-whatever it was , her dream was taking her somewhere in the deserts where a storm took away hyder from her , she was thirsty and wanted water, it must be the affect of high strong medical doses she was given, hyder was awake for two days and nights, he could not sleep at all , his ears were listening for any movement his mother made, he quickly reached her side when she called out for water , he helped her to sit up and brought chilled water that he poured from the fridge into a glass and held her firmly and touched the glass to her lips that she swallowed in one time
-an inner voice asked her if her decision will make her happy and if she will live peacefully , if she even showed consideration for hyder who was not her real son but she had raised him as her own, loved him like her own, in taking care of him she forgot her own sorrows and all those broken promises and heart breaks and her sufferings all that she focused on was hyder and building his future and the word she gave to his mother
-she had compromised with her own life believing her life will pass remembering her relationships and with her memories, this kind of frightful night had come into their life for the second time, when the castle of their dreams desires and hopes had collapsed, debris of the dreams had fallen on their delicate and weak personalities, again after years no moon night had proved itself ominous for them, this was not to be, she will never allow this wedding to happen, she will never accept the daughter of that man
-this could not be happening to her, in her heart desert birds took a flight disturbing the stillness of her mind, on her mental screen the images of mahim and hyder were stuck, she had compromised with her own life thinking if life was just a passing phase it will one day come to an end but now she will not permit this wedding to take place, of huder with mahim
- reaching the room number 209 he knocked a the door, it was already slightly ajar and a sign of danger, he never pokes his head inside in such cases because its inviting unpleasantness , so standing aside he slightly pushed the door open, not a sound was heard from the faintly lighted room, he turning his head and eyes on the entire room scene saw nobody, the curtains were drawn and no light filtered through them, he quickly entered the room to stand clinging to a wall, realising then he was quite unsafe and two things came to his mind, firs fleet must be eating in some restaurant or hearing him approach hid behind another door
-shakila asked her firned shamina if it was not true that she had married amjad just for his wealth he got from his grand father
-shamina denied it completely for she would have married amjad if he had got the wealth from any other source too
-army men were being selected to send to vietnam , one young man was certain in his medical check up he will be rejected for his poor eye sight, the doctor asked him to read what was on the chart, the man said he saw nothing on the chart, he was asked to step forward and then read again, this exercise was repeated till the man stood just two feet away from the chart, the doctor passing him declared him fit for hand to hand combat battle
-someone has written very explicitly- hold on tightly to your dreams, for if they disappear one becomes like a bird without wings, some dreams are so delicate they must be treated and handled with lots of care or they get damaged, clara steward must have felt the same way when a dangerous yet tender heart came into her life
-he understood she was trying to give him her support, kaya was quite short and her shoulder could not reach his under arm, but she hid like someone would under an umbrella in the rain, her sincere efforts brought a smile on his lips and he said he could walk, she then instructed him to go on if he could really walk, he was ready to genuinely be the sledge for kaya his pet trout , it was necessary for them both to keep on moving , if they stopped life would also come to a halt,
-kaya explained there were different in fact many different types of tribes settled in deep forests and caves on the mountains , like the pirates who are sea robbers these were snow robbers , they merge in search of food and hunt down their prey, asad ali could have landed as the best tikka boti on their plates but escaped and survived
-when he regained his senses, he became aware of four or five men surrounded him watching over his condition, they appeared tribals who had not bathed in years , unshaved and dirty, unkempt and uncivilised, one of them hissed threateningly when he opened his eyes to stand up quietly and come with them, the man held a sharp knife
-asad ali chanted his kalma, because he knew the importance of reading kalma and not because he was scared of death, life and death are matters of nature controlled by almighty, every soul that lives on the planet must return to his original abode, he spoke to himself sinking and surfacing are both part of life , so reading kalma was not harmful at all
-he had though gone to bed quite late last night yet he woke up punctually on time, as his habit was he turned to grab the remote and turned on the LCD, morning news was on air, he was about to change the channel when another news caster"s voice in the back drop was heard an officer was found shot dead in the head at his own home
-taimur"s vehicle waited before the camping ground, he was at the driving seat and fawad in the passenger seat golding a coffee mug, of he was ready asked taimur as fawad sipped his coffee, taimur started his ignition , in the car dikki were all his cans , plastic ropes and stuff he wanted,though not a smoker he bought cigarettes and a lighter , he turned to the mud slope gravel and his heart began beating faster
-salim asked how could she say that
-sadya explained she knew him for years and knew him quite well, she trusted him, salim scratching his chin said he still would like to see him, ask him who all had the access to the files and to whom did he give them, she said they could meet him tomorrow because today he was with his dentist, asad"s cell highlighted the incoming call was from shehzad, he had deposited the amount in his account so he cut off the call, next moment the cell phone rang again
-the sun was up and the weather looked better ,taimur stretched and turned to look at fawad in the back seat, he was trembling and scared, if only he obeyed taimur nothing will go wrong, using soft note taimur continued if he was fortunate that he was not shot at sight, was he even aware how many lives were taken in that blast
