BEWAFA

IMTHAN

*BEWAFA* *Chapter 3: IMTIHAAN*Hall mein sannata. 300 mehman. 600 aankhein. Sirf shehnai ki dhun aur Zain ki saans.Malik Riaz chillaya: "Nikaal do is bhikaari ko! Meri beti ki shaadi kharab karne aaya hai!"Zain aagay aya. Stage ke bilkul samnay. Usman ki aankhon mein dekha. Usman ki sherwani paseenay se bheeg gayi.Zain: "Shaadi kharab nahi Uncle... shaadi bachane aaya hun. Aap ki beti ki shaadi... bewafa se ho rahi hai."Zoya: "Zain chale jao... meri zindagi se nikal jao." Awaaz kaanp rahi thi.Zain ne jeb se mobile nikala. Usman ka purana mobile. Jo Usman ne "gum ho gaya" keh ke naya le liya tha. Zain: "Ye mobile 3 din pehle mujhe nadi ke kinare mila. Usman wahan kyun gaya tha... ye us se poochna."Usman: "J-jhooth hai! Ye sab drama hai!"Zain ne speaker on kiya. Recording play ki. Poora hall goonj utha:_Usman ki awaaz: "Haan bhai, kaam ho gaya. Zain ki awaaz AI se bana li. 50 lakh ki slip bhi photoshop. Bas Zoya ko nafrat ho jaye Zain se... phir wo meri. 2 saal se jala raha hai ye mujhe. Meri dosti ka faida uthaya us ne... ab main us ke ishq ka faida uthaoon ga."_Sannata. Shehnai band. Sirf Zoya ke chooriyon ki aawaaz... jab us ke haath kaanpay.Zoya ne Usman ko dekha. Usman zameen mein gar chuka tha. Zoya: "Tune... tune meri dosti ko, meray ishq ko... sab ko bech diya Usman?"Malik Riaz ne Usman ko collar se pakra: "Kameenay! Meri beti ki zindagi se khelta hai?"Police aayi. Usman ko ghasheet ke le gayi. "Fraud, Cheating, Criminal Conspiracy" ke case mein.Hall khali ho gaya. Sirf 3 log. Zoya, Zain, aur sookha gulaab.Zoya bhagi. Zain ke qadam mein gir gayi. Us ke paon pakar liye. Zoya: "Zain mujhe maaf kar do! Maine tum pe shak kiya. Maine tumhein bhikaari kaha. Main andhi ho gayi thi. Aaj se tumhare paon ki jooti ban ke rahungi... bas ek dafa keh do 'Qabool hai'."Zain ne neechay beth ke Zoya ko uthaya. Us ke aansu apne kurte se saaf kiye. Zoya ko laga ishq jeet gaya.Zain ne Zoya ki aankhon mein dekha. Wo hi aankhein jin mein wo doob jata tha. Phir halki si muskurahat. Wo muskurahat jo qabar pe phool rakhte waqt hoti hai.Zain: _"Jis din tu ne mujh pe shak kiya na Zoya... us din tu ne sirf mujhe nahi, apne aap ko bhi haar diya."_ _"Ishq wo nahi jo saboot maangay. Ishq wo hai jo aankh band kar ke bharosa karay."_ _"Tu ne 50 lakh ke kagaz pe mera kirdaar tol diya. Main teray aansuon pe apni khuddaari nahi bech sakta."_ _"Usman ne meri dosti chheeni. Tu ne mera ishq. Main dono haar gaya Zoya... par main khud ko nahi haar sakta."_Zain ne apni ungli se Zoya ki maang mein laga sindoor saaf kiya. Zain: _"Ye shaadi nahi ho sakti. Kyunki ab Zoya zinda hai... par Zain ka ishq mar gaya."_Zain mura. Darwazay ki taraf chalnay laga. Qadam bhaari, par sar uncha.Zoya ghutnon ke bal gir gayi: "Zain! Ek mauka! Sirf ek! Main mar jaun gi Zain!" Zain ruka. Palat ke nahi dekha. Sirf itna bola. Awaaz mein dard nahi tha... fakat thandak: *"Kuch ishq adhoore hi achay lagte hain Zoya... aur kuch dost bewafa. Tum jeeti raho... main chalun ga."*Darwaza band hua. Zoya ki cheekh goonji. Par Zain nahi palta. Bahar barish shuru ho gayi thi. Zain ne aasman ko dekha. Peheli baar wo ro raha tha. Par kisi ne nahi dekha. Kyunki barish aur aansu ka rang ek hota hai. ---*THE END* ✅💔 *"BEWAFA" - Mukammal* ---