Laila My Love - S01 E19

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Laila My Love - S01 E19

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 19

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This week honestly felt like a blur. At

first, I thought I was gone mad and was

imagining things but one in a while I

checked my email to see if the contract

was there and it was very much there.

Farid disappeared again after that night.

I did receive some money in my account

two days ago which meant that our

contract was still up and running.

Today was the last class of my first

semester, with Rafay and Sobia by my

side these few weeks didn’t feel like hell

surprisingly. I was heading out of the

door to catch my bus when I was

stopped by some of Farid’s friends or

acquaintances if I was not mistaken.

‘Oh look who we have here’ One of his

friends stopped me, I think his name

was Jason.

I tried to move away from them but I

bumped into another familiar face.

Melissa, who was a beautiful tall young

girl but really mean,also one of Farid’s

girlfriends. The same girl who I saw

making out with Farid shamelessly when

I first joined this college.

‘Oh guys common let’s leave her or else

she is going to start crying ‘ Another

one of his friends said to rest of gang

while laughing and chewing his gum.

‘I have to go’ My voice became shaky, I

have seen Farid’s friends troubling other

students around the campus before and

did witness a few people transferring

classes just so they don’t run into these

people.

‘C’mon Laila…that’s not fair. Remember

when you came to us few days ago

asking for Farid and we had such a

good conversation back then. What

happened now? I thought we were

friends’ Jason laughed again. I hated his

cocky smile. He came a little closer and I

started looked around for help, but no

one stepped up, instead people started

moving away just so they are safe.

‘I have a bus to catch’ I said again, still

looking at the ground while clenching

my bag.

‘Don’t worry, I’ll drop you.’ Jason held

my hand and pulled me towards him.

‘You don’t have to do this Jason. I…’

‘Let her go’ I heard a voice coming from

behind where Jason and I were

standing. I recognized this voice

instantly.

‘Oh hey buddy’ Jason walked up to Farid

while still holding on to me.

I kept looking down, not being able to

make an eye contact with him. This was

not easy for me.

‘Are you okay?’ Farid spoke again, I was

sure he was talking to Jason. But when

he didn’t reply, I looked up to him and

saw Farid looking at me.

‘Hey we were just having a little fun.’

Melissa walked up to him and grabbed

Farid from the back and kissed his

cheeks. Farid had no expression and

that made it so hard for me to figure out

what he was thinking.

‘Leave her hand’ Farid spoke to Jason,

his voice was hard and angry.

Jason took his advice and released his

hand from mine immediately. Without

hearing another word, I picked up my

bag and ran towards the bus stop. I

missed my bus because of him and his

stupid friends so to calm my mind I

picked out a book from my bag and

started reading.

After couple of minutes, a car stopped

right in front of the bus stop. I knew it

was Farid’s car but I pretended to

ignore and I raised my book a little

higher than usual. He didn’t budge. I

could hear cars that were behind him

started honking but it didn’t make any

difference to Mr. Farid Ibrahim. He kept it

still. I got annoyed and finally looked up

and wasn’t at all surprised to see him

looking as if he has won an award. I

hate his god d--n guts.

I picked my bag, stepped inside his car

and shut the door as loud as possible.

His smile grew and he started driving.

‘You are impossible’ I yelled at him.

‘You have said that before, put your

seatbelt on’

‘And demanding’

He signed.

‘Where are we going?’

‘To your house.’ He said calmly.

‘Why?’ I snapped.

‘Because my parents are there’

‘What…?’ I was horrified.

‘I told them about our marriage.’

‘Noo…Farid you have to call your parents

and tell them to go back. I didn’t tell

anyone in my home. No one knows,

please don’t do this’ I was having a

breakdown. I wasn’t ready to answer

their questions and especially my

mothers.

‘No use. Your family was going to find

out anyways.’

‘What about yours? Aren’t they mad?’

‘Nobody cares; they are just there for

formality.’ He was so messed up and the

way he answered this question I knew

its best if I didn’t push this subject. He

clearly wasn’t close to his family

members.

