page 21

...naqi  casted a sharp look on Rina siddiqui  and then turned to look at his friends,  sighed and bent Slightly to pick up his phone from the table  and  without glancing at anyone  walked towards the exit 

Excuse me, I am speaking to you,  Rina  was  right beside him 

Shut up and  just shut up,  lifting his finger he threatened her who was  following him  stubbornly,  Rina turned to stone  on the spot 

I am not interested in talking to you  so don't you dare create any scene 

He had chewed and spotted each word before turning to    leave  in long leaps  crossing the hotel corridor,  Rina had forgotten to breathe,  first time in life  of twenty four years,  this had happened for the first time  that a man had spoken so rudely to her,  someone  actually had refused to  speak to her,   whenever did it happen before,  Rina s friend Anya  walked to her to be  by her side 

Come on Rina  let it be, he was  showing  too much attitude,  Anya tried to give her moral support,  Rina  flung her hand  gripping hers to walk out of the  hotel  smartly  and reached the parking,  there stood  naqi  lightning up his cigarette  pressed between his lips  with  a lighter,  a young woman stood with him 

page 20

...naqi placed  a lime juice  crystal glass on the table  and began enjoying his surroundings,  he was  with his friends sitting in a five star hotel,  the  party was thrown by sheheryar  on his  recent engagement,  usually  naqi stayed away from such  functions  but these days he was  engrossed in strange       thoughts  ever since he had insulted  Maha and  aima, , for no reason at all  he  felt guilty about it and regretted his  behavior,  a moist emotional  eye of Aima  was disturbing him , he was  unable to get out of this guilty feeling,  , he ought not to have  said anything to them,  he had no right  to  humiliate anyone,  his heart   poked his head  before he could  think more on the subject  sayad  heavily patted him on his shoulder 

Dear what's going on, you seem lost 

 Saying  it satad meaningfully  rolled his eyes adding   to it Raza  commented probably  someone  beautiful  has come to settle down in his mind  and heart 

Naqi was completely  taken aback,  he cheerfully explained  to his curious friends  there was nothing  wrong  and  all was  normal,  he wanted to stay silent so he wasn't  speaking  that's all,  but he was  listening to them very  carefully,  after all  there must be  someone to listen to them  ending his  statement he added a short  friendly laugh  that  was  followed by a roar of laughter  of all f the riends  around the table 

from previous

...Kate's mother treated Angelina  as second daughter and always stopped her for dinner,  but her husband that means  Kate's father  Mr Austin  made fun of her,  he was an extremely  rude rough and crude man,  he was uncaring of others  emotions  and feelings,  he lived only for himself 

Angelina remembered quite clearly,  it was  beginning of September,  it was a humid  summer, it was  a completely  safe seaside  haven  where they could  relax enjoy and smoke and drink  freely,  because they still weren't  grown ups and  underage this was a perfect spot to fulfill their dreams,  it was their favorite haunt 

She had  injured her hand  badly,  Kate  was smoking drugs and spoke heavily slurred,  annoyed  her mother had  hit the mirror  so many times after her father had left that she cut herself up, 

Angelina asked Kate if she had  got  some  medical treatment done on it,  ambulance was called  now all is going to be fine 

Will Mrs Austin  drag him to the legal court , for a divorce or something equivalent 

Of course she has something on her mind  explained  throatily Kate,  but she can't afford to hire a lawyer   and just now she is in a bad emotional state 

Sighed  Angelina  but  had nothing to say 

page 102

....that was the age of high school,  she was  then  in Illinois,  Kate wasn't her classmate  but both  were  drinking beer together when Kate  expressed her views  on  revenge  for the first time,  

There wasn't anything sweater than revenge,  avenging something  was so very satisfying  , she spoke dreamily,  nothing  tasted as sweet,   , it   is so refreshing and relishing  but only when  the plan is foolproof,  details are  seen  to , 

Then Angelina had only  believed  it must be Kate's father's  dirty mind  , he had a day before disappeared somewhere leaving Kate and her mother,  Kate had specially invited Angelina  to have beer with her,  , Kate  was   feeling choked to death at home,  she needed  a free open space to breathe freely,  both  had sat drinking together 

