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...it was ber first  ranzan after marriage  , soon the eid will arrive  , like every new bride  she missed her parental family,  specially  she missed her baba very much  because he was left alone  she married off and ammi  dead, 

She was their only child and at twelve lost her ammi  , their life  and family  became a turmoil,  ammi remained sick for two years before she finally succumbed to her  worn out health. 

Abbu never  remarried for her sake though his siblings  tried to persuade him to  make their life easier  but be adamantly and determinedly  performed the duties of both  of a father and of a mother  quite efficiently,  she too tried her best to be a good girl  and by the grace of God  she succeeded in it, in a function  she met Ahmed and  both  liked each other  followed by  his proposal,  she came back home to tell  abbu all about it, she frankly told him she liked the guy but if abbu  found him not right she won't  marry him,  he smiled for he trusted her wisdom and his own  discipline in raising  her so her choice couldn't be wrong,  he will be left alone  that was  saddening them both