𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒚(𝑨 𝑱𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚) | ✔

√11~ Is he here?

"Losing someone is the hardest thing to accept. Remembering you is easy, I do it every day. Missing you is heartache that never goes away."

Mariam Ali

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February 24, 2019, Sunday

In the morning Nimra awoke Beenish for morning prayer, but she couldn't get up. Might be she was in a deep sleep as she didn't even move. Nimra didn't try again.

It's been afternoon when Beenish opened her eyes. She couldn't get up due to severe body pain. As if the whole night she worked a lot due to which she had got tired.

Trying hard she got up and after getting fresh n up, came to the kitchen. Maleeha was working there. She sat down on a stool.  "Ami my body is aching too much." Her voice was low.

Hearing her Maleeha came to her and put her hand over her forehead.  "Beenish your forehead is burning. Obviously, your body would ache." She held her arm to check.

"Go and check with a thermometer." Saying Maleeha turned to her work. "I'm not going. I'm going to lay down in a room." With closed eyes, she got up and came out of the kitchen.

After some time Maleeha came to a room holding thermometer when Beenish was sleeping. She checked her and found a 104-degree temperature. Seeing this she got worried.

"Beenish get up and go with your baba to the doctor." Maleeha woke her up.

"I'm not going. I'm not able to go far." She was crying due to pain. " Why are you crying, go and get treatment. C'mon! Good girl." She consoled her. But she was crying due to some other reason. Hardly she could tell for what she was actually crying. "Okay let me get up."

"Hurry up. I call Burhan." Saying she walked out.                        

Getting up she sat down and holding the pillow just threw it on the floor. Falling her head in her hands she cried. Tried hard to make her heart understand, but then it was of no avail at all. How long she kept on consoling herself with lame excuses. Kept on deceiving others with her artificial smile. Kept on deceiving herself. Had tried to be strong. Had tried to do such actions but in the end that same sorrow, pain, and tears.  Every time that one person won.
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Coming after getting her treatment she lay down. Taking medicine she slept soon.

"What happened to Apa. At night she was totally fine." Burhan asked Maleeha. "Must be due to hot weather. It is also changing."

"Hmm! Ami get me food. I'm hungry." Burhan said while shuffling the TV channels.  "First eat it, then go where ever you want. I bring a tray and you always go somewhere." Maleeha complained.

"Jo hukum ami gi." Saying with full respect and moral, he smiled.

(Whatever you orders.)

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At night when Zafar came home; all were sitting in the lounge. "Where is beenish?" Zafar asked seeing her absent.

"She is suffering from a high fever so sleeping now," Burhan told. "What? Fever? When? Have you visited the doctor?" He shuffled at his place knowing the news.  "Yes, we went. She slept after taking medicine."

"By the way Ami, since Apa came back from Murree, hasn't she been changed?" Her words were shocking her Maleeha that even though they had noticed her changed behavior but she didn't react in that way.  "What do you mean?"