A life of secrets

chapter 1

" Are u guys coming or not" " come on yar i m hungry, going to the cafe" zulfishan headed towards the college cafeteria. her friends followed her.

they all settled on the table and ordered lunch.

" so what's the plan for the coming weekend " samra asked in excitement.

" i m not going any where" zulfishan said in a bored tone. " why not " hadia asked. "my cousin is coming from london , so mom ordered to be at home"

" ohooo who is coming " samra asked in teasing manner.

" its salman my aunt's elder son" zulfishan said annoyingly." i just hate him to the core".

samra and hadia were the only friend she had from her child hood. she share every problem with them then she would be at ease.

suddenly her phone rang. she answered the phone n her face color instantly change. her both friends were stunned. " dad got into an accident, he is in hospital right now " her voice was shattering. " i must rush to the hospital " she said in a tearful voice and ran towards the college gate.

her dad was her life she couldn't imagine to live without him. her mom passed away when she was only 5 years old. her dad remarried another woman to takecare of her but she treated her as stepdaughter she was rude n even beaten her up on little mistakes . when any thing happens she always called her dad. he would console her though her dad wasn't rich but he managed to take care of her little dreams. she also had a step sister " mawra" but she was like an enemy to her.

she got into a cab and went to the hospital. her thoughts were wandering around her father. the cab stopped in front of the hospital . she opened the door and rushed towards the counter.

after getting the information she ran towards the icu ward however bumped into some one. she apologised without seeing the person and ran towards the corridor.

the man stood still at the mesmerizing view of that beauty. his eyes followed along the way then came back wondering who she was.

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she was sitting in the chilled corridor on the bench at the corridor. hopping for the positive response from the doctor. the green light above the operation theatre was still on.

its been 5 hours still she got no news from the doctors. her step mom was also there but she paid no attention to zulfishan. as if she was non existent for her mother in this world.

she was feeling as if the world was getting dark for. after about seven hours of waiting the green light on the ot turned off. the doctor came outside the door. he looked very tired.

zulfishan rushed towards the doctor." doctor, how is my dad" she asked in a shaked voice. " we have done our best but he has a major injuries in his head .he don't have much time. we are shifting him in the room then you can meet him one by one" " and make sure no noise please"

after a while her dad was shifted into the room.

her step mom went inside the room. she sat there praying for her father's recovery. what she did not knew that she was being watched for the whole time. a shadow was keeping an eye on her from the coner of the corridor. she felt that some one watching her the whole time she sat there. she looked here n there but found nothing.

after some time her step mom came out of the room. she can now finally see her dad.

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"Aabi what's up to u man" " u went to hospital to see ur friend, then where were u all the day. u didn't show up for the last seven eight hours. and now u are all lost. what happened to u. did u met with an accident? " aabi's best friend haider asked with deep concern. he had never seen him so lost. " ya i have met with a beautiful accident," aabi said with lost expression. " what does it mean?" haider asked with confusion. Then a sudden realization hit him.

" are u in love ? " haider asked with excitement. "Love" i don't know but since i have seen her. my mind is with her." " i don't know what's going on " " help me man" his extremely handsome face was somewhat lightened up with the love heat.

"so tell me who she is, what's her name, from which family she belongs to? haider had asked him unlimited questions in one go. " i don't know anything about her" " only this that her father is in hospital in critical condition."

" ohh that's the case. we can get the details from the hospital." haider said. after hearing from Haider the aabi's eyes lit up.

they went to the hospital n asked about the details. her father's name was arsalan shah and he had been working in his company at the sales man post.

aabi's father was a fashion designer n held a big company named on his only son "Ebaad Hussain". " "ebaad couture " was listed in the top companies in the country.

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zulfishan entered the room with slow foot steps.

" how are u dad" she asked her dad with tears in her eyes.

his dad nodded lightly as all his energy had been gone. he moved a finger to show her to come near. she went towards him and sat on the chair next to bed.

" zulfi, i don't have much time" he said in a weak tone. " u have to be strong my child" " i have protected u from the evil world outside but now i can't be with you"

zulfishan hold her dad's hand. " no dad u have to be with me, i am alone in this world, u can't leave me." she said hysterically.

" i love u my child." with that he breathed his last.

Zulfishan felt that her whole world had been drowned. With a heart wrenching scream she fell to the ground and soon darkness consumed her.

Her blurry eyes opened at the sounds of wailing and screams. It was her step mom. She was sitting on the floor right beside her dad's coffin. Wailing n screaming.

She got up with shaking feet n dragged self to the coffin.

" no dad u can't leave me alone. No please come back.

U know i can't live with out u. Please dad come back."

She started sobbing harder n called her dad in a hoarse voice.

Her relatives were comforting her step mom. Her sister mawra was sitting in the corner as if nothing had happened. She was always jealous of zulfishan as dad always took care of her elder sister but ignored her.

Samra n hadia were consoling zulfishan but she could not control her sobs. How could she stop crying when she knew that nothing had left in her life.

Her relatives came n took the coffin to the cemetery. She felt as if someone had snatched her life from her.

She ran towards the coffin" no don't take my dad. Dad please come back.

Her foot rippled n she lost her consciousness again.

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