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....meantime  saira had decided   to let herself  flow with the tide  because  she  didn't  remember   anything  about herself  , she prepared herself to face  whatever life  unfolds  before her,  a question had  cropped up into her mind  why did  sikander  call another  female  there , he made tea and offered her the tea  and then the snacks,  picking up one  piece  saira said she was  telling him the truth he must trust her,  he explained his point  it was useless  to lose her all control  with her memory,  she agreed  but  it all usually happens only in stories 

So did she remember  having read such stories 

She was in Karachi   because she remembered  the roads and all the  sceneries looked familiar 

Perhaps  she gad partial  amnesia 

But  what she wanted to know was  if she had someone in this world waiting for her  and where 

He still  was not completely  satisfied with her logic and no professional  expert in psychology  would  believe her, it was  complex and complicated 

She suddenly realized  he got startled  watching the main entrance,  she followed his line of gaze  there stood just one girl at the main door  clad in jeans and shirt to  reach them  and seeing  saira there  started and asked  she too was there 

For saira she was an absolute stranger,  she couldn't respond  to he surprised  lookr in any way  and kept staring at the girl  with an expressionless face 

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......    Aftab found  himself  in a tight corner,  he was an employee  salesman  working for ali  in his jewelry  showroom,  saba was arguing demanding  a receipt  fir sixty thousand  she claimed  she had paid , she rang up the police  and called them to reach  the shop, the proprietor  ali when came was surprised  because  it meant  the reputation  of his business  and hi personal  image was  at stake,  saba asked ali to open the cash box to find her brand new crispy sixty notes  of one thousand  rupees  sge gad made payment  which his salesman was denying,  Aftab on the other hand  claimed  she had not made any payment and was demanding  for a receipt and  put the jewelry  boxes in her bag

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.....tge accused in the case  was Aftab his  client,  , he was around forty,  he is using   the term  client for the accused because after talking to him in the prison  the lawyer was satisfied  of his  innocence  , it was a decisive moment  and he took up  this  case,  with lots of hidden  challenges  for  the  prosecution 

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.....    he said  there was no need for her to go  to  anyone else,   to Shahid ge spoke  decisively,   he was touched and  impressed  by her feelings and sentiments  for her husband , all she had to do was to  inform him about  the case details  and  all the happenings 

She understood and nodded  and began her narrative 

Shahid Aftab arrived in his office  on 27th feb evening  and told him  next hearing was on 8th March 

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.....   he quickly took out his rough  notepad  and questiongly  asked her to reveal  her problems so he could  help 

She explained  the problems were  related to not her but  her husband,, in a sober tone  she added  her husband was sent to  jail , Aftab her husband  was in prison  for ten days,  first he was arrested,  left on remand, presented in the court and sent to jail,   bitterly  she continued  sge would have  left him  for dead in prison  if he had committed tge crime but he was absolutely  innocent,  her conscience  didn't allow  her to  remain silent,  Aftab needed  help 

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....    the criminal lawyer  welcomed  shaida in a professionally pleasant manner,  asking her to take  a seat in his chamber,  she was a dusky complexioned thirty five year old , she was asked  customarily  if she wanted  a cold drink or tea, she caught  his point  and  began  unfolding  her  events in life 

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.....Shahid was  such a type of woman,  an unfortunate  incident   completely  shattered  her dignity,  reputation  and image, , she longed to restore  her family, s lost status  so sshe reached  out for expert professional  help  and guidance 

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.....    ego and self respect are both  two  different  aspects of tge same feeling,   if someone, s ego or self respect is   under attack  or his dignity is shattered  the victim  begins  to react aggressively  on the subject matter  losing  all his sensibilities    stubbornly  to average  the act of  feeling  humiliated,  , helpless yet ready to  take  extreme  step 

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.....  padrino  stepped  into  a bar to  kill his  time,  selecting a corner  table he ordered  a drink  for  himself and  began thinking of the events,  the  first  suspect  on his mental  list was  Dimitri  but padrino  logically  rejected  the idea of a man  with that built  could  knock  a large heavy weight  man  of pomaris  s stature 

Next on his  suspect list  was teth followed by Gloria  who were  regular  visitors  to pomaris  s house hold 

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....just one day before pomaris was found killed  he spoke to Dimitri  that he had  tickets to  selvio concerts,  he enjoyed concerts,  but in the beginning of  the  year  he had contacted  pneumonia and fearing he might get  a relapse  he on the last minute  canceled his  attending  the show,  but he was not so weak as to get killed  by an aggressive  attacker,  most certainly it was a hidden  attack 

He was scared of a relapse  of pneumonia  but he wasn't  weak  or bedridden,  Dimitri didn't know Gloria gallard  who gad sculpted  those huge  sculptures  because  Dimitri  remembered  the sculptures  but he was not  interested  8n sculptures  so he didn't know  who was Gloria and other sculptors 

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....Dimitri  slapping  his forehead  screamed excitedly  he had just remembered last Christmas  Angela  had asked him to get her a bottle  of sandalwood   oil so he got specially  for  her r that perfumed  oil Sofia,  no he didn't  get any for pomaris,  Angela needed this perfume for ger old fans, 

The last time he saw both  pomaris and Angela was  two months ago,  she used to phone him when she needed to sell off something,   she  avoided  meeting people  and didn't  like  mixing up 

gazal.....

