Chapter 17

Akbar ... quietly retreated. He did not ask anyone, did not explain, did not take the opportunity to say anything. He quietly refused to marry Hoorain and then came to Islamabad. He did not let anything happen to Hoorain. He tried to prove everything he said, and he succeeded. He became a deceiver, a liar, arrogant, callous and cruel. He let everyone speak on his own, but left without saying a word in his own defense. He did not answer Akhtar's call because he knew what he wanted to talk to him about. He turned off his cell phone and put it in the drawer at the head of the bed.