It's been a month since Rohit's death. Shehnaaz was trying to cope up with the situation. But it was not easy for her. She almost locked herself in a room. Neither she went outside nor she talked much with others. Her life completely changed.

One day she was in her room, when Pammi Ji came.

"Shehnaaz, tere liye ek khush khabri hai. Zaldi se guess kar." Pammi Ji said.

"Kya hai Mummy?" Shehnaaz asked.

"2 mahine pehle tune jis singing competition mein participate kiya tha, uska result aa chuka hai. Tujhe paata hai, tu first aayi hai aur tujhe agle hafte, Monday ko radio mein gaane ka mauka mila hai." Pammi Ji said excitedly.

Shehnaaz thought for a while and said, "Main nahi gaungi Mummy."

"Kyu?"

"Aap samajh nahi rahi ho Mummy. Main abhi uss halat mein nahi hoon. My mental condition is not right. Mujhse nahi hoga."

Pammi Ji put her hand on Shehnaaz's shoulder and said, "Rohit ke jaane ka dukh humein bhi hai. Lekin iska matlab yeh toh nahi hum apni zindagi mein aage nahi badhenge. Tujhe toh jeena hoga. Apna sapna pura karna hoga. Aur Rohit ka bhi toh yehi sapna tha?"

Shehnaaz nodded and said, "Thik hai Mummy. Main radio mein gaana gaungi. Main apna, aap sabka aur khaas kar ki Rohit ka sapna zaroor pura karungi."

"Yeh hui nah meri Shehnaaz wali baat. Accha sun main nah shopping karne jaa rahi hoon. Tu chalegi mere saath?"

"Nahi Mummy rehne do."

"Accha thik hai. Tu ghar pe gaane ki thodi practice kar le. Main aati hoon."

Shehnaaz nodded.

Pammi Ji left.
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At the shopping mall...

"Bhaiya yeh saree pack kar do." Pammi Ji said.

"Okay Mam."

Suddenly another woman came and said, "Yeh zara pack kar di jiyega."

Pammi Ji noticed the woman and recognised her.

"Arrey Rita, tu?" She said excitedly.

Rita Ji also recognised her and said, "What a surprise! Pammi tu Mumbai mein rehti hai?"

"Bohut saalon se."

"Phir tu itne din mujhse mili kyu nahi?"

"Suna toh tha ki teri shaadi Mumbai mein mein hui hai. Lekin mere paas tera address nahi tha."

"Kamal hai! Hum dono dost saalon se ek hi sheher mein reh rahe hai, aur hum mein se kisi ko malum tak nahi."

"Chalo accha hai. Itne saalon baad hi sahi, at least hum dono mile toh. Waise tere pati karte kya hai?"

"Unka apna business hai. Har waqt busy rehte hai. Aur tere pati kya karte hai?"

"Woh office mein kaam karte hai."

"Accha chal nah kahi baithke baatein karte hai. Itne dino baad mili, mujhe tujhse bohut sari baatein karni hai."

"Baatein toh mujhe bhi karni thi lekin ghar mein bohut kaam hai. Maybe next time."

Rita Ji thought for sometime and asked, "Tu Sunday ko free hai?"

"Haan." Pammi Ji replied.

"Ek kaam kar mere ghar mein aa jaana with family. Issi bahane unse mil bhi mil lungi."

"Thik hai. Ek minute, mujhe tera address toh malum hi nahi."

"Toh likh le nah."

Rita Ji gave her address and Pammi Ji noted it.

Then they both left.
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Next Sunday....

Pammi Ji, Santosh Ji and Shehnaaz went to Rita Ji's mansion.

"Mummy mujhe le aana zaroori tha kya?" Shehnaaz said. She didn't want to come.

"Kya bol rahi hai Shehnaaz? Rita meri bachpan ki dost hai. Usne full family ko invite kiya hai. Tu nahi aati toh accha nahi dikhta. Waise bhi aur kitne din kamre mein band rahegi?" Pammi Ji said.

