Rehnuma Begum was surprised to hear Raisa’s question. She stared at Raisa blankly. Raisa asked, has Adnan found a bride? I heard that he will also get married. How far along are the wedding preparations?
Rehnuma Begum probably doesn’t know anything about this. Raisa understood that by looking at her face. Raisa said, Adnan didn’t tell you anything?
No,
Then maybe he will introduce her to the bride directly.
Rehnuma Begum let out a sigh. Her face seemed to darken a little. Raisa frowned and looked at her mother. She couldn’t understand why her mother was so upset. So she asked, you should be happy to hear the news of your son’s marriage. Why are you upset?
If you understood why I was upset, you wouldn’t have asked this question. Don’t you understand anything, Raisa?
What should I understand? You still want to make him your son-in-law?
There is no question of wanting to be my son-in-law. Adnan is more than my son-in-law. He is like my own child now. I feel sorry for you that you could not recognize a pure diamond like Adnan.
Rehnuma Begum went to her room without saying anything else. Raisa sat with a serious face.
Seeing a pack of cigarettes on the balcony of the room, Raisa asked her mother who smokes cigarettes in the house? As far as I know, Adnan does not smoke cigarettes.
Mother said, your brother came.
Raisa was surprised. She asked, since when has he been coming and going?
– Adnan has arranged everything with him. Of course, I did not say anything. Adnan himself got her number and contacted her regularly. After that, Adnan brought her home. He came twice.
– Wow, that’s good. Then there is a lot of feeling between the two brothers. Mother, you have two sons now. You don’t need Raisa anymore.
Rehnuma Begum said annoyedly – Whatever you say or don’t say. You never understand me. You were never like this before. Why have you done this to me lately? What is your enmity with me?
Mother’s eyes widened. Her throat also seemed to be a little wet. Raisa came and hugged her mother from behind. She herself was emotional. In a wet voice, she said, “I’m sorry, mother. You have suffered a lot because of my behavior. Please forgive me for everything. I was never a good child. I have always caused you only pain.”
– Don’t say these things. No matter how angry you are, you are my child at the end of the day. Children are always the same to their parents. Even if you do a thousand wrongs, they are children. But you have not done any wrong. Lately, you have become a little moody. I don’t think anything of it.
A few drops of tears rolled down from Raisa’s eyes. She didn’t know how long she had been crying like this. She said, Thank you, mother. You are very good. I will never hurt you again. In the meantime, my mood was a little bad about the marriage issues. Maybe that’s why I sometimes behaved badly with you. But I will never do it again.
– Okay. You are my lucky girl. I have no complaints about you. If you don’t get married and want to stay like this for the rest of your life, I will have no complaints. But at the end of the day, I am a mother. Mothers want their children to be happy, smiling, and joyful. Mothers like to see their children happy.
– Your daughter will be very good too.
– Of course she will be. My daughter is a very lucky girl.
Rehnuma Begum started patting Raisa’s head and caressing her. After a long time, receiving such affection from her mother, Raisa’s heart softened. She became emotional. The guilt that had accumulated towards herself for behaving badly because she could not be by her mother’s side disappeared in an instant. Her mind was filled with the smell of her mother’s body.
After a long time, she slept very well at night. She woke up in the morning after sleeping continuously. Mother was preparing hot breakfast. Today there were many tempting dishes for breakfast. Seeing the food arrangement, her stomach felt hungry. Raisa’s eyes were full of sleep. In such a state, she came to stand near the dining table. The calling bell was ringing. Raisa thought that her father might have gone out, that he had returned. She ran and opened the door. Adnan and Raisa’s brother were standing outside the door.
Raisa’s hair was messy, she hadn’t even freshened up since she woke up. She was wearing a nightgown. Raisa felt ashamed. She said, “Why don’t you tell me before you come so early in the morning? Mom, don’t you tell me before they come. I haven’t even washed my face yet?”
She ran towards the washroom muttering. Adnan laughed.
After freshening up, Raisa saw everyone sitting at the dining table and talking nicely. Raisa said, “Hey, everyone sat down without me. I understand everything. I have two sons of my own, so I am now a stranger.”
Raisa’s brother gave her a small pat on the head and said, “Everyone gets angry with you because you talk so much about Paknamo.”
You are angry. Who told you to vent your anger?
Adnan said so.
Raisa looked at Adnan. Adnan had a sweet smile on his face. Adnan looks very handsome in his office formal attire this morning. He has combed his hair nicely and shaved clean. Perhaps it was because it was morning that he looked even more pure. Raisa felt ashamed. Adnan looks terribly sweet and she looks miserable. After finishing breakfast, she hurriedly went to her room and put on yesterday’s dress. She had worn this dress yesterday too. It smelled of sweat and the dress was somehow wrinkled. Meanwhile, there was nothing in her mother’s house to even dress up lightly. Raisa was in an uncomfortable situation.
She got ready and came out and saw Adnan ready to go out. Seeing Raisa, Adnan asked, are you going to the office?
Yes,
You can come with me if there is no problem.
Raisa was a little surprised and said, Okay, let’s go.
Raisa came to her brother and stood face to face and said, what you did to me is wrong. I am not forgiving you so soon.
Who is waiting for your forgiveness.
Look, don’t disrespect me. I am your sister. Show me respect.
Yes, sister, Assalamu Alaikum.
You have become a monkey.
