บท 9: "GUILT "

Things were going smoothly for Razia after the little meeting with her old friend Asma, it was 10 in the morning and she was sitting on her bed ready to get up and make herself a cup of tea, she wore her slippers from beside her bed and walked towards the kitchen and found it empty so, she thought that the girls must still be sleeping now, and she started to prepare tea for the three of them and went to sit on the small stool beneath the closed window in their living room and that was when she saw a black bag underneath the telephone table peaking out, she went to pick it up and saw a red maxi inside it which looked expensive, she did'nt remember buying any clothes the other day and the article looked very expensive so her mind went straight to her husband, what if he bought it for someone maybe, for her but to confirm this she called her both daughters, "Zainab! Hafsa! Come outside now!" She yelled, getting eager Zainab was the first to come outside looking like a mess with bed hair and hair and her clother ruffled, "you called us Amma?" She asked and her mother showed her the bag and her eyes went wide, blood started rushing towards her face and she felt numb that was she realized she forgot to take it out from under the table yesterday, "do you know to whom this belongs to?" Her mother asked and Zainab shook her head unable to say a word she knew that if she accepted that it was her's her mother will inquire more and the result will not be in her favour so backing off was the best decision for her at that time, or that's what she thought. Hafsa came shortly after looking much better than Zainab because she preffered to look in the mirror before coming out and saw the bag in her mother's hand and suddenly asked her "mother what's in the bag?" She said starlting Zainab "a maxi! i did'nt know who put it here so i thought i should ask you two" Razia said, "maybe Abba bought it" Hafsa answered to which her mother only shrugged,  but she felt a little happy that what if Farooq Ahmed was trying to give her another chance she smiled from the thought and put the bag right where she found it so if her husband tries to find it he don't get suspicious. And there stood Zainab not sure what to do she felt stupid for forgetting to hide the bag in a much safer place and when her mother went inside the kitchen she waited for Hafsa to leave for as well and when no one was around she picked the bag, took out the dress and hid in between her clothes in her closet and threw the bag from outside the window and let the wind take it away.