-taimur minced his words menacingly and asked who were the people , he would get them and thrash them, asad did not know who were they for they contacted him on the cell they had placed for his use on his door, pointing to his shirt pocket from where taimur located an ordinary cell phone, if he wanted to contact them he was instructed to sit on the bench park at the back of the locality on a tuesday morning nine only and then they contact him on the cell they gave him
--when sadya asked asaf where had he gone missing, he explained it was a long painful story he would tell her willingly when he had more spare time, but for now there was a threat from the department and he could be erased for disobedience, all he had to prove was his loyalty and he wanted her support
-asad was seated before his senior in the head office, he was being interrogated , if he really did not know who abducted him, he had no idea of them and wanted to take leave to investigate his own case, , it was an active case and he was to report all the facts and figures to the senior,, after all a police officer was abducted , it was quite a serious offence
-on ramsha"s mind that video was stuck, after all who was informing them and why, one of close friend was in the police who promised to find out all the d etails of fawad siddiqui by the evening from the department data base, any slight trace of his record could easily lead them to him
-she impatiently came to the window , she drew the curtains aside,the thin moon shone its half and incomplete moonlight on the scene, how happy had she been today when hyder had promised to bring his mother , in the kitchen she had prepared so many dishes with her own hands lovingly, ,all the servants were surprised for mahim bibi hardly entered the kitchen , she had made her father stay home, but what happened , the whole evening passed off and now it was late night
-hyder was completely unaware of her condition, when he lifted his hand to press the door bell she caught his arm excitedly, he looked at her face , her face flushed and so many colours passed over it, he got nervous and asked what was wrong with her, he extended his arm and gave her his support , she asked hyder to take her home quickly, he promised to get the doctor quickly and again lifted his hand to press the door bell, she shrieked and stopped him and wanted to quickly leave
-hyder turning his eyes off from the road looked at his mother who was very happy and could not contain her excitement , why was the good news held away from her so long, hyder explained it was meant as a surprise and in fact there was another surprise waituig for her, mother was confused , how could it be possible what more was in store, hyder had deliberately held back the information that mahim 's father was a close friend of his father
-mahim became sad, her mother died when she was just six months, but who ca change the decisions of nature who has full control over matters of life and death, hearing of mahim from hyder she had come to see her and liked her very much and from that point onwards mahim was her daughter and she her mother ,
-hyder was sitting in the college canteen with mahim and asked her to come along with him because he wanted her to meet his mother and introduce them to each other, she also was eager herself to meet mom as she had heard so many praises of her , he was sure when she really met his mother she will see for herself all praises were true and defined her as truly worthy of all praises
-she explained sternly to hyder all those pictures were of interested brides brought by the matchmaker woman, hyder should now get serious and choose someone to marry, she handed all the pictures putting them in a big carry bah to keep them in his room, he sweetly asked his mom he was free and wanted to enjoy his freedom more before she could chain him down
-when ever he returned home he always found her waiting for him, this was his daily routine since his childhood days, but strange as it was she was not there today, he called out mamma, mamma and heard afya telling him brother aunty is there in the room, where sabahat beghum sitting on her bed was looking at the pictures spread out before her in a most sentimental manner, afya also was there her companion sharing her feelings , he shouted at his mamma why was she not present there in the lounge when he came back , he was agitated
-when their eyes will contact
-animosity will turn to friendship
-just one smile from you can
-prove life force to a tired traveler
-heart hoards their humiliations in sorrows
-sighing out desires unfulfilled
-o gardener do not compel on residing there
- or each branch will burn it down
-life unpredictable is not trusted
-who knows when it meets death
-first get the spark in you
-that then will light up another flame
-ramsha asked her brother taimur what was he saying , before he answered he had successfully controlled his emotions , he explained that was the truth, he had once before got an envelop placed in his car saying it was not an accident and now the d v d showed the whole video coverage, it proved it was a conspiracy a premeditated plan
-asad laughed and said he liked salim"s cleanliness and his work was good so he could join him as the new house maid , salim was a reporter and they could trust each other with their past experiences , both could use each other"s experiences and share their stories and build a bond between them , salim was also free and could stay there for a while with him and prove himself useful and helpful
-asad opened the door to salim who stood there with all his luggage, , salim was to come tomorrow, , salim explained it was afternoon of tomorrow and how deep asad's slumber was that he had to shake the whole place up, asad relaxed invited him in,some time later he felt his own room looked somewhat different and smelled different, salim had cleaned the whole place ip and hungry as he was helped himself to his fridge where he discovered boiled eggs and bread and made sandwiches , asad might be a good police man but he was definitely not a cleaner and needed a maid for domestic help
-asad improved his condition and had a long nice bath and went to bed , his sleep was disturbed by bombing on the door and constant ringing of door bell , he stood up, for a moment it was not clear where was he, then he turned to the door, he was now wide awake alert and held his pistol in his hands
-s p asad asked him where was he staying, the reporter had a room in the hotel and when asad asked him to shift with him to his house where he lived alone single the reporter decided it was a good idea and he could share stories with him and get new ones from him but for now he must go back to his hotel and he will be with asad the following day, meantime asad debated in his mind if freedom was illusive or captivity
