicked showed her in laughable condition with eyes shut and mouth open
-the c d player was blasting on full volume as mahi danced on the music , se was practicing for the show time specially arranged for uncle, suddenly the music was shit off , scowls appeared quickly on her face as she turned to see sunny who took some pictures of her on her digital camera, she stood stunned to rock when she realised what was happening she attacked head on sunny rather on the camera
-she wanted to release her thoughts in her mind about her beloved, sing and hum the melody in words, to forget the tiredness of eight years separation , the time lost and the hurt felt, to enjoy the fresh morning in spring
-the wind arrived with the messages of coming seasons
-prayers of the captivated bring tides of autumn
-returning the night which was spent
-from the river side rise the sounds of anklets
-in the hope each wave rose to kiss
-the touch and caress of beloved is felt in you
-all the songs written for them voiced
-hearts desires you mus sing them for them
-every approaching sound lest becomes announcement at door
-where a voice is heard
-how long one can sit with uncovered head
-from some direction you may have come
-on every rainy day just wishing it
-in the town of the sun it got overcast
-all your gifts are dear to me
-this time it is scent of henna you appear in
-she expressed her fears and doubts , was he saying all that because she did something without his knowing of it, the air was filled with blossoms fragrance , the mild wind blew cool freshness, he sat upright holding her hands , looking into her eyes asking her to look into his where she would see her own image, it was her , herself only that was loveable and adorable
-when was sakina ready to tolerate it, she had stirred a storm there, using age old practise of weapon of feminine viles she left to stay with her parental family, her elders tried their est to get her to go back but he was also fed up of her stunts,, when he was forced by his own parents he threatened he will leave them all to settle somewhere abroad , what parents wat to get separated from their own progeny, they also fell silent
-hashmat ali waited for someone, before him on the table were laid his drinks and all those snacks that go well with drinks , , the old song often heard on the radio-he shall come, he shall come he shall come sometime was on his mind, his eyes shone a peculiar glint , it was not the wait of a casual lover for his beloved which contains some fear, some mixed feelings, some nervousness, some enthusiasm, some anticipation but his wait was different like of a regular hunter who has laid the trap for his prey to walk into the trap unaware ,
-he stopped on the third from last step on the stairs , he had overheard his uncle speaking to zohaib telling him he was his life and first love treasured always , ahsan was second in line , not equal to zohaib, he began wondering who was his first love , an argument within also began if he was not the first choice therefore he was being sent to kerachi to work in a firm, if uncle was so influential and wealthy he could have given him a mill , but he was keeping his money safe for his own son, this was never going to happen because he will see to it the real son never enjoys uncle"s wealth, if it does not belong to him the weath belongs to nobody else either
-what was it between greed, envy, revenge or all of them that made him kill his own uncle who had raised him up after his father"s death, taken complete charge of his life and responsibilities, that today he had become a successful man working in a firm in kerachi and owned a luxury apartment
--speaking on the phone she began dear hashim how are you, her voice was shaking , she was nervous and emotionally disturbed, hashim said when the doctor is not bothered how can the patient be right, that he had been waiting for her to come, that his eyes were glued to the door , , she had no reason to make any more excuses not to come,, he was sulking, she consoled him a high fever gripped her , she would try her best to come to him at the earliest
-she who was so disturbed mentally emotionally and tired out when saw her mother entering her room just ran towards her to embrace her tightly, now what happened asked her mother worriedly, she told her the latest and mother also became quite worried and that night was spent waking, worrying and worrying even more
-she thanked god for his mercy and declared she was coming to see hashim, but uncle stopped her, for two main reasons, first it was too dangerous for her to go out that time and second nobody was allowed to see hashim, so she asked him to get hashim to speak to her on phone so she could assure herself, but that too was not possible , uncle explained he was sleeping under medical supervision and calmpose doctor had given him
-the news uncle gave was so explosive that she could not hold herself back and jumped up,she asked him crying if hashim was fine , asking him to tell all that happened,, he began all was fine, hashim was also doing well, by the sheer grace of god they escaped the deadly attack, the colonel"s commandoes fought back bravely, one was shot in the head and succumbed while another wounded was recovering
