Zoya screamed in her deep slumber, everyone ran to have a look at her well-being in the room; Asad too jerked off with sudden scream and found her, sitting on the bed, with sweating face and tearful eyes. She was gasping too badly when Asad came a little closer to her and looked into her eyes, while patting her cheek.

He asked, "Kya hua? Areyou okay?", and looked with questions in her eyes. Till then Dilshaad, Najmaand Humeira have also reached the room and witnessed the scared Zoya has wrapped her arms in an embrace with Asad, "Please save me. Don't- don't go any-anywhere", stuttered Zoya at which Asad caressed her head a little and consoled her, "Everything is fine, see Humeira and Ammi are here"

She looked at their side and parted herself away from Asad realizing at their state again asked her,"Zoya hua kya hai?"

"Kuch-kuch nahi", she lied white.

Dilshaad asked this time being oblivious, "To fir dar kaise gayi bacche" to which Najma continued, "Yes.Was it a nightmare?"

Zoya got her answer to cover-up in Najma's question and she go-ahead with it, "Ya! Haan haan bura sapna tha – aur abbu ko gaye hue bhi zyada din nahi hue to main-main dar gayithi", and bit her lower lip and thought, "I hope sab ise sach hi samjhein"

Humeira came nearer toher sister and hugged her, "please apna khayal rakho na aapi", at which Zoya nodded affirmatively.

"Aap log jaaiye I amwith her", Asad make everyone understand at which Dilshad kissed her daughter-in-law cum daughter's forehead, "Take care my child"

"Ammi sahi keh rahi hain bhai, please take her care", Najma too concerned and with this she amazed everyone happily and with the three ladies left and Dilshad hugged her daughter, "Proud of you"

Asad was waiting for everyone to leave and looked at her, "So, impressive", and with this he shut the door and locked it.

"What the hell are you doing?", she questioned at the same time and while turning he retorted back,"May I ask you the same?"

"What do you mean?", she asked being oblivious.

He grinned, "don't tryto be so innocent wifey, you can lie to anyone but not me, bhulo mat mujhse jyada tumhe koi nahi janta"

She kept shut her mouth and he held her from the elbows and pinned to the wall, with which the quilt fell on the floor which reminded her of the day 1 of her in the Haider's house,"K-kya", she stuttered.

"Yeh! Ke jhooth kyu bola sab se?", he questioned and laughedfake, "Bura sapna haan, jo shayad kabhi sach tha", and showing the piece of paper left in her hand with the help of Gaffur but was missed from a day. He crumbled it and hit his fist on the wall near her head and left her.

She swallowed the gulp of insult and hurt formed on the same time and clenched his jaw while screaming a little, "So what do you want?"

"Bol du ke mera husband sorry, ex-husband mujhe kabhi...", she took a little break and continued herself, "kabhi janwaro ki tarah maarta tha,raat din kamre mein locked rakhta tha ya phir ye kahoon ke badla le raha tha wo us gunah ka jo maine kabhi kiya hi nahi"

Asad who was facing his back to her was quiet known to the fact after Gaffur's demise, Haider used to hit Zoya which left his stunned but when she accepted her story of life remained him rooted and with tearful eye she turned his face to face her, but he didn't had audacity to question her butshe kept continuing.

"What happen Mr. Asad Ahmed khan, you know me the most na,to batao kyu shadi ki usne mujhse, kyu mujhe gunehgaar manta tha ya chahta kya tha mujhse bolo", she shrugged him from his collar, when tears were rolling down her cheeks.

"Let me tell you", she opened his fist and unscrambled the paper, "tumne abbu diary ke ek page ke aage ka hissa padha piche ka bhi padh lete!", she gulped her lava and wiped tears.

"Rashid ahmed khan, naam suna hai kabhi....chalo main batati hoon kaun hai, mere sabse acche dost ke khuddar abbu jinhone loan se tang aakekhudkhushi karli....", she dramatized the line which boiled his angst and he held her in his grip tightly, closer to him and clenched his jaw, "Bakwaas band karo,aur bako kya bakna chah rahi ho"

"Bakti hoon", she enhanced the word and continued, "sach toye tha ke tumhare abbu ne do shadi ki thi, ek tumhari ammi se aur dusri Haiderki", she dare staring in his eyes but he couldn't took it and slapped her, unwantedly, her mouth started bleeding and reminded her of Haider and this was enough for her she turned the page and showed him clearly, collecting herself from the floor.

