In The Midst Of Serendipity

|Chapter 39| Moving On

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Shah Zain's POV (Edited)

My work in the office finished way earlier than I had expected. So, instead of staying late for no reason, I decided to call it a day. I grabbed my jacket from the hanger before exiting out of my office room.

The employees were still working but it would be not late since they would also leave. Aaban and Salar had already gone to visit a construction site on behalf of our office.

I killed the engine when I reached the parking lot of the house. I parked the car and made my way towards the main door. As I approached nearer to the gate, I could hear a commotion.

My eyebrows furrowed in confusion. What is happening? I juggled the keys in the lock before entering inside. I could hear faint shouting and yelling sounds. I couldn't recognize the voices though. But I stood just at the end of the living room, I heard something that shook the earth beneath my feet

"They believe me then when I told them that you stole my necklace when in reality, I took it back. They believed me then and now they'll also believe me."

That voice...

Numbness enveloped my body. My body went stiff. Did I hear right? Was it all a lie back from the beginning? I couldn't shake the words out of my mind. How's that possible? How can mama stoop so low?

Before I could stop myself, the word spoke out from my mouth

"Is that true, mama?"

Cold icy air enveloped the whole living area. I could practically saw mama's getting stiff. Her muscles taut and her posture alarmed. She slowly turned back before looking at me.

Her eyes were wide and mouth opened in shock. She didn't expect me to come home this early. But I'm so glad that I came early. Otherwise, I would still be living in a house full of lies. From my peripheral vision, I could see Shiza standing behind mama.

I figured out that they were fighting. My eyes again set on mama before she spoke stuttering to form sentence

"Sha...Shah Zain."

I raised an eyebrow before asking

"Tell me mama, did I hear right? Was that true?"

She gulped. She had done a major slip of tongue. She didn't say anything and it made me clench my fists. I again asked keeping my voice calm

"Mama, answer me."

She looked up before nodding so slightly that if I hadn't been paying attention, I would surely miss it. She looked down in embarrassment, maybe shame. I don't know. I just know one thing. She lied....

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"Beta, it's not what you think..."

I couldn't help but cut her in between

"What do you mean, mama? Are you saying that I heard incorrectly? Or is it one of your other lies?"

A look of horror passed through her face. My mother straight down lied to me the whole time. Her lie made me hate the innocent person ever.

I felt so self-loathed as I thought about those harsh, hurtful words I threw towards Shiza. I called her a thief when the reality was much different than that. I felt so sickengly weird that how I could judge someone?

How I can accuse someone of something I didn't even have proof of? I felt like a total idiot. My mother played with my mind and I let her.

Mama's desperate voice again reached me