Chapter 164
Atifa's pov:
There were stains of dried tear drops on the pages, an indication that she was crying while writing this. And I was too. I didn't even know this happened with ammi while we remained unaware of it. It happened just four months after abbu's death. I think that was the first time when ammi left our house after abbu's death, and that too to look for a job to support us and keep herself occupied, and this happened?
I remember that when she returned back that day, she didn't leave the house again for the next few weeks, maybe even months. And the door and windows of our house always used to remain closed. Our groceries and necessities used to be brought to our house by mamu or Emaan and her brothers.
It was a difficult time, a very confusing one for me and Amira. We used to cuddle together and sleep at night, wondering if ammi would come to sleep with us tonight. Or if she would at least come to peck our foreheads and tell us goodnight.