Chapter 25
I tried to concentrate to remember who is she? And just then a sharp pain started to begin on the right side of my head. I tried to massage my temples and balance myself because my vision suddenly got blurred.
"Hoorain" somebody call my name and tapped my shoulder from the back making me scream.
"Hey hey, it's me...Aahil. Calm down" he said. But I was already sitting on the road, one hand covering my face and the other on top of my chest to slow down my heart rate.
"You stupid, idiot...you scared me!!!" I said breathing hard.
"Sorry, I didn't meant to scare you" he said.
"Please never ever do this again"
"I won't...I promise. But what are you doing here?"
"Was going to the bus stop"
"Why?"
"What why?? My shift is over and now it's time to go back home" I shrugged.
"Yeah, but now you've been given Aariz position, so you also have the car" he said.
"That doesn't make any sense!!" I crossed my arms.
"I don't know why and how he forget to say this to you but he has also appointed a car for you for two days because now you're the boss"
"Why being so fancy and that to for just two days. Who knows he might come tomorrow and give me a huge shock!!" I said
He started laughing..."No, No, he surely won't come tomorrow, he'll come day after tomorrow. He really has some work"
"If you say so" I shrugged
"Shall we?" He asked
"Wait...are you going to drop me to my home?" I asked
"No, no, I won't but surely the driver will" he said.
Soon a car stops right in front of us and if I'm not wrong then it is Mercedes-Benz CLA.
"Here's your Car and your personal chauffeur for the next two days." He said
"Thanks" I smiled
"Don't thank me, thank Aariz" he said
"Not in million years" I said sitting inside the car.
"We'll see" he said laughing.
"Byeee" I waved at him.
Whole ride I tried to remember who that lady was but the worst part was whenever I tried to concentrate, a sharp pain use to start forming in my head. I reached my home safely, I thank the driver and then went inside my house.
"Assalamualaikum" Tashu greeted me.
"Walekumasalam" I replied
"How was your day?" She asked
"Good...yours?"
"Boring..."
"Aunty? Uncle? Are they back?" I asked
"Nope, they'll be late" she said and I nodded.
"I'll go and freshen up"
"Yeah...I'll be in my room" she said.
After freshening up and changing into my comfy pj, I laid down on my bed and closed my eyes for a second. Just to relax peacefully. While I was relaxing a sudden feeling started running through my veins, is he alright? Has he reached? Should I call him? Should I text him...and soon I was sweating.
What the hell????
Again there was a pain in my head but it didn't lasted longer.
My cell started ringing and I saw it was his call.
"Hello, Sir" I said.
"Hii, How was your day?" He asked.
"Good...when did you reached?" I asked
"Three hours back" he said
"And you're calling me now. I don't understand that what would have happened if you would have called me earlier and have informed me that you've reached safely? There's thing called responsibility...when will you understand that" I sighed.
"Miss.Ahmed, what's wrong?" He asked.
"My life"
"Why?? Where's your boyfriend?? Isn't he there to entertain your life" he teased.
"Ohh..I dumped my boyfriend" I said.
"Ouch!!"
"Yeah, I'm planning to get married" I smiled
And the other end went dead silent!!!
"Hello, you there? Have you seen a ghost?? Are you alive? I guess you've fainted!!" I kept on teasing him.
"I have an important work right now." The line went off!!!
Guess...PMS issues!!!
"Busy??" Tashu asked standing by the door.
"No...come in dear" I said smiling.
"With whom you were talking?"
"Sir" I said smiling.
"Oohh" she teased
"You know I told him that I'm planing to get married...and he just hung up!!" I was now laughing.
"You did not just said that!!" She was shocked.
"I just did"
"Now he won't sleep as it is--"
"As it is what Tashu??" I asked
"As it is you keep him awake by coming in his dreams" she smirked
"Oh please..." I said throwing a pillow at her. "Listen, I'm craving pizza, let's go and get it na?"
"Why go? Let's order it"
"No, I'm tired eating from that Dominoz. Let's try it from here na, the one that has opened right around the corner" I gave her my best puppy eyes.
"Okayyy..." She said and I started jumping.
It was around eight thirty when we went out. It wasn't that quiet, roads were as usual busy with cars passing by, some people were roaming and some were just walking. I was so excited to eat pizza that I didn't even changed, just put on my hijab and that's it!!
"One large double cheese veg pizza and no extra toppings, please" Tashu ordered.
