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....it was early morning four o clock   of first March,  jasim was   at that time  on the  villa terrace  at a spot from where he could watch  the entrance door  and its surroundings  ,, nobody could see him  because  the terrace was   soaked in deep darkness 

Nine m m hand gun   jasim had  tucked inside his belt and hunting rifle  nozzle m mode forty eight   was set at a certain position,  there was a view finder fixed on tge bullet action  with telescope,  he could easily  observe  the  outside  scenes  , a sensational  scene   drew his attention  ,  he felt  electrified  his blood  bubbled  up stormily 

There were two  vehicles    that came to a halt before  hasni s villa,  a silver double cabin vegetables the other French Renault 

deher

....on hasni s face  and eyes  displayed  confusion and  fear , time and situation  justified  that,  certainly the coral city  was swept clean of stry dogs , they were picked up roaming around  o the streets,  but the  barking he just heard didn't  belong to  vagabond homeless  dogs but   that barking   belonged to a German shepherd  a magnificent breed  and  definitely  it's a class apart,  keeping  good breeds  is an expensive  interrest of the rich,  the ordinary  can't afford to indulge in this hobby 

Sir, this isn't  a common stray  explained  jasim seriously,  David has found me  his people are  reaching  soon with police  digs , this German shepherd has  felt my presence in your villa 

He asked  worriedly  now what 

Jasim looked at Asad hasni  whose etes were still heavy with sleep,  their short  conversation didn't  disturb Asad  s sleep 

Jasim sighed deeply  and asked him to come with him 

Both  walked into Jasim  s bedroom 

Sur listen to me very carefully,  his tone was serious 

from previous

...what is your relationship with kabir

Fakhra became thoughtful,  they were  getting married  soon 

Oh so it's a matter of romance and love affair,  that is truly wonderful,  now tell us where can we find him,  he stood up 

Fakhra stared  at him,  she didn't like his tone and manner  the way he spoke to her , her silence   made him repeat his question,   she explained  kabir had  left  his life was  in danger,  she didn't know of his whereabouts 

He heard her and  shook his head  meaningfully,  within next four hours   cameras were  fixed in her entire house,  Nasir had access to fakhra s house on live camera ,  just one bathroom and her room were not touched,  nobody could  enter or leave her house without   being  seen, , Nasir was one of the notoriously nastiest police officer 

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...who was your boss  he asked 

His name is sabar begh , this was his voice  , sabih took his name  as if he had a bitter pill in his mouth,  the moment he mentioned it the woman  slowed down the car  and stopped  on one side to look at him  and said  that that was really him sabar begh , he was startled,  was he her husband 

No, she shook her head  , strange  emotions passed over her face 

What is your relationship with him  he couldn't stop himself from asking 

Unwanted  relationship  , her face turned bitter  that relationship which  exists between  a free  bird and a caged bird 

I don't understand  he was looking at her 

My name is rubina but everyone calls me ashi,  she paused  a while  and then she decided  and asked him if he wanted to come with her her house was near by , they could  freely speak about it there,  if he wanted to,  for him everything had become  useless,  he nodded 

maqtool wafa

.... standing his bike  he steadily looked at his  cheap wrist watch   it was quarter to nine,  he had reached the office  fifteen minutes early,  even since he had joined this company office usually every day he reached there same time,  not a single day  did he fail to reach on time,  his name was Samuel,  smart and good looking  young man,  he was quite  energetic   and  quick, 

He always wore a genuine smile when he spoke with oth, this was his natural  attribute that he quickly  made way to  others hearts ,  he was already on friendly amiable   terms with his staff , with some quite close and informal  with others  distant and formal 

The distance between his home and office was roughly one hour drive,  his parents lived  outside the city   that used to be  a rural backward area once upon a time,  the village had now become a  rapidly progressive town but it was still known by its previous village identity