-the man driving the car said he was sp asad khan
-the victim explained he could say he had emerged from an accident, he was a reporter of a magazine and was it possible to use his cell phone, the chief on the other end exclaimed when he heard from the missing reporter, they had believed him dead or killed , where had he been all this time
-he kept walking and reached the highway where after several failed tries he managed to get a lift, he asked to be dropped in the city or where ever possible , the man at the wheel was in his late thirties and quite smart, he wore rimless glasses , the man cheerfully invited him to take his seat and added it seemed he had met with some accident
-the wagon drove some time before coming to a halt, the guards asked him to get down, when they were gone he removed the eye bands, the sun and the scene he was seeing after a long dark duration and fell on his knees for thanks giving, he had lost all hope of ever getting his freedom back from that captivation
-he said he was aware how he felt after such a long silence , speech must seem odd and unusual, all was being removed and the guards would leave him some distance away from where he could find his way back, all the best wishes to him and a suggestion he must always try to help the good and their right cause
-for asad all had become even darkness and lights, days and nights, he was locked up in the room and two men brought him food and took him out for his basic needs, he tried several times to break silence of the two guards but he failed, he failed to find out the reason why he was abducted so
-he reached the spot within an hour , it was a secluded area , the truck he was following was standing behind the factory, he took out his cell phone and made some videos of his surroundings , his sixth sense alerted him , he quickly turned but there was nobody, he walked a few steps forward and something crushed under his foot, he looked closer to find a piece of ankle silver jewelry , he put that into his pocket and then something hard was hit on the back of his head , his mind began spinning as he rolled down and fell on the ground
--when he reached home it was rather late and the rooms were in the dark, he began turning the lights on, where was ramsha, after the accident he was unable to cope with the situation and almost neglected ramsha, certain she was also deeply affected by the sorrow, he stepped into her room and called out her name, she was nowhere around in the kitchen, lounge drawing room and the study were all checked
-asad was waiting for shehzad amin "s call, finally he decided to call him up himself, was it not possible to find out where was the other truck headed from the road cameras, well he was about to inform him but his card ended, asad promised to pay for his work but what was the information, shehzad was happy to get paid though it was not his demand, he was whats apping the location where the truck "s last destination was now that his data was on and working
-taimur stopped his car somewhat in the distance from the supermarket, the rush was mind boggling, he explained the siper mart was there and they both must listen very carefully, they had just thirty minutes to finish their task of shopping , nina looking into his eyes smiled and said he too should not ignore them and they will manage to remember the time frame set for them, taimur stared at her how could she look so lovely , years and age had not left any trace on her
-the main central jail was surrounded with high security layers, asad"s vehicle was stopped at many points, on every point he was asked to prove his identity, finally it took his extra half hour to reach the in charge, he explained he was handling the case and needed his all support, he was allowed to check the scene but not permitted to touch anything because the in charge felt there was nothing left to see
-ramsha sat down on the sofa folding her legs and asked what was their programme for tomorrow, parisa also chipped in what was dada "s next plan, taimur asked lovingly what should be done what was their proposal, well on birthdays cake is cut, feasting is done and all go for outings to enjoy, gifts are given and she said simply she wanted hers too, nina putting the ice cream tray said she herself was a gift to them
-the hall fell completely silent for a long moment, then rose whispers filling up the silent air, asad was quite aware of that prison where dangerous life prisoners and other hard core were kept in isolation, shahid sayyad explained when asad rolled his lips and scowled, that the inspector sadiq had reached the spot on time when there was an attack
-he was surprised she was crying for he was not a real ghost, he introduced himself taimur ahmed, she was nina shahid khan, they were now more formal and civilized, he was there to pick up his sister who had come with her friends for an outing, she asked who was his sister, ramsha ahmed , nina jumped up happily he was her friend"s brother lost his way in the rainy storm, she was one of the group and other friends were gone out
-when nina regained consciousness she found herself still in the same chair in the corner in the veranda, the stranger was trying to help her, he was sorry for the practical joke he said as very old and famous , he was not a ghost and did not know her name if she again fainted how will he know how to help her, she was fooled into believing he was a ghost and began crying out very loudly
-then ,, then what happened asked curious nina , the stranger said the young man also did not believe in ghosts and he anted to make him believe in his stories so he had to perform an act , an act of vanishing out of sight before the young man, the stranger took a step forwards looking at her saying she did not believe in ghosts did she, she screamed and the whole scene disappeared out of sight
-the stranger turned to her and asked if she was scared there in her corner , no she was not ,he agreed with her he was not a ghost so there was no reason why she must be scared of him, she nervously explained she was not a believer of ghost , he began a story to pass his time in that storm that once he was travelling in a train and a discussion of ghosts struck with his next seat passenger who was a young boy who also did not believe in ghosts like her
-thunder and storm , rain and lightning , bad weather and she was there alone with a stranger who refused to leave until it was safe for him to drive, she once scared clutched his arm and in the lightning she saw his eyes glint and sat down in a corner , asking him what will happen now , he replied he also was not certain , as if he was mocking , she allowed him to stay in the veranda till the rain stopped and fell silent
