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...when he reached home at seven in the evening  Nasir ali had left for the hotel,  kanwal had not returned from the academy,  raqya was all alone at home,  seeing her Bashir ali remembered behalf sahib   nothing was left from the one fifty lakh amount,  all was used up on operation,  definitely  bahal sahib must have handed raqya the bag of  amount  during the night  , raqya didn't have any bank account,  how could she possibly have  managed  that big amount,  it is another matter altogether  the whole amount was spent on the operation  but before  spending it she must have kept it somewhere,  there wasn't any safe place,  raqya asked him if he wanted to eat  he refused,  he asked her to sit by his side  , he looked at her appearance,  Bashir ali noticed  diseases had hollowed her health,  she wasn't old  but face was turning wrinkled,  dark  undereyes  and dry lips,  she looked at him,  he smiled and said she had done a lot for the  household  , made  several sacrifices  , in return Bashir ali couldn't give her  a moment of happiness,  he would regret it all his life,