PART 8
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Asad's House, Bhopal
Asad had not disclosed anything to his ammi .. He wanted to see the joy on her face when he took Rashid to her... Najma and Imran had liked each other and agreed for their nikaah .. When Asad had called up and told her that the he was coming back with her bahu.. , Dilshad was very happy and excited ... She had infact visited mazar and offered prayers... She was feeling the joy within her... and somehow she had a feeling that there was something more in addition to all these.. and she prayed thanking allah for whatever he had given her so far and to always give her family his blessings...
Dilshad, Najma and Imran ( Yes Imran also wanted to welcome Asad and Zoya and so he had also joined them..) were eagerly waiting for Asad and Zoya to return...
Asad and Zoya walked in first...
Asad : Ammi .. apkeliye ek aur surprise hain !!
Dilshad : Isse bada aur kya ho sakta hain Asad ?? Mein aaj bahut kush hoon... !!
Zoya : Poophi aap please apni ankeeh bandh kijiye... and she went and literally closed Dilshad's eyes with her hands...and gestured Asad to get them...
Najma and Imran were not understanding what was going on and preferred to wait for the surprise...
Asad walked into the house again with Rashid on a wheel chair.. followed by Anwar, Zeenat and Dr. Saif.. He took the wheel chair towards Dilshad ... Najma was in a shock and she had opened her eyes wide open along with her mouth and trying to digest what she was seeing...
Zoya : Poophi.. surprise... and she removed her hands slowly...
Dilshad : Rashid !! There was joy on her face ... Mein janti thi Rashid ki aap zaroor wapis ayenge... Kahan the aap itne saal ... ?? and she put her hands on his... It was only now she realized Rashid's physical condition.. The joy on her face was replaced by pain... She started crying and touching Rashid's hands and legs... Yeh kya hogaya hain Rashid ?? Aap kuch bol kyun nahin rahein hain ??
Zoya : Poophi.. Wo teek hojayenge .. aap please apne aap ko sambhaliye...
Looking at the person whom he loved and who was his constant strength in his thoughts.. who helped him to fight against his physical problems to stay alive.. was now in front of him.. Rashid slowly made an effort to lift his hand to touch Dilshad... Strangely.. the little movement which was seen since Asad had met Rashid.. now improved for the better, Rashid lifted his hand a little above the chair towards Dilshad...
Saif : Rashid uncle.. aise hi koshish kijiye.. aap jaldi teek hojayenge.. !!
After Asad narrated how and where Rashid was all these years, Dilshad's eyes drifted towards Anwar...She was very greatful to him to know how lovingly he had taken care of Rashid all these years ...She again kneeled down in front of Rashid.. Asad and Najma.. joined their ammi and hugged her...
Dilshad : Mere baki bacchon ko bulana padega kya ?? and she looked at Anwar, Zeenat, Zoya and Imran .. which made all of them smile and go for a family hug... The joy was now evident on Rashid's face.. He was proud of his wife to accept all these with a smile on her face !! He knew she would understand and support him !!
Anwar and Zeenat preferred to stay back in Bhopal along with Dr. Saif .. While Asad, Zoya and Imran returned back to Mumbai after 2 days...
Zoya's House., Mumbai
Zoya had returned home in the morning and Gaffur wanted to speak to his daughter... He had given time for her to settle down and waited till she had finished dinner...Zoya was looking happy but still he was concerned about her future...
Gaffur : Zoya beta.. kya tum bata sakti ho.. wahan kya hua ??
Zoya : Abbu...Mein bahut kush hoon abbu.. !!
Gaffur : Jantha hoon.. aur yeh bhi janta hoon ki tumhari kushi ki wajah Asad Ahmed Khan hain !!
As soon as Asad's name was mentioned, Zoya started blushing..
Zoya : Abbu.. Mein apko sab batane wali thi.. Lekin apko yeh sab kaise patha chala ??
Gaffur smiled at her question : Asad ne muje sab kuch bataya ... Mujse milne ke baad hi wo tumhe lene New York aya tha !!