Kate had  in detail   told her all that was bothering her, how she had felt when her father  Mr Austin was leaving them,  , how  the  estranged couple  began  a long argument,  Mrs Austin  kept on screaming  shrieking and in a shrill voice,  after he left  a weird  spell of madness  descended on mother  who  began throwing things around  , she broke off  all the mirrors  in the house,  she even  injured herself,  , terrible  emotional  reaction   shook her mother and  had a strong impact on Kate,  Angelina was empathetic  with her past  the reason Kate had picked her up  to share ber experiences with her,  narrating her  pained feelings  Kate  constantly  drank  lots of beer 

Angelina knew Kate from their childhood days,  but they were raised and educated  separately,  their backgrounds were  absolutely different,  Kate  s family was  of lower financial  stata and unable to afford excellent expensive  education,  she wore second hand clothes and shoes  yet both were soul mates 

page 101

...   how  very satisfying  revenge can be depends entirely upon  a long wait  and  perfect  planning,  

These aren't my ideas but  Kate's   who on two occasions  expressed it, coincidentally on both times  we were together having beer,  just recently we happened to meet each other again  after ages, she had come to Arizona  a couple of days ago looking for me,  perhaps she wanted to see  me her friend Angelina  and what I was doing in life,   or  perhaps she wanted to  share her life  stories and experiences  , Angelina was  was at that moment  pondering over her  two days previous conversation with  Kate  , they were meeting roughly after thirty years,  there was  so much to  tell each other   but  all that Kate did was  come around the same topic of the car accident thirty years ago  and most deadly  and horrible,  it was all Julie's mistake,  speaking of Julie  unpleasant  expression  passed on  Kate's face,  sparks of sheer hatred  flew out from her eyes 

Angelina sat having her dinner at the kitchen counter  with her mind  hovering  past  the faded memory lanes

from previous

Doctor to patient; you have now come to me , before here  how many  doctors  you must have been  

Patient: not at all, I  have only been to a chemist 

Doctor: that is so idiotic,  chemist is not  a doctor  who can  diagnose and give treatment  , you ought not to have done such a foolish thing,  but now do tell me what exactly  was his stupid suggestion 

Patient: that brainless creature has sent me to you 

from previous

...going fishing you always leave your wife at home,  why so, a man asks his friend 

The friend explained  it was so because  his wife's presence  had an  actively negative affect on the  fishing 

How is so asked the man 

Seeing the wife the fish don't   come near the net  because  he was  himself  a good catch caught in her web

page 91

,,, a woman  believed she was over smart and over clever a quick wit always ready with a repartee,  one day she thought   of something new and reached a  clothes coloring shop asking him to color her veil  in a color that was neither black nor yellow,  not red not green , not purple  nit pink neither  orange  nor any of the red hues , nor should it be  blue  nor  brown  nor inky

She  declared she was in a hurry  and  asked what time should she come back for it

The  dyer was  a perfect  match and said,  baji come  back  not on the weekend nor holiday nor Monday nor Sunday,  because  there was  a rush of customers,  so on Tuesday  Wednesday and Thursday he will be  kept extremely busy,  Fridays the shop remains closed  so after this come any time 

page 77

The  wheel of time  kept on rolling,  she  was  given education,  she was raised up, she grew up and touched the threshold of youth,   to find a suitable match and get her married  was  the  new focal point of worries,  by then he had become factory recovery officer,  on this job  he frequently made trips to Karachi,  he would take the mother daughter along on such tours 

On such a trip she happened to get acquainted to iqbal,  it was  fated , , she chose him her life partner unfortunately,  Karachi was  an unknown place for them,  therefore abbu had to   book decent hotel rooms for them , during late evenings they would spend  time  going out , strolling around,  sight seeing  before returning to the hotel,  on One occasion  on the way back  the taxi  stopped,  this man was driving past,  sympathizing  the taxi had a flat tyre he drove them to the hotel back,  nice normal looking  but his  nice mannerisms and  charming behavior  impressed her, he was a hockey player,  when abbu told him  about himself  working in a toy making factory  and held a high position  the nice young man told him he was  the  captain of the national  hockey lteam 

page 76

....he entered appa shagufta s house secretly  scared she might  scream,  she had said the  not dangerous  and good intentioned  never  get into anyone  s house like this , her gaze was  disconcerting 

You can take it as my  helplessness 

What do you want,  her tone changed and so did her  attitude,  

Just a few  things,  some questions and their answers 

Sit down there in that chair,  she pointed towards the chair  placed before her,  but I can't tolerate you  long here 

