"Waise mai poochna bhool gayaa, yeh sajaawat, lightein wagera kis liye hai" he asked looking around the decorations.

"Kal Hala ki Shaadi hai" his father responded in a rough way.

Spitting out the shake he just had, Hamza jumped in shock looking at Hala. "What!?"

Taijaan immediately grabbed Hala's hand and twirled her around, causing Hala to gasp in pain. "Aaah" she cried. "Kya milaya hai tumne uss shake mei...haan, kya milaya hai jo usse peete hi mera beta bimar ho gya" taijaan shouted.

Seeing the situation Hamza immediately rushed to Hala and rescued her from his mother. "Ami chorein, kya kar rahi hai ?"

"Sab iss ladki ka kiya hua hai, pata nahi kya ghol ke pila diya tumhe, jaan se mar dungi isse mai" taijaan shouted pointed at Hala, trying to come closer to her while Hamza stood in between as a rock.

"Hala ne kuch nahi kiya hai, bewajah aap usspr bhadak rahi hai" he accused. "Mai ekdum shock ho gaya tha uski shadi ki baat sunke isiliye aise react kiya, aap kaise iss bechari prr ilzaam lagaa rahi hai ?"

"Achha bas bas, choro inn baaton ko,Hamza tum thak gye ho na, jaao jaake so jao" Raees, his father tried to dismis the situation.

Hala ran inside her dadi's room as soon as Hamza left her, throwing a glare at everyone Hamza too went inside.

...

Once he sensed everyone retiring to their rooms, Hamza came out and went to Dadi's room where Hala has been residing from the day she came here, can't his family give her a room of her own atleast, he wondered.

Opening the door a bit, he found Hala sleeping uncomfortably on the tiny sofa kept beside dadi's bed. Sighing he went to the terrace and sat resting his back against the wall thinking off all the past times.

The most precious memory made its way to his mind making him revisit the day he had first met Hala, a 5 year old british girl.

Flashback

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