Shehnaaz is glaring at both Asim and Vikas who are showering her their full teeth smile. 

“I said I am not going to treat it till I see my brother.” Shehnaaz says been determined making Vikas and Asim feel defeated. From past half an hour they are trying to convince her to treat her injured hand but she is not ready to listen. 

“You can go to meet your brother whenever you want but now for god sake listen to us.” Vikas pleads her giving a last try, she has badly injured her hand and it is necessary that she treats it. 

“I said that I won’t treat it means I won’t.” Shehnaaz in no mood to give up. What does they think of themselves? They can do whatever they want to? First, they put such a blame on her, then forceful brought her over here though she likes to be here but still and there her brother is all alone. She has no idea what they will do with him. 

“Sana don’t behave like a kid and do listen to us.” Asim says glaring her, how can she be so careless not even she is letting them know that how her hand condition became such? Nor is treating it. 

“I am not behaving like a kid but you all are. Asim Vikas have no knowledge but you know right that how dangerous they can be at times. I am not present over there; they will kill my brother.” Shehnaaz says her eyes almost moist. 

“Nothing like that is going to happen. They are just scaring you because they know for the sake of your brother life you will go to any extent. He is the only reason you’re listening to them and you think that they will do anything like that? They are not that stupid.” Asim says shaking his head in disbelief she still thinks that they will harm him. 

“I don’t know all that but I want to see him once. What if she does something with him?” Shehnaaz is sounding restless all kind of weird thoughts are coming in her mind. 

“But…” Vikas is going to say something when he finds Siddharth standing on the entrance of the room staring at Shehnaaz with a blank expression. 

“Sana for once leave your stubbornness and treat your hand.” Asim says getting annoyed with her stubbornness can’t she for once listen to him.

“Asim I said right…” she is going to speak but at that time her eyes lands on Siddharth and she becomes quiet. 

Vikas gives Asim, ‘we should take a leave’ look while Asim nodes not before glancing at Shehnaaz injured hand with a concern look. The moment they both moves out Shehnaaz look at Siddharth with a glare, “I am not going to listen to you too as you too were with them.” Saying so she turns her face but when hears a familiar voice, she turns again to face him with a jerk. 

She sees that Siddharth is holding his cell in which he has video call dadi who is speaking something, “we all know that you’re getting worried for your brother but you don’t have to worry about him. See,” she turns the phone in such a way that now she can see her brother who is laying on the bed with lots of machine surrounding him. “He is resting here peacefully so you don’t have to take tension. You just take care of yourself and here me and your dadu is there to take care of your brother. You know that dadu is a doctor and he come to look at him on daily basis so they can’t stop him from seeing him. And now on we can call you daily and you can see your brother daily.” She says making Shehnaaz to take the cell in her hand and almost cry seeing her brother. 

She has not thought that she will really be able to see him, “thanks a lot dadi due to you I will get to see my Shehbaaz daily. Thanks a lot.” She says wiping off her tears. 

“You should thank Siddharth beta and not me, it was his idea to make you talk to Shehbaaz like this.” Dadi’s this words makes Shehnaaz to look at Siddharth who is no where to be found but then she sees him sitting on the sofa in that room. “Beta if he is over there. Just give him the cell.” Dadi asks her and she nodes making her way towards the sofa and sitting beside him. 

He looks at her with one brow asking her what the matter. “Dadi wants to talk to you,” handling him the cell and she herself peeping from there. 

Siddharth smiles at dadi and she starts speaking on finding him on screen. “Thanks a lot beta it just because you and your friend that Sana is safe. Or they might have tortured her worse. I can’t thank you enough for the favor you have done on us, she maybe not be our real granddaughter but we always treated her like one. Thanks a lot.” She says wiping her tears off and before Siddharth can say anything Shehnaaz takes cell from him again. 

