THIRD PERSON'S POV :

"Mummmmyyyyyyyyyy"

"Mummaaaaaa"

Shifa entered in the home with loud calls and Maryam come out almost running while placing her dupatta on both shoulders.

"Shifa is everything alright?" she asked with panic.

"Mumma I get first prize in singing competition" she informed happily and Maryam sighed after placing her hand on her heart.

"You shout so loudly that I become scared" Maryam said and Shifa hugged her.

"Mummy you are the best, Iove soooooooooo much"

"Why this buttering?" Maryam asked and kissed shifa's forehead.

"it's not buttering but my real love mumma.." Shifa said happily and Maryam caressed her head

Maryam smiled on that and caressed her head.

IN those three years many things were changed Bilal started going college and he become more mischievous due to the company of his playful friends but Hamdan became more serious he started doing job in a multinational company as as a legal advisor

Anwar was happy because of his family but his rude, inexpressive and cold behaviour was unchanged. As usually he is still don't allow Shifa to go anywhere with her friends or anyone else but then she wasn't angry or disappointed because she was satisfied that at least she was continuing her education and going college on regular basis.

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"Hamdan bhai you know Shifa aapi win the singing competition" Bilal informed him on dinner table. Hamdan smiled and pinched shifa's cheek on which she made an unhappy face and rubbed her cheek.

"kya hai bhai.. My cheeks are not rubber band which you can pull anytime" Shifa huffed and Hamdan smiled.

"Ye naachne gane ke alawa padai wadai bhi karni hai kuch ya nhi?" Anwar scolded her in his overbearing voice and shiva lowered her gaze she didn't said anything.

(Will study too or waste all your time only on singing?)

"Papa can I go to Nana abbu's home for two days stay? I'll come back on Sunday" Shifa said and Anwar glared her.

"Stay in home... You have college no need to go anywhere" He said and Shifa looked at Maryam.

"She don't have college for next fifteen days" Maryam informed Anwar and he remembered then nodded in giving permission to Shifa to stay in her maternal grandparents home.

Shifa's college batch was going on annual tour for fifteen days but Shifa wasn't going as that was Anwar's order.

Shifa scoot from there happily to pack her clothes as she was going to her Nana's home.

"Papa that's not fair" Hamdan said while having a bite.

"What?" Anwar asked

"Neither you stopped me to go anywhere from school or college tour Nor Bilal but you never allows Shifa to go anywhere." Hamdan said and Bilal nodded in agreement.

"Stop this nonsense and focus on your meal" Anwar scolded Hamdan as well as Bilal too.

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"Suniye" Maryam said when Anwar was almost slept

"Hmm" he hummed without opening his eyes

"Let's plan for an outing" Maryam said in meek voice and Anwar turned his side to saw Maryam who was laying beside him.

"From where this plan come to your mind?" Anwar asked and Maryam smiled sadly.

"This plan comes many time in my heart but I never asked the same" Anwar keep gazing his wife for a good moment

"Till now I never said that I want to go anywhere, from the beginning of marriage to now we both were always busy in our responsibilities, we never went anywhere. Specially me and Shifa." Maryam stopped after that and Anwar hummed. That's true Anwar use to go out of delhi for his side business, Bilal and Hamdan enjoyed with his friends but Maryam and Shifa never go anywhere except their relatives home.

"So you wanna go for outing or saying this for Shifa" Anwar asked

"You always Knows the intentions behind my words." Maryam said in slow voice and Anwar nodded.

"What is wrong in this if I am thinking about Shifa... Don't you think about Hamdan and Bilal? If not Shifa but Bilal would be your step child still you do the same with him?" Maryam asked with disappointment and Anwar furrowed his brows

"I have never discriminated between Shifa and other two. And Maryam How you can even think that I'm treating shifa as a step child" Anwar said very angrily and Maryam jerked her head .

"I am not thinking but its very clear that you never loved Shifa like your own daughter... but I never did complaint for that because I know when her real father didn't love her then how can a step father do so. But you are very kind at least you are bearing her every expense as well as you haven't reveil that she isn't your biological ward. Shifa thinks that she is a girl that's why you don't love her like other two boys." Maryam registered her disappointment with tearfilled eyes and Anwar was amazed to witness that, Maryam never shared her feelings with Anwar.

"Maryam whatever I'm doing is doing for Shifa's wellness. I know it's difficult for her but I'm sure she will get benefits of that in future." Anwar said with furrowed brows and Maryam smiled sadly .

