Contacts OF Hearts

Anus And Ali's Deal Gets Cancelled

Nazima, you should tell her the truth.

Yes, but how do I tell her the truth that I haven't told her till today?

How can we tell her?

I have kept this thing hidden from her for so many years.

Yes, you did absolutely right.

Nazima doesn't even raise her voice, she says.

But it is necessary to tell her too.

Sanam, what you're saying is also right, but I don't want to put a burden on that girl's mind.

I have been telling her a lie since her childhood, and she is living that lie as the truth.

So how can I tell her the truth now?

I can't break my daughter's heart.

Nazima, you're right, but if she finds out about this from someone else, her heart will break even more.

So it would be better if you tell her yourself at the right time.

The decision is yours, but my advice is this.

Only time will tell what happens.

Nazima lowers her voice and then starts showing her the clothes.

They keep looking at the clothes.

After she leaves, Nazima is pacing in the courtyard and thinking:

Should I really tell Dua?

No, no. If I tell Dua, she will think I am a liar.

She will think that I deliberately gave her this kind of life for so many years.

But I was helpless too.

Tears start falling from Nazima's eyes.

Anus is sitting on the chair in front of the table in his office, spinning the ring in his hand and also moving his chair left and right. In anger he says, "Not even one thing gets done properly by you people. This was such a big deal, how could you make such a big mistake?" He yells at the manager and senior employees.

"Sir, we tried our best."

"You weren’t supposed to try, you were supposed to do the work. But you people don’t understand anything. Now such a big deal has slipped out of our hands. Do you admit it was your fault or not? And do you even realize how much loss we must have suffered?"

Just then, hearing all this, Ali enters the office.

"What’s the matter, Anus? What happened?"

"What can I tell you, Ali. Our Turkey deal got cancelled."

"What? How did such a big deal get cancelled?"

"Well... I don’t know. It happened because of everyone’s carelessness and negligence."

"Now what are we going to tell uncle and dad? They’re definitely going to insult us. They trusted us and gave us this responsibility. But... but what can we say, Ali. We’ll have to do something."

"Alright, you all may leave," Ali tells the employees and the manager. "I need to talk to Anus about something important right now."

They leave. Then Ali comes and sits on the chair in front of Anus. Both of them have separate cabins, but since the voices were coming from his cabin, he went to his own cabin and then straight into Anus’s cabin.

"Anus, listen to me. For now, don’t say anything about this to dad and uncle. If they hear about this deal being cancelled they’ll get even more worried. In the meantime we’ll figure out something together."

"But Ali, how will we do all of this?"

"Anus, we’ll have to do something, right? Don’t worry. We’ll find a way together. You handle it — contact them directly in Turkey. I’ll talk to the Pakistani employees who are working there on our deal. We’ll manage somehow. If needed, we’ll reduce our price a little bit too."

"But we’ll suffer a loss because of that."

"There won’t be a loss. We’ll reduce the price just a little, not a lot. If they’re getting such a good thing at a cheaper rate, they’ll have to buy it."

"Yeah, you’re right, Ali," Anus says, raising an eyebrow.

,..........

Mrs. Ajmal and Mrs. Ahmed are sitting and talking in Mrs. Ajmal’s room. Then Mrs. Ajmal looks at the time and says, "Oh ho, sister-in-law, it’s already 11:30 and this boy still hasn’t woken up. I know him."

"Yes, yes," Mrs. Ahmed says. "You know that he won’t wake up on his own until you force him to. So just relax."

"What can I do? This boy is getting worse day by day. I just don’t understand him."

"He’s not getting worse. He has been drinking. He will get better with time. And when responsibilities come, he will set himself right. Just look at our Ali. He has responsibilities now, so how responsible he has become."

"Yes, sister-in-law, you’re right," Mrs. Ajmal says.

At that moment Pinky comes in while listening.

"What do you mean? You must be talking about your own son," she says to Mrs. Ahmed and Mrs. Ajmal. Both of them smile.

Then Mrs. Ajmal says, "Absolutely. I just don’t understand this boy."

"Pinky, he doesn’t make sense to just you. This boy doesn’t make sense to anyone. Wait, I’ll go wake him up."

"No, no, no, no. Don’t go at all," Mrs. Ahmed says. "You two will start fighting right away. You two are always like this with each other. Don’t worry. I’ll wake him up today in such a way that he will remember it."

Reena is making tea for herself in the kitchen. After putting the tea on the stove, she leans against the kitchen counter and stands there thinking, "Why? Why doesn’t Ali see my love? I love him so much, but he doesn’t care about me at all. Has some other girl come into his life? No, no, that can’t be. If there was another girl in his life, he would definitely tell the family. Then what is lacking in me? I’m decent, I’m beautiful, I’m educated, but he doesn’t even look at me. I keep trying again and again to make him realize my love, but this stubborn man just doesn’t understand my love."

