AsYa SS: Winner Takes All ; Ch 7, Pg 66, 23/04/14 - Page 8

A faint smile appeared on his face as he remembered the scare his Ammi had, when beheld him soaked head to toe. She had immediately asked Abbu to put a thick fence around the house so that Asad would never accidently dunk in the lake in the future.

-Same day-

Siddique Mansion -

"Zoya, kya tum ab yeh zidd chodogi? [Zoya, are you going to give up?]" Gaffur asked the closed door in front of him, the one he had bolted and locked the other day in a fit of anger. The only time it was opened was when Zoya was served her meals.

"Never Abbu. You can lock me up in here forever. But give up I will not." He heard his obstinate daughter from the other side. She was walking around in anger, he could tell as another article crashed into the door.

"Very well. I just came to see if you were willing to give up on your obstinacy and talk to me like a mature person." Gaffur spoke with an edge to his voice.

"Jo aap zidd key rahe hain who asal mein mohabbat hai Abbu. [What you call obstinacy is love dad]. All these years, I did as you asked me to. But not anymore. I have found someone who will love me for who I am, just the way I am. Why should I care about you anymore, the man who only saw his dead wife in me, found faults with me and punished me for crimes I did not commit? Aur yeh mat bhooliyega, yeh zidd mujhe aapse virasat mein mili hai. [And don't forget, I inherited my stubbornness from you]." she shouted back.

"That's enough. Mein ek hafte se tumhari yeh badtameezi jhel raha hoon. Jo tumne kiya hai use hamari kitni baizati hui hai iska andaza bhi nahi hain tumhe. Aur aise, itne badsaleeke se baat karna kahan seekha tumne? Usi driver ne seekhaya hoga tumhe. Meri sari parvarish par pani phira diya. Mein tumse kal baat karunga, agar tum chaho to. Warna padi rehna aisehi iss band storeroom mein. Mein abhi bahar jar aha hoon. Khanasama tumhe tumhari iftari de denge.[I am tolerating your bad behavior this past week. You have no idea how much shame you have brought to my name by behaving the way you did. And where did you learn to talk like this, without any respect in your words? I am sure that driver must have taught you this. He completely ruined the upbringing I provided for you. I will talk to you tomorrow, if you want to. Else, you can stay in the storeroom for ever. I am going out for a bit. The cook will bring you your dinner.]" He banged his walking stick on the door as a sign of his displeasure.

"The driver has a name Abbu. His name is Ayaan. And yes love did make me rebellious, since you made sure to crush my spirit all these years. And let me tell you" she spoke as she looked around the dingy attic she was holed up in "Mujhe is tarah sazaa dene se mein apni mohabbat nahi bhool jaungi. Ek wohi to hai ab mera aur uske liye mein har had par karoongi. Aap chahe to mujhe yahaan aur ek mahina qaid kar le. [Punishing me like this is not going to make me give up on my love. He is the only one I have and for him, I will cross every obstacle.You can lock me up here for another month for all I care.]"She gave out a hysterical laugh, mocking her father, the very man she had feared all these years.

Kab lautoge tum aur kab mujhe is qed kahne se bahar nikaloge? Kab tak mein tumhara intezaar karoon? Koi to ishara do ke tum mera intezaar kar rahe ho aur mujhe yahan se nikal ne ki koshish kar rahe ho. Ab to Eid bhi bas ek hafte door hai. Kya mujhe meri Eidi milegi?[When will you come back and get me out of this jail? How long do I have to wait for you? Send me some signal that you are still waiting for me and trying to get to me. Now even Eid is only a week away. Will I get my Eidi?] She sighed as she heard her father's retreating steps.