Friday, May 13, 2022

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...the moment she stepped into the house  by chance she happened to  see  sa8f still sleepy dressed in his  night suit  ruffled hair   cross her path, she quickly  greeted him  salam , he responded with a sweet natural smile and his tone was gentle,  , there stood beghum sahib watching  the entire scene  she quickly picked up a broom and began  sleeping the floors,  zubeda was instructed to clean  up thoroughly  ,  zubeda  assured beghum sahib not to worry at all she  knew how  to shine  the house,  she promptly  began her job as saif went inside,  she had to  knock  at the door slightly  to start cleaning  from there,  sauf was half leaning  against the pillows  and usually he held a cigarette smoking it to her horror  during   the holy month of Ramazan , he ordered  to be thorough while dusting  around,  she dusted the  Almira  , sideboard and the trolley,  he  remained in bed all that time  sge som looked at him through the corners of her  eyes and  secretly admired his style of smoking a cigarette 
Zubeda are you  kalshum s real daughter 
, he added  he had seen  her last year she was so dark obese and  ugly 
There wasn't any resemblance between the mother and daughter,  zubeda lowered her head with mixed feelings,  she was working in the kitchen when he came there and asked her to give him  a washed clean  glass  

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