"Hello, tumhe meri aawaz aa rahi hai" the other person again cried.

"Hala, tum, tum kahaan se bol rahi ho" he panicked

"Hamza, tum please aa jao, mujhe bohot darr lagg raha hai, please aajao"

"Hala, tum kahaa prr ho, please rona band karo, aur mujhe btao"

"Ghar ke pass wali jo road hai wahaa prr, please aa jao tum"

"Hala, Hala, dont be worried, mai abhi ke abhi nikal rahaa hu, phone matt katna, stay in contact" he said while getting down of his bed in hurry.

Without wasting any time rushed out of the house where Hala had told him her location. All this while he could only hear some dogs barking and a sobbing Hala.

As soon as he got there, he shooed away the dogs and found a terribly afraid, shivering Hala behind the bushes with some wounds on her face.

"Hala" he uttered as he got her out of the bushes. Still holding her hand, with the other one he caressed her face while hissing in pain for her wounds.

"Rona band karo Hala, mai aa gya hu na" he said slowly. After sometime her cries went low and she was a bit stable to say some words.

"Tum iss time yahaan kya kar rahi ho ?" He asked

"Ghar se nikaal diya taijaan ne" she answered. "What, Kyu"

"U..Unhe lagta hai ki...ki mai tumhe rijhane ki koshish rahi hu, aur tumhe apni taraf karna chaahti hu. Mai bojh hu na, isiliye unhone nikal diya" she filled him with what taijaan had said to her. "taijaan ne yeh kuch rupye diye aur kahaa ki chali jao, shalimar 6 baje nikalti hai, uske saamne let jaana, yeh bhi kahaa tha" she said showing some rupees which taijaan had hamdedpber to her. "mujhe kuch samjh nahi aaya ki mai kya karu, isiliye tumhe phone kiya, kahaan jau, kya karu kuch nahi pataa mujhe. Aur mera sachme koi aisa iraada nahi tha hamza tumhe rijhane ka yaa kuch bhi, mera yakeen karo, maine kabhi tumhe uss nazar se nahi dekha, tum sirf dost ho mere, uss se zyada nahi" she clarified.

Hamza was too shocked to react. His mother could stoop so low ? he was still afraid to register. They both kept standing there, with their own turmoil. After sometime, he held her hand and started walking. "Kahaan leja rahe ho" she asked him. "Apne zakham dekho hala, hospital leja rahaa hu" after that, neither of them said anything, just kept going with the situation, still in sync with eachother.

Once her wounds were treated Hamza took her home where when outside, Hala persisted going in, but eventually gave up infront of him. Asking her to wait he went in and saw the scenario. Everyone in the house were sitting normally except his dadi, who was in a crying state with his chachu trying to calm her.

"Amma, dawayi to le lein, tabiyaat kharab ho jaayegi aapki" his chachu said awhile forwarding the tablet with one hand to the old crying lady.

"Haaye meri hala, kahaan gayi, koi to dhoond ke laao usse, koi bulao meri hala ko, nanhi si jaan hai wo" his dadi cried.

Hamza saw his mother standing at a distance with an annoyed face looking at the hue and cry dadi had made for Hala.

"Chodiye na phupho, bhag gayi wo badkirdaar ladki, aise hi nahi bhaagi, apne aashiq ke saath bhagi hai, raat raat bhar baatein karti thi uss se" his mother said making him angry at her audacity.

"Jab tumhe pata tha wo kisi se raat ko baatein karti hai to mujhe btaya kyu nahi, ussi waqt usse theek karta" Raees said in anger.

"Kya hua dadi" hamza entered as if he didn't know the scene. "Hamza,  Hamza dekh na hala kahaan chali gayi, dhoondh ke la na meri bachi ko, yeh sab keh rahe hai wo bhaag gayi, prr mai nahi maanti" his dadi cried.

"Tumhe kaheen jaane ki zaroorat nahi hai hamza, apne yaar ke saath bhagi hai wo" taijaan said.

"Kaunsa yaar ?" He asked. "Aapa ne dekha hai Hala ko, kisi se raat raat bhar baatein karte hue, aur aaj jab subha bhaag rahi thi tab bhi dekha hai" his chachi said

"Agar aapne usse baatein karte hue dekha hai, to usee kabhi roka kyu nahi"

"Ab koi faaltu sadak chhap ladka hi hoga na jo phone prr baatein karta ho, achhe ghar ka hota to kab ka aake rishta maang leta, ab aisa ladke se baatein kar rahi thi, to mai kya kehti" taijaan said shrugging her shoulders.

"waah...kya baat hai, aur agar hala ki jagah Roomi hoti to ?" Hamza asked.

"Tum roomi ke baare mei aisa keh bhi kaise sakteho Hamza" his mother said in anger.

"To kya aap hala ke baare mei keh sakti hai ?" He asked. He knew it was time, to disclose everything, not for anything else but Hala's honor.

"Hamza" his father gritted his teeth.

"Mai aap logo se baatein karne mei kyu waqt barbaad kar raha hu, seedha ussi ko le aata hu jis ke baare mei baat ho rahi hai" hamza said making everyone shocked specially his dear mother, note the sarcasm in word 'dear'.

"Tujhe pataa hai meri hala kahaan hai Hamza. Jaa le aa usse bache" his dadi asked with hope. "Le aaya dadi, le aaya" he said with a small smile before going out to get hala.

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