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....she began to feel uncomfortable and  frightened from the loud silence inside the house,  frequently old memories started to  disturb her. How she lived a life of  comfort  in her  maternal home,  how  unfriendly she was to her married sisters and their noisy children  and shut herself in her room , today in her life  she for the first time felt her childlessness her empty  life and heavily settled  silence was alarmingly  unfulfilled  , since morning she was depressed  eversince she had spoken with Laila on the phone,  the conversation had left her emotionally drained,  to laiba was born the second son, Muhammed was away with friends dining out,  Neenah was  not herself feeling quite low, she walked into the the terrace,  her etes spotted the moon shining in the night sky,  a mystical experience was  experienced, 

Remembering..look at the  moon shining amidst the shimmering stars surrounding it, you will know  why  the moon is so arrogant,  words echoed in her mind  mamuna beghum her mother had  told her once 

She sobbed for her own  circle of stars,  

What is wrong with you,  everything happens for a reason,  God willing   things will work out favorably,  you will become a mother tried Muhammad  his best to convince her,  it was a holiday and  Neenah was  not feeling herself from morning  Muhammad understood  how incredibly overwhelmingly incomplete she felt 

Neenah  eversince  you have  started mixing with the next door neighbor  you have changed,  dear we can't  stop people from wagging their dirty tongues,  that is all they do, learn to hear from one ear to discard from the other,  that is why a pair of ears are given,  he caringly  held her hand and patted it