"Oh!" He made a sound understanding and bobbed his head.
She smiled at his little acts. They were now on the expressway.
It was raining outside. They was not surprised. The weather of Islamabad keeps on changing in a minute. In a minute the sky would be clear.
He started telling about the school. Even the driver was laughing on Hisham's jokes. The journey was going very smoothly until they felt a shock, they started looking at their back. When suddenly the rear vehicle bumped into them again.
"What happened brother?" She exclaimed.
"I don't know madam! But brakes doesn't seem like working. And that truck is trying to bump into us."
"Madam, sir, try to get out from car. I will see what to do." She heard the driver's request. He was really worried for them. He unlocked the doors of the car. He was continously peeking at the rear view mirror and dodging the attacks.
Shocked, she hurriedly started to untie the seat belt of Hisham, then the car shook again.
They bumped into the vehicle. They immediately looked back. It was the truck that once again sped up. She was growing anxious.
"Bibi! This seems to be planning. Someone is trying to kill us," the driver voiced his concerns. Weather was clear now but road was slippery. He was trying to drive carefully.
"But who would want that?" she was surprised, Hisham was quietly trying understand the situation. She was now undoing her belt.
"Auny mama! Are they bad people?" He asked thoughtfully.
Yes, my dear!" She pulled Hisham into herself. The driver started looking at them. He lost his attention and the car got a sudden strong shock and despite the efforts of the driver the car went out of control, sliding on the road.
The car hit the side pole, the window shades were broken and some of them injured her but they did not injured Hisham as much as he was enveloped in her arms. Trying to stay calm she looked at driver, who was unconscious, head dropped on the steering. The blood was making a pattern on his face.
She was losing her consciousness. Hisham was unconscious due to sudden shock. She opened already unlocked door of the car. Pushing Hisham out she lose her courage. Now she felt Amy crying and calling her. She wanted to get up from her seat but due to piercing pain she failed. When the pain became too much, she lost her senses.
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As aunt pushed him out of the car, he went straight into the thorny bushes by the side of road, his head hit hard the rocks beneath. Bleeding began from the wounds. His senses were being clouded. A few minutes later, he opened his eyes at a sound.
"What should I do now?" Someone's heavy male voice echoed. "Everything is done!"
"What are you doing there now? I want you to get away from there. no one should know about you" due to high volume Hisham could hear the clear voice emerging from the other side. He wanted to keep himself awake.
"Yes sir!" The phone was switched off. He wanted to call for help. But his voice was stuck somewhere in the throat. The darkness slowly engulfed him.
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It was pitch dark when he came back to his senses again. Almost nothing was visible. His eyes were hardly opened. He was covered with something wet, sticky. He couldn't even move his limb. It was creeping him out. Something was strange. He was listening loud sobs and cries but he couldn't interpret the situation. The loud cries turned into muffled voices. Ringing in his ears increased by the time. He had lose a lot of blood.
"Auny!...." he mumbled incoherently, "doll." Whimpers left his mouth. It was pain, his whole body was aching badly, he was hurt, yes he was hurt.
Something bright passed by him. Then it was reversed. Yes, he was at the side of a road. A car stopped by him. In its light he came to know that he was drenched in blood. A damaged car was hit by a nearby pole, he, somehow fall out of it. He couldn't remember a thing about that.
He was dumbfounded.
Auny was in the car too...
His mind was slowly engulfed by complete darkness.
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"On Islamabad expressway, collision of a car with pole due to unknown reason. A women died, man (driver) and the kid badly injured. It is said they were a family. Kid's condition is critical, chances of survival are least according to the doctors."
News bulletin was announcing. He chuckled hearing that news. Soon his chuckling turned into heavy laughter. He was laughing himself out holding his hand over his stomach.
"I failed again. What a bad luck I have!" He snickered.
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