Aayan ke operation ko chhe mahine beet chuke the.
Ab woh pehle se kaafi behtar tha.
Doctor ne bhi kaha tha ki agar woh apni medicines aur routine ka khayal rakhe, to woh ek normal zindagi jee sakta hai.
Ye baat sunkar Ania bahut khush thi.
Usse lag raha tha ki Allah ne uski dua qubool kar li.
Ab woh aur Aayan ek saath sukoon bhari zindagi jeeyenge.
Lekin...
Kismat ne shayad kuch aur hi likha tha.
Kuch dino se Ania ko baar-baar chakkar aane lage the.
Kabhi achanak tez bukhar ho jata...
Kabhi itni kamzori mehsoos hoti ki chalna bhi mushkil lagta.
Aayan har baar kehta—
Aayan: "Chalo doctor ke paas chalte hain."
Lekin Ania muskura kar taal deti.
Ania: "Bas thakaan hai... do din aaram karungi to theek ho jaungi."
Ek din kitchen mein kaam karte waqt achanak Ania ki aankhon ke saamne andhera chha gaya.
Uske haath se chai ka cup gir gaya.
Aur woh behosh hokar zameen par gir padi.
"Ania!"
Aayan bhaagte hue uske paas aaya.
Usne turant use sambhala aur hospital le gaya.
Doctor Salim ne saare tests likh diye.
Blood test...
Scan...
Aur kuch aur reports.
Do din baad reports aani thi.
Do din tak Aayan aur Ania dono bechain rahe.
Aakhir woh din aa hi gaya.
Doctor Salim reports dekhte hi khamosh ho gaye.
Unke chehre ki udaasi dekhkar Aayan ghabra gaya.
Aayan: "Doctor... sab theek hai na?"
Doctor ne gehri saans li.
Doctor Salim: "Mujhe afsos hai..."
"Reports achhi nahi hain."
Aayan ka dil zor se dhadakne laga.
Aayan: "Seedhi baat batayiye, Doctor."
Doctor ne dheere se kaha—
"Ania ko ek bahut serious bimaari hai."
"Ye bimaari dheere-dheere uske jism ko kamzor kar rahi hai."
"Kuch aur tests karne honge... lekin humein turant ilaaj shuru karna padega."
Ye sunte hi Aayan ki aankhon ke saamne sab dhundhla sa ho gaya.
Jis Allah se usne apni zindagi maangi thi...
Ab usi Allah ne uski Ania ko imtehaan mein daal diya tha.
Ania ne Aayan ka haath pakad liya.
Woh khud bhi darr gayi thi.
Lekin usne muskuraane ki koshish ki.
Ania: "Main theek ho jaungi na?"
Aayan ne uski taraf dekha.
Apne aansu chhupate hue bola—
"Bilkul theek ho jaogi."
"Main tumhe kuch nahi hone dunga."
Doctor un dono ko dekhte rahe.
Unhe pata tha...
Ye safar aasaan nahi hoga.
Hospital se ghar lautte waqt...
Gaadi mein poore raste khamoshi chhayi rahi.
Aayan steering pakde hue sirf ek hi dua kar raha tha—
"Ya Allah... meri saansein kam kar de... lekin Ania ki zindagi lambi kar de."
Aur Ania...
Khidki ke bahar dekhte hue bas itna soch rahi thi—
"Kya meri zindagi ki khushiyan phir se mujhse cheen li jayengi?"
Dono ek hi gaadi mein baithe the...
Lekin dono apne-apne darr se lad rahe the.
To Be Continued...