Me too, can't stay here long enough 

First of all  tell me all about you,  who are you  and where do you live 

Certainly,  I am  sehrab khan,  and I am from Karachi saying it I looked into her eyes, 

Hearing of Karachi not only her expression but also her eyes  just for a fraction  passed an alarming   change,  now she  bore a personality of a wiser woman,  somewhat educated  and mature 

Where do you live here 

In the house  at the back of your house , I said truthfully 

She was startled 

, perhaps it was  unimaginable for her I could  live in her locality  and  just at the back of her house 

I felt she was rather convinced and  relaxed at my   sincere  response 

I added  I had to get things confirmed about yo mother daughter before coming to see you

 

page 19

...OK Aima,  it was a mistake what did I know he would  eavesdrop,  not only would he listen  to us but also  insult us,  Maha  was  trying to make it up with Aima for over a week but Aima was  still actively sulking  but  this time she was  really angry 

You Maha  dare not speak to me again,  because of you  so much shame  was thrown on me,  I was even stopping you but you  ...Aima choked on her words , she  had taken one week to overcome her shame and to come to the university 

Come on dear,  along with you   me too was humiliated,  I swear upon God  never will I again do this  , Maha  held aima sitting beside her s hand,  Aima  dabbed her wet tearful eyes with a  tissue and nodded,  thank you  thank you so much,  Maha spread out her arms to give her a hug, but a strict stare from  Aima  and  Maha dropped her arms 

By the way  Maha   aggressively want to smash Haris s face,  how could he speak  such  useless  things to us , that moment  my head  began to spin I became speechless,  I couldn't  find a good answer but now  I have several ideas  to hit him back  verbally  that he would never forget for many  lives

page 17

....both were free,  there weren't any classes,  both came to sit down in the university  backyard lawn,  the day was  quite pleasant,  cool breezy  day had  lifted every one's  mood except Maha who was still   reacting  negatively  of yesterday's  insult 

Yes, the bus was gone,  he was there,  he was watching everything,  she gestured and he sped off 

Aima opened her mouth to say something  but before she could say a word  Maha lifted her hand and stopped her from saying anything at all 

She was just saying  how could he possibly ignore such beautiful girls and go away,  whole university is madly   drawn to such girls,  and him so foolish  of the  highest level  , Maha had jumped from  anger track to  attitude  track 

She was  so engrossed in speaking  that she failed to notice  aima s  color turn  pale  , she was  gaping  in sheer  shock at naqi  standing right behind  Maha,  his etesxp ablaze with rage 

Please Maha  just  be quiet  said aima choking 

How  can  I stay silent,  let him come  before me  I will ask him to get his  eyesight tested,  people like talking to beautiful girls,  they love  giving them lifts in their cars out of the way,   and him hiw dare he ignore  beautiful girl  like Maha  , her wagging tongue  paused  a mo moment,  she   carefully looked at Aima  whose gaze was stuck somewhere behind Maha

What happened to you,  you turned white as if seen a ghost ghost  , Maha speaking to Aima turned to look behind herself  and  jumped up so high  as if 440 volts  current touched her

laut aao

...you do remember don't you 

Those times Those evenings 

Those  promises you made 

Now why are you   distant 

You know well 

It's not possible to live without you 

.listen, you  come back to me 

.listen  now  come back  

By gulshan  chaudgary gul

page 69

.....one of them said  they  happened to meet him   just last week,  then he  was  planning to go  away with some production,  he didn't tell the name of the production company  though,  or they would willingly have told him,  but don't you worry  at all  soon he will be back 

Hanya  would have killed them  for telling lies,  some time ago  they had said they had met him one day ago now  their version was different that he met them a week ago 

Mahmood smiled and said  hanya misunderstood  them,  it was like this naqash and mahnoor s  common close friend has  a similar number , only a digit in the middle  is different,  therefore  mahnoor got confused,   she tried to convince hanya to trust them they really did not see naqash  for a week 

Hanya took out a visiting card  from her  purse 

from previous

....hanya stood up saying  if her husband contacted  him the  doctor  he must let her know,  she gave him her number,  he asked her what was the matter 

She explained her husband was missing from one week,  she  searched for him everywhere but couldn't find him,  she  believed he had  his  face  changed  surgically  not to  escape from her but to get  his dream roles in movies,  she will  definitely  know him by his  work 