-the man asked him what will he give
morris asked -what did he mean
-he repeated his question -what will he give
-morris said he was speaking to the wrong man, he was merely a worker, he should be asking this question to mr nik,
-that thick necked man"s eyes dilated , he asked if he worked for mr nik
-morris said did he not know they were working on some news which they were keeping secret ,how long was it possible to suppress the news from the media, explaining he was not in the position to reach the higher ups , his access was limited ,
but if he had no access why was he asking for how much he could pay him
-bobby looked around before sitting down to sip his drinks, minutes later stella arrived and joined the group of friends and all of them forgetting their hatred began singing merrily and dancing to the music,after mid night the party reached its climax and guests promising to meet each other soon began leaving , outside dalton in a row stood taxis waiting, from nowhere a black mercedes reached where stella and morris stood, charles was with them-a familiar voice addressed morris-mr redman,will you give me the pleasure of driving you and these beautiful laddies to their destination
-it was his friend bobby"s birthday party, he reached there to meet his girl friend stella, there he saw a rather tall dark attractive beauty, she was clad in bright red dress and net stockings, she was revolving round the table where morris sat surrounded with his friends, looking at bobby he exclaimed in surprise he was not aware he was also coming, then he asked him to stay away from his table,
-ravis redman was fast asleep and he got up with a jolt , he had felt his apartment building being shaken , how weird, new york never experienced earthquakes, he chose to stay in bed but the sound of approaching sirens forced him to go up to the window
-the diary was a narrative of his mother , it was correct she wrote it describing and giving her version of her past, it was so horrible he could not have heard it and she his mother could not have spoken it before him, for hearing it one needed a frozen mind and to tell it one needed an iron heart,, once he began reading it he could not stop in the middle,, leaving his mind a total absolute blank in the end , he stayed stunned into silence for quite a while and then began strolling up and down in his bedroom with a troubled mind
-it was past midnight, the beginning of twenty ninth june sunday , he was strolling in his bedroom that late with a vacant mind, troubled and stunned speechless, unable to cope with what he had read in the blue covered diary written by his mother specially for him to understand her position and her life situation, every detail was horrid and terrible,
-the conversation that took place between them at iftar had shaken him up , regarding him the prophetic predictions and speculative statements were going to prove extremely sensational and amazing, raising so many doubts , was it possible bhatti maqbul was a member of some secret society, weird but still a possibility, anything and everything can happen in this strange world
-then his mind turned a complete blank, just for a moment a idea crossed his mind perhaps it was delphia who had double crossed him, that sharu was held against her wish by her somewhere and she was pushing him hard to get his obedience , sharu was his friend and to save her he could go to any length, he recalled how he had met delphia the first time, it was at lake jackson on a secluded street whee sharu was tagging along with her guitar and leonardo's men were lurking around who fled when delphia arrived
-he said he had understood it all well before iftar sitting at the dining table, he was being asked digging questions about those women, but that very moment azan call was heard and the sheikh had to leave, there he stopped speaking and there maqbul bhatti decided to leave addressing hafiz kapur , he wanted to go home and read before resting,, hafiz asked him to wait for azim who would drop him home, but bhatti sahib chose to take a rikshaw, but hafiz had other arrangement plans and called akbar badhshah his valet
- he had never seen a well being bored, she explained when the soil is dug the first time dry soil comes out , on second level damp mud comes out, on the third level wet soil , then next mortar mixed liquid, followed by salty water, finally the clean sweet drinking water gushes out in a fountain, man must go though several painful phases to get sweet drinking water, , she let out a long sigh , like wise man must go through many phases to get what he wants , success is not easy thing to accomplish unless one is solid determined and firm , challenges have to passed, tests must be faced
-he told her he wanted to come along to understand her condition, her facts , as long he did not get to listen to her story first hand how will he know what exactly was troubling her,but to know of her problems and reasons and cause of unhappiness he need not sit with her,, he argued if they did not spend time talking how will he ever know of her life issues , she looked at him in the eye explaining she had made arrangements for her life problems, he got confused , how was it possible to see her problems- diary--she had registered all her life history in her diary
