"GUILT "

Things were going smoothly for Razia after the little meeting with her old friend Asma, it was 10 in the morning and she was sitting on her bed ready to get up and make herself a cup of tea, she wore her slippers from beside her bed and walked towards the kitchen and found it empty so, she thought that the girls must still be sleeping now, and she started to prepare tea for the three of them and went to sit on the small stool beneath the closed window in their living room and that was when she saw a black bag underneath the telephone table peaking out, she went to pick it up and saw a red maxi inside it which looked expensive, she did'nt remember buying any clothes the other day and the article looked very expensive so her mind went straight to her husband, what if he bought it for someone maybe, for her but to confirm this she called her both daughters, "Zainab! Hafsa! Come outside now!" She yelled, getting eager Zainab was the first to come outside looking like a mess with bed hair and hair and her clother ruffled, "you called us Amma?" She asked and her mother showed her the bag and her eyes went wide, blood started rushing towards her face and she felt numb that was she realized she forgot to take it out from under the table yesterday, "do you know to whom this belongs to?" Her mother asked and Zainab shook her head unable to say a word she knew that if she accepted that it was her's her mother will inquire more and the result will not be in her favour so backing off was the best decision for her at that time, or that's what she thought. Hafsa came shortly after looking much better than Zainab because she preffered to look in the mirror before coming out and saw the bag in her mother's hand and suddenly asked her "mother what's in the bag?" She said starlting Zainab "a maxi! i did'nt know who put it here so i thought i should ask you two" Razia said, "maybe Abba bought it" Hafsa answered to which her mother only shrugged,  but she felt a little happy that what if Farooq Ahmed was trying to give her another chance she smiled from the thought and put the bag right where she found it so if her husband tries to find it he don't get suspicious. And there stood Zainab not sure what to do she felt stupid for forgetting to hide the bag in a much safer place and when her mother went inside the kitchen she waited for Hafsa to leave for as well and when no one was around she picked the bag, took out the dress and hid in between her clothes in her closet and threw the bag from outside the window and let the wind take it away.

Hussain was walking back to his house after coming from a friends house, he saw Farooq Ahmed with a group of friends smooking cigeratte so he tried to play his shot and went to greet him, "Assalam o Alaikum uncle, how are you?" He polietly said to which Farooq Ahmed only scoffed and left without saying anything. Hussain knew that the man was arrogant and had some serious anger issues and he did'nt even liked him enough to talk to him, but there was this thought in his mind that he needs to save Zainab from her abusive father and there was only one way he could do that which was to proof Farooq Ahmed that he could be trusted.

Farooq Ahmed left for his house and opened the door with his key and was immediatly greeted by a very pleased looking Razia, "why are you smiling like a retarded woman?" He yelled too harshly and Razia flinched from his tone, she was expecting him to be a little polite this time but she was wrong, "bring me some green tea" he said and went to his room.

Zainab was washing clothes in the washroom when she heard her father coming inside and his rude comment, she felt bad for her mother, but there was also this disturbing feeling in her heart, wanting to see Hussain again wanting to feel his touch against her skin but she knew it was impossible for her to meet him again her thoughts were iterrupted from a loud thud and yelling. So, she went inside the kitchen to her mother and saw her making tea, with teary eyes, "what happened Amma? What did he did this time?" She asked and Razia started to cry and slid on the floor, "i thought he was going to give me another chance i thought he bought the dress for me but i was wrong he left again and i checked the table, he took the bag with himself, i think he found another woman" she croaked out and Zainab felt like her world just collided she did'nt thought that her small mistake would create such a big misunderatanding between her parents.

Hafsa and Zainab were sitting in their shared room on the floor, both sisters shocked from the former event thinking how their father could be so brutal, "we should start taking stand for mother infront of Abba from now on, we can't let her suffer alone", Hafsa said and Zainab only nodded because she was feeling so bad about not being able to stand infront of her father or accepting her mistake so she just nodded and left to stare out of the small window and then she saw Hussain with his friends and when their eyes met he started to made his way towards her both smiling, her mother's voice startled her, "what do you think you are doing? Who told you to open the window? You want your father to kill us? he strictly warned you to never open the window!" Zainab closed the window but not before giving Hussain an apologetic look who already had stopped in his way. Zainab turned around and apologized to her mother and left...

Tbc....

A/N: Hey there! sorry for the late update, hope you guys enjoy the chapter❤