As they reached to haveli, the sun started to set and leaves a beautiful view in the sky with a hue of red and orange in the sky. Murtasim stared the scenario outside in the sky while he pats his wife hairs to let her sleep in his warm and protective embrace. He had gently asked meerab to awake while she feels a sudden nausea hit her as she sees the car entering into haveli premises is she ready to face this again. Her heart hammering in her chest as he opened the door of the car. Palms sweaty and the memories of that night when she
Lifelessly goes away from there and had nothing in her hand to hold on. The words echoed in her words as she sees that guard whom she told to open the gate as he respectfully nods his head.

Her head is dizzy and she stumbled on her steps, today she feels like all the incidents are playing in front of her eyes as she entered those path again and let that burning feeling return again to her heart to tear into again those thousand pieces as she feels that night, her eyes started to teary unknown to her and she stumbled as a patch of water hit her eyes , but someone hold her from waist tightly in his grip and she can feel those touches her body react to it and she feels herself calming as she sees him , his face show worry and a lot of love for her Is she right she saw love right

" aaram se, kaha tha kadam badao fikar hoke sambhal lunga tumhe.., main hoon tumhare saath meerab.." His reassuring words with that calm gaze made her heart feel those emotions again which she wants to buried deep inside her somewhere so she didn't find it again. His grips on her body is tight as he took her inside the haveli repeating those soothing words for her but her eyes didn't leave his face for a second.

Her heart now feels light even when she entered to those doorsteps again where she don't want to return where those haunting memories are lingering of that night which she wants to forget expect those love hours of him and her where they became one , the hours where she let him entered into the most personal space of hers and his eyes holds immense love for her and for her only her ....

The throat gets dry ,murtasim made her sit on the chairn in the living room and asked the Maid to call his father telling his arrival to her while standing behind her chair, the pose of them indicates the woman is under the protection of her husband who is ready to pounce who dared to hurt her or their children the hand on her shoulder while he looks himself as a lion as his mother used to called him is a true coming phrase as she feels safe in his protection to be determined to face anything and she herself is a shield for her children if meerab is a fire and then she will be the most dangerous Storm in her mother form who will dared to lay their eyes on her precious ones and these small lives are her heart whom she will protect at any cost.

Maa begum gasped as soon as she saw meerab with his son and the Anwar chacha expression are as amused as her but as he sees his biological daughter in front of him, he gets happy and comes eagerly to meet her but soon Maa begun expression gets stern and the eyes flicker due to anger as she took seat on the head chair of the family like a queen as she used to do.

" le aaye isse , ab kyu aayi hai ye yahan aur mili kaha hai..izzat Nilam karwa di ya..." Before she can spat more bitter words for her, her husband voice boomed in the silent hall

" aap badi hai izzat karta hoon, lekin meri biwi ke khilaaf ek shabdh nhi Maa, ehtram kare uske aude ka uski tazleel karna yaani ki meri tazleel karna.." Her heart stretched to an unknown shore of happiness as she sees him taking stand for her yet again when she used not to try to get melt by his these actions then also he stood by her when things are in his control but now also when everything seems to over between them he is still standing like the same murtasim whom she loved , who engraved his heart so deep in her heart that she will never forget.

" biwi ., vo hi to kabhi nhi ban paayi isse poocho aajtak bhi isse iss muqam ka matlab bhi Pata hai ki gaddi ke janasheen ki biwi ka matlab kya hota hai.,kya kya baatein sunni padi hai mujhe hi Pata hai ki khan ki biwi kaha hai ye vo kissi bhi jagah jaane main abb to Sharm aane lagi Maryam ne pehli hi nilam kar di thi izzat bachi kuchi ye leke doob gyi.., aur abb kaha se laayo ho isse aur aayi kyu hai ye jab sab chodke chali gyi thi ..." she expressed all the hatred for her with her bitter words and meerab feels her bitterness returning her to again listening the matriarch of this family whom words are nothing but a dragger to her heart.

Murtasim had lost his patience his mother is testing the last thread to his made his Volcano erupting and making them all burn in it and with this all thread broken. The vase beside them is in pieces and meerab gets scared his anger is not what she wants to live again now not never. The elders are wide eyes and maa begum words died down in her throat seeing her son red eyes. The intensity in them which she should not risen up it seems "Maine kaha tha , jo bhi Hua tha uss din hum dono miya biwi ki baat hai hum dono kasurwar hai., lekin ye haq Maine kissi ko nhi diya ki usse koi aise beizzat kare., jo bhi Hua tha jahan bhi thi vo meri biwi mere saath hai mujhe aur kuch parwah nhi mujhe sirf uski aur mere baacho ki parwah hai bass.." He don't want to reveal this news like this but his anger had overpowered his mind and the words left from his mouth making her stand he holds her from shoulder and started to go his mother and chacha is too shocked by the revelation to react but as soon she realized his words she called him loudly to stop and called his names but he had taken her to the room he had made prepared for her to stay same interior like theirs, but he don't want to risk her to now let her stay in that environment to things get heated up again and she gets hypering.

