The Reality

The door of her room was opened with a jerk with a loud thud. She, who was standing in front of the mirror analyzing herself, turned her neck back and was surprised to see Wadan standing in the doorway.
"Brother, you suddenly came. Is everything alright?"
For a moment, she got scared seeing Wadan's red blood eyes. But she instantly hold herself together and came near him who was standing and glaring at her with furious eyes. For Laraib, it wasn't signaling any good news.
"What happened, brother? Why are you looking like...."
But before she can complete her sentence a loud voice of slap echoed in the silence of the room. She with her hand on her cheek and with a look of disbelief and astonishment stood in front of Wadan and stared at him who was glaring at her with a devouring look.
"You slapped me, brother. But wh......"
Like before this time also her sentence was left in the mid because of his other slap. And this time his slap was so strong that Laraib felt her is head getting dizzy.
With watery eyes, she was looking at her brother whose anger was still not subsided despite slapping her twice.
"Brother, at last, what I just did is that you slapped me without listening to me."
Now she shouted in anger as it was beyond her tolerance that her brother for the first time rise his hand at her.
"These two slaps are nothing in front of what you just did, Laraib. I wish I could murder you..."
In a rage, he tightly clenched his fists otherwise his hand was arching him to slap her again. But he doesn't want to create a scene in the house of Asfand.
"What I just did as such that you didn't think for once before slapping me, brother."
She said stroking her cheek. The way Wadan slapped her with full force, Laraib was sure that his heavy hand must have left its mark on her delicate cheek.
"After ruining the modesty of a girl you are asking me what I did. What do you think Laraib I wouldn't come to know about your heinous act?"
In wrath, he again came forward to her but Laraib got scared seeing his furiousness and took two steps back.
Today in the morning when he was going out for his important business-related work, his feet halted the moment he listened to the name of Laraib from one of his men discussing her.
He got curious so he stopped there to listen to his conversation. The guard of Hadia was handing over to them some money that Laraib had sent for them.
Just to know the reason why Laraib was giving them a hefty amount of money, he entered the hall. First, they all got scared of seeing him here but it wasn't possible for them to hide anything from him as after all he was Wadan Ali Shah.
So to save themselves from his wrath they started telling him everything. After knowing everything he was fuming in rage when he came to her.
Wadan would have never known what his sister has done if he didn't happen to listen to the conversation of his men.
"Brother, I am not getting what you are saying. What are you talking about?"
Laraib left with wide-opened eyes after listening to this from Wadan's mouth. She never thought in her imagination that her brother would come to know about all this. So she still kept on acting with him as if not getting it.
"Fine, if you don't remember then let me remind you, I am talking about Sanam the girl whom Asfand loved and to throw her out of your way you tarnished her reputation by kidnapping her. You forced her to leave this country. Is something ring in your mind? I am talking about that girl."
He kept his voice low but his demeanor, his constricted nerves popping out in rage were clearly visible that was indicating his outrageous state.
"I didn't do any wrong brother. To gain my love, I did what seems right to me."
Instead of confessing her mistake, she was doing the opposite by justifying her wrongdoings.
Wadan was very hurt by her response. He perceived that perhaps she will say to him that she didn't do it or she committed a mistake but instead of feeling guilty, she was declaring to him that whatever she did was actually right.
"If it feels to you what you did is actually right then now I will do what feels right to me."
Wadan was not expecting this from his sister. He was feeling very sad thinking that it was because of his sister Asfand was parted from his love.
"What do you mean? What you will do?"
On Wadan's warning, Laraib felt the danger and got alerted.
"Right now I will tell Asfand the whole truth that what you have done with him. After that, you will have to accept the decision whatever he takes."
Stressing on his every single word he just ruined the peace of Laraib. Never in her imagination, had she thought that her brother will do something like that with her.
"No brother, you can't do this with your sister. You know this very well what decision Asfand will take after knowing the truth."
In a tense state, she moved towards her brother. Her eyes were filled with crocodile tears.
"Your tears can't stop me Laraib. Because of this I already did one mistake, but now not anymore."
He harshly let his hand free from her hold and went towards the door.
"I am pregnant, brother. Asfand will leave me if you tell him the truth."
Laraib tried her one last trick and after listening to this Wadan's feet halted right in the doorway.
Since the day she came to know about this news, she was not happy about it because for now, she was not ready to become a mother. So she planned with herself that she will finish him without letting anyone know about it.
But she was left with only this option in order to stop Wadan from his intention. Maybe after knowing about the child he wouldn't tell anything to Asfand.
"This time if not for me then at least think about this child."
She was looking at him with pleading eyes but now Wadan already know very well about her true face.
"You have two options Laraib either you go and tell everything to Asfand by yourself."
He then stopped for a moment.
"Or after the birth of that child, you will give it to him and come out of Asfand life leaving him for good. You will not tell him the reason for your leave so that he keeps on hating you for his whole life thinking that you left him and your child yearning for you."
Saying in a harsh tone he came closer to Laraib.
"If I don't act on any of them, then what?"
She said looking straight into his eyes. Her stubbornness was now further intensifying Wadan's wrath.
"Then I myself will go and tell the whole truth to Asfand. After that, you know what will happen? He will not only divorce you but will also hate you and your child. So instead of destroying that innocent child's life you better leave him by yourself. Because a girl like you don't deserve to live with Asfand."
Wadan was doing all this because of that child. He was afraid whether because of Laraib's wrongdoings Asfand deny accepting that child.
"Being a brother, how you can do this with your sister?"
She was gazing at him with disbelief. As he had not left her with any option now.
"You should be thankful that being your brother I am not telling him anything. So it's in your betterment you silently came out of his life by leaving him all by himself."
On Wadan reprimanding her, Laraib just hold herself together. Because now it's for her betterment she should remain silent.