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Shehnaaz kept her bag on table of corridor as she made her way inside living room after coming back from very tiring day. She was prepared for this medical days but still these gets sometimes more tiring and unbearable that she just feel she's losing her mind

Their professors are also very rude and strict which made her more hard for her but this is her dream career so she can't help but bear with these things if she wants to be labelled as doctor. She glanced at her phone which's battery died since she didn't charge it before going to sleep, she put her phone in pocket of her lab coat

She was wearing one of the clothes she bought other day and as he asked her to layer it she has been wearing lab coat over and hasn't taken off since it hides her figure

She opened door of living room and was ready to call her father and tell him that she has recalled but she halt looking at some people sitting in living area of their house with her father

Her father looks hella serious with his hands intertwined and rested against his mouth as he listens to man in in front of him. His voice sounds awfully familiar to Shehnaaz, she can't see their faces because their back was facing her, she also couldn't make much out of conversation they were having as she just came

"Shehnaaz idhar ayo" Her father's voice made her take few steps and get near sofas. Her father was very silent

Shehnaaz's face turned pale when she saw parents of her boyfriend. Mr and Mrs gabol sitting in her living room looking very presentable, she can't describe feeling she was having. Her hands were getting sweaty and mind went blank, she can't process what's going on and what are they doing here at her house

Mrs gabol gave her small smile but Shehnaaz didn't react. She's terrified and glanced at her father who also looked at her

"Tum janti ho inko Shehnaaz?" Alam asked his daughter

"N-nahi" Shehnaaz's voice came barely as whisper

Alam looks satisfied by answer of his daughter and nodded his head. Mr and Mrs gabol also didn't mind much since they can understand situation this girl is in and they assumed by this that Sidharth hasn't told her anything about rishta thing

"Yeh tumhara rishta apne bete ke liye lekr aye hain Sidharth gabol ke liye" Alam explained his daughter while her heart was pounding

"Tum inke bete ko janti ho?" He asked, Shehnaaz shook her head with visible tears in her eyes

"Toh agar mein mana krdu toh tumhe koi atraaz toh nahi" Her father asked

Shehnaaz looked at him than at his parents, Mr gabol clenched his fist clearly being offended by rejection but didn't say anything while Mrs gabol's face drop and she looks upsets. She stayed silent as tear escape her eyes. Alam looked at his daughter with firm expressions when he realised she's lying to him. No one cries over rejecting random rishta

"Koi atraaz hai?" He asked again with firmness in his eyes

"Nahi" She says

"Reason kya hai Mr qureshi? Kharabi kya hai mere bete mein?" Mr gabol raised his voice. Mrs gabol slightly wide her eyes and hold his hand knowing this will go wrong if her husband didn't keep his temper in check

"Pura mulk janta hai kis tarha ka gundon wala khandan hai ap logo ka gareeb ki haisiyat he nahi koi ap logo ki nazar mein har cheez paise aur takat ke zor per karwate ho mein mar jau apni beti na dou aur wese bhi Shehnaaz ka rishta already tey kiya hua hai mene with my nephew!" Alam also raised voice to match his's. Shehnaaz wide her eyes not knowing what her father is talking about, she doesn't know about her rishta with his nephew. Which also happens to be haider

"Zarori nahi hai jo dekhaya jaye wo sach ho" Mrs gabol said with hurt in her eyes. Shehnaaz felt bad for her

"Mera khudke personal experience se keh raha hu I judge in bases of what I have see and heard aur Shehnaaz unmarried reh jaye gi but I won't let her marry your gunda son" He looked at them. Mr gabol's eyes bore into him with rage in them

"I gave you respect since you are father of Shehnaaz warna you said truth tum jese logo ko hum dekhe bhi nahi" Mr gabol clenched his jaw. Shehnaaz knows this is going to be bad. Very bad

"Ap mere ghar mein ho don't forgot this" Alam said standing up. Shehnaaz also stands up instantly

"Baba please na karen yeh" She whisper holding him back

"Apke ghar mein hai isliye sahi salamat ho warna people don't dare to even meet my eyes let alone talk to me like this" Mr gabol also stands up glaring at alam who glared back

"Uncle" Shehnaaz looked at him with her pleading eyes after hearing his threat. She loves her father and this got her, mr gabol's eyes soften at her teary ones. He sighed looking away

