Ananya's POV :-

Next Day..

"Good morning mom", i wished mom while entering kitchen.

"Good morning baccha, you woke up early? I thought you will sleep till late. You are not tired from traveeling baccha?", mom asked.

"I had proper sleep mom and I don't like to sleep till late", I said.

"Good morning beautiful ladies", dad wished us while taking his seat on the dinning table.

"Good morning dad",I wished him with a smile.

"Where is Karan, Ananaya? Is he still slepping?"dad asked me.

"No dad, he has gone to gym", I told dad.

"I should have guessed, he can leave anything in this world but not his gym", dad said with a smile.

"Good morning guys", Karan said while entering in the kitchen.

We all wished good morning to him and then mom and i placed breakfast on table.

"Ananya this is for you", dad said while giving an envelope to me.

"What is this dad?", I asked confused.

"This envelope had come few days back when you both went to New Zealand and this is from Armaan", dad said.

When I heared that I am shocked , I looked at Karan's face but it is blank. I took the letter and kept it beside me. Their is a complete silence on the table.

After the breakfast I went to my room and sat beside Karan.

"You read this I will be out", Karan said while moving out from the room.

"No Karan, please don't go out. I want to read this sitting beside you" I said while holding his hand.

Karan just nodded his head and sat beside me. I opened the envelope and started reading it.

Dear Ananya..
Congratulations for your wedding. I wish you a very happy married life. I wish god gives you and Karan all the happiness in the world.

You will be wondering why I wrote this letter to you now? Well their are many things which we have to clear out. Past 3 years were the worst 3 years of our life's. We all lost our happiness and smiles in this 3 years. Many relations have been broken and unknowingly we hurted each other very deeply.

I am extremely sorry for my behaviour on Rehana's death day. I feel guilty that I didn't let you see your best friend for one last time. This guilt is not letting me sleep. I don't know what had happened between you and Rehana on our anniversary day that broke the bond between two inseparable soul sisters. I asked this to Rehana many a times but she never told me. But whatever it was , Bury it in th past and start it fresh.

Ananya,I know Rehana has hurted you alot by her words even on her last day but the last name she took was yours. She had told me to say you sorry for the hurt which she had caused you for so many years. Whatever she told you on her last day was because she wanted you to hate her. I still don't know the reason for that but please forgive her. Her soul will only rest in peace when you will forgive her.

Ananya from the day you left from our life's ,nothing remained same. Rehana lost her smile and I lost my wife. Many a times I told her to talk to you but she only said no. I don't know why she didn't wanted to talk to you when she herself was suffering.

When we came to know about her cancer, even at that time I told her to talk to you , even she was ready for it but suddenly I don't know what has happened to her after we came back from Dr. Karan's hospital.

Ananya their is one more letter in that envelope which is written by Rehana. She told me to give you that when she will not be in this world. I don't know what she has written in that , but I think that letter will make you forgive you best friend, your soul sister.

Ananya I have a request, whenever you are free please come and meet Amaira. She wants to meet you. Whenever she sees yours and Rehana's photos she gets very happy. You won't believe but she calls you maa. Please come and meet us once, maybe I can get sleep at nights if you forgive me for the mistake or I must say a crime which I committed. Sorry for the times when I hurted you by my words or my actions and ya have a very happy life. Stay blessed.

                           Your's Armaan.
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As soon as I finished reading the letter I was sobbing. It was not only me who suffered , but it was two other souls as well who suffered equally with me. Karan took me in his arms and let me cry for sometime.

"Karan , I can't read Rehana's letter", I said while crying.

"You have to read it Ananya. You won't get your answers if you don't read it", Karan tried to make me understand.

"But..", I tried to say but he stopped me while keeping his finger on my lips.

"Take Ananya , read it", Karan said while giving the letter to me.

I opened the letter and started reading it.

Dear Ananya. .
If you are reading this letter , then it means I am very far away from you and your life.

How are you my bestie? I think now I don't have even that right of calling me as your bestie. Because best friends are those who trust each other , be with each other whatever the circumstances are and never ever hurt the other person whom they called their soul sister but I did all of this. I misunderstood you , I hurted you and left you broken.

Ananya that day when I saw you with Armaan ,I was drunk and whatever I told you that day was because of jealousy. You were perfect in everything Ananya and I was jealous about it. Whenever Armaan and I use to fight he would tell me why i can't be like you , a person who is very calm and understanding. Whenever he talked about you , I would see a different shine in his eyes. After I read your personal diary and came to know that you loved Armaan for 13 years ,i was surprised and angry as well. I didn't pay attention on it for some days but then when mine and Armaan's fights were increasing and I would see the admiration for you in his eyes I would go mad. I thought you are being good in front of him so that he will realise that he did a big mistake by marrying me and soon he will give divorce to me and move on with you. That day when I saw you with him in that room I was mad. I didn't know what i was speaking, all the jealousy which I had for you from so many days came out  that day.

