Please note that all the names and the characters of this story are imaginary) The Cyber Lover – Nifla N.deen “Will he hate me? Will he call me a liar? Will he say good bye to me when I tell him the truth? Oh God! What have I done? I could have said the truth at the beginning itself. How am I going to face Sam, yes my Sam, the one and only man who ever understood my feelings? ” everyone was sleeping that midnight, but Mona was suffering from insomnia. Her mind was asking her so many questions about the dawning day. “He said he truly loves me and wanted me to give him an answer tomorrow. But am I really worthy enough of receiving his love? How can I tell him “I love you too, not from the moment you expressed your love, but from the moment itself you introduced yourself.” But will he accept me if I tell him that I’m just 14 not 18? Just a lie, a simple lie, will it break our relationship? Her confused mind kept her awake. Mona is just 14, the one and only sister of three older brothers. She was the pet of her dad, and the princess of her mom. She had a nice family. She loved them, yet she hated the way they treated her. Yes according to them she was still a kid and they cared for her a lot. “Why don’t they understand I’m not a child anymore? I’m 14, I’m a teenager and I’m mature enough to understand the world...” This was her daily moaning to herself. When she asked to go out with friends, when she wanted to go to tuition classes alone like her brothers they would simply reply, “Mona you are just 14 and you are still a kid”. She hated it, and wished she could turn 18 or 19 like her cousins to enjoy life. As she never wanted anyone to treat her as a kid she joined Face Book as an 18 year old girl though the other information was true. She was happy that her brothers were not on FB. And there she had met Sam, yes “Handy Prince Sam” as his profile mentioned. First they were friends, then started to chat, then shared many things, he was nice according to her and as the days passed by, she understood that she had fallen in love with him, as he had told Mona he was the only son to rich parents, just 22, a Muslim, lived in Canada and having a good job and moreover in the photos he had sent her, he was really handsome, handsome for her eyes. At last she had got a message from his, actually the message she was yearning to receive, “Dearest Mona, I love you very much, what do you say? Not urgentgimmeme an answer tomorrow. But if you don’t like me please don’t hate me, let’s remain as friends forever” - A heart yearning to become your sweet heart- “ Though she was over the moon seeing the message, a guilty feeling started to invade her, the guilt of lying, yes lying about her age, she feared that he would hate her for her lie. That is the secret that pushed her to insomnia. The chat window showed that Sam was online, “Dearest Sam, I do love you a lot, but please pardon me because I told you a lie, I’m just 14 not 18, Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease don’t hate me Sam, you are my life, Please understand me. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!! - A soul craving for your apology and love”- Reluctantly and in between thousand of sorrows and millions of expectations she pressed “Enter”…….. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SCREEN……………….. “hey dude see this da, hehehe she has fallen in our trap” hearing the voice of the boy who was sitting in front of the screen 3,4 boys who were in that tiny, filthy room surrounded him. Their appearance and the silly styles showed that the word “Decency” is much far from their dictionary. “Oopz, so she is just 14 huh? I thought we have trapped a flower, but it seems it is still a bud” a dark boy said. “Come on mate who cares what it is, already there are lots of flowers in our trap, so this time lets sing another song." "Cool da!” the boy near the screen chuckled showing his buck tooth. “So, so, what is next? As usual demanding for the photo? Or to fix a place for dating? What shall we reply huh?” he asked again. “Say like this “Dear Mona, I’m sorreeee tooooooo. Actually the only thing I was frank with you was with my age.” Tell her that truth her heart will be “DUM” in to pieces. What a funny coincidence, our one and only truth and her one and only lie were on the same matter” One among the boys (?) imitated in different tones and the rest burst out with laughter. “Dear guys I’m soreeeee tooooooo. If you get to know the truth your heart will also “DUM” into pieces. What a funny coincidence you think you trapped her, but truly I have trapped you. Ha Ha Ha!!” this time a cruel voice also burst with laughter though none of them heard it. Poor little girl Mona restlessly kept starring at the chat window wondering what the reply she was going to get from the one and only man she loved more than her life, not even knowing that someone was laughing behind her thinking that he had succeeded in his mission of trapping people. This not a true story, but this is not an untrue story either, because most probably, even at this moment, somewhere a Mona would be chatting with a Sam… ***************************** Dear sister, Don’t let yourself to be trapped by a Handy prince Sam, save yourself for your Halal Prince Charming. Before trusting someone completely make sure if they are really worthy of receiving your trust. Be thankful for the care shown by your parents, because there are many orphans yearning for it. But now itself make sure that YOU are not a Mona but a true Muslimah.