Finally, the shoot comes to end and everyone is done for today making all happy. Asim looks at Shehnaaz who is calling someone in her cell been little tensed. He moves towards her; she is standing outside the studio. 

“Hey, what are you doing over here? Don’t you want to go home? Or have you decided to stay over here?” Asim asks joking around but she doesn’t smile making him serious. “What’s the matter? Why you seem tense?” Asim ask her. 

“Nothing. He is not receiving my phone? Di told me to call him after the shoot but I think he is still in office. If I will inform di then she will get worried, what should I do?” Shehnaaz asks getting confused. 

“You know the address where you stay, right?” she nodes, “you come along with me in the auto. I will drop you there.” Asim says offering her a help. 

“Its not that easy, if di comes to know that I came alone then she will bash both me and handsome. I don’t want him to get scolding due to me. I will wait for him here, you leave.” Shehnaaz says but Asim seems not convinced. 

“Are you sure? You will stand over here alone? I mean you’re new over here and all.” He says been concerned for her. 

“Oh hello! I am not a small kid; I can manage myself. You leave, I am mature enough to handle any situation.” Shehnaaz says been determined. 

“That’s the thing I doubt.” For this he again receives a punch in his stomach, “sorry, why you keep on punching me? You have any idea it is called torture?” He asks her rubbing his stomach where she punched him. 

“Then why you keep on teasing me?” She asks glaring him. 

At that moment a car comes and stop in front of them, they both looks at it and finds Vikas on passenger seat while Siddharth on driving seat. 

“Hi! What are you both up to?” Vikas asks them seeing them waiting for something. 

“Nothing. Shehnaaz is waiting for someone and I am giving her company.” Asim replies to Vikas. 

“Hmm… if you guys want then we can drop you.” Vikas offers them a lift. 

“No mine is to the opposite side but you can drop Shehnaaz she lives in Sunshine colony in Andheri west.” Asim informs Vikas. 

“You live in Andheri west? Siddharth apartment is too over there. Come he will drop you there.” Vikas invites her unlocking the back door. 

“No need, I will manage.” Shehnaaz says denying as her sister has warned her never to take lift and if she gets to know then she will kill her. 

“For how long you will stay here alone? Listen to us, we will drop you. We are going by that road only.” Seeing that Vikas is not letting it go, she agrees and sits on the back seat saying bye to Asim. 

After few seconds her phone rings and it showed ‘handsome’ but before she can receive her cell gets off. “Oh shit!” 

“What happen?” Vikas asks glancing at her. 

“My phone got switched off, the battery died.” Getting annoyed, “handsome just called me. Now he will get worried.” She says sounding tensed. 

“Don’t worry you call him from my cell.” Vikas says offering his cell. 

“I would have but I don’t remember his number. I just hope he don’t call di or she will end up getting more tensed.” Shehnaaz is getting worried each passing second. 

“Don’t worry nothing like that will happen.” Vikas says in assuring manner. 

The car soon stops in front of one apartment, Vikas opens his side door. “Kiddo, he will drop you don’t take stress. Will meet you both tomorrow.” Siddharth nodes while Shehnaaz is busy trying to somehow on the phone. Vikas gets down and the car starts again. 

From last two days this is the first time he sees Shehnaaz so quiet or she used to always be talking with someone or other. He glances at her through mirror who is busy staring at her cell. He knows that she is worried about someone whom she calls handsome, he has got an idea that whoever this person is. That person really means a lot to her. 

“Please god, please make this phone on. Handsome will be so worried for me, why I agreed to come? He might have reach near the studio and might be searching for me. Oh god! What should I do? Please do something.” She is busy talking to herself or to be specific praying to god. 

Siddharth shakes his head, her this prayer won’t charge her phone. He moves his eyes back on road and sees a board indicating Sunshine colony, he takes a left turn. Finally, the car come in front of the building where it is written the ‘Sunshine Colony’. 

Seeing the car stopped Shehnaaz moves her eyes on the window and realize that she already reached. She looks at Siddharth who didn’t even turn to look at her. 

“Thanks a lot for dropping me,” saying so she moves out from the car and is moving towards the building. 

She has hardly taken four or five step when a car comes in high speed and stops in front of Siddharth car. Siddharth who is going to move his car also stopped seeing the car in front of him. From that car comes out a man who is wearing a white shirt and blue suit, his attire professional. He moves towards Shehnaaz whose eyes are shinning with happiness seeing him. He pulls her in a tight hug and she too wraps her hand around his neck. 

“Finally! I found you.” His voice has that relief in it. Shehnaaz giggles, getting back that smile which has been missing from so long. 

“I was so sure that you might be worried as hell and I was right.” Shehnaaz says been pleased that she knows him so well. 

