This chapter is dedicated to all the best friends in the world. And that was a lovely song apt for this situation...

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Ahad's pov:

No no no..... It's not true... It can't be.. I mean how? Why? When? ... Why should Rizwan do that? At the same time Zoya will not lie to me. She is my wife, she is at her atmost loyalty to me. Why should my own wife lie to me?

My inner turmoil was too much to handle, time froze and I couldn't coherent anything... Then the door flung open and light spreaded over us. There walked in a man, I couldn't see his face properly because of the direction of light, he emerged as a man out of dark shadow radiating danger and step by step his face came into my vision.

When my gaze caught his face, I was driven into a state of oblivion.

Zoya crawled close to me and fisted my shirt in her tight grip but it was not as tight as the way my heart constricted.

I felt suffocation for air, my eyes jammed to his without a blink and I felt as if I was thrown into a pool of lava.... I am burning with a aching heart, which could shudder into pieces anytime.

A lone tear slid down my cheak looking at my best friend in front of me.

"Ri... Rizwan" the moment his name left my mouth a sharp pain hit my head and I couldn't articulate anything.

Blood made it's way down at my forehead. "Ahaaad!!" screamed Zoya, Rizwan held her shoulder following the array of pulling her from me.

She was in his arms, and I knew it was painful. My vision blurred, I raised my hand towards her only to get a punch on my stomach. All I could hear was her scream... She was begging Rizwan to leave us alone.

I managed to open my eyes to meet my wife's terrified crying face something any good husband would not like to see until the end of this world but what caught my attention was the Mephistophelian evil smirk of a man who was once my best friend.

I have never seen this face of him... Never.... I couldn't find an ounce of humbleness he used to hold in his face. How did I made this big mistake in my life? Why couldn't I realize his true intentions.

Trust! This word proved to be the massacre of my life yet again.

"Please... Please.... Leave him... Don't hit him please.... Leave him Rizwan bhai... I beg you... Please.. Leave him. " Zoya was pleading to that heartless animal but there was no sign of regret in his eyes. He was enjoying my wife's screams...

Don't Zoya... He's not worth your pleadings, I feel pathetic of my situation. Before I could muster my strength an another blow hit my right chest. And my wife continued screaming to spare my life.

But the pain in my heart was so much more than the pain in my body.

Rizwan left Zoya and when she tried to reach me two goons caught her hands and pulled her away from me. Rizwan came to my side and took my hair in his fist to lift my face , so that he could see my blood soaked face clearly.

"Oh... Ho... My best friend... Is it paining a lot. " he shook my hair making my pain go worse.

"Please.. Please...... Leave him... Please..." screamed Zoya.

"Another word Zoya then you'll find his corpse in a second. " the moment Rizwan uttered those words Zoya gone silent her tears flowing down without end.

"Girls are always annoying! " he muttered to himself and looked at me again after tying my hands at my back. " So tell me my best friend how is the pain. " and now I got my voice out finally.

"Don't yo...you dare call me that... You are not... my friend and you have never been. It was I who believed you to be my friend, it's my shear stupidity. " I told him in a low voice.

"So finally you got your voice out.... You know, I was not planning to kill you I just want you to suffer Ahad.. But now you found out about me.. I can't spare your life and risk mine. I am sure you'll show me hell if you escape. " he told me massaging his temple.

"Why? Why you want me to suffer Rizwan... What have I done? Why you hate me so much? " I demand an explanation.

"What have you done? Huh? You have done so many things Ahad.... So many things....

You took my parents away from me.... Mentally I was all alone when I was a child my parents never spent their time with me concentrating in their business and when they do, all I heard was about you... How good and a obedient child you are unlike me. I was just seven by then....

You outcasted me in everything... Studies, sports, in my family, with our friends... Everything.... " he roared.

"Even though I accepted you and treated you as my friend and what have you done. You totally forgot me and threw me like a tissue once you met Arhaan... That bastard. You both became so close to each other and left me alone.

I took my lone time to think about my life.... I asked a question to myself why everyone leaves me in mid air. Then came her... Someone who could treat all my wounds, all my pain... Shahira... Do you remember her? Do you? " he gave me one hard slap and my body hit the ground.

All I could think about was a fragile beautiful girl who happened to be our junior in college. Shahira... How can I forget her? She was such a sweet human being. She proposed me but backed off the moment I told her about the difficulties.

Rizwan caught my collar in a fist and shook me. "Do you remember her you scumbag. She was my everything.... She was my first love... What have you done.. You took her away from me. We became friends at first, then she started to know my insecurities and my pain... She helped me with everything.

And the day I was about to propose her... She proposed you making my total world crash down. Why? Why everyone leaves me for you?

I haven't stopped there that night I went to her home luckily she was all alone you know I took a first big step in my life... I raped her thinking she will marry me without any choice and eventually fall in love with me... But she committed suicide. " now I came to a conclusion Rizwan is a psychopath.. Ya Allah... He raped Shahira...

" I loved her to the back of the moon and I lost her because of you. She was no more because of you. Then I decided to take your loved ones away from you first it was Aysha... Poor girl and now your wife, you are gonna lose soon.. Wait.. Wait and your unborn child which is gonna die in it's mother's womb. " my hands fisted I wanted to rip his head out of his body. After hearing his side of story and I felt disgusted.

