"Aur kitna bhago gi begum?"
Asked shehbaaz in a deep husky voice
Mashael stood there still finding no answer to his question. Shehbaaz kept his laptop aside and stood up and started to walk near Masheal.
Snaking his right hand around the waist of mashael he pulled her towards him. Mashael's breathe started to become more heavy
With stammering voice Mashael asked
"K-y-a ka-r ra-he a-p? Koy-i de-kh le-ga, c-hore."
Pushing her open hair aside he placed his nose near her neck taking a deep breathe inhaling her smell.
"Do shal tumsey dur tha, aur nahi reh paunga."
Hearing him Mashael was shocked getting away from his hold she looked at him
"Kya bol rahe aap? Woh shadi sirf ek haatsa thi aur kuch nahi,Sir. Aur mein nahi maan satta uss shadi ko." Mashael said softly
"Lekin mein maanta hoon woh bhi pure dil sey. Aur yeh jaan lo ki hamare shadi wesey hona likha tha naseeb mein. Aur tumhe koyi haaq nahi Khuda key felso paar aitraaj karne ka."
"Aap samaj nahi rahe? Mein ap yeh shadi sab ek haatsa hain aur kuch nahi. Jisey bhulney mein sabki bhalay hain."
Hearing Mashael, shehbaaz became really angry. Pulling her close and cupping her face in his palm
He said roughly
"Tum chaho ya na chaho tum Mrs. Shehbaaz Ahmed ho aur rahogi. Issey baar kar kuch bhi nahi sunna mujhe."
By his rough and harsh tone, Mashael was scared pulling herself away from Shehbaaz she ran out of the room quickly and started to cry. Laying on her bed, she started reminiscing old memories
2 years ago,
"Beta tumne apne saari cheez e pack kar li thi na?" Asked khunaas in her peshwari tone
"Jee ammi, baas-" Mashael was about to reply back but when her words was cut off by the loud shout downstairs
"MASHAEL!MASHAEL! ABHI ISS WAQAT NICHI AO!"
ordered someone
Coming downstairs quickly Mashael saw her tayajaan's son, Hamed screaming
Everyone came downstairs followed by others
"Kya hua beta?" Asked tayi jaan lovingly to her son
"Amma isse puchey kissey puchke Islamabad ja rahi hain?" Hamed screamed loudly
"Beta woh parne ja rahi hain. Uska seminar key selection ho gaya aur agar aisa chalta raha na toh usko Islamabad mein Acha job mil jayega." Tayi jaan tried to made him understand
"Nahi karani meri biwi sey mujhe naukri." Hameed said loudly
"Hamed kya bol rahe hain?" Mashael questioned with shock
"Suna nayi. Bohot hogaya tumhara parna warna. Aap tum shadi key tayari karo." Hamed said
"Aur Aap kon hote kaun hain mere jindegi key faisley lene wale?" Mashael asked with an angry tone
Hearing her response Hamed became more angry and raised his hand to slap Mashael when a hand stopped him, it was none other than her chote baba, Raees Zaidi. Throwing his hand away. Raees Zaidi voice roared back
"Himmat kaisi huyi teri? Meri beti pey haat uthane ki sochney ki?"
"Kya horaha hain yeh saab?" Another voice asked back it was none other mashael's tayajaan
Usaid Zaidi.
"Abba." Said Hamed
"Dekhe na jee kaisi baate kar rahe hain, raees." Complained Hamed's mother to his father
"Kya hogaya Raees?"
"Bhaijaan ap apne bete ko kahe ki woh apne haad na paar kare."
"Chachu ap jyada kaar rahe hain. Mein apne hone wali biwi sey jaise maan kare waise baat karu yeh mera haq hain." Hamed roared
Mashael unable to hold back said to Hamed
"Mein apki kuch nahi lagti! Na ap sey mera koi taluk hain! Samaj gaye!"
"Bin baap ke bacchi ho toh apne aukat pey raho." Said tayijaan
"Kyun bhabhi? Bin baap key toh bachi hain, koi jurm toh nahi kiya tha mere shohar nei. Allah ney unki hayat jitna likha tha utna hi tha. Ismey ap, mey yah koyi aur kuch nahi kaar satta." Said finally khunaas
Giving an angry look mashael's tayijaan turned her face away
"Abba Mein keh rahi hoon iski bohat hogayi parhai, aur nahi izzajat dey satta Mein use parhai karne ki." Said Hamed
Usaid zaidi who was silent till then finally said
"Hamed! Chup raho!"
"Bhaijaan meri beti apne parhai karne Islamabad jayegi." Raees said with anger
Sophia, raees wife who was silent and listening to everyone, came aside and said
"Raees bohat hogaya, abhi key abhi ghar key batware ka paper mangaye. Aur nahi karne dungi Mein apni bhabhi aur beti pey jurm."
