chapter : 2

Wearing a blue dress, a simple hairstyle, and light makeup, she looked really cute. Although Laylaa was not fair-skinned, this sun-tanned skin color looked suitable on her.....

With Yasmin Begum, she stopped in front of the guests.

 "Mama, this girl is dark skinned coloured "

(Shahzeb whispered to his mother)

 His mother did not answer, but stood up, hugged Laylaa and made her sit next to her.

" Masha Allah you're daughter is so beautiful......sister i really like your daughter please let her be my daughter in law " ( Shahzeb 's mother said in a sweet tune )

" Thank you sister, by the way, you said right, my daughter is very beautiful... (Yasmin Begum replied with a smiling face)

 "So, should we consider the relationship fixed ???" (Shahzeb 's mother asked in a hesitant tone)

Before yasmin begum replied to them......Abbas said first in a serious voice.......

" Mama i want laylaa and Shahzeb to talk first with each other in private after that we ask their , then we will agree to this proposal after knowing their wishes."

At abbas words.....zoya and yasmin begum looked at them ........ Laylaa nodded with an agreement.....

" It's alright we can do it ..... Go Shahzeb talk to laylaaa then you both came to us and tell your decision."( Shahzeb's mother said to him )

He and laylaa both left the living room and walk towards the rooftop ..............

Yasmin begum looked towards the direction they left in a worried manner.........zoya hold her hand and give her " it's alright " look........ Yasmin begum just nooded.....

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He drove as fast as he could and reached his house. When he spoke to Maryam Begum on the way, he found out that she had brought Ibrahim Sahab back home.

He immediately entered the house and quickly went to his parents' room. His father was sleeping peacefully on the bed and his mother was sitting on the prayer mat and praying.........

Maryam Begum prayed, put both her hands on her face, and stood up. After folding the praying mat.... she placed it to one side and gestured for Zain to come with her.......

 Zain also walked out of the room, closing the door slowly and coming out into the living room..........

"What happened to Abu???" (He asked worriedly)

 "First bring me a glass of water and don't bring it cold" (she said in a soft tone)

Zain silently went to the kitchen and after 2 minutes handed the glass of water to his mother... Maryam Begum drank the water and placed the glass on the table and looked at Zain...

 "Don't worry, he is fine..." (She said in a comforting manner)

" But what happen??? Why he suddenly lost conscious??? Did doctors said anything ??? " ( Zain asked hurriedly)

" I didn't took him to the hospital zain..... I took him to Maulvi Asadullah Sahab...... (Maryam Begum said while examining Zain's expressions very carefully)

" Reason ??? " ( Zain asked while looking at his mother face like try to understand the situation)

" The landlord of the house next door had brought a tenant to show him the house this morning. As your Abu was passing by, he stopped to greet the landlord.he took your Abu inside the house... When they came back out, they had picked up your Abu... I don't know what happen inside, and according to the landlord, your Abu had touched the old berry tree....." (Mary Begum explained the whole incident to him slowly)

Zain took a deep breath...........

" What did the Maulvi Asadullah Sahab say ???? " ( He finally asked after a moment of silence)

" According to him, your father saw something whose appearance no ordinary human could bear to see , and your father lost his senses in terror. He perform some duaa's and cleanser your Abu and gave him holy water telling to mix it with Abe - Zam - zam water and give it to him.......He also advised that after Fajr prayer, recite Surah Baqarah loudly at home every morning. Insha Allah, your abu will recover soon ...... " ( She also told him everything.....)

" Ami why don't we try to sell this house and leave ....... It's 3rd time in these 2 months that those jinns ( ghosts ) try to harm us...... And i don't understand abu knows very well that house is not safe ...... He still goes in there .......... " ( Zain said in annoying tune)

Don't say that, son. These jinn are also creations of Allah. We Adam(humans) were created from clay, while these jinn(ghost) are from fire. Just as humans are bad and good, similarly there is evil and good in jinn. We are Allah's beloved creations. Pray to Allah, son. He will definitely protect us..... " ( Maryam begum said in a soft voice and smile at him )

" Fine my son.... Now everything is alright..... Your Abu is okey he's just got scared nothing unusual..... Tell me are u hungry ???.....will i Bring food for you???. You must not have eaten anything in your shop... Abdullah told me... You were busy that's why you weren't even answering my phone... (Maryam Begum immediately changed her topic because she knows he doesn't like to stay in this house and whenever someone unusual happen because of that haunted empty banglow zain immediately try to move out from this house)

But she also knows that this house was build by zain's grandfather (father side) and ibrahim sahab loves this house very much he won't agree to move out..... And that was also the reason zain and ibrahim sahab quarrel almost every month..........

" Yes... Sorry, Ami , I had a customer his laptop have some issues...One minute (He stopped immediately)

" What happened?? " (After he became silent, Maryam Begum immediately asked)

He didn't say anything, he just immediately called Abdullah... After a couple of rings, the phone was picked up and Abdullah's chirping voice rang out...

