Writers pov

If these 30 days were so long and taunting for amal how will she spend all her life with taha?

this one question often popped up in her mind.

Taha and amal spent the 30 days planning and preparing for the wedding,

a studio apartment type of room was built for them far away from the wing which has all the bedrooms.

amal and taha chose her wedding outfits,
everybody else chose their outfits,

decorations were finalised,

only thing left was amals iddat to end.

10 more days were left for Amal's iddat to end, and as terrified as amal was she knew she had to do it for taha.

samad on the other hand was miserable,
he would laugh and act normal infront of his father but from within he was dying more than he already was,

he took ambreens permission who didbt really care much and started taking care of Amal's house.

the house was back to what it was,
it was no longer a stranded building,

he placed every single thing back on its place just like it was,

he came everyday and watered the plants, cleaned the house, and did everything like he lives there, after he is done he leaves and come back next day and does the same thing.

sometimes he will go to amals room and cry for hours,

(I think this song is perfect for amal and samad's situation)

sometimes he will sit still like he froze on his spot for hours,

sometimes he'll start crying out of nowhere,

his health was a matter of concern,

he didnt eat properly,
he hadn't shaved ever since he woke up,
he was getting skinny than one should be,
he had huge bags under his eyes and dark circles,
his eyes were lifeless,
and his smile was fake.

.......

10 more days passed.

after taha and amals wedding,
jenny was all set to leave this life behind and go to university where she will study photography and hopefully become a professional,

it was fun to watch dominic acting like a emotional father trying to spend as much time with her as possible, but he was also. trying to hide his fatherly affection, as it lowered down his level of 'cool' according to him.

and sidra?
well she was just being sidra.

they all were hanging out together when amal came and sat beside taha.

"taha I want to go to India once" she expressed her wish right away.

"before the wedding?" taha asked sittimg up straight and putting his phone aside paging full attention to her.

amal nodded in response.

"I cant take their blessings, I havent even seen their graves, i want to go once, I want to meet them, tell them that I am okay" amal's eyes tearing up at the thought of seeing her parents grave.

"okay amal, we'll go as soon as possible"

"don't you have to go to queens for your new mission?" she asked remindinding him that he was supposed to go and free 150 girls from trafficking mafia.

"oh yes I forgot, do one thing you take dominic with you" amal nodded in response and lighted up a cigarette taha snatched it from her lips and threw it aside.

"hey you idiot, why would you do that"

"I don't think you are supposed to talk to your husband like that" taha mocked folding his hands on his chest arrogantly

"oh yes, you are right, I am supposed to kick my husband" amal responded

"aghh fucking dumb bitch" taha retorted as amal smashed his foot with the heel of her combat boot.

"agh stupid woman let me go" taha screamed as amal pulled his hair painfully for calling her a dumb bitch.

"why do you pull my hair so much??
I'll go bald in a month at this rate"
taha asked kicking amal lightly which resulted in her falling back on her seat.

after few minutes of fighting they broke into fits of laughter

'life would be easier I think if we stay this way' thought amal in her heart

the decorators were already starting there work in the courtyard since thats where the ceremony will take place,

amal was ready to go to her hometown,

taha was ready to go on his mission,

"taha just be carefull, for some reason I cant forget arhams threat" amal expressed her fear and concern honestly.

"relax okay, he is in jail, UMO wont help him, they don't help when a mafia is busted"
taha smiled to comfort her and she nodded although her heart still wasnt in peace.

she brushed off the feeling and bid him goodbye.

Amal and Dominic's flight landed and they went to the graveyard straight from the airport,

(I know in our culture women dont go to graveyards, but I have seen it In pak dramas and I wanted to write it for the sake of the story so please dont come at me for writing it)

the caretaker showed them the grave,

amal just looked at the graves, she didnt cry, she didnt talk, she just stood there, watching in disbelief, the parents who always loved her were no more, she couldnt even see them, what she was seeing was a peice of land not her loving father who spoiled her and her caring mother who never let her get spoiled.

she sat down between her mother and fathers grave.

"I wish i was here with you guys" amal whispered unintentionally.

dominic was shocked to hear those words from her.

she placed her hand on her fathers grave and a lone tear escaped from her eyes,

"you can rest in peace now abbu, I am safe from arham now"

she turned to her mothers grave

"mumma all your life you prayed so much that who ever I will marry should treat me right, I am marrying that man mumma"

"I know you died thinking that I was so selfish I ran away to fulfil my dreams and didnt even come to my father's funeral, but I hope you know the truth now mumma I hope"

she sat between their Graves talking and crying

ever since she heard the news of their death she always thought that once she will see their graves she wont feel this empty, but the void in her chest just grew larger.

seeing their graves made her feel more lonely,

all she wanted to do was dig a grave along side them and bury herself there,

but she couldnt,
the life her lord gave her she had to keep it, she had no right to end it,
that's why she beared so much from arham in the first place when any other girl would have killed herself.

