5

It was one month after Azaan was born, their grandfather along with Noor parents went to attend a function. They left Azaan and Noor in supervision of their caretaker Amma.

That night Amma and Noor both were sitting in the living room with Azaan sleeping on her Amma's lap, waiting for them to return.

It was already midnight so they were getting a bit worried.

Noor who was getting up to get a glass of water from the kitchen got startled when the telephone on the side coffee table rang.

She glanced at Amma to see her already looking at the telephone.

She went and picked up the phone up.

'Assalamualaikum?' she said or it was more like a question.

'Walikum assalam'. The person looked as if he was in great tension.

'aap kon?' she could not help but ask when she didn't get why someone would call at this time of the night.

(Who are you?)

'Aap Haider Malick ke Ghar se bol rahi hain?'

(You're talking from haiders malick house?)

'jee, wo mere ammi abbu hain per kia hua?'

Now the tension was tak