Unwantedly my gaze fell on the tray which was decorated with mouth watering foods. I thought for a minute should I eat or not? But then I thought foods are innocent. They weren't involved in my kidnapping. So I can feed on them and second thing I need energy to think over the trouble I'm in.

After having dinner I walked a little in the room itself cause I wasn't allowed to go out of course, then I prayed my Isha salah(night prayer) and hopped on the bed.

After pondering over little I felt my eye lids being heavy and as a sign I dropped my head on the pillow praying I get out of here soon.

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I was on my way to haweli when called me saying that he has a surprise for me.

"What surprise?!!" I was confused because he never sounded this happy after that incident.

"You will know." He chirped again increasing more excitement over my already excited self.

" Can I not know now itself ? "I asked hoping he might give up on increasing the suspense.

"Okay,... If you are so desperate to know as fast as possible, pick me from my office and we will go haweli along."He said after a little pause, like thinking over something.

"Okay I will be there in fifteen minutes."I said after a while, being desperate as ever.

When I reached his office building he was already out and was talking something with his PA.

I got out to meet him after almost seven months.

When he saw me he smiled at me and his smile had something new which I havn't remember seeing.

His PA moved inside the office building, nodding over something and he turned towards me.

" So young man I came to know that you have got a wife now."He said patting my back as he reached me.

I don't know but I felt guilty for not having him on my Nikah ceremony.

"I'm sorr....."

"No need man I know I deserve this."He said cutting me off.

"You don't." I whispered to my self and opened the passenger side door for him.

"So, are you going to tell me what' s the surprise ?" I asked finally not able to hold back my curiosity.

"I have found my daughter." He said smiling a little.

"What??!!!, Where? How? I mean... Huh.....are you serious?"I stopped the car with a jerk and asked him whole lot of questions unable to contain my happiness.

"Well, I can't answer your all question in a go." He said smirking.

"Ok, where did you find phuppo(father's sister)?"I asked agreeing to his one question at a time rule. But if I'm not wrong I saw a dark shadow of sadness and unbearable pain passing through his light brown orbs.

"She is no more." He said and some tears broke the dam he had made and drenched his wrinkled cheeks. How much this man has changed? !!! A strong man who never cried before... But alas!!

I felt a pang of pain surging in my heart.

"But you said you found her." I said still confused.

"Yes I found her."He said making me confuse as hell.

"Dada jaan(grand father) will you stop beating the bush around." I said a little frustrated.

"I found her in the form of her princess....... Her beautiful daughter." He said now smiling through his tears.

"Enough of question answer round. Let's just get going. Don't you wanna meet her." He said before I can ask anymore question.

I nodded and brought the engine to life.

Phuppo (father's sister) is no more.

This is so heart wrenching news. But we all had thought over this possibilities after we didn't find her searching her everywhere we could. But we still had the hope lingering that one day a miracle may happen and she will be with us, as before smiling to everyone and everytime.

I have been loved by her, pampered by her so much till I was 5.

But......after that incident, everything changed.

She was beautiful girl born on a feudal lord home.

Since Daadi jaani (grandmother) Shakeela Khan died when phuppo was still a child of 6 or 7, she was over pampered by everyone against those typical feudal's home where girls weren't treated princess alike.

She was princess for her father Shahnawaz Khan and little beautiful doll for her only elder brother Samad khan.She was beautiful sister and friend for her sister in law, Hafsa khan.

All those pampering didn't affect her personality. She was sweet and well mannered girl who even treated her servants with respect and love.

It all happened when one evening she came to know about a marriage purposal Dada jaan(grandfather) Shahnawaz Khan was considering seriously.

And the second day early morning she was on the breakfast table with red and puffy eyes. She wasn't her chirpy self as usual. This made everyone concerned.

But she excused herself saying that she was stressed over her exam and couldn't sleep well and Went to her college.

That evening she came with a handsom guy. Everyone was stunned to see her with some guy.

Dada jaan(grandfather) gestured that guy to follow him to the area specified for male species only. That guy followed him. Phuppo wasn't allowed inside but she could hear every bit of the conversation going inside.

This guy was Phuppo's senior. He was orphan. He was willing to marry Phuppo and was here with a purposal. Phuppo and he liked each other . This was what everyone there knew after that conversation.

Dada jaan told him calmly that he will consider over his purposal but he needs time.

This made Phuppo very much happy. She was chirping again. She thought her father can never deny her wish but how much she was wrong.

After a week later she was forced into a nikah with another feudal lord's son, Shamsher khan. She tried everything possible under her to get out of this marriage. Baba(father) and Amma also tried their best. Nothing was able to change the feudal lord Shahnawaz khan's mind.And she got defeated by her fate and was tied with a cruel monster who never for once treated her like she deserved to be treated as.

Whenever she visited haweli I saw her eyes devoid of every emotions, related to happiness, well-being, contentment and prosperous life.

Lost was that princess who smile for nothing and on everything.

Dada jaan now was burning on his own to be reason of her wistful life. She never opened her lips complaining about anything but nothing in this world can be hidden for long.

After 2 years of her marriage she was blessed with a baby girl. After so long I saw her eyes holding the emotion called happiness. Everyone was happy to see her happy once again. But her husband wasn't happy to be a father of beautiful daughter.

How unlucky he was?!!!

He tried to kill his own daughter which made Phuppo to take that decision. She wrote a letter explaining everything and handed it to one of her loyal servant and told her to hand it to her brother. And she escaped with her daughter, Allah knows where. I don't know how dada jaan got to her daughter. It's another story I'm unaware of.

"We are here."Saying that I pulled out my car on the concrete paved way between the beautiful lawn.

Anwar came running and took the key from my hand to park it in the garage.

