"No! She came along with me." I chuckled remembering the incident. 

### Past ###

It was night and Sana was cuddling into me, like always. I was putting words together, how to frame it into sentences? I needed to put in such a way that she gets convinced, which seemed next to impossible. 

I slowly caressed her hair, "sweetheart I need to tell you something." She raised her head on listening to it. Her innocent eyes staring into my nervous one. "Baby, I will have to attend a meeting in Delhi so I will have to leave tomorrow. You should stay with Sara and mom." I put it in the best way possible. 

"No you won't go anywhere," she cuddled more into me on listening to it. Hiding her face into my chest, her arms tightened around my shoulder as if just holding me close to herself. 

"Sweetheart, try to understand, I will have to leave. You can watch films with Sara and mom will make delicious food for you. You love food made by her, right? You told me." I was trying hard to convince her up. 

"I don't want food nor I want to watch the film. I just want you." She whimpered, I just caressed her hair. Thought it was better to stay mum, she was adamant to listen to me. She soon drifts into a deep slumber, I tried to lose her grip but it was tight enough. I gave a peck on her forehead, why was she so stubborn? 

I brushed off the hair from her face and planted a kiss on her nose. She made some faces even in her sleep as she felt a ticklish feeling. I bite my lower lip with my teeth to suppress my laugh. She looked so adorable. 

//

The next day, I got up early and had all set to leave. The only work left was to convinced Sana, I had called Sara for it. As she could put it in a better way, as she was experienced enough how to handle such a situation. 

"Sara, what took you..." I trailed off, her face had turned pale. She had a dark circle around her eyes, she was avoiding eye contact from me. "Are you fine? What you have made of yourself?" I hold her shoulder, forcing her to look at me. 

"Nothing... I turned out busy so deprived of sleep." She gave an excuse and diverted her gaze. 

"You're lying! What's the matter?" I persisted her, she gazed at me once. At that moment I saw helplessness underlying in it. That confirmed to me that she was in a mess but soon she faked a smile. 

"I am fine, Sid. What will be the matter with me?" She looked away, "Sana how are you?" She was trying to change the topic. I didn't let her leave. 

"I want my answers," I growled at her.

"Sara you came," Sana moved towards us and I had to let Sara off. "How much I missed you. Why didn't you come yesterday? You know, Kullu watched a movie with me." Sana was sharing it out with Sara. My gaze fixed on Sara who times and again was glancing at me. 

"Sana baby! Your breakfast is ready." The maid called her out and Sana moved from there. 

I was again going to start with my interrogation when Sara halt me. "Sid we can talk about me some other days. You just tell me why you called and told its urgent?" She questioned getting curious. 

I let out of frustrated breathe, "I need to attend a meeting in Delhi for that I will have to leave today. Sana is not ready to listen so I need your help." It stunned her and I got perplexed seeing her reaction. What was wrong with her? 

"Why you need to go? I mean... why don't you send Kiran? She needs you, Sid." Coming something like this from Sara was exceptional. She knew how professional, I was. She never questioned or stopped me before attending any meeting. 

"Why you want me to do so? You never asked me something like this before." I gave her a suspicious gaze. 

"Because earlier you didn't have Sana in your life. Why are you taking it so lightly? You can't stay away from her, why you're not getting it?" She got exasperated and I found it strange. 

"It's the matter of three days, you are behaving as if I am abandoning her from my life." I gave a chuckled for which she just stood blank. 

With that conversation, she moved towards Sana. She took a seat beside her, I moved towards them still been baffled seeing Sara's changed behavior. 

"Sana don't you think that we can enjoy each other company. Why you need Sid beside you?" She started the conversation, that made Sana anxious. Her bright face suddenly turned pale. "I know you will miss him but I will call him up whenever you ask me. He needs to go for the work, he needs to attend the meeting or the clients will scold him up. Do you want that to happen?" Sara was putting it out well, it seemed that Sana was convinced. 

"I don't want Kullu to get any scolding." Sana frowned while I smiled thinking that the problem was solved. "But I will go along with him," with that my face fell, she was not convinced at all. 

"No!" Sara yelled listening to it. "You won't go anywhere," she blurted out making me more suspicious of her. She peeped at me and tried to handle herself, "I mean why you will go along with him? Sid just cancels the plan, please don't go." Sara pleaded, I turned dazed for a second. 

Why was she behaving in such a way? "Sara will you speak up! What's the matter? You're scaring me, Sara?" I tried to question her once again but she again ignored my gaze. 

"I will just say that do listen to me once. Please don't go anywhere, my gut feeling is saying so." I was not convinced of her reason. She was lying and her eyes were telling it. 