“How you said that I am not your real granddaughter? that Dumbo might not be your real grandson but I am your granddaughter, did you get that?” She says giving her a warning look while dadi nodes smiling. At that moment Shehnaaz eyes lands on the finger of dadi’s which is bandaged. “Dadi what happened to your finger?” She asks getting tense for her. 

“Finger?” She asks getting confused and then look at her finger, “this! I got hurt by cutting vegies. Now you’re not here to help me, so I have to help myself.” Smiling at her. 

“But that doesn’t mean that you cut your finger, where is dadu? I want to tell him to scold you as you will not listen to me. How can you be so careless?” Shehnaaz is scolding dadi. Siddharth is staring at Shehnaaz thinking, look who is talking? Who herself have not treated her hand and who has been all stubborn a moment ago. 

“Oh! Please don’t tell him, I have hide it from him. If he gets to know then he will kill be alive.” Dadi says in a fearful voice but in that fear too there as been love hidden in it. 

Shehnaaz smiles seeing her scared face but soon turns sad, “I am really sorry dadi, I am not there that’s why you got hurt but don’t worry from tomorrow I will come daily to help you with work. I know that in such age you’re not able to work properly but you don’t take tension as your Sana is there to help you.” Shehnaaz voice is filled with concern for dadi. Siddharth is just staring at her how can someone be so selfless? Her hand is injured but still she is promising her that she will come to help her with her work so that dadi don’t hurt herself. 

Auron Ko Toh Hardam Saaya Deta Hai 
Woh Dhoop Mein Hai Khada Khud Magar

“No! Beta you don’t need to take tension of me. I will manage myself.” Dadi tries to deny her but she is in no mood to listen. 

“I said that I will come and help you that is full and final and no more argument on this matter.” Shehnaaz says fully determined and dadi gives in. 

Soon she cuts the phone and then look at Siddharth smiling brightly but he is not even looking at her. “Siddharthhh… you’re the best.” Saying so she wraps her hand around his neck and rest her head on his chest, pressing a kiss on his chest. “I didn’t think that I will get to see my brother daily. You’re the best.” Saying so she raises her head and gives a kiss on his cheeks. 

“Shehnaaz move I want to go.” Trying to remove her hand from his cheek, she looks at him narrowing her eyes what is wrong with him? He is angry on her for not treating her hand still and been so stubborn. 

“Why? I am not going to leave.” She says hugging him tightly. 

“Leave me! I want to go and sleep.” Again, trying to remove her hand from him. 

“No! What’s wrong with you? Why you’re angry on me?” She says looking at him with a crying face. He gives her no answer but stares at her with stern look. “What I did? You simply get angry on me.” She says with a pout. 

“Yeah, you never do anything. I am only the one who do things.” Again, trying to move and my mistake push her injured hand away making her to hiss in pain. He first gets concerned and then glares her, “now will you treat it?” His voice serious but there is a hint of care laying in it. 

“Yeah, you never do anything. I am only the one who do things.” Again, trying to move and my mistake push her injured hand away making her to hiss in pain. He first gets concerned and then glares her, “now will you treat it?” His voice serious but there is a hint of care laying in it. 

She looks at her with a pout and then takes the first-aid kept on the side table in her other hand. She slowly opens the box and removes ointment from it. Trying to apply in her injured hand but after trying when she is not able to, she looks at him from the corner of her eyes. “Siddharthhh…” with that he shakes his head and takes that ointment from her and starts applying on her injured hand not even once looking at her. 

She is just giggling, Siddharth looks at her with stern eyes. “What? Why are you giggling?” 

“Because I am having a ticklish feeling.” Saying that she laughs out loud. Siddharth just shakes his head in disbelief. What is she even? Having a slight smile on his face. 

This entire view is seen by Dey who has come there to meet Shehnaaz but gets amazed seeing the way Siddharth is applying ointment in her hand. He has work with him from many years but this is first time he is seeing Siddharth been interested in someone. He moves towards the hall lost in his own thoughts.

