"main ek hafta Kya karu tumhare begair? I'm already missing you," pouting Palwasha said on the phone

(What will I do one week without you? I'll miss you,)

"Mujhe....... yaaa..... Zaid Bhai ko?" Teasingly Jannat asked

(You are missing me or Zaid Bhai?)

"Haha very funny!" Without laughing Palwasha said

"But yaar seriously ek hafte ka pura vacation ka plan kharab ho gaya, Maine Kya Kya socha tha karne ke liye aur ab tum log waha gaov mein ho aur main yaha akeli," complaining Palwasha sat on bed

(Man! I have made many plans for this one week vacation. I'm alone here)

"Kya karu? Relative ki Shaadi Hai aur nanna ne kaha Hai sabko attend karni hai," Jannat heard something on door but when she looked at the door she found nothing

(What can I do? Nanna has ordered that everyone will attend this wedding,)

"Toh ek hakfte pehle kyu? Shaadi wale din Jana tha aur turant ajana tha," Palwasha again whined like it's in the hand on Jannat

(Why you had to go there one week before?)

"Jannat!" Reshma entered the room but when found Jannat on her phone she stopped

"Palwasha mein baad call karti Hoon," Jannat hanged up and turned to Reshma

(Okay I'll call you later,)

"Function start hone Wala Hai Chalo," rehsma said to Jannat who was already dressed up for the function

(The function is about to start,)

"Wait!" Jannat went in front of mirror and saw her reflection everything was on point

She left the room with Reshma

Today was the Nikkah of a distance cousin that Nasir Hussain has told everyone to attend

"Masha'ALLAH my daughter is looking so beautiful," first thing Zameer Hussain said when he saw Jannat getting down from stairs

"Thank you Mamu!" Smilingly she said

"Jannat! Where is Amna?" Shaista came there and asked her while looking in hurry

"Mummy?.... I don't know," Jannat looked around to find her mother but couldn't

"Apko koi kaam Tha Kya?" Jannat saw Shaista looking worriedshe couldn't help but ask

(Did you had some work with her?)

"Haan kaam toh tha lekin tumhari mummy pata nahi kaha hain?"

(Yes I had but I don't know where your mother is?)

"Main koi help kardu," always ready to help Jannat asked

(Can I help?)

"Tum nahi Kar paogi tumhari mummy ko pata tha," Shaista who was still trying to search for Amna in crowd looked at Jannat

(You won't able to do that,)

"Aap ek baar bataiye toh..."

(At least tell me what it was,..)

"Woh Kya haina Maine tumhari mummy ko sehra diya tha rakhne ke liye ab function start hone Wala Hai aur pata nahi Amna ne sehra rakh Diya.... Molvi sahab any wale hain,"

(I don't know where Amna put the sehra, the function is about to start Molvi is about to come,)

"Woh toh unhone ne shayad store room mein rakha tha," Jannat suddenly said when she remembered in the morning she saw Amna with sehra

(She has put it in store room,)

"Jaldi se lao beta waha se,"

(Can you grab it from there,)

"Ji Mami," Jannat quickly left from there and went to store room

"Kaha hai?" She looked around dimmed lighted storeroom to find sehra

(Where it is?)

When she didn't find it she looked at the cupboard which was high then her reach grabbing a stool she stand on it and looked on the shelf a pile of book fall beside her making dust in the room and Jannat sneeze

"Alhamdulillah,"

"Jannat!" But a voice made her startled before she could loose her balance Zaid quickly hold her but the stool slipped away from her feet making Zaid also loose his balance and they both fall down

Jannat on Zaid, her head was laying on his chest which she slowly raised and looked at him

He was already looking at her

The same time someone else also entered there

Jannat quickly got herself away from him and stand up, Zaid also got up from floor while Jannat picked her dupatta which fall on the floor

"Kya ho raha Tha yeh?" The person asked

(What's going on here?)

"Chachi woh actually......" Zaid started saying but Zakiya stopped him by showing his hand

Zakiya was the wife of Zameer Hussain's cousin brother

"Chachi jaisa dikh raha Hai waisa bilkul bhi nahi hai,...." Zaid again started saying but Zakiya didn't waited for another second and left

(It's not like what it's looking like,)

Jannat looked at the door from where she left then at Zaid who also looked at her both not knowing what to do

Both of them afraid she will accuse them for something they didn't do

Zakiya was the gossip Queen and she knows how to add fuel to fire

"Chalo!" Zaid said but Jannat was still not in the mood of leaving

(Let's go!)

With baby steps she left the storeroom after Zaid

Everything seems normal outside but they didn't find Zakiya anywhere

"Kaha thi?" Amna asked her daughter but Jannat shook her head negatively

(Where were you?)

"Chalo nikkah ceremony start hone wali hai," Amna was holding sehra that Jannat didn't asked where it was

(Come on the ceremony is about to start,)

Both Jannat and Zaid were tense in whole ceremony,

Time by time Zaid checked on Jannat to see if she is fine but her face was clearly giving it away she isn't

She was looking really pale and her lips looked dry Al though she has has applied lipstick on it to make it look normal but still

After the Nikkah ceremony Zaid was talking to Zamin when he saw Zakiya talking with Nasir Hussain that made him tense he decided to see what they are talking so he took a step forward them but stopped when his eyes fall on Jannat who also observed them and looked at Zaid

Breaking the eyes contact Zaid was to about go where Nasir Hussain was but one look from him made Zaid froze

Nothing made sense, whatever Zakiya told Nasir Hussain made him sick

The awful words Zakiya used for Jannat and Zaid effected his health

And before anyone could realized whats going on Nasir Hussain ordered Zameer Hussain for something that didn't made sense to anyone

It happened so fast that Jannat thought maybe it was a dream or nightmare?

Or maybe it was a movie that she was watching but wasn't part of it

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