"You don't want to speak the truth. Then I too won't listen to you, I am going to take Sana along with me as you don't want it to happen." I turned adamant, she infuriated me. I wanted her to spill out the beans. 

After my warning too, Sara didn't disclose the matter which was troubling her up. Soon we made our way to Delhi, in my car. More than twenty-four hours had been passed in the car, we reached Delhi on a ninth day that too at night. Both were feeling exhausted after such a long journey. 

Sana soon drifted into sleep as we laid on the bed. Sleep was far away from my eyes, I was just staring at her beautiful face. My journey had turn less exhausted due to her company, she was continuously blabbering on some or other things. It amazed me that how come a person speaks so much? I chuckled on my thought, that only my moti could do. I slowly caressed her cheek with my thumb. She had thought me so many things, a pinky promise that was something unique. I locked my tiny finger with her. 

"I promise that I will always think about your happiness above mine," I whispered to her, she was in deep slumber to listen to me. 

I entangled her hand with mine, the way she did when she needed my attention. I was feeling an unknown feeling at the moment, I was craving for her attention at the moment. The question which was troubling her from so many days was the question in my mind. "Would you leave me, moti?" I asked her out but didn't get any response from the other side. I just closed my eyes not allowing myself to overthink and just enjoy her presences beside me. 

//

I attended the meeting early in the morning before Sana woke up. I was back in the hotel when I found her watching something on the tv. I shook my head, Sara had made her addicted to television that brought me to think about the matter Sara was hiding from me. I would confront her once I reached back to Mumbai. 

"Moti get ready! We are going back home." That made her jump from the bed and rush and hug me. She was so pleased to listen that she would be back with Sara and mom. She had missed them so much during these two days. I hold her through her waist, that feeling was troubling me from last night. I didn't want to let her go. She was giggling in my arms been pleased with the news. Musting up courage I loosen my grip on her, "now you will have to get ready." 

Helping her in dressing up, we moved out of the hotel. As we were going to take the highway when Sana whined. "Kullu you said you will bring chocolate for me." I bite my tongue on listening to it. It got out of my mind, she turned gloomy. 

"Moti, I forgot it but I will bring it just now." That said I took a u-turn, I couldn't upset her up. I parked the car in a market area. "Don't you move out of the car," instructing her I was going to move out of the car when the handkerchief of hers fall from my pocket as I removed the wallet. 

"It's my handkerchief," she beamed seeing it. I had not returned it as I felt to keep it with myself but after seeing her grinning. I gave it back to her. 

"You're handkerchief," I handed it to her. Pressed a kiss on her forehead for much longer closing my eyes, she closed her eyes too. She slowly wrapped her hand around my back and planted a kiss on my chest. 

"Kullu, come soon," she whispered in my chest. I nodded my head, slowly opening my eyes. 

  I gave a kiss on her cheek "and don't you move out." Instructing her for the last time, I moved out. My heart was feeling heavy for some unknown reason and I was trying to find the reason behind. On my way to the store, I glanced at her twice and found her busy with the handkerchief, that moved inside the store which was already crowded. 

It took to be around fifteen minutes due to the crowd. I was feeling anxious as the time was passing by as I had kept Sana alone in the car. Done with it, I rushed out and from a distance, I didn't found Sana in the car. That got me startled, I ran towards the car and opened the door no was on the passenger seat, nor the back one. 

Where was Sana? I was feeling restless. I moved my gaze on the surrounding, the whole road was filled with people. Did someone kidnap her up? Then anyone from the crowd would have seen it. Where was she?

 "Moti!" I yelled loudly, I was yelling like insane in the middle of the road. I was feeling devastated, as someone stabbed me. The fear which she was feeling, which I was having had turned true. She left me or I left her was the question? 

### Past end ### 

I wiped a tear which was threatening to move out, I fled a hand on my knuckles. I glanced at Preeti di, who was too having tears in her eyes. 

"Didn't you complain to the police station?" Neetu di asked getting curious. 

"After searching her in the everyone corner of the market, I finally had decided to reach to police when I got a call and it broke me apart." I started narrating about the call. 

### Past ### 

I had put the engine to life when my cell ranged and I picked it up. It was Raghav, I answered it. I needed to talk to him, I needed someone to share my pain with. I was feeling shattered at the moment, I was feeling as I was left all alone. 

"Hello!" I was going to continue but Raghav was so excited to even listen to me. He was delighted to share something with me. 

"Sid, buddy you were right. You said that I would get my Shehnaaz back and got her man. I got her! You just don't know how content, I am feeling at the moment. I needed you beside me buddy, how much do I wish I was in  Mumbai. I am missing you, buddy." He was all cheerful, I had a sad smile. I couldn't be happy in his happiness, as he might have got his peace but I lose mine. 

