-if natasha was doubting her own mother, tasnim was also playing innocent, both worried about their future, specially about the marriage plans they were keeping silent on when poked by curious walid staying half the time in their native town when not busy in dubai, natasha was worried because w his showing s much interest in her was making her nervous, promising she would not discuss their personal matters with anyone tasnim in her heart made a plan involving walid and natasha for her daughter"s good future , softly asking forgiveness and uttering not a word , she embraced her daughter tight and breathed more confidently and relieved
-tasnim called out her daughter natasha giving her instructions for iftar , mango was cut for her and natasha could use it and walid was also invited to join them for all iftaris as long as his stay allowed him with them, natasha irritated and sarcastically remarked what a perfectly good idea it was to include him in their iftaris , he took so much interest in her wedding and her fiance and how and what and when , by the wa did tasnim share her plans with walid regarding natasha"s marriage , tasnim shook her head , she sighed deeply and expressed she was worried about her daughter and not about what others thought
-walid was surprised because with each passing day both mother daughter duo instead of showing excitement of natasha getting married to her sweet heart had fallen silent suddenly, the pictures in which the couple looked so satisfied were no longer shown,walid tried to poke them and dig out the secrets but they just would not reveal anything and coincidently one day walid happened to meet kamal in dubai
-he was given with tea left over sweets of natasha"s engagement function, just a couple of days ago she got engaged to kamal her classfellow and friend , looking at her pictures sitting with kamal and both smiling so intimately at each other hurt walid somewhere but consoling himself he mustered courage and congratulated her and left,
-his job :s nature was si that he spent half the time in dubai and other half in pakistan where his head office was located
-walid also spent most of his time helping tasnim out with her chores who lived alone in her house with her daughter
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-haris at the counter a youngster in early twenties with his mock serious tone welcomed sayed who had come after ages to the reading center, it seemed he had a need to use internet, , he was sayed"s neighbour and got this temporary job in the evening shift to support his family financially, sayed wanted to buy some new books and did not want to surf the net, haris pointed towards the rack in the front where the latest editions were arranged neatly
-life is unpredictable and suddenly can change from anything to any other, if someone asked sayad begh he would have agreed that one rosy evening became the turning point of his life
-that evening he was waiting for a friend at a metro station,, he happened to glance on the other side of the road a book stall illuminated with lights . it was a very poular and frequently visited by the readers and book lovers, the proprietor of the shop had taken special care to have a reading room with internet facility for readers who enjoyed spending their time there, a huge reader community arrived there because of good service , sayed also had been there many times
-he walked like a robot on the road, a frightful silence hung over his mind,, everything around him appeared blood red, that peculiar red the depth of the redness was fading out all other senses,
-the images trapped in his memory of that bloody event , life seemed unsure and a stress was pulling him over and over again to the same scene, when he had experienced the final coldness of death through the fingertips
