'so do you know who your old abu is?' asked asad eyeing zoya from the corner of her eyes who looked quite uncomfortable with the ongoing conversation 'no, i never met him' she said pouting 'but i know so many things about him' she added happily 'oh wow...tell me' asad replied showing interest 'ohkay listen he is so handsome, he lives in India, he don't like pizza, jam bread is his favourite , he is an angry young man, he loves dadi and tamatar phoppi but he don't love me' sidra who busy in counting what she knows about her old abu on her finger tips but stopped as soon as she remembered that her abu don't love her zoya get tense and closed her eyes avoiding any eye contact with asad in respond of this out burst of sidra..asad felt pain in his heart, sidra thinks that i hate her,but why does she thinks like this? he thought to himself and then he looked at zoya her eyes were close and tension was visible on her face
'who said you that your abu hates you?' asked asad with hurt voice 'i know it myself, he never came to meet me, he never called me, then who will say that he loves me, mama says that he is busy but i know that he does not love me...' said sidra, tears already falling from her eyes...asad also felt tears in his eyes so without wasting any more time he stood up from his chair and carry sidra in his arms, he make her stand on her chair and hugged her, confused sidra did not understand anything and hugged him back, as soon as sidra's face was on the opposite side, he let his tears fall from his eyes totally hiding it from sidra but did he forgot that zoya was there witnessing him like this...she never thought that her decision for not making him meet his daughter would make him cry, she remembered that she never saw him crying accept when dilshaad was in hospital and when he was trapped by tanveer and she left him, even when najma and dilshaad left this house, he broke down, he changed a lot but still he never cried, he had controlled himself always accept when he feels that he is loosing the other person without whom he can't live..
'what happen Mr.khan why are you crying' asked sidra wiping her own tears but still she did'nt broke the hug herself, she liked it, accept mady and uncle anwar he was the only person whom she like a lot and that only in a very few meeting...asad was shocked hearing that she knows he was crying even when he did not make any sound, 'why won't i cry when I am meeting my daughter the first time in last six years' he replied first wiping his tears and then pulling her back from the hug, she frowned with this reply 'Mr.Khan you had a daughter' she asked and he nodded trying to maintain a smile on his face 'wow Mr.Khan can i meet her please' she asked jumping on the chair 'so you want to meet my daughter' he asked and she nodded with excitement 'but can i ask you something before it?' he asked 'yeah sure' she replied in an instant 'do you know what's the name of your old abu?' he asked 'no' she replied sadly 'so if i make you meet your old abu then what will give me in return?' he asked and a smiled appeared on his face when he noticed her changing expressions first from confusion from understanding nod and then to excitement
'sachi Mr.Khan, you know my old abu, please Mr.Khan i want to meet him please and what will i give...wait let me think ummm yeah i will give you two two kisses on your each cheek...please Mr.khan tell me where my old abu is' she asked pleading 'what if i say that i am your old abu...will you believe me?' he asked her hoping that her innocent heart will reply a yes but she looked lost and after a minute she replied 'yes' 'and how did you believed me so easily?' 'because you said that you met your daughter after six and first time, and i am also six years old and i never met my old abu' he was happy that she joined the dots, ALLAH how intelligent my daughter is but why she replied me a little rudely and why she is not happy even after knowing that i am her abu 'what happen you did'nt look happy' he asked 'no i am happy but i am angry too with you, if are you really my old abu na then why you never came to meet me...you know when ever mady don't come to meet me i don't talk to him until he say sorry to me' she said trying hard to sound and look angry and completing her sentence she turned on the other side folding her hands across her chest
'oh so you are angry that i never came to meet you, wo actually kya haina, i am so cowards and i was lost all these, years you live so far from me na so i can't come to you, i am so sorry i promise that i will never leave you again' he said moving towards her side and holding his ears, her heart melted seeing her old abu like this 'you scared from coming there?' she asked softly and he nodded still holding his ears 'i am so sorry you know i was scared too but mama was with me na so i did not get scared any more..' she replied with concern in her voice 'so am i forgiven?' he asked hopefully 'umm ohkay but if u will do what i say?' 'ohkay done' 'hmm so bring lots of chocolates for me, so many toys, my favourite ice-cream and for now take me for a ride..' she said 'ohkay done' 'yayyy' she said and jumped in his arms on which he hold her happily and then made her sit on the nearer chair and started talking to her...during this daughter-father reunion the duo forget to notice that the other important person in there lives was missing because zoya walked away from them but she was aware of the scene in front of her, YA ALLAH sidra is so happy that she met her abu finally but what will happen when we will leave this house in next seven days, ALLAH please help us, she closed her room door and went inside allowing both of them to spend some time with each-other
zoya spend her all day in her room she was so confused on the day events, that she did not reach to conclusion, her heart says that asad regret betraying her but her mind was playing totally different game, she was so lost in thinking all this that she did not even realized that when she fall asleep...while asad took sidra for a long drive they had ice-cream, he bought her favourite chocolates for her and then took her her for shopping they were home at 8;00 pm and till then kamran had prepared dinner for them...as sidra was so hungry so she started with her dinner while asad unwantedly went to call zoya, he entered inside and found her sleeping, she looks ethereal while sleeping that he can't take his eyes from her, he forgot his reason for coming here and walked towards her bed, he sat beside her and placed his hand on her hand, a tear escape from his eyes, after long six years this moment had came in his life that he saw her zoya so close to him, he removed the strip of hair from her eyes and tucked it behind her ears...he caressed her cheeks lovingly, a smiled appeared on his lips...zoya opened her eyes with his touch she looked into his eyes and found some strange but similiar emotions but she fight from her heart to not name it anything...they both looked at each other lost in there own world until they were disturbed by sidra's voice who called them the umpteenth time from the dining table
he stood up with a jerk and tried to gave her a reason but found himself lost of words, 'what are you doing here' asked zoya getting up from the bed 'huh?' he asked frowning 'i asked what are you doing here?' she repeated 'wo actually i...i came to call you for dinner...i know i must have asked sidra to call you but she was quite hungry so she had already started with her dinner..i am going come soon' he said and left quickly from this awkward situation...he went and settled on his place and zoya joined them after a while...through out the dinner sidra told zoya about her day with her abu and also told her that she will call him "daddy" sometime and "mr.khan" sometime...
they were done with there dinner, zoya was totally prepared to go to bed but was shocked to see them moving towards the T.V asad switched on the T.V and sidra sat on his lap and kamran placed some packets of chips on the table with a cold-drink 'sidra...baby what is happening? are'nt you sleeping' zoya asked confused 'uhh, mama me and daddy had planed to watch match, u know today is India's match with South Africa and i really want to watch it...u know MS Dhoni is my favourite...please can we?' she asked pleading 'ohkay but come back whenever you are done' she said leaving from there 'hey umm listen' asad said which made zoya stopped in mid she turned and looked at him 'why don't you join us?' asked asad 'umm wo..i..'zoya stammered when sidra spoke 'please na mama' 'oh ohkay' she replied and sat on the couch but away from them
zoya was quite tired so she went to her room after almost 1 hour but asad and sidra were watched it till the end and fell asleep there with sidra in asad's arm and asad lying on the xouch..zoya came out from her room at 3 in morning and found them sleeping, unknown to herself she smiled and shook her head at there behaiviour, she cleared the mess, and brought the blanket for both of them and covered them from the blanket she stared them for sometime and left from there
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