“Hey, Dey where have you been?” Vishal calls him bringing him out of his thoughts and making him to move where all are present. 

“Just roaming over here. What you all are doing?” Dey asks them taking a sit on one of sofa. 

“Nothing just discussing about Siddharth changed behavior.” Madurima says giggling while Vikas shakes his head. 

“Come on! He is not at all change; you people are overthinking.” Rashmi says getting annoyed with the topic. 

“Rashmi we all know Siddharth from so many years and this changes are coming in a positive way in him. That’s good thing, he is smiling more often, I will hope that he stays like that.” Vishal says been happy for Siddharth. 

“Sometime smiles do have special reasons,” Vikas says having a mischievous smile on his face. 

“And why am I having a feeling that you know that special reason.” Madurima says giving him suspicious look. 

“I too feel the same.” Aarthi says giving him the same look but staring at Rashmi who is blushing listening to it. 

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Shehnaaz is resting her head in Siddharth chest, while he is sitting there closing his eyes. She slowly raises her head and caress his face slowly. 

“You know Siddharth I thought that I will never be able to come back on this set. Meet you all, never be able to talk to you.” She says been all sad and again resting her head on his chest, “after getting to know that I was going on set from so many months. Aunt was so angry on me she was not going to give Shehbaaz his dose but I requested her. She agreed but as my punishment of lying to her, she burns my hands with a frying pan. It was paining so much; I was screaming so loudly but there was no one to listen to me. Whole night I was crying but there was no one to wipe my tears.” Her eyes have turn moist by now and she wipes it off. Listening to her unknowingly Siddharth hands move towards her shoulder. Pulling her closer to him, listening to her imagining her pain and somewhere cursing himself that he has not been beside her at that moment.

 Slowly rubbing her shoulder, “shh! Its fine you’re no longer there.” Siddharth says making her to look at him. 

“My brother will be fine right? They won’t harm her right?” Shehnaaz asks getting worried for his brother. Siddharth nodes again closing his eyes, Shehnaaz too rest her head back on his chest. She has trust on him if he has said it nothing will happen to Shehbaaz. 

Siddharth knows what important her brother holds in her life, the person for him she chose to live in that hell. He doesn’t want her to land her there again and he wants to do some arrangement before the shoot get over and he has to leave Punjab. That thought itself is killing him, he never wanted to come over here but now he doesn’t want to leave this place. That what destiny does unexpected things at unexpected times. 

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Days have been passing by and slowly people in the set has been seeing the developing bond between Siddharth and Shehnaaz. Earlier they took it as a friendship but slowly people as been talking that there is something more to it. Some deny to it while some excepted. Unaware to all this things, Siddharth and Shehnaaz has been busy in their own world. 

Siddharth who has just completed a scene with Rashmi moves out in search of someone and finally finds Shehnaaz who has been busy clicking picture on his cell. Rashmi stares at him blushing hard as just now they have done an intimate scene. 

“Seems like that chemistry we see is not only reel but real too.” Aarthi says who also has been present over there. 

“Its nothing like that stop talking nonsense.” Rashmi says blushing harder. 

“Your blush is telling some other story. Rashmi I and you know very well that what you feel for him. Why don’t you tell him about your feelings?” Aarthi suggests her but she nodes in a negative manner. 

“I can’t Aarthi what if she says no?” Rashmi says getting scared. 

“What if he says yes? Why to think negative just think positive and confess it to him. Remaining we will see later; you have already wasted so many years now at least go and tell him.” Aarthi forces her and finally she agrees to her. And moves to tell him. 

On the other side Siddharth comes and sit beside Shehnaaz who not for once glance at him, totally ignoring him and been busy in clicking selfies of her. 

“Moti! Why are you pouting? You will look more fat like this.” Siddharth says pulling her legs. 

“I am not fat did you get it, but I have really put on weight right?” She says first giving him glare but then having a look at herself and been sad. “As I really turn out fat?” She says looking at him with a sad face. 