When I thought about that night, after some days I realised I was wrong. In my jealousy i crossed my line. I forgot that i have hurted that person who thinks about others before thinking about her own happiness.

I thought many a times to ask for your forgiveness but then I didn't have strength to come in front of you. I was ashamed for what I did.  I punished you for the crime which you never committed. One fine day I agreed to Armaan's wish of talking to you. Armaan and I were coming to Mumbai and from Sourabh I came to know that even you are in Mumbai, so I thought I will  talk to you once I finish with my check up.

Their I meet Dr. Karan Parekh. The true gem of a person. On his mobile screen I saw your photo. It was a candid pick where you were smiling and Dr. Karan was looking at you with love and adoration in his eyes. Armaan had got some important call so he went out from Dr . cabin. Then I asked him about that photo.  He told me that he loves the girl in this photo. He talked to me about you. I could see the love in his eyes when he talked about you. He had that constant smile on his face while he was talking about you. He loved you alot Ananya and I was happy that my friend has  got a person in his life who will heal her scars and take away all the sadness out from her life. He even told me that he loves you alot but you don't consider him more then a friend.

That moment I decided that I am not going to meet you and ask for your forgiveness because if I did that then you will leave everything behind and forgive me. If you would have known about my cancer then you would leave your life and job and would come to my place for taking care of me which I didn't wanted.

Ananya once I even thought that before I die ,I should get you and Armaan married , so that you will get the love of your life and even Amaira will get a mother who will take care of her as her own mother but then I thought I am again being selfish. I am still thinking about the happiness of my family before your own happiness.

Ananya ,I never wanted you to be someone's second choice , I wanted you too be loved in the same way you loved Armaan. If you would get married to Armaan then I am sure he couldn't love you the way he loved me. Their would always be a comparison between you and me which I didn't wanted and after meeting Dr. Karan i became sure about my decision.

Ananya , if you are not married till date then please marry Dr. Karan. He loved you with all his heart and soul. Though I meet him only once but I can still say he is the best for you. Think this as my last wish and please marry him. Ananya for the last time do a favour on me...convince Armaan to get married and move on in his life. He has an entire life ahead of him and I don't want him to spend his life alone. You are the only one who can convince him for this so please do that for your died friend.

And lastly Ananya, I don't know how should I ask your forgiveness. I am ashamed of myself for doing all that to you. I hurted the most pure soul on this earth. They say what you sow that you ripe. See I hurted you and I got the punishment from god in form of cancer. Though I don't deserve your forgiveness but if it is possible then please forgive me. I am really really sorry for hurting you. I am the black spot in the name of friendship , no one deserves a friend like me.

Ananya move on in life and I wish for your happy future, I am looking at you all from the sky so always smile when you remember me. If you forgive me then please look at the sky and shout I forgive you Rehana so that my soul can rest in peace. I love you Ananya and I pray to god that I get you as my best friend , as my soul sister in all the births I take as a human.

Ananya tell Armaan and Amaira that I love them both a lot and never cry when they remember me. I want all of you to remember me with a smile and not with tears. Tell Armaan to move on and starts a new life. Ananya give Amaira the same love which you would give to your kids and tell her to be like you rather then her mom..

Forgive me Ananya and I love you the most in this world...

Your dead bestie
Rehana.
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I am sobbing would be an understatement. It was not only me who suffered but my best friend also suffered with me. Karan didn't leave my side even for a single second and let me cry for some time.

"Ananya stop crying now, see what Rehana has written she don't want you to cry,so smile",Karan said.

I just nodded my head and wiped my tears.

"Karan you never told me that you have confessed your love for me to Rehana?", I asked him.

"Oohh I actually forgot about it ,but you won't believe but when she asked me about you , I don't know why but I confessed my feelings to her about you. I don't know why I felt like confessing my feelings towards you to some stranger but I did", Karan said.

I just smiled and kept my head on his chest , while he is running his fingers in my hair.

"Ananya , did you forgive Rehana?", Karan asked.

"I was never angry on her , so their is no question of forgiveness but as she said she wants me to shout looking at her in the sky , I will do it so that her soul will rest in peace", I said looking at Karan.

We both went to the balcony and I shouted out loud that I forgive you Rehana and I love you from all my heart.

We came back in the room and sat on the bed.

"Karan , if you don't mind can I please go to Jhodhpur and meet Armaan and Amaira?", I asked with hesitance as I am not sure how will he react.

"Ofcourse Ananya you can go anywhere you like ,I am not the one to give you permission for anything you want to do", Karan said with a smile.

"And what about mom and dad? They may not like if I meet Armaan", I asked him.

"They will not say no as they love you alot and for them your happiness matters the most but if you are afraid to ask them then I will do that for you", Karan said.

"No need I will do that and I love you Karan", I said while kissing him on his cheeks.

He just smiled and then I went to mom and dad and told them that I want to go and meet Armaan. They happily agreed without asking any questions. They are the best in - laws any girl can get.

I went back to my room and booked a ticket for tomorrow morning to Jhodhpur.

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