"Padhna aata hai? Padho", she imposed the paper to him but he not even denied but clearly mentioned, "I don't believe it, tumhare abbu nelikha hai after all"

"Fine.", she turned towards her bags and grabbed a photograph from it, and have a look at it for a minute.

The photography reminisced her of the day and again took her to the nightmare of the reality.

Haider was trying to break the door of the store room on the other side and there Zoya was under burdening the window, so she can escape from-there and ran from there forever.

And finally he won, he broke the gate and came closer to her, "Hey Zoya! Meri pyaari legally married wife....I love you...but I hate him...because I love her more than anything else in this whole world!! But why you always make me angry"and he hit her on face, with which she fell on the floor and a piece of glass stung in her toe, she wined and looked down, but he mercilessly even more stung the piece, "Accha laga" and with this she wined again, "Aaah! Haider stop please don't"

She has thought that it was that broken window, which he was hiding from her, and keeping her away from the store so she cannot run away, but no it was something even more precious.

"Haider it's hurting please leave me", she almost joined her hands and requested, "I will never run to abbu and tell him, that-that in which state I am ...never please leave me", she whined again when he grabbed her hair in his fist and she screamed, "Aah!"

"which state? Khush nahi ho mere sath my darling wife, he took out the glass and kept it on her cheek and caressed it with the sharp piece of glass at which she replied, "in which I deserve", so he cannot hurt her again.

"Samajhdaar", he left her hair and left the glass piece as well, continuing himself he started,"Kaash tumhari tarah samajhdaar hote par aisa hota nahi hai na"

He clenched his jaw and screamed, "Poocho kaun"

She cried, "k-kaun"

He held her neck in his tight grip, "tera pyaara Asad Ahmed Khan", she was stunned but he being him kept continuing, "maine na ek teer se do shikaar khele"

"Ek tera baap dusra tera yaar", she was numb, the two person I hate the most,"dekh, main tujhe dheere dheere maroonga, jaise unhone meri ammi ko maara",tears were rolling down from her eyes, "dekhna hai meri ammi", he showed herthe broken photograph which he was actually hiding from her, "ab tujhse kya chupaana", she took the photograph in the hand and was rooted on the same spot,it was Rashid and a lady's nikaah photograph.

He left his grip from her and tightened the grip on the photograph, "Nahi samjhi?"

"Rashid Ahmed khanne, ek nahi do nikaah kiye the....ek duniya ke saamne ek piche", she turned her gaze towards him who was sitting with moist red puffy eyes, his hands were bleeding and she was just looking at him.

Zoya was in the past that she forgot Asad and herself and turned and took him to the past as he was so oblivious to it and continued it the way Haider could have.

"Duniya sirf tumhari ammi ko janti hai as your father's wife, but have forgotten the second lady. He married for the sake of his convenience, his fun and then left her.", she took a little silence and held Asad's hand as she was giving him inner strength so he can hear the truth and continued, "unki is unknown marriage ka result Haider tha, jiski ma, ne sirf islie dum tod diya ke Rashid sahib kabhi laut ke nahi aaye,aur Haider, wo orphanage chala gaya. Jante ho wo aurat kaun thi?"

She turned his gaze towards him and tightened her grip as she knew the tears were rolling down from his soul as he was numb at his father's sins, so he was ashamed for even crying and stopped for his well-being but he uttered emotionless, "Kaun thi"

With tears in her eyes she said, "meri phuppie, abbu ki choti behen, sach jante hue bhi unhone sirfphuppie ko galat mana, use nahi jisne unhe humesha ke lie chod diya, 7 saal khud se door rakha, bahut bimar thi wo, apne bhai se apni last breathe mein bhi milna chahti thi, par abbu kabhi nahi mile, aur guilt mein tumhare abbu ne suicide karli waha abbu, phuppie ke bacche ko matlab Haider ko uski ma ke baad,orphanage chod aaye", she cried and slipping her hand from Asad's she loosened his grip from her emotions and crying said, "he married me, to hurt me, because I was Gaffur Ahmed Siddique's daughter and your love" , she cried and cried.