‘Oh Allah’ I held my hands together and

started praying.

‘Again no use.’

‘How can you say things like that? Do

you have a filter? Just because you don’t

believe in God and see good in people

doesn’t mean I should be like you.’ He

was so negative. Jeez.

‘You can never be like me Laila, I believe

in myself and I don’t rely on anyone to

rescue me. I decide my own fate’ Farid

challenged back, leaving me speechless.

‘You are cold hearted’ I mumbled to

myself.

‘No you are just an emotional fool’ He

stopped his car just in time in front of

my house or else I would have poked his

eyes out.

I quickly ran inside and saw my mother,

brother and Farid’s family sitting in the

leaving room. My mother had her hands

on her face; my brother was just looking

around helplessly. He looked so lost.

Farid’s father was on his phone and his

stepmother and sister Ruba were talking

to each other.

‘We are here’ Farid grabbed my arm and

walked us right inside the living room

that felt extremely claustrophobic.

My mother looked up and her eyes were

red. Holy crap…this is not going to go

well. She walked up to me and held me

shoulders tightly. Farid didn’t move, he

stood there beside me.

‘Is this true?’ My mother said in her

weak voice and it broke me inside.

I kept looking down, trying to ditch her.

‘Is it?’ She said loudly this time and I

shivered and in panic I shook my head

and began crying.

My mother took a step back and just

looked at me for few minutes, her facial

expression changes from sad to

disappointment to anger.

She raised her left hand and I knew she

was about to slap me and she had each

right to be mad at me. I broke her trust

in the worst way possible. Before her

hand could touch my face, Farid grabbed

her arm and pushed me back behind

him.

‘Don’t ever hit her’ He looked right at my

mother and dropped her arm.

‘Farid’ I pushed him back. ‘She is my

mother, she has every right to be mad at

me, I am sorry you found out about

everything like this Ammi, trust me…I

wanted to tell you but I was scared.’ I

grabbed her hands but she pulled away.

‘Why did you do it?’ She asked me.

I couldn’t tell her.

‘Ammi…I know you are angry but if you

can just try to…’

‘Answer me, I send you to college, I

worked for you and your brother after

your father left us. And that’s what I get?

I trusted you Laila, where did I went

wrong?’

‘You didn’t Ammi, please don’t be angry,

sit and we’ll talk’

‘Just answer me Laila, why did you

marry this guy? Did you sleep with him?’

She yelled across the room and Farid’s

step mother took Sabir and Ruba

outside while the four of us remained in

the room.

Farid’s father got up and came to us.

‘I know Nasreen you are angry, but our

kids are old now and they are capable of

making their own decisions’ He was an

open-minded man, my mother on the

other hand wasn’t as liberal.

‘If you don’t have an answer for me

Laila, then there is no place for you in my

home’ She said brutally.

‘What?’ Farid and I both said at the same

time.

‘Nahi Ammi, don’t say that. I know you

don’t mean this. Please where am I

going to go?’ This can’t be happening.

My mother is not cold, she is not like this.

‘Pack your stuff’ She didn’t even look

back and she went to her room and

closed the door.

I collapsed on the floor.

Farids father stepped outside; even his

money couldn’t fix the most valuable

thing that I just lost.

‘I knew this was going to happen one

way or another’ He sat down on the

sofa and took out his phone as if

nothing happened.

I got up, picked his phone and threw it

right across the room.

‘What the’

‘Shut up Farid, just shut up. Do you even

realize what you just did? You don’t

think right? Nothing is important to you.

Relationships don’t matter, feelings, love,

emotions…all of these things are stupid

according to you isn’t it? Well for me my

family is everything. You should have at

least asked me before doing this. Your

parents are different, for me…this is all I

have and because of you my mother

doesn’t want to see me’ I cried and

cried.

He stayed silent for a little while and

then walked started walking away but

then he suddenly stopped.

‘Get your things; I am waiting in the car’

‘But…’

‘Don’t, just do as I say.’ Without hearing

another word, he left.

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