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Like you have loved the prologue hope you love the chapter as well.

Enjoy reading ❤

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"Bacha! Bacha!" A lady in her 40s is frantically looking for her daughter who seems to be not found in the house. She is seeing everywhere in the house because it's time for catching up on the flight. They are far away from the airport. It would take at least 3.5 hours to reach the airport. They are already running out of time and the flight attendee is missing. A man was passing by. He saw that lady is tensed. She is dialling the number to get connected to her daughter but alas! She ain't picking up.

"Why are you tensed, Neela? Whom are you dialling? Ashish asked her tensed wife.

"What do you mean by whom am I dialling? Are you dumb or what Ashish? Your daughter isn't at home. We should have left the home till now and you are asking me why are you tensed?" She growled in an anxious state at her husband that how could he ask such a foolish question at this moment.

"Did you check her there?" Ashish questioned calmly. Neela sighed in relief that how could she forget that place where her daughter will be.

Zauk-e-Ulfat jaga loon kya,
Dil se har darr ko hata loon kya,
Naa jaane aaj har gali acchii si kyun lag rahi haj,
Naa jaane aaj maa ki har baat sachi si lag rahi hai,
Mai bhatki raat ki musafir si ho gayi hoon,
Teri galiyon se aaj vaasta toot sa raha hai,
Kya aisa lag raha hai ke mera kuch choot so raha hai,
Zindagi Ek naya modh sa lene lagi hai,
Ab dil-e-nedaan tujhe kya chahiye,
Ab Mujhe bas zindagi ka ek patta chahiye...

Keeping her pen at a halt she looked somewhere distant with her eyes and contemplated how would her life start changing in a few hours. A girl who is so into her, never let the world into her world. How would she face people when she will be out of this country to gain experience. Her small world was her parents. A shy and introverted girl who has become impassive with time. A girl who is just open to her mother now took an initiative to explore herself, giving herself a chance to enter into the new world leaving behind every pain and horrible memory she had imprinted deep in her heart.

" Avni Bacha!" A delicate voice of her favourite person came into her ears out of nowhere she got timid as she was deeply immersed in her thoughts making metaphors of her dark secrets which not a single person is known to. "We are getting late. We have to go" as Neela maa completed her sentence, she sighed and her numb eyes started flooding. Seeing her, Neela maa embraced her to console her, to give her strength to face the new her and new world.

At the Airport, Avni met with her parents for the last time and went ahead. At the entrance, she showed her passport and ticket to the checker to pass the main entrance for enquired further from the immigration officer. All was done. She is sitting in the waiting hall to board a flight. After some time, the announcement is heard to take off.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Toronto Pearson International Airport. The local time is 05:05 pm and the temperature is - 4°C..." Avni stirred in sleep and opened her eyes hearing the announcement of landing by the captain. She had to take connecting flights from Toronto to Montreal. She followed the instruction as the path was cleared to land.

Avni got up from her seat taking her handbag. She was nervous as first time she is going to set a foot where there is no one with her. "Thank you for attending our airline. Hope to see you again, Mam" a cabin crew greeted her while she is going out of the plane to the airport. She smiled a little and went ahead to the way where other passengers were going.

Upon reaching the airport, everyone began video calling their loved ones. Avni was finding her phone in the bag but nothing came out in her hand. She panicked. She was looking here and there may be mistakenly she dropped somewhere.

"Excuse me" Avni flinched and turned around to see the man with a charming smile holding her phone in his hand.  She snatched the phone from his hold and start checking whether it's working properly. She didn't even pay any heed to the person standing. He was looking at her astonished like he doesn't exist.
"Excuse me" he again spoke with the same aura and confection smile that makes him distinct from others.

"Am I invisible?" He said snapping his fingers. "Hello, hey wait a second, sir" a man in his 30s stopped by them as the boy said these words. "Yes," a man said. " Sir, can you see me" a chuckle escaped from his mouth and he seemed to understand things fast. By judging the scene and expression in the boy's tone he said " you are a very well visible man. Try hard to make yourself visible to everyone and your appearance is of a big man who can't see you" he sneered and gone. 

A boy looked at her again she was still lost in her phone so he waved in front of her. She looked up at him and whirled around and start walking to the waiting hall as she had to catch the connecting flight to reach her destination which is Concordia University. He chased her and Avni start startling. She was rubbing her hand continuously and in that commotion, her A locket slipped from her purse and the boy picked that locket and about to call her to give her back

"Neil... Where are you going there? Sortie (exit) is on this side" a loud shriek halted the footsteps of Neil. He turned around to have a look at the retreating figure. He put her locket in his pocket carefully hoping to see her again and went back to the sizzler who has grown horns on his head seeing the antics of his friend.

"Aye, where have you been? I was looking for you everywhere and here you are talking to a girl. I thought someone had kidnapped my friend and I will get a chance of playing CID with the kidnappers" sizzler joked

"Hahaha! Was it a joke to laugh?" He faked and raised his eyebrow at his friend. 

"No, but I'm serious. You know my talents right. I might get hired by Canadian police" both laughed and waved at the taxi and went away.

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"What is your name? And explain to me your purpose of visiting here?" An immigration officer asked a question to Avni before issuing a work permit and study permit to her for her stay.

"Hi, I'm Avni Mehta. I'm pursuing my post-graduation. I'm here for my studies." With her concise answers, she got whatever she needed for her whole stay. Getting her documents she marched towards the University where she will be allotted a room.

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Hola people

Here is the 1st chapter of this story. I hope I was able to reach your expectations and feel my expression regarding avneil in writing.

Regards
Sia ❤