This time when Sadat came home, he was a bit different. He never stayed with his mother or sisters and seemed glued to the telephone all the time. He informed his mother about his nascent association with Sana Baloch. His mother was thunderstruck. She wondered if Sadat had gone crazy?
"Son, have you forgotten that Zarina is waiting for you?"
"I havent, but I am not going to marry Zarina, I will marry Sana only."
For the first time Sadat was so rude to her widowed mother. She had not realized by the then she was too weak to control her son. She cried at her helplessness. A few days later Sadat tried to explain to his mother that it was never his intention to hurt her, but that he had never thought of Zarina as his wife, and he could never lead a happy life with her.
His mother, although she would never accept it whole heartedly, had to surrender in the end. They booked a flight to visit Sana's house. It was interesting to find out that Sana and Sadat's fathers had known each other. Sadat's sisters felt so extremely awkward at their simplicity in front of the ultra modern family of Sana Baloch. Salma did not like the liberal ways of the family of her would be daughter in law. She did not say anything however, she could not. Sana's family agreed.
The next task was inform Zarina's family about Sadat's decision. This was the difficult task. Salma had to walk over the dead body of her conscience to do so. When she went to the house of her sister, Zarina's mother, everyone was so happy to see her. The tea pot dropped from Zarina's hand as she was pouring tea into Salma's cup and heard her talking about her son's wishing to marry another woman. The family was literally devastated.
The effect of Sadat's decision was so intense on Zarina's family. Not because Sadat was something out of this world, but because her name was attached to his, and this sudden change of course would raise suspicions, something that happens more often than not, about Zarina's character.
Of all this, the most interesting part was Sadat's complete disregard of Shabo's existence anywhere in the equation. He seemed to have forgotten if anything existed between the two. She came to know about Sadat's decision very late, the day when she heard Salma talking to Sana's mother the wedding plans.
One would have expected Shabo to have become furious at that point. At least she did not deserve to be kicked out of his life in such a way. At least she deserved an explanation. On the contrary, however, she did not show any emotion. She behaved just normally. Sadat never told her anything. It was as if nothing was there between the two.
Sadat spoke to Sana in English, a language, which only he could understand in the house. He kept on talking to her all the time, discussing plans about wedding, honey moon, jobs and so forth.
The family set a date for marriage. Just after Eid.
This time when Sadat came home, he was a bit different. He never stayed with his mother or sisters and seemed glued to the telephone all the time. He informed his mother about his nascent association with Sana Baloch. His mother was thunderstruck. She wondered if Sadat had gone crazy?
"Son, have you forgotten that Zarina is waiting for you?"
"I havent, but I am not going to marry Zarina, I will marry Sana only."
For the first time Sadat was so rude to her widowed mother. She had not realized by the then she was too weak to control her son. She cried at her helplessness. A few days later Sadat tried to explain to his mother that it was never his intention to hurt her, but that he had never thought of Zarina as his wife, and he could never lead a happy life with her.
His mother, although she would never accept it whole heartedly, had to surrender in the end. They booked a flight to visit Sana's house. It was interesting to find out that Sana and Sadat's fathers had known each other. Sadat's sisters felt so extremely awkward at their simplicity in front of the ultra modern family of Sana Baloch. Salma did not like the liberal ways of the family of her would be daughter in law. She did not say anything however, she could not. Sana's family agreed.
The next task was inform Zarina's family about Sadat's decision. This was the difficult task. Salma had to walk over the dead body of her conscience to do so. When she went to the house of her sister, Zarina's mother, everyone was so happy to see her. The tea pot dropped from Zarina's hand as she was pouring tea into Salma's cup and heard her talking about her son's wishing to marry another woman. The family was literally devastated.
The effect of Sadat's decision was so intense on Zarina's family. Not because Sadat was something out of this world, but because her name was attached to his, and this sudden change of course would raise suspicions, something that happens more often than not, about Zarina's character.
Of all this, the most interesting part was Sadat's complete disregard of Shabo's existence anywhere in the equation. He seemed to have forgotten if anything existed between the two. She came to know about Sadat's decision very late, the day when she heard Salma talking to Sana's mother the wedding plans.
One would have expected Shabo to have become furious at that point. At least she did not deserve to be kicked out of his life in such a way. At least she deserved an explanation. On the contrary, however, she did not show any emotion. She behaved just normally. Sadat never told her anything. It was as if nothing was there between the two.
Sadat spoke to Sana in English, a language, which only he could understand in the house. He kept on talking to her all the time, discussing plans about wedding, honey moon, jobs and so forth.
The family set a date for marriage. Just after Eid.