"Are you threatening me?" Alam asked furiously

"Think whatever you want" Mr gabol said before grabbing hand of his wife

He looked at Shehnaaz before pulling his wife out of their house. They looked at maham and amna who were standing by living room door and probably heard enough. This is disaster and Shehnaaz was aware of it, she doesn't worry about his parents being upset she's terrified by reaction of Sidharth after knowing how her father has treated them. He won't like it

She dropped back on sofa with teary eyes and blank face. Her father doesn't know what he has done, it was all silent until Alam broke it

"How long Shehnaaz?" Her father voice was cold

"Baba can-" He cut maham off by showing her palm of his hand and waited for answer of his daughter

"6 months" her voice cracked as she looks at him

He held expressions cold as ice that she can't recognise her father anymore. He has never looked at her like this never, her answer bring disappoint in his eyes. He has trusted Shehnaaz more than his other daughters and has always favoured her and getting this from her made him hurt

"Meri shehnaaz mujhse kabhi jhoot nahi bolti" He said trying to stay stern but his eyes got watery

"Maaf krden mujhe please" She pleads him, she can bare anything but her father looking at him like this, it's killing her

Maham wanted to butt her badly and help Shehnaaz even tho she knows her sister is wrong here for having affair with Sidharth, maham can't help but feel crying after seeing Shehnaaz cry. She can help her now and can scold her later. Amna also wants to help her she won't say anything but she knows their father loves Shehnaaz more than anyone in world and he will give her chance

"Tum use sare rabte khatam karogi aur wada karo kabhi nahi milo gi" He demanded from his daughter while looked at her. Shehnaaz went silent for seconds. She knows this is only way to seek forgiveness from her father

"I'll never see him promise" She agreed nodding her head

He heard her answer and left from there. He probably will think where he went wrong in parenting for her to do this and it will make Shehnaaz feel guilty forever

As amna said, Alam has one weakness that is Shehnaaz. He always forgives her this fast, he always do and in this case he thinks his previous daughter has been mislead. Maham immediately went to get glass of water for her sister and handed over to her, Shehnaaz took it and just hold it

They both stood beside her, maham has so many questions while amna was thinking what crazy thing next Sidharth is going to do. She won't be surprised much

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Sidharth waited for his parents to return. He wasn't exactly expecting positive answer because of his history with her father but he least expects anything in favour of them

He kept cigarette between his lips and inhale toxic smell of it. Aryaan in front of him was playing video game on phone while Zain was talking to one of his girlfriends

Three of their attention was gained by very furious Mr gabol entering lounge of bungalow with very quite Mrs gabol following, she went straight in her room. Zain and Sidharth shared look as Zain hang up call. Aryaan also put his phone down after seeing his father in bad mood

"Bhabhi ke father nahi mane kya?" Aryaan asked in curiosity. Mr gabol glared at his son

"He rejected your proposal!" He spoke furiously in Sidharth's direction

"I mean dad it was kinda expected he was opposition's lawyer in my drunk driving case" Sidharth spoke out with chill expression blowing out smoke in air

"Not only that mera beta usne tumhare khandan ki esi beezati ki hai ke mere abu kabr se uth khare hue hain" Mr gabol looked at his son

"Kya matlab?" Sidharth's expressions changed

"He said he will rather die than marry her with you aur it's better for her to stay unmarried than marry gunda like my son!" He told him. Sidharth poke his inner cheek while leaning in sofa

"I stayed quite just for sake of Shehnaaz because she was crying warna uska baap mere hatho marta!" Mr gabol set down on sofa beside Aryaan who scoot away in fear since his father is angry. Sidharth was fuming, she was crying made him more furious

"She was crying why?" Zain asked

"Probably because her stupid father rejected aur kya bechari" He sighed out

"Uske father ne bataya ke she is promised to someone like her rishta is fixed you knew about it Sidharth?" Mr gabol asked

Zain glanced at Sidharth who was silently crushing his cigarette in ashtray and by the vines popping on his neck, he can tell Sidharth will lose it anytime now and that's when he grabbed his coat from sofa and stood up

"Sidharth where are you going?" Zain asked standing up right after him. He didn't answer Zain and dashed outside

"Chalo Aryaan hurry up!" Zain said to Aryaan who immediately got up and went with him