Asad was aghast, numb, rooted all this could have been small or understatement for his state, he was on another world, the world of his whole life journey has been ended and he has no reason to be alive, but not even tear fell down from his eyes and the oblivious girl kept describing her position, "tumhein aur mujhe barbaad karna yahi uska maqsad tha, shaayad islie jeeta tha wo, par us din mujhe usse bahut humdardi hui"

She licked her lips and crying said, "Wo deserve karta tha humari tarah jeena lekin nahi jee paya...us din ke baadusne mujhe maarna bhi band kar diya, because mere lie uss sacchai ke sath jeena sabse badi maut thi...us din ke baad mujhe usse kab pyaar hua use mujhse kabpyaar I really don't know, but hua...aur sach mein bahut pyaar kiya maine usse,really loved ...", before she could complete she heard a laughter which shockedher even more.

She frowned as she was shocked Asad's laughter, wiping her tears; she collected herself from the floor and looked at Asad while patting his cheek, "Asad! I'm serious;you are laughing at this seriousness"

"Yes because I don't believe you.", he declared remaining Zoya amazed who tried to make him understand again, "No Asad I am not lying it is true", she licked herlips and found a way out to make him understand as she knew it was tough for him to believe.

She make him sit on his bed and held his palms, "See. Asad this is true, I understand it is..", but before she could complete he jerked her hands off from his and screamed at her, "today isn't April 1, that you are trying to make me fool"

"Asad!",she whispered as she knew it was really hard for him to understand as he had worship his dad, his whole life, she gave him a friendly hug but he jerked her off again, "Zoya! You are my friend, doesn't mean you have the liberty to make stories about my dad, you know he is my legend"

Zoyasobbed, "Asad wapis aao na please", and she kept shrugging him but he didn't allow her to touch him, "don't, you know I hate these sort of jokes, which don't even sounds like jokes"

She wiped her tears, his tears and ran towards the area of the room where he himself has hung a photograph when he entered to the house, of his, Dilshad and Najma.

"Accha thik hai, jhooth sahi. I am lying but please come back, not for me for this happy family please come back na", she cried and kept her head on his thighs which felt a tears on them. He caressed her head and she immediately flung her arms around him, so she can give him a little relaxation.

He cried badly and she caressed his back from her hand while allowing to talk himas much he wanted, "he was a liar, he was a cheater, he was a sinner not only to his mother, but mine also"

He parted away from her and looked into her eyes, "Zoya! Sab unki wajah se, meri ammi ka akelapan, unki wajah se, Najma aur mera naam yateem aur najayaz hona, unki wajah se, Haider kiammi ko shauhar naseeb na hona, unki wajah se, Haider ko pyaar naseeb na hona unki wajah se, tumhare ansu unki wajah se... sab unki wajah se", she hugged her once again and he accepted, "I hate him the most Zoya...I hate him....i hate him.",and he too embrace her in his arms as he needed a shoulder to cry.

They left like that and when he realized himself being in her arms and her words that she love Haider, he parted immediately which left her frowned. Before she could ask anything he requested, "please don't say anything to ammi and Najma,they have started living a normal life without him, after a long....seh nahi payengi, especially ammi, I request you", at which she nodded affirmatively and he left the spot.

Shethought he needed some time with himself so didn't stop too, but the reality killed Asad who sat in the nook of the backyard and tears fell down, "Jab jabjise paya kho diya aur tumhe to maine baar khoya hai, aaj ek baar phir dilwahin le aya jahan tha, tumhare paas hokar bhi nahi hona, iske ehsaas sabse jyada maarta hai"

Zoya on the other corner of the room was looking at Asad's photograph, who was not at all smiling as usual, "tumhare paas hone ke ehsaas ki baat hi kuch aur hai,phir zindgi de deta hai. Haider ke baad to mar gayi thi main, aaj aaj sahi mayene mein ji rahi hoon"

"Ab kabhi paas nahi aa sakta tumhare", he thought and tears rolled down from hiseyes.

Shewiped her tears and smiled wide, "Ab ek baar phir meri zindgi muskura uthegi jaise pehle thi"

"I love you Zoya"

"I love you Asad"