“Stop giggling! Where on the earth where you?” Breaks the hug been annoyed with her. Here he has been so worried about her and she is giggling. “You have any idea how worried I was? And why you phone is switched off? How you reached over here? Wait! You came by auto? Mahi had clearly mentioned you right that you won’t come alone. Couldn’t you wait for me? I am asking you something, cupcake.” He is scolding her as if she is a kid. 

“I know you’re asking me something handsome but if you will talk nonstop then how will I answer to your questions? First of all, you ask so many question in one go, half of them I can’t remember too.” She says innocently calming his all anger down. How can he be angry on his cupcake? He smiles at her. 

“Aww… handsome,” she pulls her cheek and hugs him again. “You can’t be angry on your cupcake.” Kissing on his cheek. 

“Stop buttering me so that I save you from Mahi because that not going to happen today. You did a mistake and you will definitely receive a scolding for it. Now first tell me how you reached here?” Jay asks her. 

“Me! I came…” that moment her eyes goes on Siddharth car which is still there. “Siddharth! You’re still over here?” She asks moving towards his car. 

Siddharth who has witnessed all this, sees Shehnaaz moving towards his car and takes the cell in his hand. 

“I thought you might have left. What was you doing till now?” Shehnaaz asks moving towards his car door. 

“I got a call so was answering it.” Okay, he lied but he can’t say the truth what will they think that he has been spying. 

“Oh, so he brought you here?” Jay asks too coming there, Shehnaaz nodes. 

“Thanks a lot dude for dropping her. I was really tensed that where she might have been. Really sorry for the trouble too.” Jay says been guilty as he has to drop her. 

“No, it’s absolutely fine. I too stay near by so no worries.” Siddharth says back. 

“Come inside, have something and then leave.” Jay invites him. 

“No, its fine. I am really tired, some other day.” Siddharth says giving him a smile. 

“Shehnaaz!” Comes a voice from the building making Jay and Shehnaaz to look at their house balcony. “Oh shit!” Shehnaaz mummers to herself. 

“What are you both doing there?” Mahi asks them.

“Coming di!” Shehnaaz shouts back. “Come handsome, before di comes downstairs or I will be gone.” She says been scared. 

“Nice meeting you, Mr.  Siddharth Shukla.” He says extending his hand for hand shake. 

“Same here, Mr. ….” Siddharth says shaking his hand with his. 

“Mr. …” Jay is going so say his name but Shehnaaz drags him along with him not letting him to. 

“Handsome come before volcano burst on me.” Dragging him along with her. 

“Cupcake! Let me thank him at least.” Jay says in little annoyed tone as after all he has dropped her there. 

“Thank you!” Shehnaaz shouts out loud, “now I thanked him. Now let’s go.” Shehnaaz taking him inside the building making him to shake his head in disbelief. She can never change. Siddharth too drives from there. 

// 

“Why on the earth were your phone off?” Mahi is fuming in anger, Shehnaaz is just standing there lowering her head. “I am asking you something, why was you phone off? Do you have any idea how worried I was? Jay too was not able to inform you that he would come late due to it.” Listening to it Shehnaaz raises her head to look at Jay been amused. He lied to her? 

“And who was the person with whom you both were talking?” Mahi asks as when she has seen them from balcony, she seen a car parked and both talking with someone in the car but has not been able to see the person face. 

“Actually Mahi…” He is going to say the truth but then he glances at his cupcake who is showering him puppy eyes gesturing him not to speak. 

“What? Jay, please not today. You always cover her up but not today Jay, she should behave like a responsible girl. She is not a kid Jay; she should behave more maturely. She can’t be so careless. She had no idea how worried we were for her; she doesn’t even care about us.” Mahi glanced at her with teary eyes and then moved from there. 

“Mahi! Listen!” Jay calls her but she makes her way towards her bedroom. Jay then glance at Shehnaaz who is standing there with guilty face. She is feeling so bad that because of her Mahi is so much affected. “Hey, cupcake.” Cupping her face, “you know your di, right? She in anger says stuff, don’t be sad once her anger is calm down, she will be fine. You don’t stress out, go and get freshen up must be tried. I will have a look at her.” Shehnaaz nodes trying to fake a smile and he moves towards their bedroom. 

Shehnaaz is going to move towards her bedroom when a voice stops her, “this is the reason I don’t want you here. You ever realize how much you’re affecting her health? She had still not taken her dinner due to you. She is pregnant and, in this condition, she should have her food on time. You know about the complication of her pregnancy and still you don’t care about her. How can someone be so selfish? She considers you as her own child and you don’t even care about her? Seriously sometime I feel that’s the reason you don’t have parents with you. No one want to be with selfish people.” Saying so Jay’s mom moves from there leaving a broken Shehnaaz there. 

