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It was a place near Amravati. The bus which fell from the bridge was being lifted up by a crane. Many people died in the bus accident, many got badly injured. Their family members were crying miserably. Sana's family was on them.

After getting the news of Sana's death, Sidharth immediately came to the place. He didn't believe Shehnaaz's words as he saw Sana in his house. How could he believe that she was no more?

Reaching the spot, Sidharth saw Shehnaaz standing with her parents and crying continuously. He went to her in anger and grabbed her hand.

"Kya mazak laga rakha hai, haan? How can you say that your sister is dead? It's not a topic to joke about Shehnaaz." He said gritting his teeth.

"Jiju.... Kaash yeh sach mein koi mazak hota.... Lekin yeh sach hai.... Sana....."

Shehnaaz couldn't complete and started crying. Sidharth left her hand. His family also came there.

"Maa yeh kya bol rahi hai?" Asked Sidharth looking at Rita Ji. "My Sana is alive. Shehnaaz ka jab call aaya, uske kuch der pehle tak woh mere saath hi thi. Trust me."

"Sidharth sambhal khud ko." Said Rita Ji crying, keeping her hand on his shoulder. "Shehnaaz sach bol rahi hai. Woh rahi humari Sana."

Rita Ji pointed towards Sana's body which was covered with white sheet. Sidharth slowly walked towards the body and bent down. His hand was trembling while removing the sheet.

As soon as he removed the sheet, his heartbeat stopped. The world came crashing down. He couldn't believe what he saw. Sana was lying there with closed eyes. There were same injuries on her face which he saw last night. But yet he didn't believe that it was his Sana.

He closed his eyes and again covered Sana's face with the sheet. Rita Ji and Shehnaaz came to handle him. They knew how much it was difficult for him.

"Yeh meri Sana nahi hai." He replied coldly. There was no emotions on his face.

He looked at his mother and said, "Aap logo ko koi galat fahmi hui hai. Yeh koi aur hai. Hum sab yaaha kyu apna time waste kar rahe? Humein ghar jaana chahiye. Sana zaroor waha mera intezaar kar rahi hogi. Yeh soch ke pareshan ho rahi hogi ki main abhi tak ghar kyu nahi aaya. Maa please, let's go home."

Rita Ji hugged Sidharth tightly and started crying loudly.

Parminder Ji, who was also crying continuously, fainted all of a sudden.

"Parminder! Kya hua tumhe?" Said Santokh Ji patting her cheeks. "Shehnaaz! Zaldi aa."

"Mummy!" Screamed Shehnaaz and ran to her.

They started splashing water on Parminder Ji's face while Rita Ji was trying to handle Sidharth. Like this, one incident shattered both the families.

Next Day...

Sana's body was taken to the smashan. Sidharth was lost in a different zone. His eyes were showing no emotions. He was doing the last rites like a machine, without any feelings.

He took a stick and burnt her body. Then he stepped back. Sana's body started burning in the fire.

Sidharth was looking straight into the fire when suddenly he noticed something. He could see Sana standing behind the fire and looking at him with a smile.

"Sana!" He uttered dragging everyone's attention.

"SANAAAAA!" He screamed and started moving towards the fire.

"Jiju nahi!"

Saying that Shehnaaz went to him and stopped him holding his hand.

"Sana. Maine Sana ko dekha idhar. Woh yaheen hai. Woh mujhe chhor kar kahi nahi gayi. Mujhe uske paas jaana hai."

Saying that he tried to go but couldn't because of Shehnaaz's hold.

"Jiju aap sahi ho. Sana aap ko chhor ke kahi nahi gayi. Woh yaheen hai. Aap ke dil mein. Hum sabke dil mein. Aur yaaha se usse koi dur nahi kar sakta. Woh humesha humare dil mein rahegi, humare paas." She said trying to control Sidharth.

Sidharth stopped moving hearing that. His eyes now became teary. As if he regained consciousness after so long and now he understood the fact that Sana was not with him. He would never be able to see her again. His heart broke into pieces thinking that.

"Sana...." He uttered and broke into tears. He fell on his knees and started crying looking at the fire.

Seeing it, Rita Ji and Ashok Ji were coming towards him but stopped noticing how Shehnaaz also sat on her knees and hugged him giving him a shoulder to cry. Sidharth was crying his heart out and Shehnaaz was handling him so well. She herself was in pain as she lost her twin sister, her best friend. But forgetting her own pain, she was helping Sidharth to reduce his pain. By this thing, she won Rita Ji and Ashok Ji's heart.

After somedays...

It's been some days since the dreadful incident. Everyone was still trying to cope up with it. Even Sana's parents accepted that their daughter would never return to them. They were trying to go back to their normal life. It was only Sidharth who didn't recover from the shock yet. He was not that same man anymore. He became silent. All the day he used to remember his wife and shed tears for her. He wouldn't eat and sleep properly. His health was deteriorating because of this.

Sidharth was now staying at Amravati with his parents even after Sana's funeral. Rita Ji didn't allow him to go back to Mumbai seeing his mental state. Here she had not much worries as Sidharth used to be in front of her eyes. Also here he had people to handle him, especially Shehnaaz.

After Sana's death, she didn't leave Sidharth alone for a single moment. She used to be with him like his shadow. She was scared that if she left him alone, he might do something to himself as she knew how much he loved her sister.

One day, Sidharth was sitting in his room and looking at their wedding photo with teary eyes.

Rita Ji entered his room with a plate of food and said, "Beta, aur kab tak aise chalega? Uss din ke baad maano tune khana peena chhor hi diya hai. Aise toh tu bimar padh jayega. Sana ab uss duniya mein nahi rahi. Par tujhe toh jeena hoga na? Isliye thoda sa kha le."

