Chapter 196 - The Rain of Separation

Raat ke 12 baje rahe the. Sufiyan Suhaliya ke ghar ke bahar khada tha, poori tarah baarish mein bheega hua. Usne darwaza khatkhataya, lekin koi jawab nahi aaya. Tabhi padosi ne bataya ki Suhaliya shaam ko hi apna sara saman lekar gaon chhod kar chali gayi hai. Sufiyan wahi sadak par baith gaya. Ritika chhata (umbrella) lekar uske paas aayi, "Sufiyan, chalo ghar, bimar pad jaoge." Sufiyan ne gusse mein uska chhata hata diya. "Mujhe bimar hi rehne do Ritika. Tumne kaha tha ki tum mera bachpan ho, par Suhaliya mera aaj aur kal thi. Aaj tumne mujhe poori tarah akela kar diya." Ritika wahan khadi rone lagi, kyunki use samajh aa gaya tha ki Sufiyan ko pane ki koshish mein usne usey hamesha ke liye kho diya hai.