After 2 weeks, tahir ali was discharged from the hospital and sent home with lots of tablets and diet plans plus he was not supposed to take any new tension..

The past few days in hospital were really busy, izzah and zayn hardly had any interactions.
Many visitors came to see tahir ali and would definitely question the nikkah of izzah and zayn and zahra tahir had to tell each one that they had decided this long ago but did nikkah hastely because of the medical condition of tahir ali but as he is fine now they will celebrate the ruksati events and invite every relative...

Some of the family members were envious of this alliance and accused zayn of all the things he was afraid of,

Some said that he is very clever as izzah is the heiress of all tahir alis wealth, some would say ooo zayn u are too lucky sarcastically while some were talking on izzah that she was lucky she got a guy who was indebted to them and would always be nice to her ..
one close relative also said that she should be grateful because he is very brilliant , intelligent and hardworking...
some said he was the most eligible bachelor of the family with good looks and good habits while some would say she was the best girl in town...uff people and their tongues...regardless of their feelings they kept talking.,,

so to avoid all these conversations zayn left the house as soon as he dropped and settled tahir ali in, because all the phupos and khalas of the family were there.

Some were congratulating and some were concerned about his health.

By night everyone left and izzah after giving medicines to tahir ali was leaving to go to sleep as she was damn tired when tahir ali called her and told her to sit with him

"Are you upset with your baba izzah ?"he asked

Not at all baba,,kesi baten kar rahe hain ap?? Izzah baba se kabhi khafa nahi hosakti..she took his hands in her hand and squeezed them with love

Izzah i did this all for both of your betterment,i know no one can love you or take care of you more than zayn and its the vice versa,he needs you in his life,i dont want him to marry someone who dosent deserve him..i know my own sister was not happy with this alliance because she wanted him to marry ramsha her daughter but u know na how ramsha is,,even she is my daughter ,my niece but zayn is my son,,its as if i m his biological father"

He was talking and her mind drifted off to ramsha,
She was the most bold and stylish girl in her family and izzah and her never got along because from childhood she always used to butt in her and zayns friendship and izzah never liked sharing zayn ever and these days ramsha was always asking for zayn laughing and talking in his company,
izzah used to tease zayn that ramsha likes you and he used to get irritated but what if he also liked her, maybe she was the love interest he was talking about, her mind was wondering off and she was reciting astaghar nonetheless.

"Izzah izzah"...her dad said loudly and she came back to present
Jee baba...

Where is zayn call him ,i have not seen him since morning...her mom came inside and asked her
Just then zayn also entered and cleared his throat to tell everyone of his presence.

"Salam mom and dad" he said not sparing izzah a glance ,he looked tired and worn out,

"Izzah go warm up food for zayn he must be hungry.."mom said
Hearing this izzah rushed to the kitchen to warm up his food.
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Where were u the whole day zayn...khafa to  nahi ho apne baba se" tahir ali asked and zayn went and sat next to him..

Just caught up with work dad and i had to tell you that for the new project that our company started i have to leave for england tommorow for few days...
He informed him ignoring his second question

Tahir ali was understanding that zayn was trying to run away from this situation and he thought he needed time...

Okay beta go and handle it but dont forget to come soon in a week or two..as soon as you will return..we will get izzah and your ruksati done..be it from her room to your anexy,
( it was a little two bedroom,lounge n kitchen,,a small little cozy cottage like house built in the boundries of tahir villa and zayn used to stay there from few years since he built it by his wants..he was too much into architecture)

Okay dad, he sighed,,
He did not want to rush this all because he was not ready for this all but he did not want to give his baba like uncle any stress so agreed nonetheless..

What time is your flight beta ,,zahra asked.

Tommorow evening...he replied

Izzah entered with a warm tray of food, she placed it in front of him and sat opposite to him,,she was scanning his face, he had grown his shave and had dark circles beneath his eyes, she knew it was all because of lack of sleep and excessive thinking,she wanted him to share his thoughts with her even though she was upset and sad her self,

Feeling her gaze on himself zayn looked at her and caught her act of staring and she stood up suddenly to leave when zahra said
"Izzah help zayn in his packing..he has to leave tommorow"
And her eyes shot to him,,he never left ever  before telling her,
She could sense he had changed...

"Okay mom"she said feebly and left for the kitchen,,, she placed two cups of tea on the stove and dwelled into thinking about this matter...

Is he leaving them, is he just running away.,,when will he come back..all these questions kept rising in her mind.

She was thinking about old times,how they both would share each and everything with one another and now they were both silent...

Izzah to bht hi khafa thee zayn se...iss baaar wo mana hi nahi raha tha...

She was so busy in her thoughts that she didnt see the tea overflowing from the sauce pan ...just then zayn entered the kitchen with the leftover dishes from his dinner amd rushed over to turn off the stove...

Izzah izzah theek to ho??(izzah r u fine)
, he asked concerned..shaking her by her shoulder a bit

Zayn why are you leaving so suddenly??  She questioned him with teary eyes,,she was tired of all this crap.

Izzah to be honest i need time to reflect over,i m not ready for this ruksati..we were good friends why did they do this to us??he was opening up to her and she was glad ,atleast they could talk over this

"Whatever is done is done now zayn,you cant run away, you know babas condition and he wants the ruksati as soon as possible,"she paused for a bit then continued
"I absolutely understand you but he wont...he will get stressed and you know very well he cant live without you,, atleast for his happiness we can just accept it all or just pretend happy in front of him",
she tried to reason out with him,she was having a bad feeling about him going,,it was as if he wouldent ever come back...

He poured out the remaining tea in two cups ,handed her one and took the other one in his hand and sat beside her...

"Izzah listen, i m not running away from any of the responsibilities,i know i m the only son of this house , mom dad and you need me,,
I promise I will come back soon izzah"...
I just need time to think over this situation that we got into...i cant deal with peoples judgement,, i have always seen you as a friend not like this..its hard for me try to understand.i m helpless." He did sound helpless.

"Were you interested in someone else?" She blurted out  the question that was bothering her but after realising what she just asked without listening to his answer she rushed out of the kitchen...

She did not wanted to sound desperate to him...and probably she just couldent gather the confidence to listen to his answer..what if he was....

Hey izzah listen ,,he called out but she was long gone...he finished his tea and headed towards his anexy...

It was a long day and tommorow he had to catch a flight...to come back obviously...
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