Behind the Mist Ep 1

The door knocks and a man of notable personality steps into the room. She raises her head and displays a smile on her face that adds more innocence in her face. He is with a newspaper in his hands that he puts in front of her on the table and sits down in the armchair opposite to her table and start gazing her face as if he wants to know what next she's going to do.

 "Is there's something special in today's newspaper ?", She asks without turning a single page of a newspaper.


He just nods in affirmation and turns the page which he wants to show her.
She casts her eyes on a news, "Abdul Aziz sentenced to death" she feels like something caught her heart so tightly that she can't breathe. She closes her eyes and opens again and looks at the man sitting before her. He is still looking at her in the same manner. She moves and puts her back on the back of the chair she's sitting in, starts starring the ceiling. A tear appears in one of her eye followed by another in the second. he immediately stands up and comes near her and cups his hands around her face and starts wiping her tears. He says, " I've vowed you that I would never let a single tear come out of your eyes except the ones of happiness".

She looks at her and smiles, holds his hands and says," I don't know because of what these are in my eyes, for grief or for happiness, but it's the only reaction that I can give upon something like this."

" I know.", he whispers.

 " I'm grateful to him for whatever he did for me but it's really sad that I can't do something to save him.",she says while weeping quietly.

  "I know Sara, and you don't need to be guilty.He is a nobleman for you but he's getting the result of his deeds now that were not beneficial for anyone. And the thing is that he also thinks it the best for his repentance and redemption of his past. Don't you think so?", he says. Sara nodes her head in assertion and takes out a tissue from the tissue box and wipes her face that makes her face look red and she start starring the table now.

 He says, " We're going to meet him tomorrow after 2 O'Clock to bid him good bye, you must be ready".

She looks at him as she wants to ask him if he really meant so but before she utters a word he again says,"yes I mean it.", and taps her cheeks and leaves.

She is still starring the door that closed after he left. After a few moments, she tries to start doing her office work but she can't, she soon realizes that the knock  was not on the door of her office but on the doors of the closed chambers of her past. She picks her handbag and intercoms her secretary for further controlling that she's unable to do right now.

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Every single moment of her past kept whirling in her mind throughout the whole drive to her home but she didn't weep again.

Entering her bedroom she puts her handbag on the dressing table and looks herself in the mirror of dressing table for a while and turns towards the bed  throwing herself on it.

 Her hair is spread around her head and shoulders and hands widely spread too. Eyes are moist but there's something not letting her precious tears shed again. Her eyes are fixed on the ceiling and seem that they can see the whole story of Sara's past in the form of a movie. In the meantime, she finds herself 6 years aback. She can clearly see now everything apart from the fog created by the moisture in her eyes.

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" I'm so proud today my dear ward", says Mr. Hashim tapping her back with a style showing immense pride.

"It's just because of you baba, you and your support brought me where I'm right now, it's a dream of everyone today in our city to get admission in  this institute and I'm really very thankful to God who bestowed me this honor that I did it and came on merit list. It's really you baba, it's really you.",she speaks all in a single breath.

 Mrs Hashim comes in with a box of sweets in her hands and makes them eat the sweets. All are so happy that every one of them wants the moment  to pass never.

 "Ok now mama and baba we're gonna celebrate this tonight by having an outing together.", says she in full excitement and both Mr. and Mrs. Hashim nod there head in a self-convincing manner.

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Sara is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hashim Ahmad, belonging to the elite class of society and a renowned businessman. Sara, being born with a silver spoon in her mouth, never has been proudly or like other elite youngsters. Simplicity, austereness, sharp minded, and something different from all others contribute to her prominence and attractiveness. She is quite selective when it comes to friendship but is cautious a lot when it comes to fall in love.

She considers this passion as being useless and meaningless, her rationality does not let her to believe in timely emotions and that she would never be under the spell of the same. She is the girl possessing a chaste mind, soul and body.

After returning home she comes directly to her room and locks the door has a glimpse on thewall clock which is striking 10 of night. She sighs in contention and lies on bad. She wants to sleep early so that she could wake up early in the next morning because morrow is going to be her first day at Saint Peter Business School from where she aspires to be an MBA. The time passes and she's now in the lap of a sound sleep.

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Sun is shining brightly with all it's might and the sweet fragrance of spring flora has perfumed the whole garden area of the varsity. She steps forward keeping her eyes straight to the building where her classroom is supposed to be. Suddenly someone holds her from waist leaving her shuddered.

Credit to: "Komal Abbasi"