Finally after two more days Ashraf and Fariqa returned home. Falak felt now she'll escape from Wajahat's constant gaze on her. She felt her cheeks going warm at his actions lately.

The moment she heard the sound of gates being opened she ran towards the entrance. Wajahat laughed at her speed.
As soon as Fariqa stepped outside thee car Falak hugged her.

"Assalamu Alaikum mom, I missed you so much!" She said still hugging her.

"Walaikum assalam I missed you too beta." She said kissing her forehead.

"Assalamu Alaikum dad." Falak greeted Ashraf with a happy smile on her face.

"Walaikum assalam, How are you beta!?" Placing his palm on her head he asked.

"Without both of you I felt so Lonely dad." She said with a pout. Wajahat raised an eyebrows at her.

"Oh why!! Wajahat didn't you take Care of our daughter?" He asked faking a stern attitude.

"Oh I did but...."He was cutoff mid sentence by the ringtone of his phone. Attending the call he walked towards the garden.

*******

"There you go!" Said Falak, placing their cup of coffee in front of them.

"Oh!! How I missed this beta." Said both Ashraf and Fariqa at the same time.

"Dad... I've gotta go... there's been an emergency at the hotel site. Have to sor....." Wajahat entered the room addressing his father, busy with something in his phone, he did not notice the carton box in front of him and stumbled on it. He caught hold of the thing closer to him to maintain his balance. Only to realise in a few seconds that it was not any thing but his wife on whose shoulder he had his arms around.
Falak stumbled a little at the force but was successful in maintaing her balance. She was shocked at first but when she noticed how close he was her eyes fell to the ground. She tried to move a little but his grip around her shoulder were tight. Wajahat was lost on his wife's beautiful expressions.

He was brought back to reality by his mother clearing her throat a little to loud. He turned towards them only to see that they were looking at them with a smile on their faces. He removed his arms around her and moved towards the box.

"What is this!?" He frowned.

"Oh that!Wajahat can you please bring it here." Said Ashraf rubbling his Palms together. Wajahat bend forward to lift it up.

"Why is this so heavy!?" He asked puzzled. Ashraf removed the outer plastic cover and opened the box.

Falak squealed with joy when her eyes fell on the contents of the box.

"Wow, wow, dad you've got everything from our list!?" She asked looking at the contents. Wajahat couldn't move his eyes from her. With each passing day he felt her a little more close to his heart. He smiled at her.

"Mom, dad I'm leaving now. There has been an issue at the site, I'll have a look at that and will visit office as well. I'll be late tonight." Addressing them he left for work.

*******

"Falak... Falak.... ah!! There you are." Said Fariqa when she found her seated on the grass near the trees in their garden.  She had a book in her lap.

"Yes mom!" She closed the book and stood from the ground, dusting the dust off of her clothes she walked towards Fariqa, both walked towards the swing and sat together.

"It's my friend's daughter's wedding tomorrow beta. You and Wajahat both have to accompany us."

"Okay mom!! Can we go shopping!" She asked with hopefull eyes.

"Ha ha ha!! Okay." Let's go after lunch as it's close to lunch already.

Together they went out after lunch. They visited several boutique but both weren't satisfied with what they were shown finally they got that they were looking for.

Fariqa chose a soft pink chiffon silk saree for her. It had beautiful Swarovski Stone embellishments on it.

Falak chose a lilac colored Anarkali as well. It had heavy white colored cut Dana, sequins and pearl embroidery on it. She fell in love with the dress. Happy with their shopping they moved out of the showroom.

A boy was noticing both of them from afar he walked towards them normally but when he got closer to them he tried snatching Falak's handbag but she had a firm grip on it. To release her hand from the bag the boy caught hold of her wrist a little to tight resulting in him scratching her skin.

"Hey you!" Fariqa was shocked. Falak swinged her shopping bag containing of her dress box and gave the boy a blow to his head. Stumbling back, He released his hold on the handbag and her hand, shocked and stunned at the unexpected blow.

