In the morning She made paratha and served it in plates.

"Thanks you" He exclaimed and grabbed it from kitchen's platform. She stopped him while taking it from him.

"Abbu! This not for you but him. I am making toast for you." On her voice he confusely looked at her.

"He need strength. And also isn't good for your health." She added and left the kitchen leaving him shocked behind.

She put it front of him on table in sitting room.

She glanced at him Who was silently sat on the sofa.

"Do you need anything?" She queitly asked.

But he didn't gave her any reply and taking plate started to have his breakfast.

"You don't need to answer her but you want the breakfast prepared by her." The man in his fifties taunted him.

"It been three years since you got married." He informed him.

"Did you ever speak to her as your wife?" He hissed at him. His son didn't affected by it. He silently having his breakfast.

"She wished that you take her out but you took her police station on your mairrage anniversary" He remarked on it.

"Abbu! Please stop it." She requested her father in law.

"No. let me talk to him finally." He politely declined her.

"This how you are keeping the promise to protect her by taking her where not any one husband want to take his wife such horrible place but you." He spat out at him Who was unaffected by it.

"Abbu! Please he is eating now." She again tried it.

"He is only available while eating, right? When can we get him otherwise?" He pointed out to her.

They about to continue but stopped by the door bell.

Her father in law opened the door. It revealed old couple who was also in his age.

"I want to talk to my daughter." The man said. He nodding gave them way to enter in house.

All settled down on sofa and chair but she stood silently. Her father stared at him who was busy with his breakfast.

"Beta! Go bring some breakfast for your parents." His father told her.

"No need for formality. I just came here to talk nothing else." He straightly refused it.

"I heard you last night again went to police station for his bail.?" He asked her who looked everywhere but him. But He got his answer from her silence.

"It is truth that you went. How many times you want to do it. Don't you get tired of it. It happens once in every weeks. He go to park and sat there till midnight. When patrolling officers told him to leave but he always take fight with them and reached to police station. And you go always to bail him so he doesn't have to spend night there. This how you are living your mairrage life.?" His tone fill of rage.

"You wanted to marry him. I got you married with my heavy heart after didn't like him even bit for you. But I did it for your happiness. I don't think you are happy with him." He sadly told her.

"It been already three years of marriage. But I didn't see slight improvement in him. He is like before. He drink alcohol and get into fight. Also not doing any work at all just busy in roaming with his useless friends who are like him." He taunted him indirectly. Who left the house silently.

She just star Her husband who walked put of the house. But her father didn't stop there.

"I never thought one day I'll have to give you my daughter with my own hands to marry him. Knowing how worthless he is. But her wish didn't left me any choice." Shaking his head he told his father who looked down.

"Why you bearing everything?" He hopelessly asked her.

"Daanya beta! Listen to me. Let's go to our house. Leave him. Don't waste your life on him. He is not going to change bit. So just come with me." He helplessly requested her.

"You told me what you want to tell. Now listen to me I am happy here with him. Not for second I felt regret in my heart for married him. As he is. I can handle him or this marriage. You don't take stress about me." She told him.

"I didn't even complained you about anything. Why you came here and insulted him . Just because of you he didn't finish the breakfast." She didn't like the fact he left the house with empty stomach.

"Beta we just came here-" her mother about to say but cut off by her father.

"Why you want to explain her. Don't you see it this she is more worried about him than us after he doesn't behave with her as his wife. Normally she is telling us to leave the house. She doesn't need us." He told her in hurt voice and stood up.

"Let's go. We shall have some self respect." He ordered his wife.

After they left. Her father in law shook his head. This is became regular to them. Her parents came every week or sometimes two times in week to take her with them after making her understand but not once she went to her house after their mairrage. And hearing her answered they disappointingly always left house without her like now.

Hour later his father Abbas Ali left to his job. Few minutes later she also went to her job.

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Afternoon she was doing her work in office.

"Sayara! Did you complete the file which I gave week ago?" She asked her coworker whoes deck next to her.

"No! I forgot it." She informed her.

"I badly need it now. What I am going to do? We have presentation after 2 hours.

How you can be so careless about work?" She disappointingly told her. But again continued with her work.

In lunch time in the Cafeteria she was silently having her lunch from her lunch box.

Some voices reached her ears.

"I heard last night again Daanya's husband took fight with officers and went to police station. She again went there for his bail." Others female workers were talking about her.

"That why she was shouting me hour ago." Sayara reasoned out and added.

"Look at her, she doesn't say a word to her husband who doesn't even earn. But she yells at us. Usual thing right?" She mocked at her.

"Ya....she would have taking out her anger and frustration on her husband not us." Other suggested.

"I live near her house. You know her husband totally alcoholic. Always ready to create mess and scene in colony. I don't know how she can tolerate him. If -" another one saying but stopped on her presence.

She put her hands on table while making loud noise. On it they shudderd. And lean down to their level.

"I think you all have lots of time to discuss about my life and specially my husband." She remarked at them while dangerously looking at them.

"Sayara! But you can't complete the single file but here busy in chatting with others." She firmly told her.