Zoya : Abbu.. Mein bahut kush hoon abbu.. Mr. Khan bahut hi acche insaan hain...Pheli baar jab mein unhe hospital mein mili.. tab muje wo bahut acche lagne lage.. Muje maloom nahin tha ki wo ek Architect hain... Mein apki dil ki baat bhi acchi tarah se janti hoon abbu.. Aap itne pyaar aur mehnat se jis company ko itna bada kiya usse sambhalne keliye aap ka saath hum bacchon mein kisine nahin diya... Aur aap chathe the ki mein aise insaan se nikaah karoon jo apko is company chalane mein apki madat karein... Mein phele badi duvida mein thi ... Mera dil Mr. Khan ki taraf keencha chala ja raha tha... aur muje dhook tha shayad mein bhi apki is umeed ko todh doongi.. baad mein jab muje yeh malum hua ki Mr. Khan ek Architect hain aur wo kudh ek badi company ko chala rahein hain.. tab aap nahin jante mein kitna kush hui thi... !!
Gaffur was very happy to hear the sincere confession from his daughter... In fact he would have never opposed her decision to marry Asad even if Asad would have been in different profession... His daughter's happiness mattered the most to him...
Gaffur : Mein bhi bahut kush hoon Zoya.. Asad bahut hi nek aur immandar ladka hain.. aur bahut hi accha business man bhi...Lekin hum dono ka sapna kya wo pura karega ?? Kya wo Zainab Constructions ko bhi chalanekeliye raazi hojayega ?? kyunki mein janta hoon ki wo bahut hi khud garz insaan hai...
Zoya : Janti hoon abbu... !! Mein unse baat karke dekhti hoon !!
Gaffur excused himself and walked to the study room.. He would spend his time in the study either reading his books or remembering his wife...Since he was very happy after speaking to Zoya, he thought of going to bed early... and as soon as he entered his room, he found Farhaan searching for something ...
Gaffur : Farhaan kya doond rahe ho ??
Farhaan was starteled looking at his dad returning so early from his study.. and he immediately started thinking what to tell ...
Farhaan : Wo abbu.. kuch nahin.. Mera kuch papers nahin mil raha tha to mein sab kamrein me doond raha tha...
Gaffur : Farhaan.. Mere room mein tumhare papers kaise aa sakte hain.. ?? Apne kamrein mein hi doondo beta...
Farhaan : Ji abbu and he walked back to his room immediately... He was obviously not happy and he hit the glass jug smashing it to the ground ...and walked to the lab which he had set up in his house in another room...
Zoya wanted to speak to her abbu again and had come to his room and had heard Gaffur and Farhaan's conversation.. She had quietly followed Farhaan to see if she could get any clue about what was bothering her brother...The breaking of glass jug proved that he was infact hiding something from them ...
She decided that she would definitely try to figure out what was going on in Farhaan's life.. and try her best to set right things for him...
Asad's House, Mumbai
It was a very long day for Asad... As soon as he returned from Bhopal, he had freshened up and gone to office...Though he was in touch with all the day to day work via mails and phone calls, his presence in office had a different effect on his employees... He had not only visited all the floors but he had gone for a site visit as well...Since after so many days he had walked a lot, his leg was aching a little ... He tried to relax when he saw Wajid chacha, his servant walking towards his room with food in his hand...
Wajid : Asad beta.. yeh khana khalo... gharam hain.. aur khane ke baad ye tablet bi lelo..
Asad : Lekin Wajid chacha.. Tablet.. ??
Wajid : Haan bool gaya.. apki doctor ne phone karke bataya tha.. ki mein apko athe hi garam khana doon aur unhone jo bhi tablet kaha tha mein wo ja ke leaya .. unhone kaha ki mein apko aaj ek tablet de doon shayad apke pair mein dard hoga... !!
A smile spread across Asad's face.. He was touched with Zoya's love and concern... He quickly finished his dinner and as soon as he finished taking the tablet, his phone started ringing...flashing Zoya's name...