" Assalamualaikum bhai.... Did you miss me that's why after leaving an hour ago you immediately called me ????? " ( Abdullah said teasingly.)

" Put the stop button on your nonsense immediately and tell me honestly what you did to the customer's laptop????? " ( He said in an annoying manner)

" What kind of customer? Many people come here during the day to get their laptops, mobile phones, etc for fixing.which on of them are you talking about?" (Abdullah said in a confused manner)

" The one who's having issues in his laptop's window and i was installing a new one when you came in and tell me about Ami's call " ( zain said while controlling his anger )

" Ohhh that one..... Boss you are the one who told me to show him the exit so i did the same ...... I give back his laptop to him and show him exit ....... " ( Abdullah replied innocently)

" Abdullah ....... " ( Zain shouted in anger )

Maryam begum who was sitting quiet immediately scold zain " your father is sleeping be quiet child "

Zain immediately said sorry to her and walk out of the house's garden........

" Do you know there is a thing called " brain " are you really sure you have it Abdullah ???? " ( He said while making a fist (👊) of his hand tightly)

" But you yourself told me ...... So " ( Abdullah protests innocently )

" I know how obedient you are...... How many times i say in a day to you to * get lost * or * go die * why didn't you obedient do one of these ???? " ( Zain said sarcastically)

" 🤣 Hahahahahaa bhai i know you just joking ???"( Abdullah replied while laughing)

" Hmmm but, mark my words when i came to the shop in evening i will make sure to feed you poison be ready to die bastard " ( he angrily warned him and cut the phone )

After took a deep breath..... He turn around..... Involuntarily, his gaze fell on the upper window of the luxurious bungalow standing opposite side..... His eyes saw a strange silhouette for a moment. Just for a moment. Zain immediately blinked his eyes and turned inside towards his house. That silhouette stood there.

 And then.......disappeared............As if it had never been there........

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Shahzeb's facial expressions screaming * i don't like this tanned skin girl * but he was standing there patiently........

" I want to tell you something " ( Laylaa tried in every way to make her voice sad)

" Yes say i will listen " ( Shahzeb said in a fake sweet tune )

" Actually my father died in an accident a year ago.....when we got to know this news our family broke down completely...... My jiju he already quit his job 2 years ago....... We sell our shops and property for him to start a new business but every time he invest with his friends his friends cheated on him and he lost all the money....... At the end we only have our banglow left in defense but, when my father died we don't even have a single penny for the funeral arrangement..... So we decided to sell our last asset our banglow after we sold that we arrange baba's funeral but after that the only thing that was left is few thousand money in which we rented this house..... But now we don't even have a money to pay rent of this house ......( Laylaa said in a very fake crying tune)

Meanwhile, Shahzeb feel like he lost his organs....the colour of his face disappear and he looked at laylaa like she was some kind of death angel who came to collect his soul.......

" What....wha.....what....do....you.....mean ..... ???? "( He asked with difficulty)

" I don't want to lie to my future partner ..... My Amma and Abbas jiju want me to get married to you because you have stable job, own house.....after i married to you .... You will give the money to jiju so he start a new business...... " ( She said pitifully)

" Shut up...... ( Shahzeb said agrily ) Who do you think you are ..... I will give you and your family my money....... The money i earn is not something that is born in my tree ...... It's my money..... And remember my one think i am not going to marry someone black like you ...... I will go down now and refuse immediately ...... Just wait " ( in anger he immediately walk down from the rooftop..... )

Laylaa laugh echoes in the rooftop ....... After laughing whole heartly she took out the bottle of *vics*(it's a kind of balm that helps relieve blocked nose or breath difficulty) she dip her finger in vics and immediately touch her eyes with that finger..... In a minutes her eyes start to turn red and tears start spelling from her eyes....... She make sad face and immediately run down of the rooftop......

Shahzab standing with his mother and father and both he and his mother screaming loudly......

" Ayyyy hyeeeerr , I wouldn't let my innocent son to have a relationship with greedy and cunning people like you... Youdon't have a single penny yourself and you have come to give my son your black daughter... Come on, Shazeb let's go..... " ( She was spilling poison from her bitter tongue and got out from the living room )

Shahzeb also walk out when they both looked back towards the sofa ..... Farooq shahab( Shahzeb's father) was sitting there eating chips from the plate when he feel his wife's fire eyes on him he immediately got up and took some chips from the plate stuff them on his mouth and walk out with them.......

" Sister please listen to me you might misunderstood something...... Let us explain " ( yasmin begum said when she saw laylaa standing on the gate with teary red eyes her heart broke into million pieces)

" Let them go Mama these losers are not worthy to have our laylaaa...... " ( Abbas said while put his hand on laylaa's head )

Then he turned towards the people..... standing there ........

" Thank you for rejecting our daughter and for telling us how greedy people you are ......but i kindly want to tell you that i also knows that your son doesn't have any job.... The job he was doing 4 months ago he was fired from there because of his cheating and stealing habit in office....... And uncle you......I also knows that you are not some kind of business man in your time..... You are just a worker in a grocery store where you got fired because you steal stuff from there.....now get lost.......... " ( Abbas placed his entire record of deeds in front of him and pointed towards the door)

Shahzeb and his father face paled.......

