"Do pal ruka khwaabo ka karwaan... Aur phir chal diye tum kaha ham kaha..."😭

Past continues..

Sid was so angry on them that he refused to marry the girl instead he told them about Shehnaaz. They straight away rejected her saying that she belonged to a different caste and moreover she was a Punjabi too. He threatened them that they would lose their son but they did not pay any heed to it. The family pressurized him reminding of Veer's (his elder brother) deeds and gave him swear of their family to forget the girl. But he had made up his mind to return back to Canada...to his love... his Sana who was a moonlight in his otherwise dark life from past 2 years. On the day of his return, his grandpa suffered a heart attack and was immediately rushed to the hospital. No matter how much insensitive his family was but he still loved them with all his heart. His grandpa was taken to the ICU and the doctor had informed them that though it was a minor attack but the family should refrain from giving him any further stress. His grandpa wished to see him and his heart pained to see so many wires attached to his already frail body. He at once rushed to him, his eyes pooling with tears. Taking Sid's hand, he had asked for a promise that he would forget that girl. He was shocked hearing this and slowly removing his hand walked towards the door. He suddenly heard loud beeping of the machines and turned back to see his grandpa breathing heavily. He pressed the bell to call the doctors and sat besides him.

His grandpa was continuously asking him the same thing but he was trying to avoid it. But his grandpa didn't budge, atlast having no choice and seeing his condition Sidharth agreed with a heavy heart. After sometime when the chaos settled, he realised the impact of his words but he knew what he had to do further. Once he was discharged, Sid had smartly asked his grandpa to fulfill his only wish to which he agreed happily. He informed them the family that no girl could take Sana's place in his life and that he would never get married. Every day he remembered her and whipped himself as a punishment for hurting and ditching her. He therefore turned alcoholic to forget the pain and betrayal she would be suffering because of him.

Life is really unpredictable at times. Sometimes it gives you so much that you can't thank it enough but at the same time it is capable of robbing your most precious thing. But this is how life is and Sid knew that his life had taken a brutal turn. Though he tried to fight, eventually he bowed down to it.

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He broke out of the thoughts with his manager's call. He informed him that the lawyer had agreed to talk on their behalf and that she is on her way to their office. He took his car keys and drove off to his office too. As he entered, Sid felt a similar gush of wind pass through him as if she was here but he chose to ignore it as he was feeling nostalgic about her especially today. He shook his head and stepped in his office, met his manager to sum up the last minute preparations. They entered the conference hall and he saw a lady who was facing her back to him. The manager told him that she was their temporary lawyer and he went to thank her for her help but the principal entered the conference hall hence he got seated thinking that he would thank her later. The manager started introducing the persons present in the conference hall. Sidharth was busy in his file when suddenly he heard his manager saying her name.

Manager - This is Shehnaaz Malik our temporary lawyer.

His head shot up hearing her name and he was constantly looking at her without taking his eyes off her. She was smiling to each and every one there but he can tell it was not reaching her eyes. She had not seen him yet and then his manager called out his name and it didn't take her much time to spot him. Shehnaaz saw him staring at her and she scanned his face and realised that he has grown his beard which gave him a manly look. The photo she had of his was the one with light stubble but that was 13 years back. His face was more rugged now and his eyes. For once seeing them a chill ran down her spine, she was least expecting him to be her client. Her secretary had called her about an urgent client and so she asked her to mail the details but the client's name was just Mr. Shukla written so she didn't pay much attention to it. She saw his eyes were cold and blank again. Their eyelock was broken when the manager told her to start the meeting. She reluctantly got up and started about the legal procedures and that Sidharth has submitted all the legal documents and the required permissions for the land. The case was already in favour of Sidharth, the principal was just being a hindrance inorder to get some private gains. All the while his eyes were fixed on her never leaving a second to appreciate her after 11 long years. She had changed completely she had short hair till her shoulders earlier but now they reached till waist. Her eyes were blank the eyes which were once full of innocence, full of life. She had changed her dressing style too. He chuckled at the change in her she always wore western dresses she hardly wore Indian dresses on festivals but he had always liked her in Indian wear and now she is now dressed in a saree with minimal make up with just a kajal and a lip gloss just the way he liked...

