Baat tab ki hai, jab shaadi ke baad mere pati abroad gaye the. Us dino mere pati ka cousin Najjid hamaare ghar aaya hua tha, kuch dino ke liye. Wo hamaare ghar rehne aaya tha. Ghar me mai aur mere buddhe saas-sasur hi rehte the. Ghar me mere saath hassi-mazaak karne wala koi nahi tha.

Isliye mai ghar me bahut bore ho jaati thi. Uske hamaare ghar me aane se aisa laga, jaise mujhe koi sahaara mil gaya. Mere saas-sasur bade dhaarmik the aur hamesha apni ibadat me lage rehte the. Is wajah se unhe meri, ya mere dewar ki koi chinta nahi thi. Mai aur mera dewar bhai-behan ki tarah rehte the, lekin waqt ko kuch aur hi manzoor tha.