"I understand that you are strict with Shifa but think about her too. Do you know why she is going to ammi's home? Just because Razi said that he will take her with himself when they go out for dinner with his wife and childre. For a small happiness she is dependent on Razi... And she requested me to hide this with you because you will stop her to go." Maryam said with tearfilled eyes and Anwar caressed her cheek while wiping her tears

"Maryam stop it, you are fool... You are only thinking about her presence but I'm thinking about her future... If she started involving in all these things she will not focus on her studies. Until she isn't getting married till then let her focus on her studies" Anwar said and Maryam nodded with disappointed look and turned her side, but an arm held her firmly and made her turn towards himself.

"You wanna go for an outing... Right?"Anwar asked and Maryam shook her head with disappointment and Anwar glare her.

"Maryam I'm talking to you so listen to me carefully" Anwar almost shouted on her which made her scared as usual even after twenty two years of marriage she was a still scared of his scoldings

"I..I'm sorry..." She stammered and Anwar still glaring her.

"We Will go for outing, tell me where do you wanna go?" Anwar asked without any expression on his face but this time he wasn't harsh like before and Maryam looked at her with her wet eyes.

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"We are going to Dehradun for eight days" Anwar announced on breakfast table and three siblings were amazed.

"Papa really ?" Three of them asked in unison and Maryam nodded with a smile.

"Pack your bags we will go day after tomorrow" shifa was more than happy after knowing that.

Anwar went towards the door, and Maryam followed him to see off him.

"Allah Hafiz(Good bye)" Maryam said with a smile.

"Allah Hafiz, take care and pack the luggage" Maryam nodded.

"Okay"

"Tum khush raha karo, roya mat karo." pecking her forehead Anwar said before opening the door to go out from the home and Maryam nodded with a smile.

(you always stay happy, keep smiling like this)

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SHIFA'S POV

Papa was driving, mummy was on front passenger seat and we three siblings were on back seat. In these 22 years of my life I only visited Zoo, Qutub Minaar, Red Fort and India Gate, that too in childhood. But for the first time I was doing somewhere out of Delhi with my family. I was looking out from the window, we were passing by a village, I was feeling happy and peacefulness after witnessing the greenery everywhere. The car windows were closed, but I wanted to feel that fresh air. I wanted to say to papa to stop the car just for sometime so that we can see the village because I never saw any village but I preferred to keep my wishes with myself. I was almost lost in watching the view when suddenly I felt a different sensation ran acrossed my body when a thin piece of paper entered in my ear due to my Younger brother's grace but I suddenly screamed loudly...

"Aaaaaaah..." I thought that was some insect or something else, but Bilal laughed on my reaction

"Jangli insaan" I slapped his cheek but he was continuously laughing like mad. And my dear Hamdan bhai was also giving him company

(uncivilised person)

Bhai open a packet of chips and offer me to take a few pieces, I was really craving to have snacks, I already finished my all snacks.

"Thank you" saying that I took out a few piece of chips from the packet held Hamdan bhai's hand and placed that on his palm before taking the whole packet for myself with a rightfully smile on my face..

"Shifa it is mine" He said as if he was a five years old boy.

"Bhai sharam kariye... 27 ke go gaye hain magar chips ke liye apni chhoti behen se ese behave kar rahe hain..." I said playfully and he huffed

(Shame on you bhai, you're 27 but behaving like this with your younger sister just for a chips)

"Shaffo de na yaar..." He demanded and I shook my head with a mischievous smile

(Dude give me)

"Bhai main nhi de rahi... Itni deer ho gai mera chips khane ka bohot dil chah raha tha..." I declared while drawing out a piece of chips and putting that in my mouth

(bhai I'm not giving it... I'm craving for chips since long ago)

"Haan to apni khao naa.. Ye mera last packet hai" He said while trying to grab the packet but i was fat to save that. Meanwhile Bilal's hand also approaches towards the packet

(so eat yours, it's mine)

"Bilal You keep your hands away from this...." I said to him while slapping his hand and 

"Bhai jab car kahi rukegi to aap ek packet chips ka meri taraf se le lijiyega... ₹10 main aapko de dungi.. App bhi kya yaad rakhenge mili thi koi behen.." I said with a mischievous smile.