The kind doctor  prayed for her happiness,  she came out from the hospital,  it was  now  quite urgent to see  usuf jahan , naqash was  following his instructions,  hanya  headed towards  gulmarg , driving   the car she  thought  what made Nakki leave his mobile home,  it would have been easy to track him then , before  going missing he used to call her up  at least twice a day  , now for over a week  she hadn't received a single call from him,  the more she  thought of him  the more worried she got for him,  he  ate selected food , fir the day Meal  fruits and juice was all he took,  how was he  in what condition,  she  was worried  sincerely,  he preferred home cooked meals  because   eating out  affected his health  badly,  morning breakfast and  supper was  a regular at home  for him,  engrossed in her own  worries she reached gulmarg,  Yusuf jahan had  a bungalow inside  the society,  it was  Chauhan  s bungalow,  his number was saved in nakki s phone,  she  pressed the number,  bell was ringing,  she heard  the  director s  base tone on the  other end  asking  why did she  ring him up when he was  about to call her up,  hanya annoyed explained she was standing right outside his door,  she wanted to enquire about naqash,  the silence on the other end  lingered a while before he added he was not at home  , he was abroad  , she could come back again tw days later 

khad o khal

...just after hanya was married she came to know  her husband was  involved in unlawful  activities,  he was the  head of a group,  the group consisted of twelve members  and all of them   were dancers  in the movies,  it was  a cover up and paid little  and it was   now and then job, mostly they remained out of job,  Nikki who was naqash  hanya knew him  as Nikki,  almost every day  he would  carry  heavy  stack of money  home,  they lived in a luxury flat was  naturally  highly costly,  the staff was  there to do the chores,  a most  expensive car  was present in the  parking,  they were married only two years,  they still were childless,  a few months ago  the doctors  declared  naqaash incurable,  hanya felt very happy  , in the  film industry  their social circle  was   full of free  flirtatious attractive girls,  he was always surrounded with  them,  , his was  a most  mesmerizing  personality,  hanya stayed  in fear of losing him,   doubting  he might  take another woman  for  progeny,  but  now she was  relieved  , he was  forever tied up to her 

He was  an  awesome dancer but  his looks were not  getting him any films, , he was a good actor,   his face  and skin had a dainty delicate  texture not what the  directors wanted  for their  heroes 

page 46

....he returned to his room rather tired,  he was hoping to get through his purpose,  he lay down on his  bed and  fell asleep,  he was  woken up by the ringing phone,  he wasn't certain how long be had slept,  he answered the phone  unhappily,  someone spoke on the other end  , reach the hotel quick,  the boss is waiting to see you 

Tell your boss to go to he'll, tell him   I had come to see him in the hotel,  I don't go twice to the same place,  he hung up  the phone and tried to go back to sleep 

Two minutes later again the phone rang  the caller threatened him  to be better follow instructions  or.., the boss didn't like waiting 

Tell your boss if it's so urgent he can come here or to he'll he can go 

Again he shut the phone off,   he heard the phone ring several times  but he simply ignored it and didn't bother at all 

His sleep was disrupted anyway,  he freshened up , he carried his coat and  hat downstairs,  the lobby was  brightly lit up by the  midday sun, he sat down in a window chair to look outside  without any reason,  certain he was soon to face those gangsters,  they would never  tolerate his  bold  defiance 

page 42

....he  drowned in deep  shock,  it was marya s dead body,  only in the morning  had she come   to his office,  what an amazingly beautiful young girl    she was,  her end was definitely depressing,  hus heart  began to sink , he had worked as a crime  reporter,  it was  a common sight  but this was different  and  he was  completely  shattered,  his forehead  profusely sweating  he trembled,  he went out shutting the door after him,  in utter shock  his mind  went totally blank for a while,  he lit a cigarette,  he had  to stay there  for long,  he tried to calm himself down,  he had to   catch the  culprits,  he was  smoking   still  standing there  when he heard a car stop , he became alert,  crushing tge cigarette  under his shoe  he rushed towards the bedroom,  he ket the  door  slightly ajar to take  a clear  look outside,  he heard  steps  climbing upstairs,  he was ready  for everything,  the two  culprits were  casually  coming up as if all was normal,   without any further ado he pulled out his  pistol  with silencer on it and  shot the three soundless shots that  hit the first one in the chest and he fell backwards before rolling down,  the one following him also rolled down  with tge dead weight  of the other man,  when  tge sound of falling down stopped he came out from behind the slightly ajar door,  jumping  two  steps at a time he quickly reached the  end  of the stairs,  both men lay there  in a heap with broken necks , he searched tgem but  couldn't find  anything  useful,  he  quickly  exited  leaving  them there,  he took a taxi  , reaching his office he found that the office lights were on, he touched his  pistol in his pocket,  he turned the  handle of the door and entered the office,  Paola sat there in a chair 

