When they say that justice finds the person, it was correct. For abusing a minor, for sabotaging a relation and for illegally doing paternal test, marina was sentenced to 2 years in jail with five lakh as the jurmana.
The morning after she woke up, she didn't know it would be the last day in peace as she got the court notice and saw the house empty with the daughter and father duo missing, with the one week of trial, marina was tired and had no evidence that would claim that it was other way around. Nor did her mind worked that she could use the physical strength dilawar used against her. She was gone, inside the jail with restraining orders against her. Dilawar finally sighed in peace as he saw the people he hired, refurnishing the whole house and taking unnecessary ( Marina's thing) away.
Another week passed, another week of torture and another week getting to know his daughter better. Things were just doing fine for dilawar. With his baby sleeping in his arm every night to waking up with her wet kisses on his face. Though the only thing missing in his life was internal peace that no one brought him before, but his ayesha.
He was ashamed. He wanted to ask for forgiveness. He wanted to told her the truth but he was afraid she would deny his visit or worse, he could be beaten by her father or brother. Sitting beside the head chair of dining table, sat dilawar with his zartaasha in his arm as he fed her the white rice mixed with daal, his zartaasha had unknown obsession with rice and would cry eating roti.
Knowing how harmful it can be, zartaasha's dadi would boil the rice and would make boil zeera rice after every two to three days. Dilawar sighed as he felt ajmal eyes on him but his attention remained on his daughter who was peacefully sitting on his lap with her back against his check.
At last when getting tired of getting ignored, ajmal spoke "Agar us se shadi sirf custody ke lie karrahe the....to ayesha ko batane mai kya moat arahi thi?" Ajmal voice was hard, it was harsh and it hurt dilawar seeing his parents behaving this way with him.
[If you were only marrying her for custody, why didn't you tell ayesha?]
"Abba wo marina thi. Jab wo mere khana ke chammach se dna nikal sakti hai wo ayesha ko nuksaan bhi pohcha sakti thi, mujhe aj tak uska rawayya zartaasha k sath nahi bhoolta mai ayesha ko takleef mai kese dekhta?"
[Abba that was marina, if she could my spoon to take DNA then she could have harm ayesha too! I still cant forget her treatment with zartaasha, how can I let it happen with ayesha?]
Dilawar justified and he justified right when ajmal hummed. "To ab kyun nahi jasakte us ke pass ap?" Safa too butted in. "Mujhe dar hai wo mujh se milne k lie mana kar degi!" He voiced out his fear, a habit he learned from his ayesha- to voice out his fear.
[Then why aren't you going to her now?]
[I am afraid dad, she will deny meeting me]
He gulped "bash baba" he nodded at zartaasha and kissed the top of her head as she slipped down him and ran behind ismael and ibrahim who were showing her the new toy, making her impatient. "Aik bar koshish karne mai kya harj hai? Wese to wo tumse bhot acha larka deserve karti hai-" and dilawar doesn't know what his mother said.
[Why cant you try once? Even though she deserve someone better than you]
He couldn't see her with anyone else, he couldn't bear the thought that she will be someone else angel, someone else support, that someone else will hug her, will kiss her pouty lips and will appreciate her smile, that someone else will reply to her witty questions that someone else will claim her, will sleep beside her, will make her the mother of his babies.
He couldn't think enough and got up, he washed his hand and left while taking the key of her favourite car. He left to run towards her. Her, who matters the most for him. As soon as he reached the gate of salaar's, he was shit scared again. Taking many many deep breath, he ringed the bell answered by an maid that lead him towards the loungh. As soon as he sat down, a booming voice had him standing up almost immediately
"Tum yahan kya karrahe ho?" No matter what ayesha taught him, when sikandar saw the one who ruined the happiness of his daughter, he forgot it all and made a bee line towards dilawar. "Mujhe...ayesha se bat karni hai" he tried sounding confident but failed.
[What are you doing here?]