Hearing it finally Usaid shouted
"SOPHIA! Pagal hogai ho?"
"Jee bhaijaan. Kyunki bohat hogayi aplogo ki maan maani. Aur tum Hamed kis haq sey isse apni biwi bolte ho? Kisney haq di?" Questioned Sophia
"Chachijaana mein isko pasand karta hoon."
"Aur isse kabhi pucha ki yeh tumse pasand karti hain ya nahi."
"Paar chachijaana-"
"Isse pucho ki kya yeh bhi tumsey utna pasand karti hain jitna tum karte ho?
"Mashael, batao na sabko ki tumbhi mujhe utna chahti ho jaise mein tumhe chahta hoon."
Mashael looked at Hamed and said
"Hamed, mein nahi chahti apko. Mere liye meri first priority hain ab mere career mujhe apna career pey focus karna hain."
"Suna tumney kya kaha usney? Beta, tumhari puri jindegi paari hain. Age barho aur sabar karo, Allah ney tumhare liye kisi achi aur tumhe chahta hain aisey ka naam likha hain."
With that the topic ended forever and Masheal was send to Islamabad for her seminar.
Coming inside this big and beautiful hospital it felt her dream came true.
The seminar is about 2 days and after that all the students will be taken to field work. More like they'll be taken to small villages near Islamabad for regular checkup of villagers
"Yaar Mashael yeh hospital toh kitna sundar hain, haan lekin mere sey kaam."
Said Ramsha, mashael's roommate and best friend
Rolling her eyes mashael said
"Tum aur tumhare self obsession."
Suddenly they hear an announcement
"Students who came for participating in seminar kindly arrive at the hall no 5."
Soon everyone gathered in hall no 5
"Are mashael chal woh samne beth the hain."
Ramsha pointed at the front seat
"Chalo."
They sat at the front seat. Soon the seminar started
A young lady came and greeted everyone
"Assalamualikum sabhi ko jo aj seminar mein hissa lein rahe, mein Dr.Fatma Hassan, graduated in radiotherapy from this medical. Let's hope you'll learn many thing through this seminar also by the amazing instructor of this seminar. Let's welcome with a round of applause, neurology specialist and the owner of this hospital and medical college, Dr. Shehbaaz Ahmed."
A young gentleman entered around the age 25, wearing a while lacoste polo shirt and denim coloured jeans and pair of Nike sneakers with his hair gelled and a watch of Copenhagen on his left wrist everything was complimenting him.
He took the mic and greeted everyone
"Assalamualikum everyone." His deep voice made all the female species present there ogle him bur somehow Mashael didn't feel like raising her head up. He again stated
"Mein apki instructor is seminar ka, Dr. Shehbaaz Ahmed. After the end of this seminar you'll given a small assignment. Depending on your assignment, you'll be given score and before the field work you'll be divided into several group and the students whose assignments will impress me will directly work under me in the whole field trip. But before that let's start this seminar with your introduction. From right front please start introducing yourself."
Everyone was introducing themselves and the mic landed on Mashael, taking a deep breathe she said
"Assalamualikum, I'm Mashael Zaidi. I belong from Peshwar Medical College."
She was about to end it when suddenly Shehbaaz said
"Miss Zaidi, can kindly not mind but share about your hobbies like everyone."
"Sir, I don't have any."
Mashael said softly and sat down after that the seminar went by.
After the seminar, everyone was given an assignment and were asked to finish it by the next morning
The next day after finishing assignment everyone submitted it.
At the same hall everyone was waiting for all the doctor they gonna be under in the field project.
One by one all the doctor came with their list of selection of group
The same lady Fatema stood and started calling out everyone to sit with their perspective group.
"Ramsha Nasar, you're selected under the group of Dr. Meherin Mustafa. Please join your perspective group."
Ramsha looked at Mashael with a sad pout said
"Yaar mujhe uss handsome sey dikhney wale doctor key under kaam karna tha."
Mashael not understanding asked
"Kon?"
"Are Dr.Shehbaaz Ahmed."
"Allah, ramsha kuch toh sharam karo sir hain hamare. Ab chalo sabash dil chota na karo aur apna team join karo. Aur dua karo ki mera bhi tumhare sath hojaye."
"Inshallah ho jayega."
Many names came and went by, Mashael was being kinda worried as her name was no where
When she suddenly her name to be announced
"Mashael Zaidi, you're selected under the group of Dr. Shehbaaz Ahmed, please join your group."
Mashael was shocked looked up at the stage where Shehbaaz Ahmed was standing, surprisingly his green eyes was looking deeply into Mashael's Hazel eyes.
Both the eyes were lost in themselves.