from previous

....she laughed and then  began laughing merrily uncontrollably,  undoubtedly her laugh was  quite attractive and  pleasant,  everyone  standing around  turned  spontaneously  to look at her,  one of them was  naqi too, ,he lifted  his eyes  from the notes placed before him to look in her direction,  all the  eyes were  following her , she was  pressing her own hands onto her lips to unsuccessfully stifle her attractive  laugh from escaping,  every eye was  filled with admiration and appreciation  because she was   absolutely   gorgeous and so was her laugh,  fantastically charming,  only  the pair of eyes that belonged to naqi showed disinterested,  his  burning eyes  casted on Aina a s persona  and the next moment in an instant hus focus was  changed,  his eyes now  were   back on his notes before him

Alright manza appi, so now we would be seeing each other frequently,  I am getting late for my class,  by now her laugh was under control,  her face was delightfully  pleasant  with a lovely smile 

taluh ishq ki pehli kiran

....is it really possible to define love in simple words,  what exactly is love,  clear pure fountain  overflowing,  the water of it is so clean one's own reflection looks so beautiful  and after that   nothing else seems  attractive,  all seems worthless,  

Absolutely right,   the same love  that makes life worthwhile  , love mixes and melts  and makes life sweet, and then if that  love mixed  sweetness is given importance and nurtured with care  it becomes  an ethereal experience  beyond description  because words fall short of  explaining it, it is just a life   of emotional  experience 

She sobbed and sighed,  she had loved,  gone through those emotional  feelings,  but she was left with sadness  , , she had  touched each and every  subtle  feeling,  she never realized  how much she was passionately in love with him,  she was crazy about him,  obsessed by him, she would blossom up when she saw him , she  forgot  the world  in his prox, when  he isn't around  she  misses him  and  forgets everything else,  her love for him  was  very  strong,  she  wanted to simply  keep looking at him ,  she  was  mad about him,  it was one sided attraction,  she  loved him  but what about him , a pained tear dropped from her eye,  ,  she had nobody to share  her feelings  for him with,  how lonely she was,  her self esteem was  low, life seemed he'll I which she was  set a fire on her own  burning  feelings,  another tear dropped from her eye, at that moment  someone  wailing  sharply   broke the thick silence spread in the room,  seer silence  highlighted  the sharpness of the  crying, the  flow of her thoughts was  distorted,  she  momentarily   emerged out of the emotional whirlpool  to again  take another dip into the whirls of her heart 

from previous

.....he knew now what exactly he must do,  he had made a fantastic  plan  after he was humiliated,  he returned to his apartment  but his mood wasn't  good,  , he was  almost cooking on his own   worries, , he was  hurt, , he  took a shower to freshen up, and  started off, , through a narrow lane he reached  a  door and knocked at it, an elderly woman opened the door,  

Is asking home 

Tell him David is here 

Within minutes she was back  to usher him in,  an odd kind of cooking smell  filled his nostrils,  , akki was upstairs playing cards with his friends,  what a fa big fat man he was,  his face was  rubbery , seeing David he got up to greet him warmly,  akki took  him aside to another room and enquired if all was alright,   what was  worrying him

Black suited men  arrived in office  who destroyed his office,  hit him with an ashtray on the face  and  he was humiliated,  David was  a close contact of akki, , David a crime reporter started his career long ago  and  akki was  his contact from the world of crime 

Akki  had to find out who were they and sent by whom 

from previous

....she left with Paola,  he sighed  heavily and sat down in his seat,  there were so many  things to think about,  this girl didn't seem abnormal,  in fact she  appeared  quite  scared,  her appearance and  behavior  suggested she belonged to a good family,  she  had given  a handsome  token money,  and who was that man  following her

He looked at his watch,  it was  already quite late,  he wanted to find out if Paola had   taken a room for marya or not , exactly what was he up to , he shut the office door and came out  , a short man stranger to him  sat there on a chair,  he was dressed in old black suit,  his hat was  tilted to a specific angle to hide his face,  he walked forward and picked up his hat from his face,  he got a shock  , what a morbid sight,  the man was dead 