"Mujhe bhukh nahi hai." He said without looking at her.

"Sidharth bas thoda sa...."

"Maine kaha na nahi?" He shouted. "Maa mujhe akela chhor do for God's sake."

Rita Ji couldn't force him. She was leaving sadly when she met Shehnaaz outside his room.

"Aunty Ji mujhe di jiye." She said in a low voice,

Rita Ji gave her the plate and Shehnaaz entered his room. She went and sat beside Sidharth.

"Jiju yeh sahi nahi hai. Aunty Ji kitne pyaar se khana laayi thi aur aap ne unhe daant diya? Bohut galat baat hai. Itni bhi kya zid? Chaliye ab thoda sa kha li jiye."

Saying that she tried to feed him but he turned his face.

"Toh Maa ne ab tumhe bheja hai?" He asked.

"Nahi. Main khud aayi hoon. Aap ko khana khilane." She replied.

"Shehnaaz mujhe sach mein nahi khana....."

"Yeh niwala Sana ki taraf se hai." Said Shehnaaz suddenly making Sidharth quiet.

"Ab bhi aap nahi khaoge?" She asked.

Sidharth couldn't say no. He opened his mouth and Shehnaaz fed him.

"Aur yeh wala Rita Aunty ki taraf se." She said further.

Sidharth again turned his face.

"Khaa lo please. Unko dukh hoga." She said.

Sidharth sighed and ate that bite.

"Yeh wala Ashok Uncle ki taraf se." Said Shehnaaz and made him eat another bite.

Like this she made him eat the food.

"Yeh last wala meri taraf se..." She said at last.

Sidharth paused for a while and then ate the last bite making Shehnaaz smile.

On the other hand, Rita Ji also smiled seeing that Sidharth finished his meal.

Shehnaaz was going to leave when Sidharth said, "Shehnaaz!"

Shehnaaz stopped and looked at him.

"Thodi der yaaha rukogi mere saath?" He asked like a child.

Shehnaaz smiled and said, "Main abhi yeh plate rakh ke aati hoon."

Saying that, she left from there.

After sometime she returned and again sat beside Sidharth.

"Mujhe Sana ke bachpan ke kisse sunaogi please? Woh kaisi thi, tum dono ka bond kaisa tha, tum dono kya kya karte the... I really want to know." He said.

Shehnaaz wiped her own tears and said smiling, "Baataungi na? Paata hai, main aur Sana na bachpan se hi bohut close the. Main jitni jhalli thi, Sana utni hi samajhdar. Kitni baar uski wajah se main daant khaate khaate bachi hoon. Studies mein bhi woh meri bohut help karti thi. Aur toh aur hum dono na eksaath......"

Shehnaaz kept telling while Sidharth smiled hearing about Sana's childhood.

Rita Ji noticed his smile and became surprised. She looked at Shehnaaz, the reason of his smile. Her heart started telling her that she was perfect for him. That time only she could help him to come out his grief. With her help, he would be able to go back to his normal life. Sidharth couldn't stay at Amravati forever. One day he would go back to Mumbai. There he would need someone who would take care of him. And nobody would be able to take care of him as good as Shehnaaz.

After a lot of thinking, Rita Ji decided something. Maybe she was being little selfish but she could do anything for her son. At night, she talked to Ashok Ji about it. At first he couldn't agree with his wife but at last agreed thinking about his son.

Next day, they both went to Shehnaaz's house to talk to her parents about Sidharth and Shehnaaz's marriage.

"Yeh aap kya keh rahi hai Behen Ji?" Asked Parminder Ji with disbelief, "Humari Bacchi ko guzre kuch hi din hue hai. Aur abhi aap Shehnaaz ke saath Sidharth ki shaadi ki baat kar rahi hai? Yeh namumkin hai."

Rita Ji hold Parminder Ji's both hands and said, "Humein maaf kar di jiye lekin humare paas koi dusra option nahi hai. Iss waqt humare Sidharth ka khayal sirf aur sirf aap ki Beti Shehnaaz rakh sakti hai. Kaal uski wajah se Sidharth ne khana khaya, itne dino baad uske chehre pe muskurahat laut aayi. Mujhe yakeen hai agar unn dono ki shaadi hui toh mera Beta phir se pehle jaisa ban jayega. Apni normal life mein wapas aa sakega."

"Dekhiye hum aap ki baat samajh sakte hai. Even hum log bhi nahi chahte ki Sidharth puri zindagi Sana ki yaadon ke sahare guzar de. Hum chahte hai ki woh naye tarike apni zindagi ki suruwaad kare. Lekin woh suruwaad Shehnaaz ke saath karna, kya yeh sahi rahega?" Said Santokh Ji.

"Hum itni zaldbaazi nahi karte agar Sidharth apne aap ko sambhal paata. Par uss se nahi ho raha. Usse Shehnaaz ki zaroorat hai. Agar woh akele raha toh Sana ki yaadon mein hi ghut ghut ke marr jayega. Hum Maa Baap hone ke naate yeh chiz bardasht nahi kar paayenge. Isliye hum haath jod ke aap se request karte hai, iss shaadi ke liye maan jaaiye. Agar Shehnaaz ne maana kar diya toh hum usse force nahi karenge. Par sirf ek baar uss se baat karke dekhiye. Please!"

Saying that Ashok Ji was about to fold his hands but Santokh Ji stopped him. He could understood their feelings.

Santokh Ji and Parminder Ji looked at each other. They were in dilemma. But thinking of their children, four of them took the toughest decision of their life. They decided to get Sidharth and Shehnaaz married.
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