She slowly makes her way to kitchen trying hard not to cry but tears are flowing down her cheek. She can never think of hurting her di in any manner for her di and her handsome are everything. She doesn’t even remember how her parents even look? For her di is her everything. She knows for Mahi too she is everything. She has been well aware that Mahi will definitely be stressed knowing about her phone going switch off. She also knows that its somewhere not Mahi’s mistake because she is over protective when it’s about her. She treats her like her daughter more than sister. She wipes her tears; she has to make her favorite paratha  soon her anger will vanish. 

// 

Jay enters in his room and finds his wife sitting on their bed and sobbing quietly. He slowly makes her way towards her, sitting beside her. 

“Little angel are you listening to me? Seems like your Mumma wants to be a cry baby.” Jay speaks making Mahi to once glances at him but then again continue with her crying. “Mahi don’t you think, your over reacting? Her phone battery died what you expect her to do?” Jay says trying to calm her anger little. 

“Whom are you trying to fool Jay? I very well know that she didn’t came with you but someone dropped her. The person who was in the car with whom you both were taking, I was in the balcony from the time she came in that car. I didn’t want to bring that topic in front of her as she already was scared nor did I wanted her to feel that I will let her go easily for her carelessness.” Mahi speaks shocking Jay as he has been thinking that she had no idea about it.  

“But the person was Siddharth Shukla.” Jay says back. 

“So what? We don’t know him. Have you known him from before? Do you know what kind of person he is? We know him as an actor and I don’t find it safe knowing that my sister took a lift from complete stranger.” Mahi says. 

“But we can’t keep doubting very single person she comes across. Now she is going to be an actress, we can’t protect her from every single person.” Jays tries to state the fact. 

“I don’t mind if I have to protect her from the entire world. For me, her safety is important then any other thing. You very well know that I was against her this career of becoming an actress, I knew it will be risky for her. You after knowing every particular thing still agreed with it, you have any idea how dangerous its outcome can be?” Mahi asks feeling tensed. 

“Mahi how could I deny her? She wanted to be an actress that’s why I made her meet Vikas, right? And why are you worrying when you know that she is working under Vikas?” Jay is trying hard to make her relax. 

“Why are you not getting what I am trying to say? Vikas won’t be 24/7 around her Jay and he have no clue about her life. I agree that you can trust Vikas as you know him from years but still you’re not in that good contact with him. And today she came with Siddharth Shukla, I agree he is Vikas very good friend but tomorrow she will come with some other person from her set. Do you give guarantee of that person too? She has no idea what is going in her life, you have any idea how worried I got when her mobile was switched off? I felt like I lost her, I felt like I won’t ever get her back, I won’t get my Sana back.” She is crying miserably only on the thought. 

“Shh! Don’t cry Mahi.” He pulls her into a hug, “I have promised you right I will not let anything happen to her. I won’t break my promise.” Jay says caressing her hair. 

At that moment there is a knock on the door, both move away from each other and sees Shehnaaz standing on the room entrance with a plate in which there is paratha. 

“Hey, cupcake come inside.” Jay calls her in, Mahi wipes her eyes seeing her. 

“I brought parathas.” Shehnaaz says looking at Mahi who is ignoring her. 

“Oh parathas! Mahi its your favorite, right?” Jay asks sounding happy but seeing Mahi’s no reaction on it speaks, “seems like Mahi don’t want to eat it. Let’s go in hall and eat the parathas while watching bigg boss.” Jay winks at Shehnaaz and she nodes both making their way out of the room. 

“How cruel this two idiots are? They both went not even asking me once, that I want to joint them or not? I am also hungry.” She pouts. 

Mahi slowly too makes her way outside sitting on a dinning table while they both are sitting on sofa, watching tv. They both are laughing and discussing something shown on tv. 

“Wow! He knows to perform task so well.” Jay comments been amused. 

“What you mean? Don’t you know that he is mastermind of this season.” Shehnaaz says than glances at Mahi once, “and also someone’s favorite.” 

“Hmm… if someone want to joint us to than they can.” Jay to says glancing at Mahi. 

“I had specially put lot of butter on it. As someone likes it but now if she doesn’t want to…” saying so Shehnaaz is going to put that paratha in her mouth when Mahi runs towards her. 

“No! I will have it.” With that she takes the bite of the paratha and seeing this both Jay and Shehnaaz gives a hi-fi to each other. “Don’t think that I forgive you both.” She says glaring at them while eating. They both makes a pout listening to it. 

“Sorry di, please forgive us one last time. I promise I won’t ever repeat my mistake. I will always charge my phone from now on.” Shehnaaz says pinching her throat. 

“And what about lying? You will again lie to me?” She asks making Shehnaaz amused and look at Jay curiously, did he tell her everything. 

“Why you’re looking at him? I saw you coming from Siddharth’s car. You lied to me, Sana?” She is glaring at her. 