"I am missing you too buddy, I too hope you were beside me." I signed saying it, I didn't want to ruin his mood. Let him enjoy his happiness. "Raghav I will call you back, need to attain a meeting." I wanted to hang it up, or if I talk a second more he would sense my inner turmoil. 

"You're fine? Sid, why are you sounding so off? You want to speak something up, Sid?" He prompted me to talk. 

"I lost her man, I lost my moti." With that I hanged the call, I needed to dwell in my grief. I needed to turn strong, I needed to find her up but at that moment a question arose in my brain. 

"Shehnaaz... moti... Sana..." I muttered, was it merely a coincidence that she came in my life when Raghav was searching for Shehnaaz and I lost her when Raghav got Shehnaaz back, was I over-analyzing it? 

I was lost in my thoughts when my cell rang again this time it was Sara. I knew that I would get all my answers from her. I answered the call, "Sid are you fine? I mean... Sana, how? Why?" She hesitated to speak up clearly. 

"How you got to know about Sana? I didn't inform you about her, Sara don't you dare to lie. You knew about it, right? You did!" The truth which I knew was a reality but there was underlying hope that it should turn out to be my overthinking. 

"I had no other option left, Sid. I had known that you hold feeling for her when you turned so mad on seeing her eating that mud. You were always protective for people in your life but that state of feeling helpless on deciding to move her away from your life gave me confirmation. The reason I decided to make you realize your mistake by moving Sana away from your life. You did understand her importance and at that particular moment I got the call, bro called me up. Informing that they got traces of Shehnaaz in India. She had come over here along with her friend, reason till unknown. He sent me a photo so I could help her out with the finding that made me know that it was Sana. I would have told him that she is with us if it was not for his last words. The words that from this separation he realized his feelings, that he feels for her. That made me shatter down, you two were feeling for the same girl." She was sobbing while confessing it to me. 

"You knew it and you still didn't let me know about it? How could you play with our feelings, Sara? How could you turn so foolish?" I was stunned to listen to her confession, how could she act so immature? 

"It was not foolishness, Sid. I knew what outcomes would land to. I couldn't share it with you, I knew how difficult it was for you to invest in someone. I knew how scared you were when you realized that unknowingly you had started having feelings for her. Neither I could tell it out to Raghav, he had lost the trust in love long back when he had seen our parents drifting apart. He always felt that love was just a useless thing in life and it just gives pain. A person like him telling me that he had fallen for someone, I didn't have the courage, to tell the truth. I am sorry, I am sorry for destroying your life Sid. I am sorry," she was weeping. 

"Your apology won't change the circumstance. Everything is finished!" With that I hanged the call, I knew she was guilty of hiding it up from me. She was not at fault but I couldn't forgive her either. If she might have shared with me then maybe the situation would be different. 

### Past end ###

"Damn! So much took place in your life and we were least aware of it?" Neetu di sounded stunned. "You fall for the girl whom Raghav is marrying to and you're here to attend the marriage." She gave me a disbelief look. 

"How much did I persisted him to talk once with Raghav about it," Sara grumbled, I just glared at her. Was she out of her mind? Does she realize what would be the outcome of it? 

"Do you even realize what are you blurting up? He would break the wedding if he gets to know about it. Do you think it will be ideal for anyone?" I scowled listening to her. "Moreover I had promised that I will always give moti her happiness and I am giving it to her." I trailed off when I again felt di's hand on mine. 

"So Sara was stopping you, people, as police were finding her up?" Neetu di gazed at Sara for questions. 

"No! They had least idea where Shehnaaz was as they had not got call from her. Nor her friend." Sara informed. 

"Strange! Navya too kept mum." 

"She might be got scared of finding Shehnaaz missing. Wait! Did Raghav told that Shehnaaz called him up?" Preeti di asked getting curious. 

"No Navya was the one who called. I remember he told me that he got a call from her friend that they are in Delhi. And informing that Sid was sounding sad, that's why I called him up." Sara informed. 

"One question still remains unanswered." Neetu di pointed out. 

"Which one?" Sara inquired. 

"How Shehnaaz recovered?" 

TO BE CONTINUED...

I hope the update is up to expectation, was feeling low after yesterday's news. Please take care of yourself and your loved ones. And do try to share the pain with others, don't keep it to yourself. And if you need someone to talk to I am always there. Just a pm away. 

EDITED: AFTER THIS THE STORY PART ARE EDITED NOT FULLY BUT TO A LITTLE BIT, CHANGING SOME SUBPLOTS BUT MAIN PLOT IS GOING TO STAY SAME.

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