Chapter 27

"haider?" he calls hugging him tight once again.

"kaise ho bhaijaan ap?" he says with a broad smile on his face.

"theek hu, tum batao tum or ayaan ek sath yaha kaise?" he says with tense brows; " anything serious?" he asks again looking at ayaan and then at haider.

"nahi bhaijaan. Allah ke fazar se sab khairiyat hai" he looks at sky; " yaha to hum is majnu ki laila lene ja rahe hai" he says referring humaira.

"kya hua humaira ko?' he asks more confuse at haider.

"bhaijaan, kal sham ko hemiara ka phone aya mujhe, kehne lagi ki kal ke kal ap Australia se wapas aa jao mera sagai hai. Bas yahi sunte maine zoya ko phone kiya or jab use bat ki to pata laga, madam qurbani ke chakar me fas rahi hai, mohabbat nahi family ko chunne ke firaq mein hai, fir kyat ha, unhone kaha ke ayaan ko le aao, or main rat ki flight se india jakar ayaan ko le aya" he said circling a hand around ayaan's shoulder and ayaan laughed away.

"or kitne ehsaan kroge tum or zoya humpe." Asad says sadly; " pehle tumne sahi waqt pe aakar nikah rok liya, or fir nikhat ka nikah apne dost se wahi karwa diya... haseena bi ki zubaan se bachane ke khatir ... samajh nahi ata ke kaise main tum-"

"bas bhaijaan, a bap kya mujhe zameen mein gadhenge?" haider nods and hug, with that this boys were ready to take their girl, with love.

"baji, ap asad bhaijaan se mili thi, or ap mujhe ab bata rahi hai?" it came like a shock to humera and she got up from her chair picking up her lenhega , letting the thick coated designer duppata slip from her head.

Zoya quickly holds it and places back on her head; " haan wo wahi the per maine unhe dekha nahi bas suna tha." She stops recollecting her meet with administrator , where she got to know that some came looking for farhaan and was threw by staff. she immediately knew that the man she met a while ago just before signing in for lecture was none other than her own asad. There and then she decided to help him, she purposely threw pen on other side and as the admin started looking for it, she took the student paper and torn farhaan's information from it, putting the register back on table. Admin got up soon showing pen in air, with a smile, she logged in for day and quietly went away, without regretting for the fact that she had broken university rule and probably now she would get punishment.

"baji, you are here?" humera asked once more swapping finger across her eyes.

"hun, haan" zoya says taking a step back.

"humaira, pyar me aksar mushkile ati hai, haalat khraab hote hai.or kabhi kabar manzilein he kho jati hai. Agar aise ishq mera naseeb hai. To iska ye matlab to nahi hota ki ye tumhara bhi ho. "humera turns to look at her sister who is very sure about what she is talking.

"baji, ap samajh nahi rahe hai, ye bat meri or ayaan ki nahi, meri or is parivaar ki hai." she says sadly looking on floor.

"or agar main kahu, ki is ghar ki ek beti khud ko tabah kr chuki hai, or main nahi chata ke meri dusri aulad bhi dard me jiye to? Kya tab tum apni khushiyo ki raah chunogi?" zoya and humaira both turns towards the door and soon their eyes sparks with fresh tears, seeing gaffur at the door with tears, " Abu!" humaira cries and runs in his arm. Gaffur hugs his daughter and wipes her tears with love and tenderness; " tum janti ho na beta, tumhare har faisle me hum tumhare sath hai, or rahenge, har dam" he finishes calling zoya too, for the hug. And with tears she too hugs him back and the trio spends their time giving support to each other , in their small world of bruise love.

"bhaijaan, humaira maan jayegi na?" ayaan asks nervous as he surpassed the entrance and now he is the hall, where all guest are waiting for humera to come and start ceremony, he can spot dr hameed sheikh too looking at the stairs with eagerness. "he is her dulha?" ayaan asks with bitter tongue.

"is he?" asad confirms , reminding himself of where he had seen him.

"oh god I know him!" asad adds quickly. And ayaan, haider both claps cheering him; " good now tell him to go from here, iska kuch nahi hoga yaha" ayaan almost threatens in end making haider roll his eye and asad laugh on his tone.

"he means , bhaijaan please talk to him and make him understand."haider add soflty with understandibility.

Asad quickly nods, positioning himself next to hameed, getting the first opportunity he speaks to him, " dr its important can we talk? Somewhere other place" he request and thinking about dua critical condition hameed to hurriedly excuses himself from group.

Soon the dhol starts playing and enters humaira with zoya. Zoya is holding her from side while they are followed with few more giggling girls around them.

"oh damn!" humaira stops on her feet making everyone stares at her with tense brow, her eyes are on one spot where haider and ayaan are standing. She was looking at everyone with a smile when suddenly her eyes fell on him and her color turns blue black with worry.

"kya hua humaira?" zoya purposely asks, she too had seen them. But she was the one who called them. She was impressed by ayaan more than shock at this moment.

"baji, waha. Ayaan hai?" she asked more than saying, her eyes in a shape of giant saucer her heart racing with fear thrill and nervousness. She was sure zoya could hear her drums clearly besides standing next to her.

"ya allah" she faked shocking expression; " ayaan yah ape, ye to deewana nikla, dekho kaise ye sagai rokne chala aya. Mujhe lagta hai hummy... ye tumhari sagai nahi hone dega. Dekho to kaise majnuo ki tarah bas tumhe dekh raha hai" zoya goes on and on until she is sure that the thick wall hummy had built against ayaan is melting.

"humaira tum to keh rahi thi wo tumhara past hai, per ise yaha dekh kar kya samjhoon main. Kahin ye tumhe apna aaj to nahi banana chah raha?" zoya bounces from one ear to other in a funny way, while her each words are hammering on deep resolution humaira had made for anti love social cause, who solo victim is she and solo culprit is ayaan.

"baji!" she shouts but quickly bits her lips to hide the torment and fear zoya's words are creating in her.

"hummy chalo hume kya, zyada chu-chapad ki na, to hum ise abu se kehkar bahar fekwa denge" zoya adds winking at haider and then plastering a smile for ayaan.

With that she pushes humaira down and follows behind her with a thumbs up in air, gaffur twitches her brow with a frown and seeing in the direction zoya is looking at , he spots ayaan there nervous scared and hurt still smiling as is he knows what he going to do.

If this decision was for humaira happiness, he would have supported humaira and thrown ayaan out of his house but the decision she made was out of sacrifice for his family, his one daughter had lost everything sacrificing , so much that now she is left empty, he definitely didn't wanted humaira to have same faith. Moreover if ayaan is here, it means he truly love her and love can only bring happiness in his daughters life . he was not ready to punish rashid's son for rashid's deed ; or waise bhi jo allah ke paas ja chuke unse shikayat rakh ker kya matlab." He closes his eye letting a smile creep on his face, " main tumhe maaf karta hu rashid" he says straight from his heart and waits there calmly letting destiny to play her game without any further hurdle on his daughter's path...