Reena stands there lost in thought. The truth is, Reena loves Ali, but Ali doesn’t want Reena at all. He only sees her as a cousin. Reena had built up a misunderstanding in her heart, so it wasn’t Ali’s fault. Reena used to do very strange things in front of him to prove that she loved him. And because of those very actions, Ali hated her even more.

"But I also have a promise, Ali Khan. Reena Khan promises that she will get you," Reena vows to herself. Just then her tea starts boiling over. She turns off the stove, pours the tea into a cup, and sits down on the dining chair in the kitchen. She picks up her phone and calls Ali.

Ali has already gone to his cabin and is talking to employees on his laptop, because their huge Turkey deal had slipped out of their hands and they had to get it back. He is very busy. In the middle of that, he gets a call. He looks at the number. "Hello, Ali speaking."

"I know it’s you, that’s why I called." Hearing Reena’s voice on the other end, Ali says, "Have you gone mad? Is this the time to call? What need did you have to call me?"

"There’s a big need. When you love someone, your heart wants to call them."

Hearing Reena’s voice makes Ali angry. "Enough! Enough, Reena. I’ve tolerated you enough. Aren’t you ashamed? You don’t care about your own respect, or your family’s, or even my respect. You pick up the phone and start talking nonsense, when you know very well that I’m not interested in you. Then why are you after me?"

Instead of feeling insulted, Reena says stubbornly, "You may not, but I do. And that’s enough."

"Ugh, there’s nothing that can be done with you. Listen to me carefully. Don’t you dare try to call me again after today. And if you do any such shameless thing in front of me after today, I’ll make sure you face consequences you can’t even imagine. And you yourself will be responsible for it." Saying this, he angrily hangs up the phone.

Stopping his work on the laptop, he leans back in his chair, puts his hand on his head, and lets out a deep sigh. "Ugh, what do I do with this girl. She won’t listen like this. I’ll have to deal with her my own way." Saying that, he leans back there, pours himself some water and drinks it.

Instead of feeling insulted or thinking that when he doesn’t love her, why is she after him, Reena says, "It’s okay. If you are Ali Khan, then I am Reena Khan too. I’m very stubborn. I will get you." Saying this, she smiles and takes a sip of her tea.

Minkii tries very hard to stop Mrs. Ajmal and Mrs. Ahmed, but she doesn’t stop at all. Without listening to anything they say, she leaves with the intention of waking Zain. Then an idea comes to her mind. She immediately goes toward the kitchen.

"Zain’s child, today I will teach you such a lesson that you will remember it," she says to herself as she goes into the kitchen.

Reena is already there, drinking tea.

"Hi Reena."

"Hi Minkii. Was there something you needed?"

"No, I came to get water in the jug. Do you need it?"

"Yes, take it."

She fills water in the jug and heads toward Zain’s room.

"Zain’s child, today you will find out what happens when you mess with Minkii," she mutters to herself and goes to Zain’s room. The room door is usually open. It is closed but not locked. She opens the door and goes in.

"Hmm, just look at him, sleeping like an owl. No, like a monkey. I don’t even know what all I keep saying. Stupid monkey."

He was lying on the bed on his stomach. One hand was on the other side and one hand on the right side. The blanket was draped up to half his waist. He was wearing a black, banian-type shirt. His fair arms and defined muscles looked very handsome.

"Hmm, now you’ll see," Minkii says. She quietly goes in, turns on all the lights in the room, walks up to him and pours the entire jug of water over his face.

Zain jolts awake. "Ohhh God, what, what, what happened? What happened? Ohhh oh." All the water falls right on his eyes. He wipes the water from his eyes with his hands and shakes his hands downward.

"What kind of stunt was that?" he says in that tone.

"The same one you deserve. If you’re not going to wake up politely, then this is the way to wake you up."

In front of him is Minkii.

"You? Yes, you. This is exactly what I expect from you, you stupid girl. What did you do? What have you done?"

"I woke you up. Is this any way to wake someone, Mr. Zain?"

"This is the way to wake you, Mr. Zain. I don’t know any other way. Get up quietly and come downstairs. You don’t have any servants. It’s our lunch time and your breakfast time. Get your sense straight."

"Get your sense straight? Good. My sense? You say your own sense is very fine."

"Whatever it is, get it straight."

Minkii knew what Zain’s next move would be, so saying that, she dodges him and runs away from there.

"Hmm, run away, run away, Minkii. Run wherever you want to. But you’ll have to come back to me in the end," he says sarcastically.

If anyone other than Minkii had done this, Zain would have gotten very angry. But since it was , his anger cooled down. He gets up sarcastically and goes to the mirror and says, "Look here, Zain. See what this girl has done to you."

"This is just the beginning. Ahead, your condition will be even worse than this. Get yourself together, son," he says, patting his cheek as if slapping it.