"You really think I don't know how your husband beat you every night. Your body marks tell everything which you try to hide it with make up." She told her who looked down.

"You Zeeniya. I also know that how your husband cheated you behind your back. That why you are staying with your parents." She told her who also looked down.

"You Ziya. You also want to hear how you life going with your second husband?" She asked her in deep voice who just averted her eyes from her.

"No.. na? If you are no brave to listen truth about your life. Then don't comments on others life. Every one have difficulties in their life. Which only know the person who live with it. So don't joke on it." She harshly told them.

"Everyone in this office other than you know the about others life. But they here come for work. Just do it only. Don't mess with my personal matters! " she told them in final tone.

"But we are just talking-"Sayara tried to explain but she cut her off.

"Don't mess with me! Specially don't even talk about my husband. I will not tolerate it if any of you again say a word about him." She warned them and left from there leaving them shuddered on their place with her dangerous side which they didn't see it till now.

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After one month.

In night he was knocking the door. Which opened after two minutes.

"Dooon't...youuuu …haaavve otttheer workkk?" He asked while maintaining his balance. He was again drunk.

"Y..ou.. al..wways..are..seennn in myyy.... houusse." He hissed at her father.

"Nowww.. movee!" Saying he tried to enter in house.

"This is our house and that is your house." He pointed towards across door of his house.

"Ya… ya.. I… know.. ittt" saying it he turned to go.. his legs tremble but he hold the wall to balance himself.

Somehow he reached the gate and about to crossed the road.

"You are the bad luck stuck to my daughter!" Zahir shouted at him.

"Whhaat did.. youuu.. sayyy?" He turned and asked him.

"I said You are the bad luck who stuck to my daughter." He repeated again.

Listening his loud voice he came out of his daze and stood straight. He now in his sense ready take fight with him.

"What did you say?" He slurred at him.

"Why are ruining my daughter' life. If you want live like this live but leave her. Don't make her life hell with you." He screamed at him.

"I didn't want to marry her in first place. She was the one who want it." He reminded him.

"I knew it. That why i am helpless. I don't know what she seen in you and wanted to marry to you. Now also don't want to leave you. But you are nothing but bad luck for her. " he roared at him.

"What are you taking?" He yelled at him.

"I'll say it again you are bad luck for her also for your father. Everyone hurt who lives around you. In fact I am." His voice was loud.

"Me? Me?… me? " he shouted at him.

"Yes….. it's you. It's you. And only you who hurting and troubling everyone here." He answered him in same tone.

They both were arguing in middle of road in night.

Place was silence. In colony everyone came out see what is happening at this late hour.

She also came out from house.

"Hey. Mind your own words!" He warned him while pointed finger at him.

"Will you kill me or beat me huh?" He mockingly asked him.

"Tell me. Will you murder me or what?" He repeated.

"What will I do?" He slurred at him.

"Abbu, stop it." She hurriedly came between them to stop them.

"Try to lay your hands on me." He warned him.

"What happened?" She worriedly asked.

"What would happen? He is drunk and talking rough. What else you expect from him." He informed his daughter.

"I'll smash your shop." He warningly told him.

"Please calm down Abbu!" She requested.

"Who will smashed it?" He screamed at him.

They continued their arguments. While others looking at them.

She was trying to stop them but both didn't listen her. His father came there after minutes.

"Hey! Kaashif stop it." Abbas Ali shouted at his son.

People gathered around them.

"Will you hit me? So hit na. Who stopping you." He mocked at him.

"Abbu! Please stop now please." She weepingly told him.

"He is talking rubbish after getting drunk. You are stopping me not him?" He argued with her.

"I told you many times not to mess with me" he screamed at her father back.

"You shut your mouth." He told him in loud voice.

"Zahir bhai calm down." His father stopped him.

"What happened? Let's go inside and talk about it." He tried handle the situation.

"No. I'll talk right here." He said in loud voice and continued.

"I am unable to live with respect in this colony. Day before he knocked the door of Arahan Shah's house."

"Yesterday he knocked the door of Shihana madam." He informed them.

"Yes, say it." He screamed at him.

"She gave friendly advise and sent him."He told them.

"Come on, say more." He slurred at him.

"Disgusting!" Her father mostly hated his gut and rude attitude.

"Not one day left when he doesn't drink and behave like that or get into fight." He complained.

"His boozing habit might be wrong but he was never into filthy works." She defended him.

"What's there to do? Daanya!" He argued at her.

"He's done everything by at the age of 19. His entire has come under repair." He excused him.

"Kaashif! please go inside" she requested him.

"Ask your father to do that." He refused it.

"…we couldn't tell others thing to you which he had done." He continued.

"Tell her. lies right? Just tell her." He shouted at him.

Situation getting out of her hands.

"Please go inside. Don't fight." Her voice almost pleaded at her husband.

"Ammi take him inside." She told her mother who also present there all time.

"Are you supporting even such a fool?" He asked her.

"You are leave example to state. That all ideats do get good wives and you proved it." He spat out.

"Knowing that I am fool" he started.

