Mafia's Dawn by Petillant Alba (red seas under red skies txt) 📕

She entered the kitchen as she had to prepare dinner for tonight. She looked at the boxes placed on the kitchen slab to find cake in one of them. Seeing cake her heart filled with delight but didn't eat that thinking it must be for someone else. She put all the sweets in the fridge with a sad heart .

She started preparing dinner. After the food was done she thought of calling that monster for the dinner. She hesitantly walked towards his room, which was hers too but couldn't get the authority. She took a deep breath standing in front of the room then knocked on it. She knocked three times but couldn't get any response. 

She was about to go back but didn't agreed with it as she stepped inside the room. She didn't find anyone there . But saw the window open as she walked towards it. She entered the balcony of the room to find her husband smoking. She gasped seeing ash tray filled with the burnt cigarettes. She wondered for how long he was smoking. 

He was busy in staring at some unknown point across the balcony as he didn't realize her presence. His thoughts got interrupted by someone's clearing of throat. He looked in the direction of that source to find his wife standing there with concern and a little bit of anger in her eyes. He looked at the direction where she was staring  to find the ash tray full of burnt cigarettes. He was also shocked seeing it as he didn't realize he was smoking for so long. He wasn't a chain smoker as he smoke only few times just to refresh his mind. He knew she was thinking of him like a chain smoker but he didn't care about it as he again rested his head on the couch ,diverted his attention to some other point.

She got hurt as he completely ignored her but glad that he didn't roared at her, compelling his monster outside of him. She stepped forward as she took the cigarette from his hand making him shocked at her daring act. Her father also smoked but after when she restricted him of not doing it , he promised not to smoke inside  the house as it was difficult for him to leave that habit so easily to which she agreed after so many days.

She knew he would not leave that bad habit for her but she could make a try as she threw the cigarette in the dustbin placed behind the couch. She was shocked as he didn't say anything the entire time but keep staring at her. She again stood before her diverting all of his attention to herself.

"Dinner is ready . Come downstairs I am serving it." She said with confidence but her inside was trembling due to his burning gaze on her. 

"Thank you." She was about to go back when she got ni response from him but stopped when he spoke up. She looked at him in confusion as she didn't know about what he was thanking her.

"You save Aima's life . If you didn't lifted her head she might be in critical situation right now." Only he knew with how difficulty he said those words as in his memory it was the first time he was thanking to someone like this. But here the matter was about his sister and he didn't know why he wanted to talk to Fatima at that time. He didn't mind of her taking his cigarette from his hand. If there was someone else he would shoot him on the spot but he couldn't do this in her case.

"I treat her like my own sister. I know how much of important she is for you. I am glad I have done something for her." Fatima smiled at his way of thanking her as she could understand that how much difficult for this arrogant person to thank someone.

"I know you are doing this just to go back to your parents." Abaan chuckled while saying. He just wanted to curse himself for getting anxious about her going away from him. He looked at her who got hurt by his sentence. 

"How do you know she needed oxygen that time?" He asked her while standing from the couch. He came near to her which made her scared but sighed in relief as he walked past her to stand behind the railings staring at some unknown point.

"Once a team of doctors came to my college . They told us about the first aid and other remedies." She said while standing beside him as she talked about her college with a saddened heart. Her expressions didn't go unnoticed by him as he was constantly staring at her angelic face illuminated by the moon light. He could sense that she was missing her college . He had already taken out all of her information at that night when she came in his house.

"You can continue your college but online." He said making her face lit up but his last words again saddened her heart. She loved college because of her friends and she wanted to go out of that golden cage but she was glad that he at least have her permission for continuing her studies.

"Soon the arrangements will be made. You can continue it from tomorrow" he further added earning a small thank you from her. Suddenly his phone started ringing as he walked inside the room talking on the phone to catch his files. She looked at him in annoyance as he shouldn't take his work at home . He should rest at home as he worked all the time. She shaking her head went downstairs as she started serving the dinner on the dining table.

She was placing the jug on the table when she saw him entering the kitchen. Her heart jumped in joy as he agreed with her and come downstairs for dinner but his face was stern with no emotions as he glared at her making her gulped her lump of throat. 

" Serve me" He sat in his usual seat while ordering her. She got startled by her sudden change of mood. She sometimes thought of taking him to a doctor to treat him as he was bipolar. She with an angry face started serving him . After doing her task she turned around but he hold her wrist as a result she stumbled and collapsed on his lap earning a gasp from her mouth.

"Where are you going . Feed me" He said as she threw daggers at him. He indeed was a bipolar. She looked at the food then at him who was staring at her with mischievousness in his eyes. He like the way she was throwing daggers at his way.