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....Today against daily routine the  house door was open,  though it was ten past at night  humza followed  Zarin with his bike in,  for some unseen unknown reason  his heart skipped a beat fearing  something was wrong,  he left his bike near the gate, , there wasn't anyone around in the yard,  voices were rising though from the drawing room   zarina  leaving him behind  moved towards amma s room,  he too  decided to follow  mother,   then he had to stop at the door, , zarina also stood motionless  a couple of steps forward,  , an image if a bride dressed in red   could not have been  an annoyed Laila a picture of innocence  in shining  ornamental  presence,  this was a sad looking  fairy descended from  skies who was captured  by some ruthless  giant  and  placed in a cage, and  he  himself was helpless  witness  who could not  free her