-he requested he be taken home where they could talk , she lifted her hand from her food plate to grab a tissue paper, she knew he was capable of giving a tough fight to his enemy,, that he could take revenge of her every grief but ... she left the sentence incomplete, to seriously carry on after a pause it was not possible for her to take him along with her , he could take it as her helplessness or her circumstances, he asked her to explain her helplessness that she had many times before also mentioned
-she had seen how time had used its magic wand,, she stood on the last step, eight years and two months were between them, , facing each other , he stumbling and wiping his tears from the shirt sleeve steeped forward, her exhaustion began to flood her eyes, quickly doubts cleared and they came closer, explaining to each other their condition, remembering them in prayers, missing each other every moment in joy and grief
-she was in the kitchen making tea , letting it brew , when she heard a knock on the man door, as if some tired traveler was waiting for the door to open, she opened the kitchen window it was getting suffocating inside suddenly, like always amaar went to the door, she heard him speaking to the man at the door telling him he was amaar and what was the stranger"s name, not able to hear the stranger she saw amaar coming towards her to tell her there was an uncle who says his name is sajid balal
-she considered him for a while and thoughtfully asked him to bring his parents coming sunday, he was so excited and happy as he left, not forgetting to wipe his forehead with the tissue
-on sunday came his parents , she and abba met them and gave their consent , father had already got some probe done , they were respectable family, she was surprised she who always advocated love for alya had added respect in marriage
-he arrived , ahmer ali , his attractive personality was impressive like his dressing sense, clad in blue jeans and black shirt he sat down with his lowered head and lowered eyes, looking quite confused with his hands and fingers clasped,
she liked him and asked repeating his words..so he wanted to marry alua
-yes
-why , she handed him a cup of tea
-he loved alya
-but love was not enough to get married and settle down, it was a responsibility and commitment
-she also expected from him for alya his respect for her
-he smiled slowly
-abba and amma were there to give them their full support at this turning point of life, it there was a reason for them four to live it was amar sajid a five year old, who when came to this world and opened his eyes that very evening mother shut her eyes and left this world, she still remembered very clearly the evening when the sky was over cast and she was getting those pains, here amar was born and there ammi closed her eyes, that night she first time looked at her sisters and her heart skipped several beats, the girls seemed so grown up though they were born just yesterday, crying the three of them were so scared of life ,
--speaking on the phone she began dear hashim how are you, her voice was shaking , she was nervous and emotionally disturbed, hashim said when the doctor is not bothered how can the patient be right, that he had been waiting for her to come, that his eyes were glued to the door , , she had no reason to make any more excuses not to come,, he was sulking, she consoled him a high fever gripped her , she would try her best to come to him at the earliest
-the man asked him what will he give
-the diary was a narrative of his mother , it was correct she wrote it describing and giving her version of her past, it was so horrible he could not have heard it and she his mother could not have spoken it before him, for hearing it one needed a frozen mind and to tell it one needed an iron heart,, once he began reading it he could not stop in the middle,, leaving his mind a total absolute blank in the end , he stayed stunned into silence for quite a while and then began strolling up and down in his bedroom with a troubled mind
-he told her he wanted to come along to understand her condition, her facts , as long he did not get to listen to her story first hand how will he know what exactly was troubling her,but to know of her problems and reasons and cause of unhappiness he need not sit with her,, he argued if they did not spend time talking how will he ever know of her life issues , she looked at him in the eye explaining she had made arrangements for her life problems, he got confused , how was it possible to see her problems- diary--she had registered all her life history in her diary
-he requested he be taken home where they could talk , she lifted her hand from her food plate to grab a tissue paper, she knew he was capable of giving a tough fight to his enemy,, that he could take revenge of her every grief but ... she left the sentence incomplete, to seriously carry on after a pause it was not possible for her to take him along with her , he could take it as her helplessness or her circumstances, he asked her to explain her helplessness that she had many times before also mentioned 