In animosity  they got crushed and destroyed 

Their  high palaces  turned to ruins

Till yesterday who had no problems 

Became  obstacles in  the  social world 

Residing home they  enjoyed  peaceful comfort 

Leaving home  they became homeless 

Value of time  enlightened them 

Losing all theirs became nameless

As  he began moving forward towards hidden destinations 

With  him  accompanied his feelings as companions 

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.....padrino remembered  Martina had mentioned  tge sandalwood  perfume  if teth knew  who could be  it,  was it pomaris who  wore it,  no he didn't like perfumes,  she couldn't help him  on that but she suspected  strongly  someone  and padrino knew who she meant 

Padrino  existing from pomaris, s house  visited center for surveillance and  protection  tge office  tgat  monitored  central district of Havana,  , but the in charge  had left office for home,   it was barely  quarter to three 

Ge returned home and turned on the internet, he began searching  Cuban art  and  sculptures,  he was shocked  to find out  the information,  many users had  registered as artists 

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    ....didn't he have a family  and children 

No, sge explained  he liked  women  just for fun and never got settled  down, she never  met them,  but she was aware of women  were present in his  life,  , she added  when asked  if she  observed  something  suspicious  on the  day of his death,  she was kept very busy that day, there was a meeting  in the morning  and she returned  mid day  one o clock,   she had not the slightest of the idea  who killed him, whoever  it was must have come  while she was away,  he was quite popular and had no enemies as such,  but she faltered  that American was the last person to have met pomaris 

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....teth said  it was the  statue  of   saint Liza 

 She explained  she believed  the young  woman  who had told that to her, padrino  asked what  more  could  she tell  him about it,  teth gad nothing  much  to tell,  she used to call her snall  woman  with a karge bag,  , she always  carried the bag around  her waist,  , she appeared  a good woman though  her art wasn't  good enough,   

Padrino  noticed   three square  frame  prints  on the  wall behind  the statue,  faded yet visible,   he asked teth to explain this,  her face  turned red and she remained  silent  for a  long while,  then she began  she had been  just  once  to his bedroom when he had  caught  pneumonia,  now  she  was stammering,  she could not  remember  clearly  the evil faces of those little    ugly devils,  she did not like  seeing  such faces  going to bed ,saying  so she shut the   door and stepped into the living room,  when she saw pomaris  he was cold to touch like ice,  she could  hardly move him because he was so  heavy 

Padrino  observed  it was strange  a man  like  pomaris  lay there  cold like ice and she found  no traces of struggle 

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.... the   house  of pomaris was painted  blue, padrino  noticed  security  screens  and a couple  of  window  grills  when  the detectives  picked up evidence the area  was cleared up,  t teth recalled  the scene  vividly,   she pointed  where  the blood stains were  on the chair, on the covers of which  still dark spots were visible  seeing  them  she  fainted then her foot hit an iron rod that  she picked  up and  put  it aside,  

the furniture  of the  living room  was  old but clean,  , there  was a sofa,  a  round coffee table and a showcase  displaying  pomaris, s trophies  he  had won 

Lowering  her eyes she added  she  was  a fool  because  now  her fingers  prints  were  all over the  crime scene 

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    ....teth  proudly  explained  pomaris during  his lifetime   had been  to many foreign  lands  and  he enjoyed collecting  paintings,  statues and  much more   , and that  American  was  showing  lots  of interest  in buying  those  artifacts,  she personally  didn't  trust  Americans  and would  get rid if tgem quickly,  padrino  saw ger  shouting  slogans and leading  a massive  crowd  right  outside  the American  embassy  in the  picture 

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..... she continued  coming  back  from  the  porch,   everyone  was surprised  he lived in such  a place,   expecting  a celebrated  player  like  him to  reside in a better  area, but he refused to move  out because he   liked  being  surrounded  with  his  own  clan, in posh localities he would   be chased by foreign  admirers  in long cars

Padrino  asked  who were  these people  in long  cars

Well, she explained   Jones  followed  him in Mercedes  for some  business 

What kind  of business 

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     .....how  long  did  she  know  him 

For thirty years, tgey were  quite  close to each  other  then,  she  used  to visit  him  at his  home  every day,   he also  used  to drop in sometimes  to greet her,  she would  cook for  him  when  he was ill,  she was like  a sister  to him

Children  were  playing  baseball  on the  road,, gearing them shout noisily  she got up to see  them from  the  porch,  scolding  them sge  shooed  them  away 

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.....padrino  sitting  down  8n a chair  spoke  to her  asking her  to  tell about   pomaris, she argued  what could  she  tell  on her personal  level  when tge whole  nation  was in love with h8m, , he was a  very wealthy and  well-known  popular man,   but he didn't  like  to be  socially  active and  mixed very  little,   but he never  stopped  anymore  from  approaching  him  for autographs and  pictures