"You are fool indeed." He confirmed it.

"You are the freaking fool to marry off your daughter to me. Damn you." He snapped at him.

"See his tone of talking? Now also you want to live with him?" He remarked her. Who looked at him.

"Abba! Please stop it now. Just stop it." She screamed loud and frustratingly tears left from her eyes.

"Don't you have sense of talking?" His father snapped at him.

"Stop…. Stop… this drama… it doesn't affect him slightest." He told him.

"Daanya! You listen to me." He called her.

"I am giving you time till next six months. I won't interfere with your family if your husband reforms you by then." He firmly told her.

"If not, you should return to our house." He told her in final tone.

"Get lost!" He slurred at her father in between his saying.

"If not, you will see my dead body." He added in the end.

"Come with me!" He hold his wife hand and went in their house.

"Hey! What is all this? Why are you doing this?" His father roared at him.

"Why are you feel so bad about it, Abbu? This happens every day, isn't it?" He frustadly told him.

"It's my ill fate! My ill fated!" He hissed at him.

"Come on dad, you too. Go now." He irritadly told him. Who left in the house.

"Hey! Go to your houses." He shooed the others neighbours who was present all time to look at them doing arguments.

All left just he and she was present.

"Kaashif! Why you get insulted like that?" She can't help but helplessly asked him with teary eyes.

"If you wish to booze, have it inside our house." She told him.

"I'll give you if you need money." She added quietly.

"Who needs your money?" He arrogantly asked her.

"I don't need to live on wife's income." He informed her and went in the house.

She just looked down on road and after minutes she also went in composing herself.

She directly went to room. Lay down on the bed. Her mind started to rewind the all past memories.

Which took her here in present.

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She was just five years old when her father got transferred here. So they came to live this colony.

It was first day.

In evening she saw the children playing out side of the house. Informing her mother she went out to play with them.

When she told them let her play also with them. They started to bully her. One girl pushed her and she fall down. She was crying. When one hand came for her help.

"Hey! Get up." The boy helped her to get up from the road.

"Are you new here?" He asked her wiping her tears.

"Yes! We came today. This my house." She pointed the house which they came to stay.

"Then you are my neighbor. My house across yours" he told while showing the his house. Smile spread on her face seeing his smile.

"You become my friend right?" He suggested. On it she happily nodded her head.

"But your name?" He asked.

"Daanya." She replied with smile.

"My name is Kaashif." He also smilingly told her.

"Now I am warning you. Don't trouble my new friend if you don't want me complain your parents." He warned them while pointed finger at them.

"Let's go." Saying he hold her hand and lead her to her house.

"Don't try to play with them. They are not good for you." He advised her. Who just listen him silently.

After walking to her house. Biding bye to her he went to his house.

That was first meet. He left the deep impression in her heart. She was to small understand that feelings she felt that time just seeing him.

After that she joined the same school as him. Their class was different but it didn't stop her following him around.

She always go to play with him.

That feelings growing in her heart as they grown up.

Few years went like this. He now didn't play with her. They were not in age to play now. But now he was keeping distance from her. Which she didn't like even bit.

She knew the reason. She is now 11 and he is 14.

Now He used to spent his time with others school friends. Which made her upset but it didn't stop her secretly looking at him all time.

She was now aware of her feelings. What she felt about him and why his every thing important yo her.

They both take same route to go school. Her eyes didn't left to notice every detail about him. In his presence smile always there on her face.

She always eagerly waiting for her mother tell her to go to his house to give something. His father cook in his house. He doesn't have any mother. His mother passed away when he was just 2 years old. That why her mother If she make special dishes then she always send it to them by her daughter.

Now it became way see him for few minutes more. That chance she didn't want to go waste it.

Everything going so fine. Their family was also close. But he was not close with her. Just hello or hi. That' it. Nothing else. But it didn't stop her for loving him.

She was 16 and he was 19.

That time she was in school but he was doing engineering.

When she came like storm in their happy life. Haya Moein.

Just one girl changed everything in their life.

She joined his college in first year. He was in second year.

But she didn't know how they came that close. But one day she saw them in park. They were Sitting very close and holding hands.

Just seeing their closeness her tiny heart shattered too many pieces.

But She hold herself. Assuring herself that it was nothing. She just thinking too much. Also don't want to anyone get suspicious to her. She controlled herself not to break down.

But it became regular she often see them together. Like they stuck with each other. she always averted her eyes from them.

But she couldn't hold the tears which escaped from her eyes without her knowing.

Now all her nights spent with her cries. In next day she wake up with puffy eyes and red nose. Her parents always in concern asked her. But she ignored all time saying she was doing studies till late night that why.

She changed her route to go school. Don't want to see them together more and feel pain in her heart.

In her house need blub change or do other electricity work. Her mother always called him for help. When he came then She was around him to help him in anything. Now also it didn't change bit. She was behaved same. She just can't handle to see him with her. But now seeing him happy with other girl. She comp elf. She was not right for him but Haya. He choosed her for him. She couldn't do anything in that matter. So she kept her silence like before.

Like that four months passed.