CHAPTER 4
WHEN TIME DEMANDS..
PART 1
zoya had done with unpacking. zeenat had gone with dilshad to visit their long lost friends...
anwar was busy reminiscing his childhood at his old house...
asad and rashid buried under the piles of files...
najma reading romeo-juliet and zoya working on for the interiors of anwar's house...
" u r too interested in love ain't you??" zoya questioned najma as the latter was drowned in the ultimate love saga...
" mmm... yes i mean y not??? love is life, path of roses...", najma answered without even looking at zoya...
"accha, so love is life n path of roses... only you could say that..."
" y so don't you believe in love??? ishq me sab perfect hota hai..."
" dont u kno najma even roses have thorns.. we can't see them but they are there making us feel their presence...", zoya's eyes were misted...
najma noticed the sorrow in her voice and said " was there anyone in your life??"
zoya looked at najma, tears roling down her cheeks..
" m sorry zoya, i didnt mean to hurt you..."
" no its not dat... tch... even he loved romeo-juliet...american tha a choreographer..John... i met him at a party. i was 17 then.. n we saw ech othr for almost 4 years..."
"whoa, so you broke up with him..."
"no we didnt break up... he died in a road accident 4 years ago.."
" m sorry to hear that zoya.."
"nah its okk...u know what perfection is an illusion and nothin else...when your life will throw you back you wont even kno... everything comes crashing down..."
"so aapi n jiju??"
"they knew about him... he was a very wonderful person...i had the time of my life then... he had opened the doors of a new world to me... music, movies, hanging out, bike riding, horse riding and what not..."
"i'l show you his pictures come..." zoya showed her the photos of his stage performances and the fun they had during her vacations..
" i think m just not able to take him out of my memories you kno n so aapi is worried about my marriage.."
" time heals every wound zoya n see you are now away from that land...maybe this change will work for the better... huh??? coffee???"
" yah, with 1 spoon sugar in it..."
"kk... i will bring it... cheer up now..."
Edited by janhavi1916 - 11 years ago
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