"baji maghrib ka waqt khareeb aa raha hai ap chale jayein" the care taker informed amal
(sister it's evening you should go)

she nodded wiping her tears

"Allah hafiz abbu, Allah hafiz mumma"

"so where to now?" dominic asked as they sat in the car,

"banjara hills, I need to see ali uncle" amal answered and started driving.

"samad's father?" dom asked and she nodded lighting up a cigarette.

the guards stopped amal at the gate,

"I need to see ali uncle, I am amal, samad's freind"

"ali sir is not at home at the moment" the guard answered

"when will he be back?"

"i dont know, he is on a business trip" the guard answered

nodding amal drove towards her house.

meanwhile samad just locked her house and left,

they crossed each other on the main road, samad was waiting on the signal and amal was crossing from that very same road for which samad was given the red signal, she passed from infront of his eyes, yet they didnt see each other.

how could they?
there are hundreds of cars on the road with hundreds of people.
and like I said why would anyone look for someone they think is dead?

as they reached to her home she was shocked to see that the house looked the same.

"ambreen took good care of the house" amal said to dominic.

the house was awfully dark, dark like she has never seen before, not a single light was on in the house the only light comimg was from the evening sky, making the house and every single thing look a dark blueish black shade.

amal walked in and she felt nostalgic,

she patted her scooty and sat on it,
her abbu bought it for her,
her heart tremble in sorrow as her mind was full of thousand of memories playing in her head.

"this used to be my ride back then, I explored every part of Hyderabad on it" amal informed as dom sat on the porch stairs.

"it's nice, it's small, cosy, welcoming" dom said looking around

"this is where my abbu used to read his newspaper" amal said sitting on the chair leaning her back on it, trying to find some form of solace in it.

she unlocked the door and was shocked to see that the house was just like when she left, not a single thing changed.

she saw the whole house and it was just like she left it.

"so you are planning on meeting your sister?" dominic asked

she nodded in a no, not even wanting to start the conversation.

"she'll just get upset that I am not dead" she chuckled humourlesly

........

samad reached his home,

"sir your freind was here to meet mr ali" the guard informed samad as he waited for the gates to open.

"my freind came to meet abbu?" samad asked

"yes"

"who?" he was confused as to why will his freind come to meet his abbu

"sir she said her name amal" samad froze on his spot

"are you sure she said amal?" he asked

.......

Amal stepped out of her house, she was about to sit in her car and drive away to the airport and get married to taha,

they sat in their car but she didnt feel like going,
dominic waited for her to start driving,

with a heavy heart heart she started driving towards the airport,

samad drove to her house as fast as he can breaking all the speed limits breaking all the rules,

adrenaline pumped in his body,
he was shaky from excitement and confusion,

he felt like his prayers had been heard, she was back,

it was miraculous for him.

he ran into her house to see it was locked, yet he unlocked the door and looked for her,

"AMAL!!!!"

"AMAL???" he screamed her name his voice echoing in the house,

may be she is at ambreens place he thought

"ambreen open the door" he banged his fist on the door impatiently

as soon as she opened the door he barged in

"where is she?" he asked looking around

he looked crazy running here and there.

"who?" ambreen asked

"amal, is she upstairs?" he asked

"samad have you gone crazy? amal is dead" ambreen genuinely thought he had gone crazy looking at him all frantic and weird.

"she is not dead, my guard met her"

"it's some misunderstanding samad she is dead, please leave my house" ambreen snapped at him.

he walked out,

"she is not dead, dont ever refer to her as a dead person again" samad warned ambreen and drove away,

he looked for her everywhere,
some people got scared thinking he has gone crazy,
some were confused,
some were both,

may be it was a misunderstanding

he thought feeling heartbroken,

it hurted him to first think she was alive and then get disappointed, it hurted him a lot.

defeated he walked back to her house.

he saw a car parked outside the house,

"who the hell just barged in her house like this at 2 A.M" he whispered to himself,

as soon as he walked in he tripped down onto the ground, and next thing he knew was an incredibly heavy man was pinning him down.

"who are you?" they both asked at the same time

"you answer" they both said at the same time again

"you are the one who just barged in" dominic said with irritation

"I am barging?, you are the one who is tresspassing" samad snapped jerking his body to free himself,

"what's the noise?" a sleepy voice came from upstairs and they heard the footsteps lightly padding down stairs.

samad looked up to see a very shocked and confused girl standing infront of him.

I asked earlier that how will two people find each other if they think the one they love is dead?

well the answer is destiny

destiny makes them meet,

if they are destined to be together then no matter what they'll meet.

heyyyyy guys

finally they met ha

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xoxo
neelam❤❤