My blood boiled when he mentioned about Aysha... But now my complete concentration was on my wife and child, I have to save them at any cost. I will then make this monster pay for my sister's death.

I saw Zoya, she was trembling with fear.... Don't love... please came down, it's not good for the baby.. Ya Allah what will I do now I should have called the police. Allah... Show me a way.

"And yeah... I totally forgot about Arhaan... He was the one got hurted very badly. How did you believed, what all I told you Ahad?... You know , he wasn't home when the time I reached there. I took the opportunity to make your sister pay for your deeds (laughing evilly) and the most funniest part is, he struggled to save your sister even at the neck moment. And you... You accused him of killing her. It was my men who did the accident and sent her away from this world. " my head hung low ashamed of me. I was hurting my true best friend all the while trusting this snake.

This moment is the most worse and pathetic moment anyone could face. I doubted my true friend even after knowing he was a gem.

Both the men in the entrance fell down and Rizwan hit the ground after a hard kick in his gut. The person was showing his back to me and threw a piece of glass at me. I took it quickly so that I could cut my rope.

Then I found the saviour with dread red eyes and a laboured breathing, brooding with anger. It was none other than Arhaan... MY FRIEND.

The goons who were holding Zoya left her and caught Arhaan and he seethed in anger " You son of a B***h, so it was you... You killed her... You killed Aysha... How could you? And how did you raped her? She was our little sister damn it. "

The moment he uttered those words my heart wrinkled out of guilt. Have I blamed this man for my sister's death.

Rizwan stood up from the ground and gave a punch to Arhaan right away making him bleed his jaw.

I took the glass piece and started to cut the rope, which I did successfully. Zoya stood rooted to her place, I know everything was too much for her.

"How'd you reach here you dog! How?.... Anyway it's a one way route, no one can get back. So you came here for your friend isn't it? Fine... Then die for your friend. So tell me who's gonna die first? " Rizwan asked us wiping his bleeding lips.

In a split moment I took the glass piece and striked his face making him wince in pain and hurriedly locked the door leaving the other goons outside, who started to bang on the door. I and Arhaan took care of the few in the room and within a minuit all were on the ground. I took their guns and went to Zoya giving her a tight hug. She cried in my chest holding me tight.
She rubbed her had from my shoulder to torso checking whether I was alright or not.

"Love please don't cry. " I told her.

"Come on guys we don't have time, we have to move out fast. I have called the police they'll be here anytime. We just have to get out of this building. " told Arhaan and I couldn't gather strength to meet his eyes. After all my deeds were so low even to beg his forgiveness. I was wrong and Allah help me.

Arhaan dragged Rizwan pointing a gun at his temple and I was holding Zoya tight to me. We opened the door and threatened all the goons to leave us way if not well kill Rizwan.

Alhamdhulillah we heard sirens, the cops are here. We managed to reach the entrance and spotted Sano along with the cops heading our way.

Sano's eyes were out of sockets looking at our condition. She hurried to us while Rizwan dodged Arhaan and took the gun from his hand.

My grip on Zoya tightened and So Arhaan's on Sano. I pushed Zoya at my back and shielded her.

"What do you think ? Huh? I will leave you guys so soon... All have to die... Everybody here will die." He roared and pulled the trigger.

I closed my eyes tight but I felt nothing. My eyes opened to spot the dead Rizwan on the ground with a bullet lodged in his forehead. Our police may be late at times but they take actions appropriately.

"Arhaannnnn..... " screamed Sano that's when I looked at Arhaan who was standing in front of me with his back.

He stumbled back and I caught him, which made us sit on the ground. HE TOOK THE BULLET FOR ME... Sano was crying like crazy and so was Zoya.

He was on my lap leaning onto me and I met his eyes for the first time. Mine filled with guilt, helplessness and apologies whereas his eyes with contentment and happiness.

"Are you nuts? Why the hell you took the bullet Arhaan?" I asked him out of anger. Is he mad to do it.

" Simple dood! I am you friend. " he smiled at me and I broke down hugging him.

"I am... am sorry Arhaan! " that's all I could say... That's all. He smiled and closed his eyes making us panic.

"Hey... Arhaan... Arhaan open your eyes... Dei... Arhaan." I shook him hard but he didn't wake up.

Both Zoya and Sano also tried the same and I decided to carry him all the while calling his name trying to get his conscious back.

I drove the car in jet speed despite ignoring the stinging pain in my head and reached the hospital. I didn't wait for the stretcher and carried him inside.

He was taken into the intensive care unit and I stood out watching him through the door praying him to get well soon.

" I'll not let anything happen to you Arhaan.... At least you have to get back to give me your trademark slap for I being a worse friend in the world. You have to get back to us. You are not left with choices. " I told looking at him through the door while Zoya was busy comforting Sano.

Get back to us my friend... Please..

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Assalamu allaikum and hello to all my lovely doves.

How was the chapter? So finally Arhaan was proved innocent to Ahad. What will happen to Arhaan? Let me know in the comments.

Important :

Since many didn't wanted to separate Ahya I am not doing it 😉😉 so be happy and yeah... I am writing a Mafia story. I hope you guys will give the same support you gave me in this book. 😊🙃😊

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- Yours Sajal 🤗