He dropped her to her house.

After saying thanks to him she almost run towards the main door. Which as always forgot to close by her mother.

She stepped in lounge and find her mother Khadija seated on the couch enjoying the tv show.

"Mom!" She walked towards her.

"When you came Aroosa? I didn't notice your present." She took sit beside her on the couch.

"I missed you mom. I missed you so so much" she told Khadija emotionally and hugged her.

"I missed you too beta." She also returned the hug.

"Why you didn't pick up our call?" Khadija asked her.

"My phone is not working." She replied.

"You made us so worried beta. Please don't do like that again." She said to her.

"Ok mom." She wrapped her arms around tightly.

"Also don't go again like this on trip." She firmly told her. But Aroosa didn't reply anything so she continued.

"You are our only child. We can't afford to lose you. Without you this house felt so empty. Like all happiness disappear from our life. You don't understand what you mean to us and how much we love you. So please beta don't go again leave us like this. You want to go on tours or do something. Just tell your father or me we will fullfill your all wish." Her mother emotionally said to her. Aroosa started to cry.

Thinking what happened with her while she was away from her house and her parents. She didn't know how to tell them about that. Her mother heard her sobbed.

"Aroosa beta why you crying?" Khadija move back from the hug to see her.

"I am sorry. I don't stop you for anything…ok…now beta please stop crying." She hurriedly said to her.

"No mom please…I am sorry. I made you and dad worried." She told her in guilt.

"Ok. No more sorry and crying. You must be tired. Go and take rest while I cook your favourite dishes." Khadija told her and left for kitchen.

Aroosa went to her room. She didn't have any appiete right now. She just wanted to sleep peacefully on her bed removed every negative thoughts. That was she really did.

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She was reading her study notes fifth time but She didn't understand anything in it. Her mind not present that why. She frustratingly closed it.

She couldn't do any work right now properly.

It was two days since she returned her home. She didn't go college but locked herself in her room. She just went out the room for take dinner but her mom came with lunch in room and forced her to eat it.

She was trying concentrate for her exam but she didn't do it. She was restless.

At first she thought that was just bad nightmare but she better to know it.

In past two she didn't talk to her parents properly.

She didn't how to tell them about everything happened in village. She didn't believe herself that she is married now.

Then how she tell them about it.

How she tell them that she is now in someone's nikkah whoes just name and that he also belong to Islamabad . That was all she knew nothing less or nothing more.

Now where is he? She doesn't know.

How she tell them what situation in their nikkah happened.

She know that she was at fault. She didn't have asked him stay there. That for She scolded herself more than hundred times but now she couldn't change that what already happened.

Removing every thought she tried to tell her mother few times but her voice didn't come out. She was scared that they misunderstood her. They didn't believe her.

That is what she doesn't tolerate. Every one out in world what say or thought about her She ignores that but what her parents thought about her that was most important matter to her.

She was afraid of their reactions. This is first time she was hiding something from them. She couldn't look in their eyes like she committed the big sin. That why she was ignoring them by staying in room.

She knew that she can't study when her mind running marathon in different ways. So she lay down on the bed. Her thought went to him who is now her husband which was reality she accept or not. It didn't matter.

Was he already married before their nikkah?

Was his name really Zuhair Kasim or that was fake?

Why he agree to marry her when he can leave her there easily? That was not like they were relatives and he have to answered her parents.

Why he keep her safe in village like guardian when her friends left her like that?

What their marriage meant to him?

What just formality for him which he did for Shaw that people?

What going to happen now?

All the questions disturbing her. Which answered She didn't know.

She just knew that he was not going to return now. After their nikkah he didn't even talk about it. In car he also silently drive it without talking a word. When he dropped her to home then he didn't tell her what he wanted to do next after their nikkah.

He just left her like that in his nikkah. He just not interested in their nikkah or her. So she was sure about it she will be going to spend her life in his nikkah while he will do marriage with another girl and live happy life.

Just realised her situation which was she in. She helplessly closeed her eyes to calm her nerves. Thinking every thing giving her headache. She shooed every thought out of her mind.

After some time tossing and turning around on the bed she fall sleep.

Ya I know I know what you are thinking how can she slept like she didn't have any problems in her life.

But She is the one of the people who use sleep for escape from their problems. Who cannot handle the difficulties pretty well. She is also like that.

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"Aroosa" when she was sleep then she heard someone calling her again and again. But she didn't mind it and covered her face with her pillow again continued her sleep.

After sometime someone snatched her pillow from her face and her duvet from her body.

She peek with opening her eyes at the person who was angrily looking back at her.

“mom! Please let me sleep. I don't want to do anything right now.” saying that she closed her eyes again welcome to dreamland. Where was only place she can find some peace.

“No Aroosa! you are waking up now instant! ” Khadija sternly told her.

"Mom please… please…" she pleadinly told her.

"No Aroosa! not now. See the time it is already evening. How many hours you want to tell me h..?" Her mom scolded her. So she sit up on the bed and glance at her.

