In The Midst Of Serendipity

|Chapter 33| The Overdue Acceptance

"Go and leave her there. She will not stay in this house anymore."

This time I left Shiza's hand before taking a step ahead and came face to face to mom. I then asked her keeping my calm

"And why can't she stay here?"

At my question, Lubna Chachi immediately answered

"Beta, she tried to harm you."

At this point, I lost my temper and my voice was raised a little

"How the hell did she harm me?"

Everyone was quite shocked by my sudden outburst. Dado came forward before scolding me

"Zain, don't forget you're talking to your elders here. Keep your voice down."

I couldn't help but laugh. They all looked at me with puzzled eyes. I then asked dado

"Why didn't you do anything, dado?"

She looked at me with puzzlement so I elaborated

"Why didn't you take a stand for Shiza when everyone else was blaming her? Don't you trust her?"

At my questions, she remained quiet. I really didn't except this from her. She was the one who asked me to marry her, the one who told me that she was the nicest girl out there and that she was not capable of hurting anyone. Then why didn't she believe her or take a stand for her. I seriously can't able to wrapped my head around all of it.

When she didn't reply, I continued again

"Weren't you the one who asked me to marry her? Weren't you the one who told me that she has a heart of gold and that she can't hurt anyone. Then, why didn't believe her?"

She again remained quiet. Mama's hard voice again reached my ears

"I wonder what lies she fed you. She is not the what she shows us. She probably wanted to get rid of you so she tried to harm you."

This is unbelievable!

I tried to keep my anger at bay before shouting

"She does not hurt me, mama."

It was really hard for me to control my anger. First, they blamed her and now she was practically telling me that Shiza is the culprit. I turned my gazed towards Kinza who was standing there quietly. I know she was the different one in our house. She was always nice with Shiza. I only hoped she will tell me the truth. So I asked her

"Kinza, tell me what exactly happened last night and refrain from lying."

She looked at me wide eyed. I could tell she was hesitating because she was looking at her mother over and over. I saw Aaban urging her to speak so she spoke

"After you lost consciousness and was taken to your room, Shiza bhabhi was in the lounge. She was crying and I was trying to calm her down. Then, tayi came and started scolding and blaming her that she harmed you."

I turned to look at mama and she was avoiding eye contact. Kinza again continued

"Shiza bhabhi told that she didn't know that you were allergic but no one believed her. Everyone was still blaming her and tayi urged her to accept her mistake. But when bhabhi still denied, tayi..."

She trailed off not completing her sentence. I could saw her hesitating to say forward. But one nod from me and she started narrating, but this time her voice was stuttering like she was afraid

"Sh..she slapped her twice."

My posture went stiff. My fists were clenched and I was having a hard time controlling my anger. Kinza kept saying