“Di, I didn’t lie to you I just hide the truth. You thought that I came along with handsome and I just didn’t tell you the truth.” Shehnaaz tries to justify herself. 

“I told you right that hiding a truth is also lying. I didn’t accept this from you Sana. You never keep anything hidden from me.” Mahi says getting upset that she hides something from her. 

“I am really sorry,” she holds both her ears. “I thought you will get angrier that’s why I didn’t share with you. I promise I won’t repeat it again.” She says pinching her throat again. “Please forgive your small sister for one last time.” This time she crossed her finger. 

“Why are you crossing your fingers? That means you’re lying.” She glares at her again. 

“Di! You know that I keeps on committing mistake so you will be angry on me again and I will again have to ask an apology then how this can be last time, right?” She asks her innocently making Jay to laugh. 

“Cupcake you’re the best.” Laughing loudly and even Mahi ends up smiling. How can someone be angry on this cutie pie? 

“You forgave me?” Shehnaaz asks Mahi seeing her smiling, she nodes and Shehnaaz hugs her been happy. Mahi slowly caress her hair. 

At that moment Shehnaaz remembers something and she breaks the hug looking at Mahi with a sad face, making Mahi to look at her with curious expression. Now what is left? 

“What’s the matter? Do you want to tell something?” Mahi asks her curiously.

 Shehnaaz nodes, “but first promise me you won’t be angry on me.” Looking at her with hopeful eyes. 

“Why would I be angry? What have you done?” She asks her been more curious now. 

“First you promise me you won’t be angry than only I will tell.” Shehnaaz repeats been scared as now she won’t be convinced with parathas. 

“No, I can’t promise like that first I have to know what you did.” Mahi says not giving up. 

Shehnaaz been defeated looks at Jay, who is busy eating parathas, “handsome!” gesturing him to speak something. 

Jay tries to open his mouth but Mahi’s one glare and he royally ignores them concentrating back on tv as it’s the most important thing on the earth at the moment. Seeing that Jay is not able to say anything Shehnaaz looks at Mahi with a puppy eyes finally melting her, “okay fine. I won’t be angry now let me what’s the matter?”

“Di on the first day of shoot. I by mistake ended up opening Siddharth’s vanity and saw him punching on the wall and his hands bleeding. I tried to handle myself but couldn’t and ended up having a panic attack.” Shehnaaz speaks out in one breath closing her eyes and waits for a loud reaction. 

“What! You had a panic attack two days back and we have no idea about it. Jay! How could you…” Mahi is going to shout on Jay but Shehnaaz interrupts her. 

“No! di handsome too had no knowledge about it. I didn’t even inform him. I am really sorry I know I had to tell you but I felt you will get more worried about me.” Shehnaaz says trying to calm Mahi’s anger down. 

“For once you did something good. For once you thought about someone else then you.” Commented Jay’s mom who just reach there. 

“Mom! Please not again, its not the time.” Jay says been pissed at his mom. She never leaves a chance to taunt Shehnaaz. 

“What did I say? I am just praising her for her kindness that she thought about Mahi for once. And I already told you right that don’t make a meet Vikas now Vikas will think that Jay’s sister in law is a mad girl.” This statement pissed Jay to an extent. 

“Mom how many time have I told you that she is not mad but is having just a panic attack and its quiet natural many gets it.” Jay shouts in anger. 

“Why only she gets it? Why don’t you or I get it? That means there is some defect in her brain that means she is mad.” Jay mom shouts back in anger, as her son is shouting on her due to Shehnaaz. 

“She is not mad and get that clear in your mind and the people who thinks that getting a panic attack means that the person is mad are themselves mad.” Shouts been frustrated, “mom please go to your room. I have completely lost it.” Leaning back on sofa been completely frustrated with his mother behavior towards Shehnaaz. 

She moves from there not before glaring at Shehnaaz. Shehnaaz looks at Mahi who is still angry on her, she just hugs her tightly. 

“I am really sorry di. I didn’t want to make you tensed about me that’s the reason I didn’t share with you. I don’t want to add on your worries, you already take so much tension about me. You’re pregnant di, you should take care about your health and baby more than your mad sister.” Shehnaaz says making Mahi to pull away from hug. 

“Don’t you dare call my sister mad, she is the best.” She says glaring it. 

“But the truth won’t change, right?” Shehnaaz asks sounding sad. 

Jay makes her to look at him, “are your mad cupcake? You’re coming in mom’s word? You’re not mad cupcake, you’re just having panic attack and sometime people have it. When they experience something dangerous in their life.” Jay says trying to make her believe that she is not mad. 

“Then why I am having it? What dangerous have I experienced, handsome?” Shehnaaz asks making Jay to glances at Mahi. 

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Why is Mahi so tensed?

Why is Shehnaaz having a panic attack?

Has something dangerous really happened in her life?

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