It was another horrible night of her life. She realised that after living the blissful days she had forgotten her constant companion, the sadness. It was back now. Her baby was dead and she could not do anything. The whole night was spent in Maan's arm, both of them crying at the death of a dream.
When they eventually managed to get to a doctor, she already knew her aasha or bashar was gone. The doctor passed sympathetic looks to the beautiful couple but he shared stories after stories of couples who managed to have kids later after first miscarriage.
She was so sad, the only thing which kept her alive was Maan. He hid his sorrow behind a smile but she could see the shadows in his eyes. There was a distant between them because both tried to be strong for other.
She remembered the nightmare he had few nights earlier, his body thrashing, she had done the mistake of touching him, he had woken up with a loud ear piercing shout, his hands had been wrapped around her neck before she knew it. There had been nothing sane in those eyes but then, he had realised it was her and immediately let her go. He had apologised and it had taken her great effort to bring him back to their room to sleep at night. He had told her to not touch him when he was having a nightmare.
She hadn't asked him about the nightmare because she had seen him holding the baby clothes in his hand and crying. He had thought she was asleep. He had left the room and gone downstairs. Worried about him she had followed to find him standing in front of the living room windows. She had hidden herself behind the wall. It had broken her heart and she had thought to go to him but she wanted to give him time to mourn properly. Sad, she had returned back to their room.
Next day she went out to bazaar to get the grocery because she wanted to do something to get her mind off but she saw someone familiar crossing the street. She was about to go after the person when suddenly there were many army jeeps pulling into the area. Scared she took shelter in a nearby store, the fear of army ran in her veins like blood. Hatred too but her biggest weakness had been her inability to keep hatred inside her. She had wanted to move on and may be that was the only reason she was alive today. After so much, she was not in a mental asylum somewhere.
The soldiers grabbed that person and took him down, he was dragged to the jeep and taken away. The soldiers started to check the shops. What were those soldiers looking for? Suddenly a suspicion rose in her mind. But why? Still she started to back away. There was only one way in and out of this building. Her heart was pounding so loudly that she could feel it beating in her ears. It was nightmare given life. She looked up asking god didn't I lived through enough nightmares already? How more I can live?
The door was forced opened with heavy army boots, soldiers entered and surrounded her. she stood in centre, she was helpless. Maan her heart whispered. Two soldiers grabbed her by arms and started to pull her outside even though she was not resisting. They were almost to the jeep when he eyes fell on Maan, he was standing near the bus stop among other passer-by who had stopped to watch the show.
She shouted,''Maan.'' Her fingers outstretched, she was suddenly mad trying to go to him. One of the soldier slapped her, she tried to hit him to get away from him, she was thrown on floor next moment as they started kicking her with boots, her cries of pain rang in air. One kick at her head caused thick fluid to run down her temple, through the blurred eyes, she watched Maan who hadn't moved. Like she was a stranger and he was watching a show. Then, he turned and left. She tried to call his name but nothing came out of her mouth. She was thrown onto the floor of jeep and then, it was total darkness.
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The man who was known as Maan walked back to the house. The maid was standing there. He looked around the house, his gaze cold. ''Get rid of everything'', with those instructions he grabbed his bag on floor and moved outside. His mission was complete.There was a sound of a helicopter in the air. The army helicopter landed on the clearing. He strode on toward the helicopter, he opened the door and handed the bag to the pilot who stowed it and then, he was leaving the place forever.
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Edited by .Ashleydevlin. - 7 years ago
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