3 3. A beautiful witch

"Mom, I'm just getting home"

She was near the home when her phone rang. she picked it up quickly because mama calling blinking on the phone screen. But on the other side was someone else. He was telling her that her parents had an accident. Her heart trembled with fear. The steering wheel slipped from her hands. she barely controlled the vehicle. She asked the name of the hospital in a trembling voice and hung up. The car turned towards the hospital which was ten minutes away. She wanted to go there in a blink. She increased the speed of the car and reached the hospital, praying in her heart for her parents. She asked the receptionist about her parents and ran to one side. A man was seen sitting outside the operation room. She hurried towards him.

"Uncle, how are my parents? Did the doctor say anything?" Tears welled up in her eyes.

The man stood up and put his hand on her head.

"Their condition is serious. I was present at the scene of the accident so I rushed them here. The doctors are operating. I have not been able to talk to the doctors yet. Just pray for them. They will both be fine." He said politely.

She burst into tears. She was eagerly waiting for the doctor. Suddenly the door of the operation room opened and the doctor was seen coming out. She ran to the doctor.

"Doctor, my parents...." she said impatiently.

The doctor looked at her and took a deep breath.

" sorry. we couldn't save them," he had gone and Aania became still.

After so many moments, she realized that was reality, a painful scream came out of her lips and she fell down. she had fainted. The doctors there picked her up and took her to the ICU. The phone in her bag was ringing. A doctor noticed that and checked it. Hadiqa Calling was written on the screen.

The doctor attended the call and told her about the death of Aania's parents and also gave the news of Aania's nervous breakdown. Hadiqa couldn't believe it for a while. When she came to her senses, she got up and ran out of the room.

"Baba!". She entered her parents' room. Tears were flowing from her eyes. Haider and amrina got shocked to see her face

"what happened? Hadiqa?" Haider Ali began to ask anxiously.

" Aania…."

"What happened to her?" Amrina asked anxiously.

"She has a nervous breakdown. Her parents died in a road accident." She barely spoke.

" What?" Haider stood up with shock. Amrina put her hand on her lips.

"How can this be?" He stood up in surprise.

"I'm telling the truth. I just called her but a doctor attended and told me that. Baba! Aania is lonely. She needs me. Take me to her." She agonized.

"Ok let's go." He said and turned to amrina.

"I'll call when I get there. You will come with Umair later." He said. Amrina shook her head in a trance. She couldn't believe it yet that Mr. Safder and nabeela are not in this world now.

…...

He sat her in the front seat and came to the driving seat. His gaze fell on her again. Her head was resting on the window and her eyes were closed.

"Buckled up your seatbelt!" He said but she didn't reply. He looked at her keenly and learned that she was under the influence of the drugs. He bent towards her to buckle up her seatbelt. His lips touched her soft lips. He felt a thrill in his body and moved back quickly. She did not open her eyes. Ghazi looked at her red pinkish lips then shook his head and turned her gaze away.

"You are a beautiful witch," he muttered.

...

Darkness was everywhere. Her eyelids could not open. Her head was spinning as if it was in space. She could not feel any part of her body. After a while, she came out of this strange state. She began to feel herself. As soon as she opened her eyes, she felt pain in her head.

She groaned slightly. Hadiqa was standing next to her. she started calling her. But Aania couldn't speak. She opened her eyes for a moment and then closed them. Hadiqa called the doctor.

"She is out of danger now and after a while, she will regain full consciousness," the doctor said. Aania wondered what had happened to her. After a while, she was fully conscious.

"Aania ... are you alright? hadiqa asked with worry.

"What happened to me?" She asked in confusion.

"Nothing, drink the water." Hadiqa ignored her question and brought the water glass towards her lips, putting her hand under Aania's head, helping her to sit. Aania was thirsty at that time. But she could take just two sips because she had remembered Mom and Dad.

"Mom ... Dad. Where are they?" She asked, lying back down.

"They will come later. How are you failing now?

"I have a headache. But what happened to me?"

"Nothing, all of a sudden you fainted." Hadiqa was praying that she would not remember anything.

"Fainted ... when?"

"Three days ago," Hadiqa said sadly.

"Three days," she said thoughtfully. At that moment, all the memories began to come back in the form of flashes. It was her birthday. She and Mom Dad were so happy. She had celebrated her birthday with her friends. Then when she was coming home, her mother's call came. But the news from the other side cut her heart up. Then she reached the hospital and She didn't want to think about it anymore. She wanted to imagine it all as a dream. She was praying that it would be a dream. Or the doctor might have lied.

"Hadiqa, that doctor was lying, isn't he ..." She asked, trembling.

Hadiqa's tears began to flow and Aania's heart sank.

"Tell me, why are you crying?" She asked impatiently.

"They have gone, Aani. Uncle Aunty had an accident and they died, that's why you fainted." she had to tell her That.

"No, it can't be. You are also lying. " She shouted loudly.

" They are not dead. Please tell me you are lying. Please or I will die too." She was saying in a pleading tone. Hadiqa hugged her

"Please control yourself. It was written in the fate "

"I want to go to them." She started screaming and crying.

"Aania, you can't go to them. stop crying. You are not well already." She grabbed her by the shoulders.

"No, I have to die too. I can't live without them. Please give me poison or bring me a knife." Aania was speaking hysterically and was trying to get up. Hadiqa was barely able to handle her. She pulled the drip cannula from her hand mercilessly and came down from the bed. She wanted to run but the doctors grabbed her. Two nurses helped them. A doctor injected her tranquilizer. She became unconscious. Hadiqa was crying while looking at her innocent face. She had been in this condition for three days and now she was unconscious again.

She was taking care of her for three days. Aania's family had no close relatives but the circle of friends was quite large. There was a lot of rush at the funeral. News of their death had reached the media. Reporters had also reached there. Safdar Ali's colleagues had told the media that someone had killed him. But no evidence has been found yet so it could not be said with full confidence. They wanted to take Aania's statement but Haider Ali stopped them.

Hadiqa called Baba and told him about Ania regaining consciousness. He said that he is still busy with the guests, media, and police. They couldn't get there. He asked her to take care of Aania. They sent Umair to her. Umair and Hadiqa spent the whole night sitting by her bed. They could not alleviate her pain but they could take care of her.

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