Shehnaaz didn't say anything.

Three of them entered the house.

Rita Ji welcomed them.

"Yeh mere pati hai aur yeh hai meri beti Shehnaaz." Pammi Ji introduced her family to Rita Ji.

"Namaste." Rita Ji said to Santosh Ji.

Then she looked at Shehnaaz.

"Namaste Aunty." Shehnaaz said.

Rita Ji patted Shehnaaz's head and said, "Kitni pyaari bacchi hai. Kya karti ho Beta?"

"Ji recently Master's complete kiya hai." Shehnaaz said.

"Aage singer ban ne ka plan hai. Khudki beti hai isliye nahi keh rahi hoon, yeh sach mein bohut accha gaati hai." Pammi Ji added.

"Yeh toh bohut acchi baat hai. Mera Beta bhi singer hai. Music videos aur stage performances karta hai. Ek do filmon mein bhi gaana gaya hai. Agar Shehnaaz ko kabhi iss baare mein kuch help chahiye ho toh baatana." Rita Ji said.

"Zaroor." Pammi Ji said.

Then Rita Ji took them inside. Shehnaaz looked at the house. She was amazed as she had never seen such a big mansion.

They went to the hall room. Neeti and Preeti were there. Rita Ji introduced them.

"Yeh hai meri betiya, Neeti aur Preeti." Rita Ji said.

"Hello!" They both said.

"Tum log yaaha baatein karo. Hum log waaha baithte hai." Rita Ji said to Shehnaaz, Neeti and Preeti. She, Pammi Ji and Santosh Ji went and sat on the sofa.

"Tumhara naam kya hai?" Neeti asked Shehnaaz.

"Shehnaaz. You can call me Sana." Shehnaaz said.

"Okay. Aaj se hum log tumhe Sana keh kar bulayenge." Preeti said.

They started talking. It didn't take time for them to become friends as Shehnaaz was very friendly.

"Yaaha toh bade log baat kar rahe hai. Sana tum mere kamre mein chalo. Hum log waha baith kar baatein karenge." Preeti said.

Shehnaaz nodded. She was about to go, suddenly she got a phone call from Shefali.

"Tum dono jao. Main aati hoon." Shehnaaz said and received the call.

Neeti and Preeti left from there.

After finishing the call, Shehnaaz went upstairs.

"Keh toh diya ki main aati hoon. Lekin mujhe toh paata hi nahi Preeti ka kamra kaunsa hai. Upar se itne bade ghar mein, manne toh ghum hi ho jana hai. Ek baar kisi se puch lena chahiye tha." Shehnaaz said in her mind while walking.

Suddenly she stopped near a room.

"Yehi kamra hoga sayad." Shehnaaz thought and went inside the room.

"Yaaha toh koi bhi nahi hai."

Shehnaaz was about to go, suddenly her eyes fell on a guitar which was in the room.

She took the guitar and said, "Wow! Yeh toh mera favourite guitar hai. Main kabse aisa guitar kharidna chahti thi."

She was holding the guitar and watching it carefully. Suddenly Sidharth came out of the washroom.

"How dare you touched my guitar!" Sidharth shouted.

Shehnaaz got scared and kept the guitar on its place. Then she looked at Sidharth. But the scene she saw, was enough to make her gulp her own saliva.

Sidharth was standing there shirtless, only in his towel. He has taken shower recently and there were drops of water on his body. His muscular body and sexy abs were driving Shehnaaz's mind crazy.

"Kaun ho tum? Mere permission ke bina andar kaise aayi?" Sidharth again shouted

Shehnaaz immediately closed her eyes and turned her face.

"Baataungi baad mein. Pehle tum apne kapde pehno. Aise bina kapdo ke kaun chala aata hai?" Shehnaaz said.

Sidharth realised that he was shirtless. He felt embarrassed and wore his clothes.

