About It came after 11pm:

Malek was not interested in his parent’s death. He didn’t even come to their funerals. But, when he learned the property they left for him, he decided to visit his old village for the old time’s sake after 17 years.
He came with his wife and two children whom he loved the most.
Of course, he loved them, but that didn’t mean he will overlook their mistakes. It is always the hard way or no way, and that was what Malek believed.
Moreover, Malek was a reasonable man. He never did things without proper reasons, and he considered himself a good husband and a loving father.
Yes, once he broke his wife’s arm, but that was because she never listened to him properly. He needed his leg massage every night when he went to sleep, but she kept dozing off while doing it. Couldn’t she massage properly until he sleeps? He worked the whole day, so that she and the children could have a good life, took care of every need and she couldn’t do a small thing?
It was also true that he hit Masuma with a hot iron in her face, that left a smudge till now, but that was because she threw all the ink in his essential documents. Besides, it was an impulse; he didn’t mean to do it.
After returning to his village, he found how his parents died.
According to Karim, who worked in his parent’s house, his parents found dead in different rooms. His father was sitting on a wooden chair in his bedroom. His head was resting on the top rail of the chair, mouth wide open, eyes were bulging out of its socket, and he was looking up towards the ceiling. His face had a weird expression; “it has the expression of horror” as in the words of Karim.
Malek’s mother, on the other hand, was in the second bedroom. She was on the bed when Karim found her. Her eyes were closed, and if there were no rotting smell from her body, he would have said she was sleeping.
Malek should have investigated why and how they died, but that didn’t concern him. Why should it? A father who always chastised him for no reason, a mother who always reminded him of his weakness, had no place in his heart.
And, besides, he was only there for the night….
But, little did he know that one night visit to his home would change his whole life.

Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author’s Website.
Buy the Book On Amazon.
Visit the Twitter page.

[Read more…]