Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 19
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This week honestly felt like a blur. At
first, I thought I was gone mad and was
imagining things but one in a while I
checked my email to see if the contract
was there and it was very much there.
Farid disappeared again after that night.
I did receive some money in my account
two days ago which meant that our
contract was still up and running.
Today was the last class of my first
semester, with Rafay and Sobia by my
side these few weeks didn’t feel like hell
surprisingly. I was heading out of the
door to catch my bus when I was
stopped by some of Farid’s friends or
acquaintances if I was not mistaken.
‘Oh look who we have here’ One of his
friends stopped me, I think his name
was Jason.
I tried to move away from them but I
bumped into another familiar face.
Melissa, who was a beautiful tall young
girl but really mean,also one of Farid’s
girlfriends. The same girl who I saw
making out with Farid shamelessly when
I first joined this college.
‘Oh guys common let’s leave her or else
she is going to start crying ‘ Another
one of his friends said to rest of gang
while laughing and chewing his gum.
‘I have to go’ My voice became shaky, I
have seen Farid’s friends troubling other
students around the campus before and
did witness a few people transferring
classes just so they don’t run into these
people.
‘C’mon Laila…that’s not fair. Remember
when you came to us few days ago
asking for Farid and we had such a
good conversation back then. What
happened now? I thought we were
friends’ Jason laughed again. I hated his
cocky smile. He came a little closer and I
started looked around for help, but no
one stepped up, instead people started
moving away just so they are safe.
‘I have a bus to catch’ I said again, still
looking at the ground while clenching
my bag.
‘Don’t worry, I’ll drop you.’ Jason held
my hand and pulled me towards him.
‘You don’t have to do this Jason. I…’
‘Let her go’ I heard a voice coming from
behind where Jason and I were
standing. I recognized this voice
instantly.
‘Oh hey buddy’ Jason walked up to Farid
while still holding on to me.
I kept looking down, not being able to
make an eye contact with him. This was
not easy for me.
‘Are you okay?’ Farid spoke again, I was
sure he was talking to Jason. But when
he didn’t reply, I looked up to him and
saw Farid looking at me.
‘Hey we were just having a little fun.’
Melissa walked up to him and grabbed
Farid from the back and kissed his
cheeks. Farid had no expression and
that made it so hard for me to figure out
what he was thinking.
‘Leave her hand’ Farid spoke to Jason,
his voice was hard and angry.
Jason took his advice and released his
hand from mine immediately. Without
hearing another word, I picked up my
bag and ran towards the bus stop. I
missed my bus because of him and his
stupid friends so to calm my mind I
picked out a book from my bag and
started reading.
After couple of minutes, a car stopped
right in front of the bus stop. I knew it
was Farid’s car but I pretended to
ignore and I raised my book a little
higher than usual. He didn’t budge. I
could hear cars that were behind him
started honking but it didn’t make any
difference to Mr. Farid Ibrahim. He kept it
still. I got annoyed and finally looked up
and wasn’t at all surprised to see him
looking as if he has won an award. I
hate his god d–n guts.
I picked my bag, stepped inside his car
and shut the door as loud as possible.
His smile grew and he started driving.
‘You are impossible’ I yelled at him.
‘You have said that before, put your
seatbelt on’
‘And demanding’
He signed.
‘Where are we going?’
‘To your house.’ He said calmly.
‘Why?’ I snapped.
‘Because my parents are there’
‘What…?’ I was horrified.
‘I told them about our marriage.’
‘Noo…Farid you have to call your parents
and tell them to go back. I didn’t tell
anyone in my home. No one knows,
please don’t do this’ I was having a
breakdown. I wasn’t ready to answer
their questions and especially my
mothers.
‘No use. Your family was going to find
out anyways.’
‘What about yours? Aren’t they mad?’
‘Nobody cares; they are just there for
formality.’ He was so messed up and the
way he answered this question I knew
its best if I didn’t push this subject. He
clearly wasn’t close to his family
members.