"M.. mera kamra hai main kaise bhi aau, tumhe kya? Tum yaaha kya kar rahi ho?" Sidharth asked.

"Galti se aa gayi thi." Shehnaaz said.

"Kaise attitude deta hai. Rohit sahi kehta tha iske baare mein. Koi accha gaata hai iska matlab yeh toh nahi ki woh insaan bhi accha ho. Abhi bhi kaise chilla raha hai. How rude!" Shehnaaz said in her mind.

She was about to go, suddenly Sidharth said, "Tum toh wahi ho nah, University wali? Uss din jo kuch bhi hua uske liye sorry. I was not in my sense."

"It's ok." Shehnaaz said.

"Aur tumhara jo woh dost tha, usse bhi meri taraf se sorry bol dena."

Shehnaaz became sad and said, "Usse kaise kuch kahungi? Woh mere paas thodi hai. Woh toh abhi bhagwan ke paas hai."

"Oh! I'm really sorry..."

"It's totally fine. Baar baar sorry bolne ki zaroorat nahi hai Sidharth."

Suddenly Neeti and Preeti entered. Rita Ji, Pammi Ji and Santosh Ji also came.

"Sana tum yaaha kya kar rahi ho? Hum kab se tumhe dhund rahe hai. Ek minute, tum Bhaiya ko jaanti ho?" Preeti said.

"Come on Preeti. Humare Bhaiya itne bade rockstar hai. Unko kaun nahi jaanta? Ho sakta hai Sana bhi unki koi fan ho." Neeti said.

"Haan. Shehnaaz toh Sidharth ki....." Pammi Ji was going to say but Shehnaaz stopped her.

"Mummy please. Abhi yeh sab baatein karne ki zaroorat nahi hai." Shehnaaz said.

"Mom, what's she doing here?" Sidharth asked.

"Sid maine tujhe baataya tha na meri bachpan ki dost aane wali hai. Yeh uski beti Shehnaaz hai." Rita Ji said.

"Oo."

After that everyone went downstairs.

"Ek time pe jis Sidharth se milne ke liye itna kuch kiya, aaj jab finally uss se mili hoon koi excitement hi nahi ho rahi. Aur upar se uska aisa behaviour. Yeh zindagi bhi badi ajeeb hai. Kab kiske liye feelings badal jaati hai, paata hi nahi chalta." Shehnaaz said in her mind.
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Later that night....

Sidharth was thinking about Sonia. After that incident Sidharth didn't do any shows or concerts. His career was at stake. But he didn't care about it. Everyone was telling him to move on, focus on his work but he was not listening. Without Sonia he felt the life meaningless.

Suddenly Rita Ji entered the room and said, "Sidharth, tujhse kuch baat karni thi."

"Haan Mom kahiye." Sidharth said.

"Aaj meri Pammi se baat hui. Uski Beti hai nah Shehnaaz, woh singer ban na chahti hai. Bohut dino se try bhi kar rahi hai. Tu uske career mein uski thodi help kar sakta hai?"

"Main kaise help kar sakta hoon? I didn't understand."

"Teri toh music industry mein acchi jaan pehchaan hai. Agar tu unhe bol kar Shehnaaz se kuch shows karwa sakta hai toh uski help ho jayegi. Maine Pammi se waada kiya hai. Tu please thoda try kar na."

"Mom this is not possible. Main khud ek mahine se inn sab se detached hoon. Aur upar se maine Shehnaaz ka gaana kabhi suna hi nahi. Main kaise usse shows ke liye recommend kar sakta hoon?"

"Haan toh phir sun lena. Kaal woh radio mein gaana gaane wali hai. Tab tu dekh lena woh deserving hai yaa nahi. Agar hui tabhi tu uss se show karwana."

"Thik hai Mom. Agar aap kehti ho toh kaal main Shehnaaz ka gaana sununga." Sidharth said.

Rita Ji became happy.
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Finally they both met.

Will Sidharth help Shehnaaz in her career?

How will this two come close?

Stay tuned...

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