For my father(Farheen) "We have to get outta here, as soon as we can.” His voice seemed like it was coming from a grave.
“But, how is this possible? We have to collect all the stuff and it might take a week,” the graceful woman asked with lots of worry.
"Oh! Leave that all, the police are searching for me everywhere and soon they`ll be here.” The young and strong guy was annoyed and exhausted.
”Okay we`ll leave tomorrow, but where are we going, have you any idea?” She looked towards him as if she`s not gonna see him anymore.
“You don`t need to know that, just collect all the important and precious things, i`m going to arrange a vehicle. We shall leave early at the morning.”


“We`re sorry but we can`t operate on your father until you get arranged 2lacs” The doctor informed him and went. His father had a tumor on his hand which, if not operated on soon, would infect the whole body.
Why, why, why?????? Why are these doctors so cruel? How am I gonna arrange 2 lacs??? Questions were all around him. “God help me!” Walking at the hospital`s corridor he felt that his mind was gonna burst. This 5 feet high, 20 years old guy was broken on the inside.
“Oh! It`s 10:00 and the stores will be closed. I`d better hurry and get the medicines.” He rushed at the door and went outside.
It was a cold breezy December night and even a dog was not roaming around. The darkness of the night had captured his body and soul”

“Sshhhhh! I think someone is coming.” A sneaky voice brought him back to the real world, his steps froze and various thoughts were coming and going.”Should I go and see what`s happening?” asked from himself.”No, Don`t go!” his mind stopped him. “I should go.” Curiosity encouraged him to do so.
“No!” Mind stopped. “Yes!” curiosity is not leaving him.
“I shall go.” Curiosity won.
“I think he`s coming here, Get up! Lets go!...”

“Mom! Hey mom! Get up we`ve to go.” He moved his mother`s shoulder.
“Ah! ah what”? His mother was dressed in yellow and it seemed like that the yellow color had effected her face,she was pale and weak.
“I`m saying that the taxi is standing outside, Hurry up!” He replied hastily.
“Is Fatima ready?” He asked of his little sister while taking the bags out of the cupboard.
“Yes she is.” Mother replied .Sikandar went outside of the room and took out a cigarette from his pocket.
Let`s go! We`re ready. After about 10 minutes his mother and sister came out.
“Stop! You can`t go anywhere…..


“What were they doing???” Question arose in his mind. Something smelled like explosives. Were they…..??” He couldn`t think more than this.
“Hey kid what are you doing?” the man standing just behind him shouted.
“Na na nothing,nothing.” He walked out of that place immediately.
“Oh shit! I forgot the medicine, now I have to go back.” He thought helplessly. After standing a while in his thoughts he decided to go back.
This time he was careful and relatively more scared. “Oh God! He`s the same guy.” Unconsciously his eyes went towards the place he`d been a while ago. “I should do my own work” his mind stopped him…..
Boom!....... as he stepped forward an explosion threw him 2 feet away.

“Wha Wha Why??” He fainted to death. “Let`s go with me and I`ll tell you.” The cop took him from his shoulder and made him sit in the automobile.
“No, no I have nothing to do with Jail..Please let me go! Let me go! He shouted as much as he could. Everyone came out of their houses on that small street. His mother was quiet,she was just staring at the gate..
”Mom! mom! They`re taking $ikandar with them…please stop them..please! Fatima, the strong girl cried to her mother….but her mother was senseless….

“Lift them up,” shouted the men.”Lift them.”
“Am I dead?” asked from himself.
“No, if I`m dead then how am I thinking?” tried to convince himself.
:I think he`s alive, look! He`s moving.” The loud voice brought him back to senses.
“Yes, I`m alive,” the ultimate truth,”I`m alive.” A force of darkness rushed towards his mind and he was again senseless.


“So, mate! Tell me, why are you here? The scary tall policeman threw wateron his face.
“I, I don`t know… You brought me here…You…”
“Bang!” a punch stopped him from saying another word.
“I asked, Why are you here?” He shouted with his full strength.
“I can`t tell, I can`t tell.” He was crying…The strong guy was crying.
“Why? Why can`t you tell,I need to know, Whom do you work for?” He hit him on the back with a stick, he fell down and……


“Wake up man! Wake up!” He opened his eyes, a ray of light came straight into his eyes.
“What`s your name pal?” The man looked like a rescuer.
“Me? Ah my name, my name is Sikandar Sikandar.” He was repeating everything twice.
“Sikandar, tell me bro where do you live?” The man looked like he was in a great hurry. “We have to inform your family members.”
“Family members? Why do they need to inform my family members? What has happened???”He touched his face, flet something wet. “It`s red, it`s blood!” he was in a shock.


“I think we should bring his sister up here.” Sikandar heard a voice,tried to get but a feeling of pain stopped him to do so.
“What`ll happen then? Another person questioned.
“We`ll threaten him then maybe he`ll answer our questions.” The first person replied.
“What are they talking about.” Asked from himself.”Are they going to bring Fatima up here?” a strong feeling of fear flowed into his entire body.
“No! I`ll tell them.” Promised himself.”“So, are you gonna answer us or….?” The investigation officer inquired as if he was gonna eat him.
“I`ll tell you,I`ll tell you.” He thought that if he did`nt reply fast they were gonna kill his sister.
“Good boy! Now start and don`t even think of lying to us, then you know what are we gonna.” The tall officer warned him.
Sikandar felt like they were making fun of him.The dark room became even more dark when he started telling the truth.

“It started with a dark.cold and unfortunate night.My father had a tumor on his hand and he was admitted at the hospital.That night the doctors told me to arrange 2 lacs for the operation.I was on my way to the medical for buying medicines.Suddenly I saw two guys doing something secretrely.On my approach they ran away.I was looking around that a man shouted behind me,I was scared so I came back.I realized that I`d forgotten the medicines so I went back.Co-incidently I saw the same man standing on that place.As I was staring at im,an explosion threw me at a distance.The next time my eyes opened at a hospital.As I wasn`t injured badly so I recovered soon.I was very much worried about my father`s operation.Precisly I`m poor guy who earns and eats at the same day.Arranging 2 lacs was a big deal for me,since our relatives are also poor and helpless like us.
After a week two men visited me at my home.I was surprised because they knew each and everything about me.They told me that they would help me by giving me two lacs if I`d do some job for them.I was curious to know the about the job,after all it was about saving my father`s life but they told me to meet them at the snooker club.The next day I was there to meet them and the job they told me pulled the earth under my feet….They,they told me to plant a bomb in the same snooker club.Yes,they told me the same.
I refused them because it was inacceptable for me.How could I kill innocent people??How?..,.The next thing that they told me, snatched the right of denying their offer from me.It belonged to that night.They threatened me that had seen me on the place of incident.But,how? I asked them & they told that the two men that I saw that night,were them..I agreed to do the job,otherwise they were gonna me in that explosion case.Can you believe it a clumsy little boy did this.Can you believe I killed lots of people??
After I did my job,they gave me 2 lacs.The doctors operated my father but seems like the money had proved for me it`s value.The operation failed & I
lost my father.When I got to know that the police has tracked me,I tried to escpade but…..” Sikandar was quiet and he was staring at the floor.
“You tried to save your father,but Allah has showed that the money earned from a wrong source can`t be fruitful”The officer was saying his words & Sikandar was sitting still.
“Now that you’ve admitted your crime and we also have the evidences ,there`s nothing but sentence of death for you.” Officer`s sentence had finished Sikandar`s every hope.

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