MEANT TO BE

Chapter-8

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It was late evening….There is only a day left for Eid…Ramia was wandering aimlessly with her car.…biting her nail…looking out from the window… she have no idea where she was heading . Her heart wants to go to that certain place but her mind is forbidding her. She finally decided to go with the heart and set her direction, in few minutes she was at the same road which she always tries her best to avoid, for her bad her construction site also in the same road now she have to cross this place frequently. From the windshield she can see the same house where she have came few days ago, until she noticed the person in front of the house , her vision was unclear a scene from her past pop up in front of her (There were so many people gathered around the house, a man slapped Ramia in front of everyone,GET OUT I said).... her grip on the steering gets loosened…her feet slipped from the accelerator, her eyes still fixed on the person, car started moving without her control…....THUDDD.....a loud noise…she felt a sharp pain on her forehead. She have hitted a tree, she blinked her eyes to clear the vision only to find that people were knocking on the window but her eyes struck on the person who was also knocking with an anxious face….....her Father Mr. Ahad Walid, her eyes teared up which soon she buried inside her. She pulled down the window glass...... that anxious face turned shocked in a fraction. Both of them were looking at each other. "Api!" a boy on his teenage who was standing on the opposite window called out…he is her Brother Rahil, Rahil and Rida were twins and 10y younger than her, she still remember the day they were born....she have spent all her savings in distributing chocolate to almost every person of the village.

" Ramia! come out dear you are injured" a man in his late 50s advised…He was her neighbor.

" Ma, Rida.. come quickly Api is here !" Rahil called out his mother and sister with his highest pitch. Walid was about to leave the place while Ramia came out from her car "Mr.Walid" her father turneded towards her "Did your 'kind to all' nature got changed in this years!, an injured person is standing here and you are leaving just like that" Ramia was trying hard to find a trace of emotion on his face...be its longing a child or anger but to disappointment she found nothing, her father have a blank face.

"Maeen!", her mother called out who have also reached to the spot after hearing about her daughter, It's been 8years since Mrs.Walid have seen her daughter. She have always torn between her husband and daughter. Ramia looked at her mother, she still have the same glow like before indeed her mother is the most beautiful lady of her world. She just wanted to go to her and be in her arms forever.

" let's go inside and treat the injury first" Her mother suggested and took a step forward.

" Wait, Vasu take care of the lady and make sure to send her with utmost care" He instructed one of the neighbor friend and was about to get inside the house while, "Don't you think you need to express your gratitude to me? After all I'm doing a great favor in your neighborhood which will be a benefiter to your locality as well" she said with a smirk, "Of course I'm very much grateful to you. Ms.Ramia is surely a great businessman she knows how to claim her credit" Ramia's face turned into an unknown emotion while Mr.Walid gave a faint smile and took a step to go inside,

" Papa" Ramia called out, but why...why she called him that it's been 8years…was she longed for it, she was surprised by the fact that she have longed this much, she felt a strange weight took off from her heart with the word. "It's been 8 years…wasn't it enough time…am I still a stranger to you?" she said with so many emotions inside her.

"Of course not, Ms. Maeen Ramia is a well known person...a billionaire, who doesn't know you. I also know you in that way. Nothing more Nothing less and one thing… don't call me that, It's not for you" Walid said with a straight face.

"Vasu, take a look at the injury" He suggested to his neighbor friend and get inside only to stand far away where voice from outside still reaching to him.

" Don't bother ( she stopped the approaching man ) I will take care myself" she looked at her mother one last time, her mother have only tears in her eyes which she never bear to watch, she opened the door of her car and get into the driving seat only to drive straight to the Hospital construction site leaving an anxious mother behind her.

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Ramia firmly press the break after reaching the construction site and get off from the car, Her eyes were all red, maybe out of anger or out of sorrow, all her emotions wants to come out like larva from volcano in disguise of tears but she was holding back…she was trying hard to hold back…she is strong…she is strong…No…maybe she is not strong enough and that is the fact she hated most…no, she can't be weak ,never " It's all useless, It's all are useless" she mumbled in herself and looked here and there only to find a bamboo stick from the pile of materials. She picked up the stick and ran towards the constructing building which was still standing with support of rods, wood and metals. She was about to hit a pillar but stopped at a inch away she was standing still with the stick in her grip…her tears was flowing instead the pillar she hit the pile of material which was laying just beside. She hitted with all her strength.... again and again, an unnoticed pin from the stick get structed on her palm, blood started flowing from her grip…she didn't care. She felt tired her head is buzzing she is too much tired to stand…she felt on the ground with a thud " No, I can't...be w-e-a-k"…soon her vision got unclear and eyes get closed.

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Tahir was strolling on the rooftop while talking to his friend on mobile he was about to leave after disconnecting the call while his eyes travelled to the black car getting into the construction area and Ramia came out from the car

“Wow!, what a speed!, Does she want to die” He said in a mocking tone. “But what is she doing here at this hour” He asked himself.

“Whatever” He was about to leave after noting it’s not his business while a noise hit his eardrums, He hurriedly looked back to see a furious Ramia hitting and scattering all the materials, “Is she insane!” he noticed some of there neighbor also came out “What the hell! Is she trying to create a scene at this hour” He mumbled in himself.

“Tahir” (one of his neighbor called him from downstairs) What’s this noise? Seems like from the hospital area, Can you see something from there? We can’t see from here due to branches of the tree”.

“Oh, you can’t see! (for an unknown reason Tahir felt relief),Yeah I can see clearly from here (he was finding an excuse) there..is a dog, yeah dogs are fighting on those materials that’s why this noise” he gave himself a pat on his shoulder for finding this amazing excuse.

“ Oh! We were wondering, ok let’s go inside everyone” they all get inside their house Tahir left a sigh and looked towards Ramia to find her falling on the ground.

" Damm!"