[I...wanna talk with ayesha]
Chucking humorlessly, sikandar gestured towards the door "jao mian, meri beti tumse nahi mile gi" but dilawar was adamant as he nodded as no "ap bulaen wo mile gi" but again "Nahi mile gi ayesha tumse-" tried saying sikandar but was cutt off by ayesha herself who ran down the stairs with her face beeming brightly and her lips in smile that he wanted to feel so much.
[Go sir, my daughter wont meet you]
[No, she will]
[She wont-]
Oh finally. Said both of them in their heart as they gazed at each other with longing gaze and eyes filled with tears. "Ap....ap aa gae?" Asked ayesha "jee, mai agaya" replied a weary dilawar. "Apse naraz hun mai" ayesha sniffled and complaint in such small voice, a tear slipped from his eyes, he nodded and sat on his knesss in front of her, right infront of her whole family, infront of her father, her mother and even her nanu Arsalan who was surprisingly present there.
[You came?]
[Yes, I did]
[Im mad at you]
Ayesha gasped, so does Noor-Ul-Ain, rubaab and zartaaj. "Janta hun ayesha....mai ye nahi kahunga k galti hogai lekin apni aik galti ko sudhar kar aya hun, wapis. Tumhare pass. Mujhe meri beti ko bachana tha, use haq se apne pass rakhna tha....maaf kardo is admi ko?.please"
[I know ayesha, I wont say it was a mistake, but i come back after solving another mistake. To you. I had to save my dauhgter, i wanted to take her and keep her. Im sorry? Forgive me]
Dilawar, on his knees asked for forgiveness, tears blurred her vision as she sobbed and ran into the arms of dilawar, getting some gasps from her father but for now, all matters was her dilawar looking so tired and broken. Dilawar didn't hug her back, in respect of some elders but his heart wanted to grip her and never let go of her. "Arey phar le kuri nu" said a man sitting on the sofa with hunched shoulder and bright smile, it was arsalan, the grandpa of ayesha and having the validation, dilawar hugged his ayesha back, pulling her close to him while letting her cry.
[Arey held the girl]
"Arsalan sahab baap mai hun" complained sikandar, jealous of dilawar comforting his crying daughter and the complained got him another one from arsalan "tumhe meri beti di hai na? Bus ab bakwaas nahi karte" and they all, including ayesha who had pulled away, couldn't help but chuckle at the savage Arsalan.
[Arsalan sir, I am the father]
[I gave you mine, dont annoy me]
Rolling his eyes, saying whatever, sikandar asked dilawar to have seat and asked him the question every body wanted the answer for and dilawar explained in deatail. "Mai actually zartaasha ki custody chahta tha and knowing some law myself, mujhe us ke khilaf suboot dene the that she aint a good mother, us time par mai fake evidance banane ko bhi tiyar tha lekin I saw marina abusing zartaasha very badly and zartaashe herself told me that in the name.of discipline, marina would beat my daughter. It was enough and I dragged her to the court and charging her with some other cases, the judge gave her two years in prison with 50 lakh jurmana, and I-"
[I wanted zartaasha custody, knowing some law myself I knew I cant assuse her so i went to gather some evidence]
Explaining to them, he stopped at last looking at ayesha and said "faked the marriage with her....."
Ayesha breathed out a breath she never knew she was holding and looked at her baba with the eyes that screamed hug. Her baba held her closer and asked dilawar "ab kya karna hai" dilawar cleared his throat and confidently said " mujhe ayesha se shadi karni hai lekin ab is baar, sirf mai hi nahi bulke zartaasha bhi ayesha ki zindagi mai hogi....to agar ayesha nahi chahti, I wont force her for marriage but I genuinely love ayesha sir"
[What do you wanna do now?]
[ i wanna marry ayesha but this time, its not only me but zartaasha as well, if ayesha want, I wont force her]
Ayesha gasped slowly and held in her breath, looking at her baba impatiently who shurged saying "akhri faisla apka hai" and even before sikandar could finish, she confessed as well "I love you too" infront of everyone, making them laugh while the both bride and groom blushed, dreaming of the aagaz-e-ishq, aagaz-e-zindagi, that awaits for them.
[Last decision is yours]
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I am going through a bad day.