His  throat was slit and stitched up , he looked a Chinese  , he got goosebumps,  uncertain what to do next,  his  mobile  intervened  , Paola was  on the other end,  she was worried,  the girl  had gone 

How so, someone stole her from you 

No sir,  the girl  was overclever,  Paola was at the hotel counter  signing the forms she heard steps  walking away,  Paola turned to see just in time the girl  was outside the exit door,  Paola ran after her  but she vanished like magic,  , Paola searched for her around but the clever girl was simply nowhere near in sight 

And the money 

Paola had  deposited the amount in the bank 

Wait there in the hotel,  eat something,  he was coming,  a client was  with him,  he turned his mobile off and  spoke to the dead Chinese come on my friend let's go for a walk 

,gorakh dhandha

..... he was troubled by incessant  calls , about this or that or nothing in particular  , in fact  people enjoy wasting other people's  time , it's the only entertainment they can get,   they usually start a long boring story  that gets endless , interesting  point is that such useless stories have no meaning at all , absolutely meaningless  , in the past he would  listen carefully to them unfold pointless  tales but now he  picks up the phone  and instructs the callers to reach his office and  hangs up

That day again  the telephone  rang , he picked up the receiver someone on the  line spoke  are you David 

He didn't like this informal  over friendly  style and  asked why  why was he asking , he was about to hang up  when  the caller added  look Mr David  within some time a girl will reach you,  stop her from leaving,  I am  on my way,  I m just about to arrive your office,  do you understand my point Mr David,  he asked 

No, not at all,  David replied fuming 

Then listen carefully as I explain,  soon  a girl will  appear in your office,  she will tell you  about her missing sister,  somehow  try to detain her , don't let her go,  she is a neurotic,  sge disappeared from an institution yesterday,  I am certain she will contact you,  don't let her go I m reaching 

But who are you 

I will pay you more than  you expect  don't you worry  , the phone was shut off 

from previous

....nafisa couldn't give any answer,  only her breathing became fast,   strange  emotions passed through her entire spine,  she bent towards jash  and her head  came to rest on his shoulder,  some time elapsed like this  and then  from the eastern side of the gulistan  rose  a faint noise  to rise louder  and  explode into a  fire , flames  wrapped up the whole gulistan in itself,  , noticing this development  jash  hit his horse  and rode off towards the flames but he was too late  , gulistan was  already  ablaze  , women children and the weak were  hidden away  from the Tatar attack  yet some  couldn't make an escape,  the old aged,  the women who served meals to the  guards,  , everyone was  caught unawares  , , the guards were  not prepared for the sudden unexpected surprise attack,  

Two riders were sent to keep the gulistan people  informed  but perhaps the riders were  already  dead , it was  incredible  the Tatar were  camping close by and  it was unbelievable   the natives were  not aware of the enemy  s presence,   the enemy had  changed their strategy,  usually they attacked from the north side but this time they invaded from the east,  the whole gulistan was  destroyed and  pulled down,  , the unit that attacked  consisted of once upon a time  of two thousand fighters 

page 8

...evening  had  descended,  the landscape was  strangely  silent  as if expecting something to happen,  it was  a small compact  place nestled amidst tge lap of nature    owned by just one person  who was young good-looking  , waiting for his life companion  , sometimes he would  casually take a look  around searchingly playfully,  finally  his long wait was over  , his life was  brightened up by tge dazzling beauty  , a smile  played on the lips of the young man,  she came closer,  Jamal   was  watching her , she had brought  food for him  ,  both sat down  oblivious of their surroundings,  some time later   mehbooba husn told the young man her father was waiting  for her, the young man sighed  saddened by the idea of leaving him alone in the  blossom garden m he pleaded  she  stayed  there till the moon rose but it was  a moonless night  and  shall not rise before  midnight   explained nafisa

So what  uncle  saleman  knew it sge was  there with him  with the  meal,  replied jash  satisfactorily  trying to settle the matter,  nafisa was speechless,  after all she also wanted to stay there  with him  , to spend  more time with jash  but her father was  alone at home and she was  already very late,  jash spent the whole day there in the  village  but  at night  he chose to spend the night under  a palm tree on the western side of the gulistan  carrying  his  bow and arrow  and other   things