Raisa laughed. After saying goodbye to her parents, she left for the office. She never imagined that a surprise was waiting for her downstairs. Adnan was walking down the stairs towards a car parked in the garage. He opened the front door and invited Raisa to get in. Raisa was surprised. For a moment, she thought it was a ride-sharing car. But when Adan invited her to sit in the front seat, her surprise knew no bounds. As she got into the car, she noticed that it was a brand new car. Even when Adnan started the car himself, Raisa’s eyes widened when she got to the seat next to her. When did Adnan buy the car? No one told her. Of course, who would? She has no contact with Adnan. And Rehnuma Begum never tells her anything about Adnan. Adnan’s car purchase is quite surprising.
On the one hand, such a beautiful car, Adnan sitting in the seat next to her, beautifully dressed. On the other hand, Raisa is wearing yesterday’s clothes. She couldn’t even put on a little cream on her face today. She felt very out of place. She got a little angry. From now on, she will always have to keep some light things in her bag to dress up. Earlier, she always carried at least a face powder and lipstick. She hasn’t been able to take them out with her for the last few days because she’s been feeling extremely down.
When Raisa was suffering from extreme low self-esteem, Adnan asked, what time do we have to arrive?
Ten.
There’s still a lot of time. Are you tense?
Not at all.
It seems like you’re under pressure about something?
Raisa tried to smile. She was trying to regain her confidence inside. She couldn’t be nervous at all.
Adnan asked, “You don’t even eat breakfast much, do you?”
No, nothing like that.
Do you really maintain your diet?
Oh, crap.
You’re ignoring all my questions.”
Raisa smiled and looked at Adnan. At that moment, Adnan also looked at her. Their eyes met. Raisa’s chest suddenly throbbed. She immediately looked ahead.
Adnan said, “It’s okay.” I said we would never meet again. Again today I asked myself to go with me. Maybe you can’t reconcile the matter. Actually, everyone in the house knows that I brought a car. Just when I am leaving, you are also leaving. But I am leaving alone, but I am not asking you to go. Naturally, this may seem strange to the people in the house. I am not that narrow-minded as a person. I hope you understand.
Raisa was annoyed now. There was no need to explain so much. Raisa was quite happy that he asked her to come. But hearing this explanation, her temper heated up a little. It seemed to me again and again that it meant that Adnan did not want to drop her off on his own. He did it only thinking of the people in the house. Raisa sat with a serious face.
Adnan said, there is a heavy traffic jam in the morning. It is late to reach, and it is also very difficult. So I left in the car.
When did you buy the car?
Last week.
It’s beautiful.
Thanks.
Adnan said, don’t think that I bought the car just by saving my salary from my job. It’s not possible to buy a car in such a short time. It might seem like I earned income through illegal means. Actually, I invested in a business last year. I made a good profit from that. So I thought it would be good to buy a car. My confidence level will increase.
– Congratulations.
– Thanks.
After a while, Raisa said, even if you don’t talk about business, I wouldn’t have thought that you earned income through illegal means. Because I know you.
– How much do you know me?
– When you know me, you have a clear idea about a person.
– Wow. I have become a person who has a clear idea about what I can do or not do in life.
– What do you mean, can you do or not do something in life? You are very successful at this age.
Adnan remained silent. After a while he said, I didn’t go to breakfast today by myself. My brother was at my house last night. He took me away in the morning.
– It feels good to see your intimacy with my brother. It feels best to see my mother’s joy.
– Thanks Raisa. I have become a part of this family through you.
– Yes, now I am not the only one with you.
Adnan was shocked. He looked at Raisa’s face. Raisa was sitting with a serious face. Adnan failed to unravel the mystery of her sudden sadness. He started driving the car attentively.
Shortly before reaching the office, Raisa said, I have reached very early. Thanks for giving me a lift.
– Have you found a match for your colleague?
– No,
– I told a friend of mine. He wanted the bride’s biodata.
– Where did you not tell me?
Raisa looked at Adnan in surprise. Adnan said, no, I mean…
– I understand. Don’t keep in touch with me. Okay, there is no need to keep in touch with me. I will send my colleague’s biodata to your email. However, I think it is more important than the biodata that the groom and bride know each other. If we can introduce both of them, it would be great.
Adnan said, that is the next step. First, after initially looking at each other’s biodata, they should decide whether they should actually go to the next step. If both of them agree, then we will make arrangements for them to meet.
– Okay. I will email you the biodata when I reach the office.
– I will also send my friend’s biodata in a return email.
After that, nothing more happened. Raisa thanked him as soon as she parked the car in front of the office and went down. She was very upset today. This episode of upset has been going on for several days.
After reaching the office, Raisa emailed her colleague’s biodata to Adnan during her break from work. Almost immediately, Adnan sent her friend’s biodata via email. Raisa ran to her colleague with it. Her college friend Cynthia was smiling as she saw the biodata. Raisa asked, what? Will it continue?
Passed.
Raisa suddenly burst into joy. Her sad mood instantly improved. She sent another email to Adnan, saying that she had initially passed.
Adnan wrote, my friend and I accepted.
Raisa wrote, so what can be done to connect the two?
Adnan sent her friend’s Facebook profile via email. Raisa shared that profile with Cynthia. Raisa was quite amused by the incident. She did not send any more emails to Adnan.
The next day, Raisa came to the office and asked Cynthia if there was any update. Cynthia said, we talked on Messenger. We will meet in person first.
– Best of luck.
– But Raisa. You also come with me.
Raisa was surprised and said, why should I go?
– Because I met him through you. We haven’t met in that way yet. We liked everything about each other. But you can’t say anything like that without meeting in person. And how is it inappropriate to go to meet him alone? Since you added him, you should come with me.
– Will he come alone?
No, someone named Adnan will come with him.
Taking a deep breath, Raisa leaned back in her chair. A smile appeared on the corner of her lips. She couldn’t help but smile. Adnan had said that he would never keep in touch with Raisa again. But nature somehow kept making them connect again and again.