Zoya : Hello Mr. Khan.. Dinner hogaya apka ??
Asad : Ji Shukriya.. Aap ko kaise patha tha ki mere pair mein aaj dard hoga...??
Zoya : aap shayad bhoolgaye.. ki mein doctor hoon aur apki honewali biwi bi hoon..!!
Asad :Ji...
Both went quiet for few minutes...
Zoya : Mr. Khan ... kuch to baat kijiye ??Apki mangetar se baat karnekeliye aapko itna sochna padega kya ?? Apko shayad Imran se classes lene padenge...!!
Asad : Imran kyun ??
Zoya : Imran kitni romantic batein kartha hain.. !!
Asad: Excuse me ?? Imran aap se romantic batein kyun karega ??
Zoya : Mr. Khan.. aap fir se possessive hogaye ?? Imran mujse kyun romantic batien karega.. wo to Najma se karega na !!
Asad : apko kaise patha ??
Zoya : Mein aur Najma ab itni acchi friends hogaye hain to... Wo muje sab kuch batayegi right ??girls talk you know ??
Asad : Lekin aap ladkiyan ye sab kyun discuss karti hain ??
Zoya started laughing...which made Asad also happy but he sensed that it was not her whole hearted laugh...
Asad : Zoya.. kya aap pareshan hain ??
Zoya : apko kaise patha chala ??
Asad : Jis tarah aap meri har dil ki baat samaj sakti hain usi tarah mein bhi apki har baat samaj sakta hoon.. Hum dono ab dil aur dhadkan ki tarah hogaye hain... !! Ek dusre ki baat bin bole samaj saktein hain...
Zoya : Ji shukriya.. !! Actually mein Farhaan bhaijaan ki wajah se kuch pareshan hoon... and she narrates what she had over heard couple of days back ... and also about his behavior couple of minutes back...
Asad thought for a while...: Zoya.. Farhaan kis tarah ka insaan hain ?? I mean unka rishta baki gharwalon ke saath kaisa hain .. I am sorry.. agar apko bura laga mere is sawal se...
Zoya : Mr. Khan.. aap itne formal kyun ho rahein hain ?? Kya ab mera family apka nahin hain ??
Asad : Ofcourse hain Zoya !! Mein apki madat karna chatha hoon...
Zoya : Bhaijaan bachpan mein mujse aur api ke saath bahut khelthe the.. lekin jab se unhone naukri karna shuru kiya, tab se wo badal gaye.. hamesha apne aap mein khoye rehtein hain.. ghar mein bhi ek lab hain.. wahi kaam kartein rehtein hain... kisi se zyada baat bhi nahin kartein hain... and she sadly tells about his broken marriage with Nikhat.. .. Inshaallah bhaijaan ko accha salary miltha hain.. lekin us din kyun kisi Dr. Dan ko bata rahein the ki unke paas lautane keliye paise nahin hain.. yeh baat muje bahut pareshan kar rahan hain.. aur aaj unhone jo bhi kiya.. wo zyada pareshan kar raha hain... !!aur shayad Nikhat babhi ke barein me Jeeju aur api jante hain.. kyunki wo undono ki dost hain... !!
Asad : Zoya.. aap muje do teen din ka waqt dijiye.. patha kartha hoon.. aur haan .. Kya aap mere saath Saturday ko Bhopak ayegi ?? Mein abbu ko dekhne ja raha hoon... !!
Zoya : Of course Mr. Khan.. Mein Friday night shift leloongi...!!
Asad : Night shift karke aap kaise Saturday travel karpayegi ??Gadi mein phir aap sojayegi.. !! Mein to pura rastha aapse baat karna chatha tha... !!
A smile spread across Zoya's face...: Aap phikr math kijiye.. mein kuch to manage karloongi.. !! Good Night.. Aur haan.. apka plaster bhi nikaal na hain.. aap kabh ayenge hospital ?? Kya hum kal mil saktein hain ??
A smile spread across Asad's face a well.. : Ji.. Good Night.. !!
End of Part 8
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