"Having here or take away, Mam?" The counter boy asked.
"Take away" I replied and he nodded.
Since it was a bit crowded, I went to the side and started scrolling my cell. I was going through my cell when my ears caught attention of two friends who were talking about a marriage proposal which a girl was talking about.
"Hoori, let's go" Tashu said.
When we reached back home, Uncle and Aunty have already came back.
"Salaam, girls" they both greeted us.
"Walekumasalam" we both replied.
"We bought Pizza" Tashu said showing them the bag.
"Good, because we both have eaten while returning back!!" Uncle said.
"Oohh romantic dinner" Tashu said teasing.
"Why is Hoori so quiet?" Aunty said.
"I was thinking that I'm already twenty three and soon I'll be twenty four then why uptil now not a single marriage proposal came for me" I said. Don't take me in a wrong way, I'm totally not eager to get married but yeah, this is wierd...no marriage proposal and not even Uncle and Aunt give me lecture on getting me married.
I'm not that bad in looks. I've done my education well, work in a well known firm. I also want to tell my friends that this many proposal came for me and I've rejected this many proposals!! I don't want to get married now, but it is not like I don't want any proposals to come!!
Tashu choked on her coke, while Uncle and Aunty stared blankly.
"What?? Am I that bad in looks??" I said
"No no...you're very beautiful" Aunty said.
"Yes, that's why I'm so jealous of you. You're just perfect" Tashu said.
"We didn't knew that someone was eager to get married" Uncle said
"No no...I'm not eager to marry, but I'm just curious" I shrugged
"Well, that's because we never took this seriously. Many respective families did came up to us but we didn't paid any serious attention!!" Uncle said.
"Ohh..that means I'm perfectly alright. !!" I said and laughed.
"Told ya all, that she needs mental asylum!!" Tashu said scowling.
The next morning, I woke up drenched in sweat, don't ask me why because I myself don't know the answer of this. All I could tell is that I have a very bad feeling that something's bad gonna happen. I hope everything's goes well.
Ignoring all the negative vibes around me, I woke up and prayed fajr, then started getting ready for office. Around seven in the morning, I ate my breakfast and yes, my driver was waiting for me with the car.
"Good morning" I said.
"Good morning, madam" he said.
I was feeling very restless, my palms were sweating and my heartbeat was racing. Why am I feeling like this?? Right then my eyes landed on that lady. She was again crossing the road.
"Stop the car" I said.
"Mam, but we still have a ten minutes distance to the office" driver said.
"I have work here" I said and got out of the car and was running behind her.
Who is She? Why does she look so familiar?? And again the pain started building up in my head. Screw the pain, I want my answers.
"Hoorain" like always Aahil was standing right in front of me blocking my way.
"Aahil, not now" I tried to walk past him but he didn't let me to.
"What are you doing here? You were suppose to be in the office right now" he said.
"That's none of your business!!" I said rudely. I know I was being rude, but this time I don't care..!!
"It is my business because, I was also appointed with you" he said clearly.
"Then why aren't you in the office. What are you doing here??" This sounds rubbish but yeah we were standing in the middle of an alley, and were shouting.
"Hoorain, can we take this in the office. It's not safe here!!" He said calmly.
"Why are you always cutting my path!!"
"Because you always choose the wrong path" he said and walked away.
I couldn't do anything now other than hitting my head on the wall.
I reached the office and directly went into his cabin. I tried to concentrate on my work but my mind kept on flashing back to that lady.
I then put both my hands on my temples and concentrated on who that lady is. The pain started increasing. I also don't know that why am I getting this pain. I tried and tried and there came a time when I was shaking and sweating as if every nerves of my brain would just burst.
Tears started coming out from my eyes and I was sure that by now I have turned red!! But soon I see something.
That lady was serving tea and snacks to my parents and I was hugging her from behind.
And just then all things came crystal clear that she is Naaz Aunty. She use to work for us, and I was very close to her. She use to practically take care of me. But what was she doing here??
"You have to see this" Junaid said entering my cabin and quickly switching on the LCD.
Before I could ask him anything.
My eyes grew wide
My heart stopped beating
And I felled down welcoming the blackness.
"Mr.Aariz Aatish's private jet have been found crashed on this mysterious Island. There's no trace of Mr.Aatish or any person who was travelling with him. We're not sure, but surviving this crash is impossible. Let's hope for the best!!"
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