chapter 5

Sajid was sitting on the bench under the tree on the right side of the main gate and was looking towards the main gate.

Despite the distance of a few steps, I felt that Sajid's eyes were wet.

Hundreds of whispers came to my heart ... Shaking them, I quickly moved towards Sajid ...

Sajid saw me and stood up from his seat.

As he approached me, he hugged me.

Alarm of danger or bad news rang in my mind ...

And I asked anxiously ...!

"What happened, Sajid?"

Sajid separated me from myself. And he held my hands firmly in his hands ...

Maybe he didn't understand how to inform me.

And then Sajid said ...

"Asif, your mother is dead ..."

The ground came out from under my feet

I forgot to blink

Sajid was saying something else

But I could not hear anything

I lost my mind

I could see darkness all around

A tear dripped from my eye and then one tear after another started falling.

I did not understand anything

It was dark all around and the road ahead was blurred. I went inside quickly

Where it was half time

And it was very noisy

But the same sentence was echoing in my mind

Asif, your mother has died

I brought the bag

And we got on the village bus and reached the village.

****

There was a lot of rush outside our house

All the men in the village hugged me that day

And sent me home with words of consolation.

I did not dare to go home

I knew no one would ask about me today.

No one will be happy to see me.

But at least once in a person's life there are situations that he does not want to face.

But you have to face it with a stone on your heart.

Why man is compelled and compulsion can make man do anything.

I slowly entered the house. On the bed in the verandah, a still being was covered with a sheet.

The women were sitting on the floor with a mat.

I was carrying a bag in my college uniform and looking at everyone like strangers.

When the women of the village saw me, two or three women came to me.

Put love on my head

And crying softly, they took me closer to the funeral ...

And the cloth was removed from the face of the being lying on the bed.

And then the sound of soft crying rose for a while.

That day my mother ...

My mother was not talking to me ...

I was trying to scream and tell everyone that my mother is not talking to me.

My mother is gone forever.

But no one can feel like me what would happen if I did that..

The heart was bursting with grief.

I collapsed near the bed.

And I covered my face with my hands.

Because I couldn't control my crying anymore.

And then that day I shouldered my mother's funeral at the age of seventeen ...

****

Indeed, Allah loves the pure man more than seventy mothers.

He has placed the substance of forgetfulness in us.

If there was no substance of forgetfulness in man, then perhaps man himself would have died in the grief of losing his loved ones.

The intensity of my grief also decreased

Had come

After my mother left, I could not see the sadness and desolation of the door and the wall of the house.

I spent a week in the village, locked the house and went back.

(Pre board exam)

Two months after our board exams were ..

In these two months, some topics had to be repeated at the insistence of the students.

And besides, practical experiments were to be done.

One day we were going to the lab after class.

I felt a girl walking next to me.

I looked at her and he smiled

"Asif, I really like your hairstyle."

I was surprised ...

And unintentionally I ran my hand through my hair.

I knew this girl ...

Her name was Sarah

She was in our class

And it has always been a prominent position.

I remember two boys and three girls and Sarah was always together.

It was probably their group.

I was busy with my work.

I didn't talk to anyone much.

One day it was break time.

I was doing my practical work.

That Sarah came to me ...

She had a packet of chips.

She said, "why Do you keep reading all the time?"

And a packet of chips

"Eat these chips."

I said that

"No, Ms. you eat."

And got busy in practical again.

After a while, Sarah walked out of the classroom.

*****

This is three or four days later.

I was on the breaktime canteen side.

That Sarah came and said

"Asif,You feed me something today"

I didn't know what to do

but be amazed at his boldness.

At first I didn't know what to do, but...

two or three times she asked

So I took some food and drinks gave it to

Sarah and went to class.

She often smiled at me and complimented me.

She was a talkative girl.

Now all the time the mind keeps thinking about it.

I remember his words and actions.

Now often she would lunch with me.

I kept trying to shake Sarah's thoughts out of my mind and draw them towards Khadija.

But when I came back, I would remember something about Sarah.

She used to spend the whole break time with me.

At first I thought this was very strange.

But then I also befriended her..

Even now, Khadija would sometimes send a letter to Sajid and there would be money in it. I knew Khadija didn't need to sew.

They have a good livelihood

But she only made money because of her hobbies.

Maybe she would send me all the sewing money.

Or maybe that's why she was sewing.

In any case, I would have kept the money

One of the reasons was that I needed money

Secondly, I intended to return it.

As time went on, I became good friends with Sarah.

And I gave her gifts about three or four times in two months.

Which I used to buy with the money sent by Khadija.

Now I was always lost in Sarah's thoughts.

In the beginning, I would try to think of Khadija by shaking these thoughts.

But now I had also given up. Sarah had said that she would do a master's degree in English from a university in the same city.

I intended to do whatever Sarah would do.

Now I wouldn't feel good without it.

Two months did not pass and the board exams were held.

My intention was to go the village.

But one evening the watchman said that someone had come to see you.

So I went to the office below the hostel.

A man was sitting there

"Are you Asif Ali?"

I said!

Yes, I am Asif Ali but I don't know who you are.

So he explained in detail that I am your uncle.

He said that, Ali Bro, that is, my father wanted to marry my mother.

My mother's family was happy.

But the father's family did not agree.

They said that this girl is getting married only after seeing Ali's money.

Dad went against the family and married my mother.

Due to which my grandfather had kicked him out of the house.

And they settled here in the village.

This house was taken away by the mother's brother.

Uncle said that he had come to the village to meet my father two or three times secretly from his family.

Now that they know they are both dead.

So they wanted me to go to them.

In the end, I was their blood.

Mum had also said something like this once or twice but I did not know the details.

According to the uncle, now everyone realized.

Grandfather was no more in this world. And the grandmother was very weak.

She wanted to meet me.

Now my uncle came to take me with him.

I agreed to go with them.

*****

They all treated me well there.

I stayed there till the result came.

Uncle said that after getting the result, to get admission in a university here.

But I refused.

***

I got admission in the desired university easily.

My result was good.

My uncle had given me a mobile phone so that I could keep in touch with him.

Now I had to change hostels.

Because this hostel was far away from my university.

I thought I don't know if Sajid came to see me or not

That's why I came to the old watchman.

He knew Sajid.

The watchman said that Sajid had come two or three times and asked me

...

Since the watchman did not know, the watchman had expressed ignorance.

Sajid also handed over 2 or 3 letters to the watchman.

I wrote a letter asking her to tell how I was doing and to meet my uncle

That

I'm sorry I don't intend to get married right now. Get married..

The joy of meeting Sarah at the time made me wonder how many harsh words I had written.

How will she be able to endure all this?

At that time, there was only one ghost riding on me that I would meet Sarah tomorrow.

Why the next day was the first day of university.

And I also forbade Khadija from sending money again

Because now my uncle had taken the responsibility of my entire expenses. I wrote my phone number at the end of the letter and handed it over to the watchman.

*****

I kept going to university for the next few days.

But Sarah did not face

The university was big enough

And there were a lot of students in it.

One day I met a college classmate of mine.

I asked her about Sarah

As he was telling me the details.

By the way, the color of my face was fading ...

I said, "I don't believe in you. Take me to Sarah."

*******

Sarah's whole group was sitting there talking.

That the boy with me approached and said to

Sarah "Asif wants to meet you ..."

Despite the noise around me at that time, I could clearly hear my heartbeat.

to be continued ...

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