"Hurry up and Come down stairs. Your dad is waiting for you on the evening's tea. How can you forgot that today is weekend?" She in the end again scolded her for forget that they always have evening tea together on weekends. Any other day Her father always busy in his work so only weekends they spend some time together.

"I am sorry mom. Coming…give me few minutes for freshen up" she was guilty that in her problems how can she forgot her family.

"Ok. But fast" saying that she left her room and Aroosa in hurry went to washroom

After few minutes getting fresh up she was walking down stairs when she heard some noise from living room.

She confusely straight went to kitchen. There she saw her mom was preparing refreshments for guests.

"Mom! who are come?" She asked genuinely.

"I don't know them. When I returned from your room and see that your dad opened the door for them." She explained her and left. She just nodded her head.

She didn't want to face unknown guests so she just silently stood leaning against the kitchen's platform.

She was thinking this is best time to tell her parents about her nikkah on the evening's tea. She didn't take the burden anymore. She have to put her in trust them that they will listen her and try to understand her situation. Also will not accuse her like others. Her chain thought broke by her father's voice.

"Aroosa" he called her. She went to living room.

"Yes, dad" she stood at the entrance of the living room. So she couldn't see the guests.

"Come here sit! I want to ask you something." With lower head she took a seat on single couch.

"Asalam o alaikum" she murmured to the guests and they returned her greeting.

"What I am hearing that you did your nikkah with his son. It is true?" Samir sternly asked his daughter.

She was socked to hear that but she didn't looked at up the guests to conform. Because she was scared and in dark didn't see his face clearly in night and in day She just wanted to return home so she was carless.After their nikkah she didn't dare to see him.

She just glanced at her their foots where she found the familiar pair of brown boots which she saw at the horrible night of her life.

How can she forgot that?

She felt herself biggest Ideat of planets.

How can she that much dumb and careless that when she was walking towards the kitchen then she heard the some man introduced himself to her father saying that he name is 'Kasim Abdullah'.

How can she forgot that name which she heard on her nikkah but she ignored that he would be someone else with same name.

"Aroosa! Tell me truth right now" her silence killing Samir. She is so dear to him. He can't think she can do anything like that but she doesn't answering anything which make him restless.

After hearing him she came back to her sense. She didn't have any voice for to answer him so she just nodded her head.

"What?" His eyes widened with shocked to know that.

How can she broke the trust which they had on her.

They gave her everything but what she gave them in return was disgrace. They felt like failed as her parents.

"How could you? You forgot your all manners or you forgot that you have parents at home." She first time hear his father this much loud voice. But didn't look up. He continued

"So you took decision your nikkah by your self. Now after doing that you don't even want to inform us like we don't need to know . Like our choice or anything doesn't matter to you." Samir yell at her who started to cry hearing that.

"You are just shameless girl. Who disrespect us like that" he was about to slap at her but stopped by Zuhair.

"Uncle! Please don't do that. First listen everything before reaching on conclusion" saying that he stood between Samir and Aroosa.

"I tell you everything what happened. She didn't at fault in that." Zuhair calmly told him.

"No beta! I don't want to listen anything now. I just heard enough for today. I don't think I can digest more information now." He disheartely told him after taking back his seat. Zuhair also took his seat.

For the Sometimes room was silent like but that silent before the storm.

"We do their marriage after two days." Samir announced his decision. Hearing that she get up to leave.

"Where are you going.? It doesn't like you feel sudden shy or anything when you already done your nikkah by your self. So please take seat. You don't have to do anything like respectful girl" her dad remarked her who sat down again like criminal.

"I don't have any problem in that. " Kasim agreed with him and tried to change the topic.

"You want we will do Ruksati after some time. We don't mind it." He again suggested to Samir.

"No. I will do her Ruksati on marriage day." He told him straight.

Now he just don't bear her present in house. she sadly thought

"I want to do marriage as simple as possible. This just formality I am doing. But I also appreciate that we do their nikkah again to shaw the our relatives. I don't want to get humiliate for my daughter's shameful act." He suggested his father sadly.

How can he wanted to do his one and only daughter 's wedding so grant and memorable for her but now all is ruin.

"Ok. I can understand that. We do their nikkah again." He told him genuinely.

After discussing more thing they left her house.

She thought that her time to tell her parents everything. She stood from her place.

"Dad first listen my….." She started but cut off by him.

“Aroosa! Don't say word now. You don't need it tell us.” He shouted at her.

"But I didn't.…." She again cut off.

"I am doing your marriage because I don't want to get insult in front of everyone. I am doing that for me. For Khadija. So I am requesting you that please do your marriage done without creating any problems. After leave the house don't even try to come this house for anything. When minutes you nodded your head that. Since then you are don't our daughter. I don't want to do anything with uou" Samir told her in anger.

"You already choose him by yourself. We don't important and our choice also don't matter to you . You proved that by getting it done before even talk to us about that. Now don't need of tell us how it happened." He sternly told her who was crying hardly now.

"Ple…please don't….say like…" Aroosa started but again stopped by him.