The shawl of him dropped on the chair and he made her sit on the bed pouring the juice in the glass he gave her, the jaws and muscles are still tighten but her warmth is making him think rationally now she dont want to made him angry now she had taken this lesson from their last encounter a person had limits and he have very thin limit for his anger and passion for her. No words exchanged as she sips her juice while eating her favorite chocolate cake pieces as he made her eat his eyes soften as he feeds her and wipes the cream slowly from her lips she is his peace, she is the medicine of his every wound she is the calming shore in the big tides of his life where he finds himself loosing his sense and so something more endanger but he had controlled for her. Kissing her forehead to relax himself her eyes closed on his gesture as he helped her to lay down , and she lied with ease the room has a beautiful interior with the peaceful view of the lawn from it a wide lawn of their own , a personal swimming pool of their own able to see from the front large glass doors with the benches and the more enchanting things she had a beautiful cozy comfort swing in the left side with a chair beside it . The scent is calming for her and she liked this he had taken for everything.

As she laid there noticing all those things he had laid his head on her belly and she stiffen, her heart melts when she seems finding comfort from their children to feel them as he caress her bump. His heart is burning with rage and he wants to do something to control it but as soon as he lay in her comfort warmth feeling the tiny lives his raging breathe calm down and peace rushed over his face again a soft smile appear as his finger moved over them and he gazed it. Meerab had led him do whatever he wants to do atlast he is able to calm his heart down and she is at peace the children and father had bonded it seems she smiled softly. Her eyes are asking her to again to drop them but she wants to see this view over and over again and feels contented and complete to take these memories in heart forever. As he sits beside her, dropping a kiss on her hairs he palms her face softly

" sorry jaan., tumhe sab suna pada you sleep here mai hoon tumhare saath all will be good ..." meerab had always known for her control and known for it but in his proximity she always felt week with his soft voice with soothing words and she finds herself give a small nod and as his finger work on her scalp her eyes dropped finally with the medicine drowsiness .

As he feels her soft breathing he smiled and stood up to let the things settled in his family first , they needed to teach some lessons it seems. His wife had a rough time in her good day because of them he had to take care of them now. Covering her with blanket properly he softly locked the door asking maid to check on her on time to time if she needs something till he is done with his family. His mother is packing back and forth in the living space with her Rosary beeds as she waits for him to return is she head right does she hear his child mention or her ears are listening things on their own but as Anwar also confirm his doubts who is also shocked but happy for them is sitting on the sofa there to find a clear picture of all the actions of the couple . But now he is much calm after spending time with his wife and sits on his chair calmly with one leg over other ands hands under his chin. Maa begum anger rose up and she glared him as she stood before his seat

" kya matlab tha uska , baacha tumhare aur uske Darmiyan koi rishta nhi tha , phir baacha murtasim samajh rahe ho iss baat ka kya matlab hai iss ghar ki izzat..."
" maa ....bass ...chup ho jaaiye , mere aur meri biwi ke darmiya kya rishta humpe chod dijiye jaise Maine pehle bhi kaha tha humari nazdeekiyan bhi humare beech hai aur humari narazgi bhi ...bas ..."

" bhabhi begum vo sahi keh raha hai aap aisi baate karke meri beti ke kirdar par ungli utha rahi hai, aapko to khush hona chahiye aapke ghar ka warris aane wala Allah ki rehmat se ..." this sentence had made his mother happy a little and she smiled

" sahi keh rahe ho, mere ghar ka chirag aaraha hai rehmat barsayi hai khuda naa kissi bhi haalato mai hi sahi meerab ka sadqa deti hoon abhi ..." she said happily sending prayers to her God for this kindness to her home

Murtasim rolled her eyes at the next statement of his mother and his Palm turned into a fists to control his anger " vaise ek bat batao mili kaha se vo tumhe , mere waaris ko mujhse door rakhna chahti itni nafrat thi kya usmein jo humare ghar ke Chirag ko humise door rakh rahi thi..."

" vo jaha se bhi mili hai abhi uski sehat ka dhyaan rakhna mera farz hai , kissi bhale insan ne uski madat ki aur abb sab theek hai aur aapne shayad suna nhi mere baache aarahe hai, aur ek baat yaad rakhiyega meerab ko aap kuch bhi nhii kahegi kabhi iss baat ka zikar uske samne nhi hoga agr mere baacho ko ya biwi ko kuch bhi Hua naa to main khud kya karunga mjhe nhi pata ...

" Maryam ne to aapse talooqat tod hi liye hai agr meerab ko koi bhi taqleef hui to aap warris to kya bete se bhi haath dho baithegi main apni biwi ko lekar yaha se chala jaunga ..."

His mother gasped in shock " murtasim.." she whispered

And he turned back to go to his room but before that he turns again and his lips convert into an devil smirk" aur aap jaanti hai mein apne baato se Mukarta nhi..." with the last warning in his sentence he moved out from there leaving his mother in shock