(Bhai I'll give you the sum of whole ten rupees when the car will stop somewhere, you buy chips for yourself with that amount... You must be feeling lucky to have a sister like me)

"Shifa aapi main aap ko pure ₹11 rupey dunga, ₹1 rupya extra... Aap apne liye chips le lijiye ga... Ye abhi main le leta hu..." that was my Bilal who was taking the packet from my hand but he got a glare plus slap from me.

(Shifa aapi I'll give to the sum of whole 11 rupees.... Whole 1 rupee extra, you buy another one for you but for now I'm taking this)

"Bhukkado.. Dono ne apni apni chips khaa li ab mai..." Hamdan bhai was scolding us happily but I think papa can't digest our happiness.

(Gourmands!! You two have finished your snacks and now yo....)

"Chup bhi ho jao.... Kitna shoor karoge?" papa shouted while glancing us through the rear view mirror then again focused on road, but he ruined our fun.

(Stop this commotion)

"Rehne dijiye na.. Bachche hain, kitne time ke baad to is tarah khush hain" Mumma defend us but no benefits

(Let kids enjoy... they are happy like this after a long time)

"Maryam tum inhe bachcha kahogi? In me Sabse chhota bhi 21 saal ka hai... Or tum Hamdan... Shadi hone wali hai tumhari lekin ek chips ke liye lad rahe ho!!" Papa bust on mummy then bhai and I felt lucky that I wasn't who become the target of Papa's scolding.

(Maryam will you call them kids? The youngest among them is 21... And you Hamdan you are going to get married but still you behaving like a small child who is fighting for the chips.)

Yeah.. Hamdan bhai was going to get married.

"Papa isse achhe to school ya college tour hote hain, kam se kam teachers enjoy karne par daat te to nhi hain... Aap hume picnic par le kar jaa rahe hain ya kisi official tour par?" Bilal said while rolling his eyes and papa glared him through the rear view mirror.

(Papa school and college tours are better than this at least teachers don't scolds us for enjoying. Are we going to enjoy or going for an official tour that's why we have to behave seriously)

After that I passed the packet to Hamdan bhai with down face but he pinched my cheeks lightly and gestured me to eat that. But my mode was already spoilt so I placed the packet on his lap and turned my face towards the window, to view the outside scene.

In these three years papa's behaviour haven't changed much but a change occurred... He become more blue nose man, he can't digest if we become late in any work. His punctuality was most problematic for mumma because she use to do his all the work, but there was a good thing about him.. if mumma become ill then he never disturb her, even he left for office without breakfast.

After some half an hour drive papa stopped the car on petrol pump. Since half an hour we five were silent, no one had guts to break the silence except the one....

Being the youngest one among us Only Bilal had that power....

Billu slowly encircled his arms around papa's neck from behind and I was expecting a slap from papa but...

"Papa aap apne chhote chhote bachcho se gussa hain? No.. Not chhote chhote but bade bade Bachho se..." I looked at Hamdan bhai and he gave me a surprised look. But papa glared Bilal 

(Papa are you offended with your small small kids? Okay not small but grown up children)

"Papa don't glare me, you know very well that I'm not afraid of you and your glares... Come on naa.. Smile please... You look handsome while smiling. Am I right mumma?" Bilal was behaving like he was talking to his friend not with papa. And we all were suppressing our smiles

"Do you want money for snacks?" Papa asked with rudeness and anger

"Not at all papa... If I need money than I can take that like this" Saying that Bilal drew out some money from papa's shirt pocket and I giggled but Hamdan bhai laughed.

"I don't like my papa sitting like this.. I want my papa to look handsome with his dashing smile" Bilal said happily and papa smiled. But slap his head.

"He is very clever." papa said and we all laughed

"Only Bilal has this power to make you smile... I saw you smiling first time when you lift him in hospital, otherwise I believed that you don't know how to smile" Mumma said with a soft chuckle

"Really Mumma? Papa hadn't smiled before that?" Bilal asked with amazement and mumma shook her head looking at papa.

"Papa do you love me so much? And don't you love Hamdan bhai and Shifa aapi?" Bilal asked and I detected a tensed feeling on mummy's face.

"Go and bring snacks for three of you" Papa said and Bilal nodded.

"See... How I diverted papa's mind.. Otherwise we have to tolerate his angry mode for whole time" before going down from the car Bilal said in whispered to me and bhai and we both suppressed our laughter, that was true Billu knows how to deal with papa and his anger.

