Ahad got up from the heavy hangover and rushed to the hospital after Mumtaz called him, told him everything. She was sitting on the bench outside the ward, crying. "I was so wrong in entrusting her to you. I had no right. I ruined her life. How could I even think that? I should have told her everything right at the start. About your drinking, your addictions, your violent fits… everything. I could have saved her." Mumtaz covered her face and started crying.
Ahad felt ashamed, disappointed, regretful and sad at saying Mumtaz like that. He was also worried about Umeed too. How broken she might be right now. He reminisced the way she reacted after their wedding night. How heartbroken she was. And he did it again.
'The harder I try to build a home the more pieces I break it into. I broke m