"I didn't know that you was so much desperate for you wedding. We have slide idea about that we have done your nikkah when you turned in eighteen." He told her in harshness.

"Now don't try to talk to me again. Please don't appear your face front of me in my whole life. I don't want to see you" he told her hateful and left. Behind him Khadija also left while crying.

Aroosa drop down on the floor like she lost everything in the world and tears didn't stop to fall from her eyes.

She didn't believe that what happened in just few minutes?

That was reactions of her parents which she afraid of. Now she couldn't do anything But bear it.

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After taking dinner He was lying on the bed in his room. He couldn't eat properly before and now also couldn't sleep.

He was rewinding the event that took a place on her house. He didn't come to his mind that she didn't tell her parents about their nikkah. Her father reacted like that.

He thoughts they give her chance to explain her place or they trust her as their daughter. Before that he didn't face anything like that situation. His parents always supportive and friendly towards him and his brother.

His thoughts went to when he talked to them and how they reacted on the news.

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After dropping her He went to straight his home. He parked his car and walked in house.

"Hello! you came early from office?" He saw his parents in lounge area.

"Asalam o alaikum. And yes I came early." Kasim remarked his greeting. He didn't like his son who always forgot that he is now living in Pakistan and doesn't change his habits according to that.

"Sorry.... walekum asalam" saying that he took seat opposit to them.

"Why are you return now? When you left yesterday in evening." He asked him seriously.

"That was long story dad. First tell me you creak the deal na?" In last he doubted.

"Yes, I finalize deal but we have to change our …." Kasim cut off by his wife Kausar.

"Shut up both of you. Kasim he just come and you start your business talk. You both are in a day always busy in office now when you both in home also you want to talk about it " She strictly told him.

" You can't think about something else for some time beside business?" She irritadly asked him.

"Sorry mom! Tell me what you want me to do?" He sweetly asked her

"Nothing. Just go and take a rest" she told him.

"Ok. I am going. And dad! handle your offended wife." He winked at his father and returned he glared at him.

"I just want to do Zuhair's marriage as soon as possible. Now I don't want to die in loneliness" she sadly told her husband. Zuhair was walked towards his room when he heard her voice.

"Don't say like that" Kasim scolded her.

"Also please don't talk bring that matter in front of him. He asked us to give him some time for himself so he can prepare his mind for it. We have to appreciate his one request." He told her in deep voice.

Zuhair sighed and left to his room in thought that he have to tell them about his nikkah before anything happen.

On the dinning table they had their dinner in silent.

He was restless.

He knew that if he didn't tell them right now then he cannot sleep in night. He can't hide from them such big decision which he took without them.

Zuhair and Kasim sat in the lounge area. His mother went to sleep but they both sitting in front of tv.

"Dad! I want to talk you about something important." He told him who was about leave to his room after finishing some football match on the tv.

"Ok. Come in study room. we talk there" he told him and left to the study room. He also followed him.

" I notice you don't behave yourself. Tell me what is the matter?" Kasim demanded to his son while he took a seat on near small couch.

Zuhair also took seat near the chair.

"It is about why came return late" he started and glanced at his father.

"Ya...what about it?" He patiently asked him.

"When I was returning from there.……………………… after that I dropped her to her house." He told him everything from start to end. He didn't left anything which was important him to know.

His father also didn't interrupt him in middle. After completing his talking he again glanced at him who didn't give him any reaction.

"What you want to do now?" He calmly asked him.

"About what?" But he didn't catch it.

"About your nikkah?" He clearly asked him this time.

“I don't want know." He helplessly told him.

"You didn't ready to married so you want to divorce her?" He seriously asked him.

Hearing that he shockingly looked up at him with widened eyes.

"No! I don't want to divorce her." He firmly told him who suspiciously looked at him.

"When I said yes to nikkah with her than i truly accept her as my wife." Saying that he covered up and continued.

"But I didn't have any idea how to handle the situation when all of sudden happened. Also I first

wanted to talk you both about it." He told him the real reason why he didn't talk to her about their nikkah.

"You truly accept her as your wife? Don't feel pressure about anything like that you already done it so

you have to Carry that" he just wanted to confirm it because for him his son's happiness always come first.

"No dad! I truly want to fulfill this nikkah" he reassured him.

"Okey. So I will talk to Kausar about it" He told him.

"I don't think so mom will take this positively" he sadly told him. He know her very well. He normally broke her promise which she gave her sister.

"Don't worry about that. I will handle her. She is my wife before your mother" He genuinely told him who just nodded her head.

"You didn't tell me name" Few seconds later Kasim said.

"Who's name?" He asked him in confusion.

"Her name. Whose made you ready for marriage which we couldn't do in the last two years" he told him who saw mischievous dancing in his eyes.

"Dad!" He whined at him. He knew that he was teasing him like he always do to him.

"What dad? Now tell me my daughter in Law's name" he demanded.

"Aroosa… Aroosa Samir" he uttered her name first time.

"Nice name. I am sure she is the beautiful. I can tell that without see her" Kasim told him in last and left to his room. Zuhair can't denie about that when he saw already how beautiful she is.