I am not giving any character sketch as of now... as the story moves, ill introduce all the characters...
Chapter 1
22 years,.. he had moved so far in life, 22 years!!
'dekhiye humari beti... kitni pyaari lag rahi hai' said zainab, tearful, tears of joy.. finally she had a successful delivery and her baby was safe.. kicking her legs in the crib...
'waise dekha jaaye toh bilkul mere pe gayi hai...' chuckled gaffur.
'kya matlab??' zainab asked with her fiery eyes.. gaffur held her arms and hugged her
'matlab yeh hai baigam sahiba, ki meri beti itni pyaari lag rahi hai, ismain kya shak hai ki wo mere pe gayi hai' laughed and held his little princess and kissed her forehead, zainab though was irritated with her husbands comic sense, she adored the sight in front of her and smiled.
the doctor knocked the door and entered the ward ' how are you feeling Mrs siddiqui?'
'fine doctor' and smiled
'good, Mr siddiqui i want to have a talk with you' gaffur and zainab gave a petrified look
'doctor is everything okay'
'Mr siddiqui your baby is totally healthy, but i want to have a talk with you.. please come to my cabin' the doctor left, gaffur gave aa assuring look to zainab and looked at his daughter and left.
'may i come in doctor?'
'please come in Mr siddiqui, take your seat' gaffur sat on the chair and kept shifting his body due to nervousness
'Mr siddiqui, like i said before, this pregnancy was a complicated one, still you and your wife never gave hope and decided to continue with the pregnancy'
'doctor, please come to the point' he said with sweat beads covering his head
'Your baby is totally healthy but your wife's condition is critical'
gaffur was totally shocked, he was out of words, how could this happen.. he and zainab had dreamt of bringing up his princess, then how can fate do this to them, his daughter had to grow up without a mother...
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gaffur came out of his trance,he was sitting on a rocking chair inside a dark room which had no traces of light,he wiped his tears, and looked at the clock which read 11.30PM... he had come a far way from his life, 20 years ago, he had left bhopal and settled in NewYork for ever.. he did not want to go back to India, it gave him dreadful memories of his past.. he had lost the two important people in his life. The clock read 12.00, gaffur smiled and went out of his room..the darkest room...
She slept peacefully on her soft mattress with smile adorning her face, she looked like an angel, her dad's angel.. gaffur smiled and traced her cheeks and shifted her hair behind her ears... he kissed her forehead...
zoya sprung up from her sleep and hugged her dad...
'happy Birthday,... my little princess'
'abbu... im not your little princess.. im 22 now!!' screemed zoya... with excitement..
'can you believe abbu.. main 22 ki hogayi... '
'haan.. chehre pe wrinkles bhi aane lagay' chuckled gaffur
'abbu!!! its not funny, kya sach main wrinkles hai??' a worried zoya ran towards her big sized mirror... as gaffur followed her smiling at his daughter's antics
'abbu mazak kar rahe hai... meri princess toh forever young hai.. kyun gaffur?? theek kaha na??' zoya screemed with joy as she saw her dadi and hugged her tight...
'janamdin mubarak beta' and kissed her forehead
'thank you dadi' said zoya with excitement, suddenly her face fell lookin at the entrance of her room...
' kya dekh rahi ho meri princess... gifts!! huh??'
'abbu ammi kaha hai'
gaffur was speechless, dadi covered up saying she had a headache and she overslept due to medicines, though zoya was not convinced... gaffur immediately changed her frown face into excitement when he showered her with gifts... zoya was on cloud nine, her dad had always surprised on the birthday's with the best of gifts but that was not everything she wanted... she wanted to be loved, no doubt she got that from her dadi and her dad, but she missed the love of her mother, she had seen other kids getting that love and concern...
gaffur and dadi sighed looking at the happy zoya... satisfied they retired to their rooms... as soon as they went back, zoya's face fell... she was unhappy.. she showed up that happy face not to disappoint her dadi and her dad... from the time her dad had married another woman Razia... she always found razia, her stepmom mocking at her, but at the absence of her dad... otherwise she kept showing fake love and concern towards zoya.. razia hated zoya.. she married gaffur for the sake of property, gaffur looked at her only as zoya's mother, not his wife.. he had given his heart only to zainab.. until she left him on the same day, when his princess arrived...
zoya never liked celebrating her birthday.. she knew that her mother had died the same day.. she always expected razia to show the motherly love towards her, zoya always look at her as her mother.. though she showed fake concern...
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Bhopal weather was scorching!! the heat was unbearable... but still people never left their fantasies.. huge number of people had gathered at the racing point...
two men were having a bike race... people were waiting at the finish point... people kept screaming and hooting... finally one bike approached, with another one behind... it was a tough competition...
'Ayan!! ayan' screamed the crowd when he reached the final spot and he won...
Ayan is a complete playboy... he loves dating woman!! many woman... he has no goals in life, his life is all about fun, adventure and girls, but there is another side to this guy... he loves his family... his mother especially.. he's the only son.. he never obeyed his dad,.. though his dad was famous business man and a well respected man, ayan never followed his footsteps.
'yayy!!!!' screamed ayan... the other biker was boiling with anger and rage... ayan had won the bet race... the whole 1 lakh was all his...he pushed his bike and went upto ayan...
'dude.. i won!!' cheered ayan but all he got was a fist hit on his face... ayan fell on the ground and the people around got scared looking at the fight and tried controlling but in vein...the biker kept kicking ayan...
A well built man, with killer looks... came in as a savior of ayan... he was a charmer, he was the greek god, every woman would pray for,.. he had looks to die for.. he was dressed in a three piece suit, he looked well mannered, like a corporate man... he kicked the biker so hard that he stopped moving, he was still... his one hit made this reaction into the biker's body.. ayan smiled at the man, his best friend and his neighbor who meant more than a family, yes he was Asad Ahmed Khan!! Bhopal's most famous business man, and the most eligible bachelor and ayan's best friend!! he got up and hugged asad...
'ayan miyan.. ye sab kya hai' asked asad trying to speak calmly
'arre asad miyan.. gussa na karo,. ye sab hota rehta hai!!' ayan said casually like nothing ever happened...
'kitni baar kaha hai... ye sab chodo, lekin nahi, romeo banne ka shauk hai... ladkiyon ko pathana, bike race karna.. betting karna aata hai, lekin fight nahi kar paate ho!! huh'
'ye bhi bohot jaldi seekh jaayenge!! aap hai na... waise agar aap ye business look chodke mere raaste pe chaloge na, dekhna ladiya toh apne aap aayenge...' smiled ayan hitting asad's chest
'mujhe ye sab pasand nahi hai.. chalo ghar chalte hai'
'jaanta hoon... tumhe toh sirf apne kaam se matlab hai... ladkiyan to marti hai tujhpe, lekin aaj tak ek ladki ko dekha tak nahi... enjoy your life bro.. leave this corporate world and come to ayan's world'
'pehle ghar chalo, phir discuss karte hai... come on...' he smiled and pulled ayan and drove off to their neighborhood...
That's it for chapter 1!! Do give me your feedback's!!
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Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
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