"How dare you!?" She marched towards him and started hitting him with her hand bag. Fariqa held Falak's hand but she was enraged.

"Help.... help" He started shouting for help. And his cry for help added fuel to the Fire.

"Help!? seriously!? You were the one trying to snatch my bag and now you are screaming for help." The boy ran away holding his head.

"Hmph! Whatever!" She fumed. Fariqa stood there astound for a moment. The next moment she started laughing.

"Well!! That was certainly unexpected." She said laughing. Shaking her head she brought them both to the nearest restaurant.

"Phew!! You know mom, all this fighting did make me hungry!" Stated Falak pouting. Laughing Fariqa just shook her heasvat her antics.

Falak got busy checking the menu.

"Falak let's try..... hey... what happened to your hand!?" Fariqa asked shocked at the scratches on her wrist. Falak followed line of her sight and found a few scratches on her wrist. Few scratches had broken her skin and a thin line of deep line was formed.

"Oh!! He did hold my writs to lossen my grip on the handbag." She said. Now it was Fariqa's turn to be angry.

"You shouldn't have done that beta!" She said holding her hands and looking the scratch closely

"It's Ok mom, I'll get it treated once we get home." She mumbled looking at her wrist.

*******

By the time they reached home it was close to 8pm. Laughing they entered home.

"Assalamu alaikum dad!!" Falak greeted Ashraf. He raised his eyes from the book and smiled looking at them.

"Walakium assalam beta. Looks like my dears had fun today." He said looking at the shopping bags. Excited she showed him her dress and matching sandals that she had bought.

After talking to both of them for a while, she moved towards her room to freshen up. She noticed the lights in her room were on, Indicating Wajahat's presence inside.

"Assalamu Alaikum. " She greeted with a smile.

"Walaikum assalam." He answered. Turning towards her.

"Me and mom went shopping today." She said moving to the bed. She placed the bags infront of her and started taking the dress and sandals out. Wajahat moved towards the bed as well. She unfolded her dress to show him but what caught his attention was not her dress but her wrist. Frowning he walked to her and caught hold of her wrist.

"What happened to your hand!?" Falak was stunned, she tried to take her hand back but his hold on her palm was strong.

"I...I.. " She stuttered. "It happened while we came back from shopping." She said in a low voice.

"How!?" Standing close to her he was still frowning examining her hand.

"A boy tried to snatch my handbag, he caught hold of my wrist to make me let go of it but I just made sure he learnt his lesson." Controlling her heartbeat, she smiled proudly at her self.

He left her hand and moved towards the walk in closet, opening the last drawer on their dressing table he took out the first aid box and moved back out from them. Wajahat caught hold of her wrist and made her sit on the couch, he grabbed the ottoman beside and sat right in front of her.

Falak had managed to get back her heartbeat to normal when he had walked into their closet but looking his actions now she felt her heart going back crazy.

"I'll do it.. no problem." She mumbled to which he just gave her a stern pointed look.

"Quiet." She pouted at his tone.

"How long back did this happen?" He questioned cleaning the wound. She hissed at the anti septic liquid.

"Ummm... maybe 3 hours ago." She said trying to think of the time.

"And you still have left it untreated, how careless of you Falak." His tone left no room for Argument. He placed her palm on his knee and started applying the ointment. Falak was trying very hard to keep her face from being the replica of a tomato.

"There all done." He saying after securing it within a bandage. Smiling she moved towards the bed and started cleaning it.

"We have to attend a wedding tomorrow." He said looking at her wrist.

"Oh yes!! That's why me and mom went out for shopping."

"These scratches won't heal overnight." He said looking worried, Falak smiled.

"The dress has full sleeves so it's not a problem at all."walking into the closet. She placed the dress on the cupboard and sandals in the shoe rack. Choosing a simple floral printed off white and pink dress she moved towards the washroom with a shy smile adorning her lips at Wajahat's concern.

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