“No, moti I was just kidding. Now give my cell, why you keep on clicking selfies?” Siddharth ask her extending his hand for his cell. 

“What should I do? Vikas is busy taking the scene, Asim is busy in making arrangement for next scene while you’re busy with Rashmi.” Shehnaaz says last few words making faces. 

“I am busy with Rashmi? When was that?” Siddharth asks knowing well that she is getting jealous. 

“Few minutes back, hugging her, kissing her. You were so busy with her that you didn’t even realize that I came over there.” She says with a pout. 

“But you have gone to meet dadi’s place to help her out. When you came? Why you came over there?” He asks her as he has notice her but didn’t wanted to confess it in front of her. He can never be that busy that he doesn’t notice her presence around him. 

“I came and directly came to meet you but you were busy with Rashmi.” She says fuming in jealousy while Siddharth is trying hard to hide his smile. At that moment he notices that her face suddenly turned sad, “Siddharthhh… will you miss me after you will move back to Mumbai after your shooting will get over.” Shehnaaz asks her with a hope. 

“Not at all,” he says denying teasing her more. He loves her annoyed face so much which he is witnessing at the moment. 

“Why will you miss me as you will have Rashmi along with you.” Saying so she turns her face away from me. Siddharth hides his smile with his hand covering his face when he eyes went on Rashmi and that smile suddenly disappears. 

“Siddharth I want to talk to you, are you free can we talk?” Rashmi says eyeing at Shehnaaz. 

“Yeah, I am free. What you want to talk?” He says standing from the chair. 

“Not here, why don’t we have a walk?” Rashmi suggests, Siddharth nodes though he is confused that what is it that she can’t say over here? 

Siddharth glance at Shehnaaz who is sitting there bending her head not looking at him. He follows Rashmi outside, and both are having a walk when Siddharth asks her getting curious that what she wants to say. 

“Rashmi what you wanted to talk?” Siddharth asks her. 

“Siddharth, I don’t know how should I tell you. I mean…I don’t know how you will react. I seriously wanted to tell it from long back but never had guts.” Rashmi as been sounding tense and seeing it Siddharth tries to make her feel at ease. 

“We know each other from many years Rashmi. We might not be very good friends but we are co-actors and I think by that relation you have that much freedom that you can talk comfortably with me.” Siddharth says making her to some what relax a bit. 

“Oh, please Sid we are good friends don’t name it just co-actor. We have been knowing each other from years and I wanted to tell you that,” she takes his hand in hers making Siddharth taken a back at moment. He is going to remove his hand from her but she blasts a bomb on him. “I have fallen in love with you not from today but from many years, from the day we have started our first shoot but never had guts to confess it to you. You might find it weird but it is true. I love you Siddharth, yes I do.” Rashmi says smiling at him as finally she has confessed her feelings to him. 

This entire view has listened by someone who has been curious to know what Rashmi wanted to speak with Siddharth and she is no one else than Shehnaaz. Whose eyes gets moist listening to it. She always has the doubt that they both like each other and today Rashmi proved her correct but why she is feeling bad? Why her heart is paining seeing them like that? Holding each other hand, why she feels bad each time she sees him doing intimate scene with Rashmi? What’s wrong with her? Not able to take this she runs from there not paying any heed to Asim who is calling her out. 

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How is the part?

Some of you are telling that I am dragging the past stuff. But if I don't show the emotions then what the use? I can complete the past in two three part revealing Sid past in next part then Dey connection and the past will get over. Do you want me to do it? What the use if I am not showing the pain that they have been expressing during the past?

I will say that those who want me to go on fast track with past are eagerly waiting for journey to end rather then enjoying the journey. I understand that you all are curious to know about their past what happened and don't have patience for it. But that's the fun of reading a book, crying, laughing, shouting, been helpless and at the same time enjoying it. I hope that you guys are feeling all this emotions while reading this book.

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