He was unaware that she was pregnant and had a daughter.Īt that moment Ashar decides that he is going to take his daughter with him so Hareem can live with him in a better place, although he can't separate her from her mother as she is too young and extremely sick. His anger and hate for Khirad grows even stronger because she kept his child away from him. Ashar at that moment weighs in the purpose of Khirad's meeting with him. Khirad takes Hareem away towards the cardiologist’s office. Ashar is extremely confused and turns to look at the mother of the child who is walking towards him who is none other than Khirad. When Ashar picks up and hands the toy to her, she puts her hands on her face and exclaims “app papa hain app photo walay papa hain!” (You are my dad You are my dad from the picture!). While walking towards the door, a toy falls at his feet and a little girl walks to get her toy. The next day Ashar goes to the hospital to visit a friend who had a heart attack. In the meantime, Ashar's friends notice he is extremely distracted at work and at home his mother confronts him that he needs to stop living in the past and he needs to get over Khirad and all the hurt and pain she hurled at him. When he does not contact her for five days, Khirad concludes that he is cruel and vain and all her efforts to contact him are fruitless as they were 4 years ago. The novel then switches to present where Khirad is eagerly waiting to hear back from Ashar. Ashar reflects back on the unusual circumstances that lead them to getting married without each other's consent, the development of their married life and the passionate love that they shared once a long time ago. It is revealed that Ashar has not seen Khirad in almost four and half years and for unknown reasons (which are revealed later in the novel) she left him heartbroken and filled with anger and he now has nothing but hate for her.
He leaves his office without touching or even looking at all the files and the picture of his daughter. Her presence leaves Ashar in a daze, anger and complete shock, and he is so taken aback to see her standing in front of him that he does not realizes the weight of all the things she said and left with him.
Ll the legal documents (including her current address and phone number) on his desk.
As Ashar is Hareem's biological father and a rich businessman, it is Hareem's Khirad informs Ashar that her daughter Hareem is a patient of congenital heart disease and requires immediate open heart surgery. The novel begins with the arrival of a bitter and angry Khirad Hussain at Ashar Hussain's office.
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