The Last Meeting-X

Three years later,

Shagufa was moving towards the store room, for cleaning the thick layer of dust that had settled on every item, as that room was not even touched for months.

Rihan had been a very caring person all these years, but still, watching two children playing football, brought waves of never forgotten memories. Settling a house just after a storm requires courage and patience which has to be developed to survive. Thankfully the incident at the card gallery was never discussed again.

 It was getting difficult to work with a 6 month pregnant belly but leaving the work of cleaning on Rihan was even more risky, either he will damage goods or himself. Several cartons were kept on the racks first one contained magazines, another contained broken glassware and another at the back of the shelf contained photographs and a letter. While unfolding the letter, she hesitated a little but curiosity overpowered all other feelings and the letter was opened after peeping that nobody was watching.
She was shocked to read that letter, its not that she had no idea about it, but this situation was far more complex than what she had imagined. Khala jaan was calling her from kitcken to prepare the curry,so she kept the letter in her purse and went to the kitchen.

Shagufa was the quietest at the dinner that night, which was pretty bewildering for everybody. That uneasy feeling was making her nauseous, now she understood, what had happened at the card gallery.  After a long thinking process, she came up with a solution. That night she searched for Sanna’s address in the directory and the next day...posted that letter.

The letter reached on the Khan’s address and received by nobody but Mr.Ali Khan. His feelings raced from confusion to tension and finally to eagerness because this truth was left unspoken for three years. He showed the letter to Sanna and asked for an explanation. Sanna took the letter and after reading it her mouth went dry. Tears flooded and so did memories, guilt and anxiousness. She was regretting that why didn’t she listen to his explanation even once but right now a bigger problem was peeping through the window...ALI...she owed him an explanation. After wiping her tears, she told him what she had been avoiding to tell for three years. She told him the whole story, looking at the floor and wiping the tears away from the back of her hand. When she looked up, he was gone. She was so shocked, that she started crying uncontrollably, she could see her three years long marriage was on the verge of crumbling down. He wasn’t talking to her and even after so many pleads, he didnt move.