Yes, yes, we are going. By the way, who will make your black sistertheir daughter-in-law? (Shahzeb's mother immediately spill poison)

Shahzeb's father was terrified after hearing their deeds and immediately went out ...... meanwhile Shahzeb grabbed his mother arm and whisper in her ear.....

" Mama let's leave or else these people might call the police " ( he immediately took her with him and walk out the door)

Abbas was about to close the door when their family lawyer walk out from his car and came towards him.....

" Assalm u alikum Abbas... how are you ???? " ( Ishaq shahab greeted him)

" WalikumAssalam ishaq uncle I'm fine please come in ....... " ( Abbas greeted him back and let him came in to the house )

" Actually Abbas i have some important things to talk to you and your family...... Is everyone at hime " ( ishaq sahab tell his real reason to came )

" Yes uncle everything is home please this way " ( Abbas immediately took him towards living room )

Yasmin begum was crying while hugging laylaa tightly ...... Laylaa just quietly let her embrace herself..... zoyaa came in with a glass of watch and give it to her mother........

" mama ishaq uncle is here " ( abbas announce the arrival )

Laylaa got up and sit properly....yasmin begum also wipe her tears ......

She greeted to ishaq shahab and he also greeted her....after the formalities.....he announce his purpose go came here.......

" I want to read you all Rameez shahab's will....i was trying to solve some of the issues that why i was not able to came here early ....... But now i got a time i'm here ........ " ( He said in a professional tune)

" Baba's will ???? " ( Zoya said in a confused manner )

" But as far as i remember.....Baba had given us all his property during the time he was alive..... In fact, he had even given some shops in the names of Meera and Ali... He himself had donated the rest of the money he had in the bank to the hospital...... " ( Abbas told in a confused manner)

" Yes you are right most of his property he give it and some of it he give in to hospitals and some orphanage but, there are some that you might not know about that why he decided to write his will " ( ishaq sahab informed then)

" It's alright ishaq bhai you tell us his will " ( yasmin begum said in a horse voice)

" As Abbas beta(son) said He has named this house and the jewelry in the bank in his wife's name .....Zoya's share from the factory and Landhi shops should be given to her legally and equally...... The rest will be donated to orphanage and Edhi Center. ... In addition, one of his two shops in Korangi is named after his grandson Ali and the other is named after his granddaughter Meera....... " ( He start reading the will in a loud voice so everyone could hear)

Everyone present there was silent............the maid entered in a room and put the tea Infront of ishaq sahab......

" His bank money was donated to hospitals and some of them was given in mosques........ " ( He said and close the file )

" What about laylaaa ???? Where is her share ???" ( Yasmin begum asked after a while of silence )

" Amma i never said i want something !!! " ( Laylaa said in a lazy voice )

" But still it was your right...... " (Zoya said in a scolding manner )

Laylaa pouted and looked at her .......

" This is what mostly i want to talk to you all..... I wanted to ask you something first ........ " ( Ishaq sahab said after sipping the tea....)

" Yes uncle tell us " ( abbas asked in a serious voice)

" Do you All know that Rameez shahab own a big banglow in lacknow society???? " ( He asked )

" Baba owns banglow???? I think he said something about it but, didn't specifically tell the details " ( Abbas said after remember something)

" Really baba owns banglow.......in lacknow society i never know that ...... Mama did you know that ??" ( Zoya asked to yasmin begum )

Yasmin begum quietly looked at them and nodded her head ........

" But didn't he ask you to find some people to sell the banglow???? And what's this have to do with laylaa's share in property???? " ( Yasmin begum asked in a serious voice)

" Indeed he asked and i remember last time when i was discussing this matter he told to something strange....... He said he want laylaa to love in that banglow after marriage.....( Ishaq sahab replied )But after 3 days before his accident he ask me to sell the house i feel strange then he tell me to write a will .........i ask him but he didn't say anything more....... "

" So what about laylaa's share ???? " ( Zoya asked again )

" That banglow was in a name of laylaa......he want that banglow to be her wedding gift......so he bought it in the name of her..... And there is another thing.......he also bought a shop in * KHAN PLAZA * building for laylaa to open it as cafe.......or some pastry shop..... "( He finally answered their question )

" So you are saying......" ( Abbas try to said when )

" I am saying the only thing he put in the name of laylaa is that banglow and the shop other then that he didn't give laylaa anything........ " ( Ishaq shahab clearly answered this time)

" Why..... For what reason ...... How could he do that..... How could he didn't give her anything other then that house and some shop....... " ( Yasmin begum said angrily )

" Amma relax " ( laylaa give her glass of water )

" I told you all what i know and i also read you will.... In a month i will aslo complete the process of transferring property according to the will " ( ishaq sahab announced and got up.....)

Abbas also got up and go out with him outside.........

Meanwhile laylaa,Zoya, and Yasmin Begum sat there, lost in their own thoughts.......

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