Aliya raat bhar so nahi saki 🌙
Uska dil har waqt us unknown call aur us ajeeb message ke gird ghoom raha tha 💭
"Tum galat jagah par aa gayi ho… ya shayad bilkul sahi jagah."
Yeh alfaaz uske zehan se ja hi nahi rahe thay 🥺
Subah jab pehli roshni Istanbul ki khidki se andar aayi 🌤️
Aliya ne dheere se curtain hataya… lekin uska chehra ab bhi pareshan tha.
Usne apna phone uthaya 📱
Call history mein wohi naam tha:
"K"
"Yeh K hai kaun?" usne dheere se kaha 😶
Aliya ne decide kiya ke woh hotel se bahar niklegi. Shayad shehar ko dekh kar uska dimagh clear ho jaye 🚶♀️
Lekin jaise hi woh lobby mein aayi… receptionist ne usay ek aur envelope diya ✉️
"Yeh aap ke liye abhi deliver hua hai," usne kaha.
Aliya ka dil tez ho gaya 💓
Usne kaampte haathon se envelope khola.
Andar sirf ek line likhi thi:
"Aaj shaam 6 baje Galata Bridge par aana. Akeli." 🌉
Neeche phir wahi sign:
K
Aliya ne aankhen band kar li 🥺
"Main kisi ajeeb game mein phans gayi hoon…"
Lekin curiosity uske darr se zyada strong thi.
Shaam 5:45 🌆
Galata Bridge par halki si hawa chal rahi thi 🌬️
Samandar ki lehron ki awaz aur shehar ki lights mil kar ek ajeeb sa mahaul bana rahi thi 🌊✨
Aliya bridge ke end par khari thi… akeli 👣
Uska dil itna tez dhadak raha tha ke usay lag raha tha sab sun sakte hain 💓
6 bajne mein 2 minute thay…
Aur phir…
Uske peeche se ek awaaz aayi:
"Tum aa gayi…" 😶
Aliya foran murri 🔄
Samne ek lamba sa shakhs khara tha… black coat mein, face thoda shadow mein 🖤
Uski aankhon mein ek ajeeb si pehchan thi… jaise woh Aliya ko pehle se jaanta ho.
"Tum… K ho?" Aliya ne darte hue poocha 🥺
Woh shakhs thoda sa muskuraya…
"Naam zaroori nahi… tum yahan kyun ho, yeh zaroori hai."
Aliya ne gusse aur darr mix voice mein kaha:
"Tum ne mujhe yahan bulaya, unknown calls, letters… yeh sab kya hai?!"
Woh dheere se bridge ke railing ke paas chala gaya 🌉
"Tum samajhti ho tum yahan apni marzi se aayi ho?"
Aliya confuse ho gayi 😶
"Matlab?"
Woh shakhs uski taraf muda:
"Tumhari family tumse sach chhupa rahi hai Aliya… aur jo khat tumhein mila tha… woh pehla step tha." 💔
Aliya ke pairon tale zameen khisak gayi 🥶
"Tum jhoot bol rahe ho…"
Lekin us shakhs ne apna phone nikaala 📱
Us par ek purani photo thi… ek aadmi ki… jo Aliya ke father jaisa lag raha tha 😨
Aliya ki aankhon mein aansu aa gaye 🥺
"Yeh… yeh mere baba…"
"Exactly," K ne kaha.
"Ab tum samajh rahi ho tum yahan kyun ho?"
Hawa tez ho gayi 🌬️
Aur samandar ki lehron ne jaise is raaz ko aur gehra kar diya 🌊
Aliya ne dheere se poocha:
"Tum chahte kya ho mujhse?"
K ne uski aankhon mein dekha…
"Sach." 🌙
Aur phir woh peeche mur gaya…
aur bheer mein gayab ho gaya 👣
Aliya wahin khari reh gayi… hil bhi nahi saki 😶
Uske haath mein sirf ek naya envelope tha… jo kisi ne uski jeb mein chupke se rakh diya tha.
Us par likha tha:
"Ab tum waapas nahi ja sakti." 💔
✨ To be continued…