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...jamalaldin was a plain simple man of forty five,  , long unkempt haired,  thick     spectacles sat  smoking cigarettes   at Kathy  s place  looking aloof and  separated from others  as if trying to    smoke away  all his sorrows,  shakil and tanvir sat facing him, , both police cops felt  from his manner of talking he loved Kathy,  and couldn't have murdered her,  

Ah!!it was her birthday today sighed Jamal, I have always had  good feelings for her 

What else do you know enquired tanvir 

Jamal knew her for quite a long time since she was a straggler singing her way up trying to make a name,  he had  helped her then 

Did you like her 

Yes,  he had  liked her all the that time and wanted to marry her 

What did she want 

He was just a friend for her  he said frankly and  wanted to marry someone else 

Who 

He remained silent for long and  tanvir prompted   Faraz ali

No,  Farah ali came very late in her life,  Jamal coughed,  she liked  a merchant  safdar and this was twenty years ago 

Tanvir wanted him to tell him all about it

He had met him hardly twice and couldn't tell much but Kathy s  parents  objected to this relationship and he left

Tanvir asked why then Jamal didn't marry her 

Jamal briefly  said no

Why not, tanvir poked 

Perhaps she would have  agreed this time on the rebound 

Jamal waving his hands said he loved her too much to ask her again and  hear her no could have killed him