"Am I allowed to give this news to Amma?"I asked him halting him on his way inside the the haweli.

"Yes, you can."He said turning towards me.

I smiled at him whilst taking my phone out.

He turned to go and I dialed Amma's number whilst standing on the middle of the concrete pavement.

I informed her about this news. She was squealing like a child. I'm sure she must be jumping as well.

Phuppo and Amma unlike other sister in laws was very much friendly and loved each other. Maybe, it was because they were cousins and was brought up in this haweli along. This was the reason Amma wasn't able to forgive dada jaan.

"I'm coming."She said snapping me out.

"Ok Amma, I will wait for you." I said putting my phone inside my pocket.

Suddenly I was attacked by someone.I hard blow landed on my jaw. I was baffled to see the person infront of me whilst holding my jaw with my left palm where I got a blow.

Shame man shame.

"What are you doing here?"I asked her overcoming my anger,and shame.

My eyes opened because of the the beautiful and soothing sound of fajr Azaan( morning prayer call). I lay there answering the azaan. After the Azaan was completed I sat up and rubbed my eyes to fade little left over sleepiness from my eyes.

I got up from my bed and headed towards the washroom to do ablution.

After my fajr prayer I recited Surah Yaseen and prayed to Allah (SWT) for everything to be alright in this world and the world hereafter.

I got up and stood before the window to feel the cold breeze kissing my skin. I took long deep breath to calm my nerves. It was beautiful outside. The flowers were swaying happily and was spreading there sweet, soothing smell everywhere.

I came back to the sofa and sat there hoping Mumma Baba to be unaware of the fact of me being kidnapped, otherwise they will be panicking around. Mumma sure will be crying mess. I loughed a little at thought of her. She was like friend to me. I love her the most.

I woke up from my daze hearing some sound from outside the window. I got up to see who was there.

I stood staring outside to get what was going there. There was a man talking something over the phone. He was well dressed, seems to be very rich. He doesn't look like a servant around here. Is he the one who kidnapped me?.

What that lady was saying? I tried to remember the name he was referred by .

Yeah!!! I got it. It was some sort of 'Khan sahab' if I'm not wrong.

The person turned now facing me still talking something in happy tone.

I looked at him.

Oh!!! My Allah.

Is he my kidnapper?!!

How could he stoop so low?!!

I've never thought this man can be so much ugly unlike his outer self.

I was fuming in anger. I will strangle his throat till he die. I jerked backward. Opened the door. The both scary man were still there.

"I need to meet your boss."I hissed.

"Mam, he will meet you at the breakfast in dining. Besides, he had just arrived, he must be freshening up now."One of the man said.

"You can't stop me now, if you fear of me trying to scape you can follow me."I told them whatever came to my mind and marched outside where that jerk was engaged in happy conversation.

"Mam, please get inside the room otherwise..... we will be in trouble."

The both scary man were following me and repeating.

As I reached him ignoring their plea, I blow a punch on that jerk's jaw. He was little taken aback when he saw me there.

Acting.......

Why would he be taken aback to see me there? when he is the one who kidnapped me.

"What are you doing here?".He asked me as if he don't know.

"Don't act innocent infront of me. I never knew until now how big of a monster you are." I hissed at him jabbing his chest hardly.

"Listen, stop feeling so high and hit me like I'm not capable of hitting you back when you better know I can do much worse, it's just my manner and upbringing which is holding me back." He snarled pointing his index finger at me.

I really got scared for a moment by watching him growl at me.

"Your manners and upbringing my foot."I said overcoming the fear and jabbed him once more.

He held my arm tightly stopping me from hitting him more.

" Are you deaf. Didn't you hear me? What I said? I can do worse if...... ". He again growled tightening his grip on my arm and bringing back the fear I shoved away a little while back.

"You can't do worse than what you have already done, or can you?" I snarled at him trying to free my arm.

My eyes were burning now maybe from rage..... or pain.

"Can you enlighten me about my worse deed."He said tightening his grip more if it was possible.

"Oh wow, you just kidnapped me and you are asking about worse deed you did. I never thought you could stoop so low. I never thought you will kidnap me for revenge."I said trying to free my hand. I felt my traitorous tears flowing.

Oh, Allah!!

How much I hate myself now to be this week. I should not be crying in front of this heartless jerk. I shouldn't be weak.

He left my arm abruptly.

"Kidnapped?!!!..... Are you crazy? Why would I do that?"He said playing innocent again. What does he think of me? Am I that easy to fool?

"Wait, Oh my Allah!!....

Anwar.... Anwar where is dada jaan". At first he was blabbering something on his own whilst drawing his fingers in his hair acting to think of something and suddenly he called some Anwar guy and asked him about some dada jaan.

I was standing there rubbing my arm to fade the pain and glaring at him.

"Whatever business you need to do,you can do afterwards. Just let me go." I said and he stopped from his back and forth motion on the concrete pavement.

He looked at me, then behind me. I was back facing the haweli's front door.

"Dada jaan.... What's all this?" He asked someone behind me.

I turned back to look.

There was standing a old man. Inspite of his age he was holding an intimidating aura around him. He was clad in salwar suit and a black shawl was drapped around him. He looked at me. I saw a lot's of emotion passing through his light brown orbs. The dominanting was love.

Did I just saw love in his eyes whilst he was looking at me.

He looked at that jerk and again at me.

"We need to talk." I heard his intimidating voice.

What he wants to talk about?!!

"But..... I need to go, I'm not going to have talk with some stranger and my kidnapper." I don't know but my stomach was churning from fear of something bad going to happen. It's like my intuition alerting me.

"Just for a little while. We will not take long."He said softly to me.

"Ok......." I gave up to this old man don't know why.

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