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We were enjoying the environment of Dehradun, for the first time I was feeling the happiness of going somewhere. We didn't realised when did four days passed. I changed myself in a black kurti with blue jeans and blue scarf, letting my hair free to fall freely.

I send my pic to Affo on which she send me many hearts, giving me a reason to smile. Then we all went to the local market, since four days we were only roaming around but that day we decided to go out for shopping and I told Hamdan bhai that I'll do shopping from his money and he got agreed.

This is the benefit of having a loving, caring elder brother...

"Suniye... I want that shawl" we were roaming in market when mummy said to papa while pointing towards the shop and we all went towards that shop. That was a garment shop with different kind of woollen clothes.

"Shifa"

"Ji papa"

(Yeah papa)

"You also buy if you like something" I nodded with a smile when papa said that but he was still rude as usual. My both brothers were busy in selecting something for themselves when my gaze went to a small shop, just opposite to the shop in which we all were at that time.

The shop was very small, and looking like that wasn't painted since many years. There was an Almost broken showcase in which some perfume bottles, some small soft toys and some other random stuff was placed but I like a small pouch which was hanging there, that had a small Doraemon face. I said to mumma that I want to buy that pouch that mumma denied, she said that those type of things looks good for Kids.

"Mummy I like that... I'll buy that with my pocket money" I said but before mummy could say something Hamdan bhai took part in the conversation

"Mummy I'm taking Shifa to that shop you continue your shopping" my bhai said and mummy nodded, Bilal also come with us.

Entering the shop I felt something odd.. The shop was in main market but still looking like no one ever visit there. An uncle in his mid-forties was sitting there, who became happy to saw us and suddenly stand up near the counter.

"Uncle what is the price of that Doraemon pouch" I asked and he said ₹200... I thought that was very high price but Hamdan bhai said to buy that.

"Uncle show me that perfume" I said because I like the design of that bottle and that uncle nodded

"Shifa Aapi from when you started liking perfumes?" Bilal asked

"Is your name Shifa?" the shop keeper asked and I gave a angry look to Bilal.

"Yeah" I shortly reply to that uncle and he smiled.

"Ma'sha Allah its a beautiful name.... My daughters name is also Shifa" uncle said and I understand why he felt so much happy after listening my name, I also smiled on that.

"But uncle I'm sure your Shifa must be ten times better than our Shifa." Bilal said and I slapped his head as so Hamdan bhai did, and uncle smiled.

"Nothing like that... Your Shifa is also very good, but no one can be like my daughter" Uncle said and I felt a pang in my heart, I never get the love of my father like every father love his daughter

"Your daughter is lucky that her father loves her so much." I said and that uncle smiled but a sad one...

"Uncle pack this pouch and this perfume" I said and he nodded,

"Do you accept card for payment or just cash?" Hamdan bhai asked and that uncle passed the parcel to me.

"no need to pay for this, Its a small gift for you from my side." uncle said and I was shocked on that.

"Thanks for that but you're here to sell your items, you must take its price and also we can't take this from you like this" Hamdan bhai said on my behalf and uncle smiled and shook his head.

"I felt her like my Shifa... Its a small gift from my side..." uncle said to Hamdan bhai

"But I'm not your daughter uncle... You please take its payment otherwise I'm not taking this with me" I said confidently and Hamdan bhai also nodded.

"Okay" Uncle said and Hamdan bhai pay for that but before we go back from the shop.

"Beta"

"Ji uncle..." I said

"Take this beta... Its not that much expensive" uncle passed two small Teddy bear keyrings. I shook my head but he said

"I felt you just like my daughter, my intentions aren't wrong beta, you are as same as my daughter's age"

When I listened that I found truthfulness in his voice so I took that, with a smile and 'thanks'

"Stay blessed" He placed his palm on my head while mumbling the same. I didn't like his touch. His touch wasn't a bad touch, that was just like a father who patted his daughter's head but I felt awkward, I just managed a smile before taking a step back...

But I didn't know at that time that a storm was waiting for me in some five minutes.......

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Assalamualaikum

I know you all were waiting for Faraz and Kashif's story but I suddenly started this....

Actually I wore that chapter but now I'll upload that chapter after some days... Till than enjoy this track

What do you think, which Storm is waiting for Shifa??

😏😏😏😏

Okay... Let me give you a small hint..

The name of that Storm starts from 'A' and end with 'H'

I think its enough for my intelligent readers..

😏😏😏

_Naaz Jamal