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When the doors suddenly got closed, Shehnaaz got scared because of sudden sound. She stopped walking and turned behind.

"Yeh darwaja apne aap kaise...... Sayad hawa ki wajah se band hogaya hoga." She said in her mind and then went to her room.

She kept her bag on the table, inside which the amulet was. Shehnaaz forgot to wear it again. She just washed her hands and face, changed her clothes and then went to the living room.

Suddenly she stopped at her place when she saw some lady sitting on the sofa. She became confused and looked at the door. The door was still closed. Then how did the lady enter the house?

"Aap andar kaise aayi? Excuse me! I'm talking to you. Hello!"

While saying Shehnaaz went near the sofa. She saw that there was a small baby on her lap and she was patting the baby's body. Shehnaaz got scared seeing the baby fully covered with blood and its eyes were also closed.

"Aap ke bacche ko toh......."

Before she could complete, the lady looked at her. And the next moment it took Shehnaaz's breath away. She was seeing her own face and that was fully covered with blood.

"Aaaaaaaaa......." She screamed at the top of her lungs and started running away from there.

She suddenly remembered about the amulet and was running towards her room. But before she could enter her room, the door got closed in front of her face.

Shehnaaz started banging on the door while crying. She was very much scared but this time the fear was not for herself. She was scared for her child who was growing in her womb.

"Darwaja kholo please." She sat down near the door while crying.

Suddenly she heard a tune and stopped crying. It was the same tune she heard that night, which Sana used to play in their childhood.

Shehnaaz wiped her own tears and looked around. Soon her eyes fell on a shadow on the floor. It was coming towards her. She looked up and saw a scary lady walking, whose face was covered with long hair.

The more she was coming, the more Shehnaaz was moving backwards until her back touched the door completely.

Shehnaaz gulped her saliva and asked "K...kaun hai aap?"

The lady's hair moved aside revealing her face. As soon as Shehnaaz saw her face, she became numb. She realised who she was and her hands and feet became cold in fear.

"Sana...." That was all she could utter.

"Haan. Main, jiski jagah tune le rakhi hai. Par ab main aa gayi hoon, apni jagah wapas lene aur tujhe humesha ke liye khatam kar ne." Said Sana in her scary tone.

Shehnaaz's became shocked hearing that. It was Sana's soul who was in this house. All the strange incidents that was happening in the house was because of her. But the most shocking thing was she wanted to kill her. Her own sister, who once loved her so much, wanted to kill her now.

"Sana aisa kuch bhi nahi hai. Yeh shaadi toh bas ek samjhota tha hum dono ke liye. Humara rishta ab jaa ke thik hua hai. Par iska yeh matlab nahi hai ki maine teri jagah liyi hai. Please meri baat sun." Shehnaaz tried to explain.

Sana leaned towards Shehnaaz and said, "Mujhe kuch nahi sun na."

Saying that she pushed Shehnaaz hard and she fell on the floor.

"Sidharth mera hai, sirf mera." Declared Sana loudly.

"Sidharth tera hi rahega. Yeh sab kuch tera rahega. Tu chahe toh main iss ghar se bhi chali jaaungi. Bas please mere Bacche ko koi nuksaan mat pohuchana." Said Shehnaaz in a pleading tone holding her tummy but it increased Sana's anger more.

She held her hair in a fist and started dragging her on the floor while Shehnaaz kept screaming in pain.

She dragged her near the picture windows and then made her stand holding her hair tightly.

"Ahhhhh...... Mat kar Sana please." Cried Shehnaaz. "Tu aisa kaise kar sakti hai? Tu toh meri Behen hai. Yaad kar hum kitne pyaar karte the ek dusre se. Kitna khas tha humara rishta. Koi mujhe ek kharoch bhi pohuchata tha toh tu bhadak jaati thi. Hum dono itne close the ki koi humein alag nahi kar sakta tha. Aur aaj mujhe hi.... Ek baar yaad kar sab."

Suddenly Sana's hold on Shehnaaz's hair loosened. She imagined two little girls playing together and laughing. She left Shehnaaz's hair and her face slowly became normal. She looked at Shehnaaz sadly.

Sana stretched her hand and slowly caressed Shehnaaz's face while uttering softly, "Shehnaaz"

Shehnaaz was scared but she was feeling emotional too seeing her sister.

Sana was looking at Shehnaaz but then suddenly her eyes fell on the picture windows which reflected her true self. Sana forgot everything and her face again became scary.

Shehnaaz screamed seeing it and started running away. But all of a sudden Sana came in front of her. Before she could say anything, Sana chocked her throat and lifted her up in the air with one hand.

"Sana..... Please..... I.....Beg...... You...... Don't harm......my child....." Said Shehnaaz with difficulty.

Sana didn't hear anything and threw her with full force. Shehnaaz fell on the ground on her stomach.

"Ahhhhhhh!" She screamed loudly in pain.

Suddenly she felt wet under herself. She touched her tummy. Her dress was also wet. She looked at her hand and saw blood. She started crying.

Sana was going towards her but stopped when the door opened.

Sidharth entered the room and became shocked seeing Shehnaaz's condition.

"Shit! Shehnaaz kya hua?"

He ran towards her and sat on the floor. He kept her head on his lap and asked, "Kya hua Baby?"

"Sidharth.... Humara Baccha!"

Shehnaaz pointed towards the blood which made Sidharth scared as well.

"Don't worry. Sab thik ho jaayega."

