Destiny

Chapter 9

IZAH's POV

"I want you to marry Salaar."
He said in a very confident tone.

"Baba, is this a joke? Because if it is i am not laughing." I said bluntly.

Saad's father has been my constant support all this while, he was just like my own father for me. He has been there for me in my lowest and was always there whenever i needed a friend, a guide, an advisor and much more. He was the one person who always forced me to never loose perspective of my life when it came to my work, he always showed me the right way. In these two years i have shared all my problems with Baba, i didn't want to make my parents more worried about me, they were the only reason i tried to be normal everyday.

But today Baba had said something unbelievable. I knew my parents were concerned about me and also about my wedding, but i made it very clear to them that marriage was no longer anywhere on my priority list, and it will never be. So for the time being they left me to it. But now suddenly Baba bringing up this topic up and that too in regard to Salaar was a shock to me.

"Izah, i could have talked to your parents about it, but i wanted to talk to you directly. First listen to what i have to say and then react."
He was saying with a straight face as if whatever he was saying was not a big deal at all.

"But baba..." i tried to say something but he interrupted.

"Izah i know this might have come as a shock to you and you don't even want to think about it, but trust me when i say that i have thought this through, this is in the best possible interest of all of us. I know you are hurt, i know you have stopped having any expectations any wishes from life, i know you are just existing and not living, but beta all of us want you to LIVE, your parents can't just leave you like this. I know marriage is not an option for you anymore but eventually someday you will have to get married, so why not get married to someone who can completely understand your situation, who can feel your pain, who has been through the same pain of loosing someone very close to your heart.
I know you will never forget Saad and im not even asking you to forget him, i am not asking you to give his place to anyone else, but i am simply asking you to give yourself a chance. There is only one thing common between you and Salaar and that is PAIN, and maybe that shared sense of pain can heal you both someday. Just like you he is broken too, and i want both my children to be happy, or atleast try. Please Izah do this for me."

"I can't feel anything anymore baba, not happiness not sadness, not anything just emptiness.
But i can't do this because there is nothing left of me to invest in any new relationship. I was supposed to marry Saad and only Saad, how can i see someone else in that place, especially his own brother. And why does Salaar has to bear with me? Huh? Because you are feeling bad for me, because you feel pity for me? I'm a lost cause baba, you can't make anything better in my life, you know why because i don't want anything anymore." My voice was as hollow as my soul.

"I am not feeling pity for you Izah, and you are not a lost cause. Saad would always want you to be happy, he would always try to keep you happy, and i am doing the same, and i know you might not agree with me or you might not believe that you can be happy again but i believe it, i know it in my heart.
Saad was my son he was everything for me, with him gone my heart was broken too, but now i only want happiness for my other children.
I want to take this decision as your father, Right now you might not agree with me, all of this would sound rubbish to you, but if you trust me even a tiny bit, and if you agree for this proposal then i can assure you that one day in the future you will come to me and you will say that baba you had selected the best man in this whole world for me. Because trust me Izah, Inshallah Salaar will turn out to be the best for you and you for him."