‘Oh Allah’ I held my hands together and
started praying.
‘Again no use.’
‘How can you say things like that? Do
you have a filter? Just because you don’t
believe in God and see good in people
doesn’t mean I should be like you.’ He
was so negative. Jeez.
‘You can never be like me Laila, I believe
in myself and I don’t rely on anyone to
rescue me. I decide my own fate’ Farid
challenged back, leaving me speechless.
‘You are cold hearted’ I mumbled to
myself.
‘No you are just an emotional fool’ He
stopped his car just in time in front of
my house or else I would have poked his
eyes out.
I quickly ran inside and saw my mother,
brother and Farid’s family sitting in the
leaving room. My mother had her hands
on her face; my brother was just looking
around helplessly. He looked so lost.
Farid’s father was on his phone and his
stepmother and sister Ruba were talking
to each other.
‘We are here’ Farid grabbed my arm and
walked us right inside the living room
that felt extremely claustrophobic.
My mother looked up and her eyes were
red. Holy crap…this is not going to go
well. She walked up to me and held me
shoulders tightly. Farid didn’t move, he
stood there beside me.
‘Is this true?’ My mother said in her
weak voice and it broke me inside.
I kept looking down, trying to ditch her.
‘Is it?’ She said loudly this time and I
shivered and in panic I shook my head
and began crying.
My mother took a step back and just
looked at me for few minutes, her facial
expression changes from sad to
disappointment to anger.
She raised her left hand and I knew she
was about to slap me and she had each
right to be mad at me. I broke her trust
in the worst way possible. Before her
hand could touch my face, Farid grabbed
her arm and pushed me back behind
him.
‘Don’t ever hit her’ He looked right at my
mother and dropped her arm.
‘Farid’ I pushed him back. ‘She is my
mother, she has every right to be mad at
me, I am sorry you found out about
everything like this Ammi, trust me…I
wanted to tell you but I was scared.’ I
grabbed her hands but she pulled away.
‘Why did you do it?’ She asked me.
I couldn’t tell her.
‘Ammi…I know you are angry but if you
can just try to…’
‘Answer me, I send you to college, I
worked for you and your brother after
your father left us. And that’s what I get?
I trusted you Laila, where did I went
wrong?’
‘You didn’t Ammi, please don’t be angry,
sit and we’ll talk’
‘Just answer me Laila, why did you
marry this guy? Did you sleep with him?’
She yelled across the room and Farid’s
step mother took Sabir and Ruba
outside while the four of us remained in
the room.
Farid’s father got up and came to us.
‘I know Nasreen you are angry, but our
kids are old now and they are capable of
making their own decisions’ He was an
open-minded man, my mother on the
other hand wasn’t as liberal.
‘If you don’t have an answer for me
Laila, then there is no place for you in my
home’ She said brutally.
‘What?’ Farid and I both said at the same
time.
‘Nahi Ammi, don’t say that. I know you
don’t mean this. Please where am I
going to go?’ This can’t be happening.
My mother is not cold, she is not like this.
‘Pack your stuff’ She didn’t even look
back and she went to her room and
closed the door.
I collapsed on the floor.
Farids father stepped outside; even his
money couldn’t fix the most valuable
thing that I just lost.
‘I knew this was going to happen one
way or another’ He sat down on the
sofa and took out his phone as if
nothing happened.
I got up, picked his phone and threw it
right across the room.
‘What the’
‘Shut up Farid, just shut up. Do you even
realize what you just did? You don’t
think right? Nothing is important to you.
Relationships don’t matter, feelings, love,
emotions…all of these things are stupid
according to you isn’t it? Well for me my
family is everything. You should have at
least asked me before doing this. Your
parents are different, for me…this is all I
have and because of you my mother
doesn’t want to see me’ I cried and
cried.
He stayed silent for a little while and
then walked started walking away but
then he suddenly stopped.
‘Get your things; I am waiting in the car’
‘But…’
‘Don’t, just do as I say.’ Without hearing
another word, he left.
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