His thoughts were broken when his manager called him to talk about some payments issue. He walked towards her taking small steps and she thought as if he was taking to come to her. Shehnaaz looked down... she was suddenly feeling conscious her cheeks coloured up and she was feeling like a teenager in love all over again and started to remember their moments and then she recalled the memory that he was married and he was no longer his. Her eyes welled up at this realisation. She looked up at him and he stood in front of her. They both suddenly wanted the world to stop only two of them no one else. The shrill sound of her phone broke their moment it was from her home..

Shehnaaz - Yaa baby, what happened?

Shehzaan - Maa, Sidhvi is not feeling well. She is crying like hell. Please come fast.

Shehnaaz - Okay... I am coming take care of her till then... I am on my way.

She hurriedly cut the call, raised her head only to see his questioning eyes. She ignored him and spoke to his manager...

Shehnaaz - You just pay the amount in my account. Take the details from my secretary. I am sorry for the inconvenience.

She ran away as quickly as possible she looked back and gave him a last glance. She sat in her car and drove off. He was still looking at the entrance taking in her retreating form and again confirming to himself whether she was really here or not.

Manager - Sir, the payment which Shehnaaz Malik demanded. Should we pay it or should negotiate with her?

Shehnaaz MALIK, it took him sometime to digest the new name. She was married now. he call maybe Shehzaan is her husband's name and the way she panicked maybe something is not well. If she is married she would be having kids too. Suddenly a lump formed in his throat with the thought of her becoming someone else's. A pang of jealousy shot in his heart as he remembered how he always told her that she is his only. But their life had taken irreversible turns never to get back straight on the track. He smiled at the irony of his destiny but he deserved that whatever he had done with her was neither forgettable nor forgivable.

It was late at night he was sitting in the bar heavily drunk the flashes of their moments together, him seeing her today and her talking with her husband all played in his mind. The bar owner told him that the bar has to be closed now it was then he picked up his coat and a beer bottle, sat in the car and drove aimlessly on the lonely roads in the outskirts of the city. It suddenly started to rain heavily and the images on the road became blurred and then his car hit a wall and then all his memories turned blank.

"Mom we both are really sorry it's just that Sidhvi was missing you and you know I cannot refuse her so we faked a plan and called you."  both the children looked at their mother with sorry written on their faces.

She reached home immediately after Shehzaan's call but she was shocked to find Sidhvi all fine and they told that it was just their plan. She was really angry at them for lying to her and since then she was not talking to them. She was not angry on them but on the loss of chance to see him ever again. She choked at the thought and only his face was coming in his mind. His changed personality was worrying her.

Wasn't he happy with his wife? Would he be having kids? Why his eyes looked so sad?

All these questions were popping in her mind. Her babies called her and she told them that she has forgiven them and put them to sleep...

She changed into her night dress and sat near the window sipping her coffee when she heard the sound of something wrecking outside her bungalow's compound. She went down to look at the person and give him piece of mind. She opened the gates only to see that the car has crushed on her beautiful shrubs. She opened the car door and the sight made her heart twist in pain. Sid was heavily drunk and unconscious. She shouted Sidharth and patted his cheeks but he was not responding. She called the security guard for help and took him inside the house. With great difficulty she brought him to her bedroom, his clothes were soaked in rain and before he could catch a cold she decided to change his clothes but she hesitated as she has no right on him now but then seeing him in this state made her go mad at his wife for being so much careless towards him.

"I don't know what happened to him. Never ever he touched alcohol and now. I don't care whether he is married or not. I have a right on him"

Sana removed his shirt and got another shock. His whole body was covered with whipping marks. What has he gone through to make him do such things to himself? She made him sleep on the bed after changing him into his tracks of 13 years back. She always wore them and slept whenever she remembered him. She saw the whip marks some were dried while some of them were still fresh. She took the first aid kit and applied ointment on it. She saw him flinching when she did that and tears flowed endlessly from her eyes seeing him in this state. She moved away from the bed but he caught her hand and murmured Shehnaaz's name in the sleep. She just laid down besides him taking his arm and slept on it him like they did when they were together...

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