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.....shazya spent th whole night   roaming in  the past memory lanes,  when  did she   fall asleep  she was unaware,   fahim woke  her up on his  return from the  mosque,  time for her namaz was  squeezed,  she quickly ran to  make her walk,  fahim had left , shazya offered her namaz and  broke into tears, 

Khala  had  married  shazya off  quickly  fearing  lest she was left alone  without anyone to take care of her, soon after marriage the period  of marital life was quite awful,   Fahim had already  told her now she was his wife,   so she must  obey  him,  she must forget  manna, , shazya remained silent before him,  but ger whole day was spent with khala taking only of manna  making it impossible for her to forget  manna,  the two  were soulmates since childhood,  she was certain  manna was innocent and didn't do a thing to bring blemish upon fahim, s name  and ruin hus reputation,  shazya outwardly wouldn't say anything but in her mind  so much  going on , gradually all began to settle down  peacefully,  it was normal  to develop a mutual understanding and bonding  based on love and informal  longing