"Is it not possible?" She thought and sighed.
Why was her life soo difficult? Was not she worthy to be happy? Cherished? Loved? Protected?

But it seems, that destiny had some other plans. Shuffling her pen in between her diary, she closed it.

Breathing heavily, she paced back and forth in her room. This walls usually suffocate her. Alot.

A sharp knock on the wooden door brought her down to earth, flinching at the knock, she gathered herself to unlock the door.

She peeked outside and saw her younger brother, she smiled a bit and welcomed him inside.

"Pack your stuff, mom wants you to visit Nisa's house" he said rolling his eyes. The spoilt brat he is.

She nodded with excitement. The only excitement she had was with Nisa's parents after her death.

"Aren't you coming along with me?" She asked innocently yet softly. Rooh was always a soft person.

Her brother, Sahil the most arrogant and rude kid. Scoffed and said, "i am not interested into this shitty things. Just pack your stuff and get lost! Atleast we can have some peaceful moments with your absence!" He spatted making her heart sank.

She had two younger twin brothers. Sahil and Iman. Gulping down the hardest lumb form in her throat, she nodded meekly.

She was not valued. Here.

Packing her stuff in a small beg, she made sure to carry her shawl.

Carrying her small beg, she stroll downstairs and looked at her family, who were having breakfast.

"Rooh have your breakfast" said her mother smiling politely at her. Rooh nodded and sat down gulping nervously.

"Meet me once you finish with breakfast? Yeah?" Asked her father. She nodded looking down at her plate.

Her parents departed back to their stuff, leaving her alone on the dinning area.

She had her breakfast. Her heart was beating aloud. She tried to wipe away uneasiness that she felt inside her chest. Her heart or someone's heart that was beating in her chest was creating a mess.

Meanwhile Iman entered the dinning area, ignoring her like she was not present there he poured orange juice for himself.

"Did you skip school today?" She asked confusingly.

"Non of your matter, stay out of it!" He spatted and went upstairs.

She sighed and done with breakfast she stood up forgetting, that she just had a heart surgery and she should be careful. She felt a sharp pain in her chest, groaning and yelling loudly her trembling form hits the ground.

She recited the kalma and her eyes felt heavyweight, drowing her into dizziness.

Her family rushed to hospital. Where Neziha, (Nisa's mother) along with Rehab, (Nisa's brother) and Ruhaan came instantly.

Ruhaan was emotionaless. He just had lost his love of life. He was broken to see Neziha, his phuphi crying wrenching his heart. His best buddy, Rehab isolated himself.

And here lays her unconscious form attached to various machines. Her father sighed.

No that anyone cares.

Neziha was praying for her well being.

Rehab, who had isolated himself, was now seething in anger with an arrest warrant against Rooh's father.

"I can explain!" Spatted her father.

"You don't own me a word!" Rehab said seething in anger.

"Beti ke badle beti!" Neziha said announcing gaining their attention. Rehab looked at her with widened eyes.

"Mom! What are you saying?!" He said unbelievingly.

"I need to have a word with you Rehab" Neziha said being firm at her decision.

Rehab gave a nod, "mom..

"Not a word Rehab, I already lost your father and sister. Now I can't lose Rooh, she is the only one keeping her promise with Nisa. Aren't we supposed to be her strength instead of blaming her for the sin she never committed?" Neziha whispered with tears rolling down her eyes.

She loves Rooh like Nisa.

"What your exactly want!?" Rehab said being frustrated now.

"It was Nisa's last wish to get Ruhaan married to Rooh" she whispered smiling faintly at Rooh's unconscious form.

"And you think Ruhaan will agree? You think his dumb? Mom?" Rehab said shaking his head, unbelievingly.

"Consider it as my last wish too" she said and moved out of the lobby.

Rehab pinched his nose, this situation has messed up his mind. He rubbed his face and looked around to find Ruhaan.

He dialled his no, "Haan, mom wants you here"

"Coming" Ruhaan whispered in his hard voice. And marched inside the hospital as he was sitting in his car.

"Now what?" He spatted not being interested in any such conversations, that will lead him to outburst his emotions.

"Book your and Rooh's flight, you are going back to your parents" Neziha said patting his shoulder.

Ruhaan stared at her face and shooked his head, a dry chuckle escaped his lips. He laughed until tears formed in his eyes.

"You think I my whole existence is a joke to you phupho?" He whispered with betrayal look.

"Marry Rooh, consider it as my last wish" she said cupping his cheeks.

He frozed at his spot.

"I won't!" He whispered shaking his head with his jaw clenched.

"It was Nisa's last word! Don't u remember?" Neziha said frowning.

"Ofcourse I remember, but you can't force me into this! Its my life!!" He said breathing heavily.

Meanwhile the nurse updated them that Rooh was now awake.

Neziha was the first one to check upon Rooh, Rooh smiled at Neziha, Neziha shared a motherly hug and caressed her cheek.

"Apna dhayaan nhi rakhti na?" She asked admiring her face. She could see Nisa.

"Hu....hum.. theek h" Rooh managed to whispered.

Meanwhile Rooh's mother came forward saying, "humse galti huyi h Sartaaj E Begum, ap jo saza dengi hume manzur h" she said bowing her head down.

"Rooh ab humari zimedari h" Said Neziha with a stern look.

"Badle me kuch pese..." said Rooh's father. The audacity he had!

Neziha threw bundle of notes. Rooh's heart clenched at the situation. She could see how much hate was clear on Ruhaan's and Rehab's face!

"Rehab book Ruhaan and Rooh's flight" Neziha said making Rehab nod, unwillingly.

Rooh shivered at Ruhaan's emotionless face.

After a while, when everyone left. Rehab stayed behind in her room.

She had no courage to face him now.

"Me tume kya smjhta tha Rooh or tum kya nikli! Shakal se masoom or asliyat!?" Rehab said shaking his head with pure rage, venom present in his words.

Rooh just stared her hands. She had nothing to say. Or maybe she could say?

The night was passed with heavy heart, Rooh couldn't sleep. Everything kept rotating in her mind.

She looked at her chest that had a large scar of heart surgery. She kept her hand on her heart, "isse acha toh me marr jati, Ap aaj yaha hoti Nisa appi" she murmured.

Meanwhile a nurse came to check upon her. Rooh politely asked her to help her to washroom. She agreed as she saw how rudely everyone was with her.

"Ap ko zyda chlna nhi h, araam araam se kadam rkhna thik h?" Said the nurse.

Rooh nodded.

"Zyda tezz chalne se marr jaungi?" Rooh asked in a whisper.

The nurse stared her face & said, "mout toh tab hi aati hena jab upar wala chahe"

Rooh nodded and layed down.

The harsh entrance of Ruhaan in her room made her and the nurse flinched.

Ruhaan gave her a hard look and forwarded his phone to her.

"Enter your details!" He said in his rough, dominating and hard voice.

Rooh shivered badly, she managed to type her details while booking a ticket to his country!

"You don't need to worry, I will manage and won't bother you anymore" she whispered.

He raised his eyebrows at her, mocking her, "and the audacity you have saying this after all what you did to me and my family!!"

"You can hate for me that,.. but I was not the actual culprit " she said pushing away her tears. She was not the actual culprit!! Why the hell no one wants to understand.

"Hate you? I LOATHE YOU!! WITH EVERY FIBRE OF MINE. I LOATHE YOUR EXISTENCE!" he spatted shattering her heart. And dashed out.

A sharp pain she felt in her chest and clenched her fist near her heart. The pain was unbearable.

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