Saying that he carried her in a bridal style and left the house.

After sometime...

Sidharth was standing in the hospital when the doctor came to him and said, "Aap ki wife abhi thik hai lekin...."

"Lekin kya doctor?" Asked Sidharth being worried. "Humara hone wala Baccha bhi thik hai na?"

The doctor sighed and said, "I'm sorry Mr. Shukla. Aap ki wife ka miscarriage ho gaya hai. Hum aap ke Bacche ko bacha nahi sake."

Sidharth was numb hearing that. It took some time for him to accept the fact that they lost their baby.

He somehow composed himself and asked, "Main apni wife se mil sakta hoon?"

"Yeah sure." Replied the doctor.

Sidharth nodded and went to the ward.

Sidharth entered the ward and saw Shehnaaz sitting on the hospital's bed. Her face was totally pale and there was no emotions at all.

Sidharth slowly went towards Shehnaaz and sat in front of her. Being lost in her own thoughts, she didn't even realise his presence.

Sidharth gently hold Shehnaaz's hand which made her look at him.

"Shehnaaz bahar doctor kya bol rahe hai? Kya yeh sach hai? Humara baccha ab iss duniya mein....."

He could not complete his sentence as his heart was paining badly.

"Nahi raha. Humne kho diya humare Bacche ko." Said Shehnaaz with no emotion as she couldn't recover from the shock of losing their first unborn child.

Tears flowed from Sidharth's eyes. Without saying anything, he hugged Shehnaaz tightly and broke down completely. He remembered how happy he was after knowing about her pregnancy. He even imagined that he was holding his baby protectively in his arms. But once again his dreams shattered within a few moments.

"Shehnaaz yeh kaise hua? Humne toh bohut khayal rakha tha humare hone wale Bacche ka. Phir yeh miscarriage.... kaise?" He asked crying.

"Yeh sirk ek miscarriage nahi hai Sidharth. Usne maar daala humare Bacche ko. She killed our Baby." Said Shehnaaz in a cold tone.

Sidharth broke the hug hearing that and looked at Shehnaaz being confused.

"Woh wapas aa chuki hai Sidharth. Aur woh bohut gusse mein hai. Woh sab kuch barbaad kar ke rakh degi. Sab kuch." She said.

"Kaun?" Asked Sidharth.

"Sana." Replied Shehnaaz making Sidharth shocked.

"Tumhe paata bhi hai tum kya bol rahi ho?" He asked. "Sana marr chuki hai. She is dead."

"Haan. Par uski atma abhi bhi humare ghar mein hai. Aap ko yaad hai suru suru mein jo khaufnak chizein mere saath hui thi? Woh Sana kar rahi thi. Woh nahi chahti thi ki main uss ghar mein rahu, uski jagah loon. Aur jis din aap ne mujhe maara tha, keh rahe the ki maine kuch ulti sidhi harkatein kiyi hai. Woh main nahi thi Sidharth, woh Sana thi. Uske baad maine tabeez pehen na suru kiya jis wajah se Sana mere aas paas nahi aa saki. Aaj ultrasound karte waqt maine tabeez utara aur yeh sab........ Maine usse dekha hai Sidharth. Main sach keh rahi hoon. Mera yakeen ki jiye."

Shehnaaz started crying holding Sidharth's hands.

On the other hand, it was hard for Sidharth to believe what Shehnaaz was saying. But he remembered everything from the starting. Everytime he ignored her words thinking that it might be her hallucinations. But the truth was he himself also experienced some scary things after Sana's death. He tried to explain them using logics. But some things were beyond any logics. Now the time had come when he had to accept the reality.

"Mujhe yakeen hai Shehnaaz. Mujhe pata hai tum sach keh rahi ho. Kaash main tum par pehle yakeen kar leta. Toh sayad humein aise humare Bacche ko khona nahi padhta. Mujhe maaf kar dena Shehnaaz. I'm sorry. I couldn't protect you and my child."

Saying that Sidharth broke into tears. Shehnaaz could feel his pain. After all both of them lost their first child.

She wiped Sidharth's tears and said, "Aap ki galti nahi hai. Main bhi toh pehle yeh sab nahi maanti thi. Par yeh sacchai hai. Marne ke baad kuch atmayon ko mukti nahi milti. Sana ki atma ko bhi nahi mili aur woh uss hi ghar mein reh gayi."

"Toh iska matlab humein uski atma ko mukti dilani hogi?" Asked Sidharth to which Shehnaaz nodded in yes.

"Aur jab tak uski atma ko mukti nahi milti, main uss ghar mein wapas nahi jaa sakti. Kyu ki woh nafrat karne lagi hai mujhse. Agar aaj aap nahi aate toh humare Bacche ke saath saath woh aaj mujhe bhi maar deti."

Sidharth got more scared hearing that.

"Shehnaaz tumhe kuch nahi hoga, I promise." He said. "Par kya koi raasta nahi hai iss muskil se bachne ka? Agar hum dono ne tabeez bhi pehna tab bhi uss ghar mein Sana ki atma ke saath rehna bohut khatarnak hai. Koi toh raasta hoga inn sab se bahar nikal ne ka."

Shehnaaz started thinking. As Sidharth mentioned the amulet, something came to her mind.

"Ek raasta hai." Said Shehnaaz suddenly.

"Kya?" Asked Sidharth.

"Advait."
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Will Sana's soul get salvation?

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