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She looked at her hands adorned with mehndi. Today was a very big day in her life. But she wasn't happy. She wasn't prepared for this. She didn't know what to do. She was bombarded with so many emotions; anger that he had made her life a game, shocked that she was marrying someone today, hurt that her parents took an important decision without asking her.

She looked up and saw her mother coming in. She glanced at her with a small smile and then looked away.

"Anya beta utho Rija ki call ayi thi intezar kar rahi hai tumhara"

( Anya get up Rija called, she is waiting for you)

She sat with her on the bed taking her hands in hers. Hina Sufiyan looked at her daughter dressed in a pale yellow Shalwar Kameez. She felt tears gathering in her eyes. She wiped them and smiled. Anya was their only child, she was brought up with utmost care and they had pampered her alot. Never for a moment she thought that Anya will grow up and get married. For her parents she was a still a little girl.