Fawaz's mouth fell open. Why the hell is Maha referring herself as Kiah? And who the hell is Kiah?

'What are you saying? Don't you know me? I am F....' just as he was about to give her details an elderly man came in between

'Kiah' he said and Maha turned around smiling at the man, Fawaz looked at the man. He is dressed in a formal wear with a black round glasses and looked like a very educated and classy man.

'Dad...' she said happily.

Dad? Maha's dad was dead, then from where did her dad come. Fawaz looked at the man closely, he is sure he hasn't seen this man before. Then who is he? And why is Maha referring him as her father?

To add to his confusion, two little boys came bouncing excitedly with the old man, they are dressed in little black tuxes and looking adorable. Maha looked at them and smiled even widely. The boys rushed to her

'Ice cream' one of the boys said excitedly. Fawaz noticed that the boys are twins and appear to be roughly about four-five years of age.

'Relax, Faheem, Majid...you both will get your ice creams...'

'I want mango' one jumped

'And I want chocolate' the other jumped as well. Maha handed them their bowls and the boys jumped on spot eyeing the bowl excitedly.

'Here you go.' She smiled looking at them lovingly.

Fawaz just stared at them confused, then Zeeshan walked up to them

'Hey, Fawaz. Meet Dr. Zubair' Zeeshan said introducing Fawaz to the old man. Fawaz grabbed his friend's hand taking him to the corner, Dr. Zubair and Kiah watching them.

'Dude, what is Maha doing with that doctor?' Fawaz asked irritated

'Maha?' Zeeshan asked confused, Fawaz rolled his eyes pointing at the girl standing next to Zubair.

Zeeshan frowned 'she looks like Maha, but dude how is she so calm after seeing you?' he asked a sensible question.

Fawaz turned to look at Maha, she appeared calm and in fact happy. Has she moved on? Even if she has yet her expressions, her body language, why was it so unnatural? Her reflex should have given it away.

And who are these kids with her? And why is she referring to Dr. Zubair as her dad? So many questions running through his head and only she could answer them.

But first, he must convince himself that she is Maha and not some duplicate, emotionally he is 100% sure she is his Maha but logically he wants to convince himself.

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For the rest of the party, Fawaz kept a close watch on her, waiting for a chance to get her alone so that he could clear his doubts. She always seemed to be surrounded by girls, unlike Maha who had always been a loner she seems to be comfortable with the crowd. This creates a doubt in his mind, does Maha have a twin? Of course, that is not possible because Mrs. Shah would have mentioned otherwise.

At one point, she turned twisting her ankle, she is about to fall but Zubair, her Dad, held her shoulder making her steady

'Oh God' she winced in pain

'Come here' Zubair said leading her to a nearby chair, Fawaz followed them careful of not being spotted.

'Dad, I think I twisted my ankle' she said, her eyes squeezed shut.

'Don't worry, Beta' her father assured her.

He slowly lifted her saree up to her ankle and gently massaged it. She winced in pain. Fawaz frowned noticing something glittering around her ankle. He tiptoed moving closer to them, he hid behind a curtain. A bright smile appeared on his face as he recognized the thin golden anklet around her ankle.

It is the same he had presented her on her birthday, ditto. There is no doubt now in his mind that she is not Maha, she is indeed Maha. His Maha. But then one question arose in his head, why is she behaving so indifferently, like a stranger?