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At night, hukumyaar talked to his father also. It was decided that the nikkah would be done infront of everyone. Next morning, hassan laghari and hukumyaar went to the place where nikkah was going to take place. many of the other elders of the village were present there. hukumyaar was in his balochi dressing, which was a white shalwar kameez with a turban . most of the men were dressed like that.

the girl was sitting in the other room. after nikkah was done, she was sitted in the car. hukumyaar nearly got a heart stroke seeing a really young girl sitting in the back of their car. she was barely looking 14 years old. her face was covered with a veil, he couldnt see her face.

the journey was covered in silence,he couldnt get out of the shock of what had happened with him. after reaching home, he got out and went to his mom directly.

hassan laghari waited near the car as a servant helped mahrosh out." take her to hukumyaar's room" he said.

on the other side , hukumyaar was questioning his mom " how can you do this to me, ammi!? she is barely 14 " he said . there were a lot of traditions he hated, and young marriages was one of them. he couldnt bare the thought that he was married to a minor.

" she is 15. according to islam, this nikkah can happen. i dont care about anything else" shehnaaz beghum said.

" why didnt you tell me about her age before?" humkumyaar asked with pursed lips.

" i knew , you wont agree at all after knowing her age" shehnaaz beghum said calmly.

" i am going , handle your daughter in law yourself " he said grumpily and went out of the house. he planned to go back as soon as he could. shehnaaz smiled shaking her head. she knew that he had said what he wanted, now he wont talk to them for a good time . it was his way of showing his anger.

she asked the maid about where mahrosh was and went to her.mahrosh was sitting on the bed side when she entered.her shoulders were shaking as if she was crying.

shehnaaz beghum lifted her veil and got to know that she was in fact crying.

Mahrosh looked up with her tears filled eyes, she was feeling scared. She didn't know the reason of this sudden marriage. she didnt know how was her husband like. 

" Assalamu Alaikum! i am hukumyaar's ammi. " shehnaaz beghum said sitting beside her.

mahrosh shifted a bit away.

" dont be scared...."shehnaaz beghum explained the reason behind the marriage. " hukumyaar will take care of you, consider me your ammi from now on " she said hugging mahrosh . 

mahrosh also relaxed a bit after hearing everything . she was with her mother's family . her father's family wasnt nice, they had hit her multiple times in the last week .

mahrosh hoped that she would be safe again as she used to be with her parents in quetta. but she didnt know, every hope wasnt meant to be fulfilled......

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