"Coming" I said turning when a bullet hit me right in my stomach.

I felled down on my knees, my hand on my stomach, when I saw

"Chachu"

I woke up to the pungent smell invading my nostrils. The room was silent apart from my heavy breathing.
I slowly opened my eyes, squinting in attempt to sharpen the blurred images before me. I glanced around and took in the deserted, white colour bedroom. How long have I been here? I shut my eyes, trying to remember what had exactly happened. Then it all hits me with a bang. The memory of it all starts to occupy my thoughts.

I was shot. Shot by my own Chachu. The cold air hitting my face as I plummet towards the gravel. Some panicking, some remained still. I heard one lady scream. Crashed. The pain jolted throughout my body. Who brought me here? Out of impulse, my hand travels to my face, pressing the throbbing area on my right temple.

I felt a scar and flinched at the pain. I tried to get up. Once I stepped on the cold, white tiles, I instantly fell back on to the bed. My body, engulfed in pain as if objecting my decision to stand up. I lay there pathetically, waiting for the pain to wash away. Staring at the ceiling, illuminated with a white fluorescent light.

I still didn't know how I got here, who took me here, how long I've been here.

My series of questions was interrupted as a devilishly handsome man, with brown hair and mesmerizing hazel eyes, emerged from the door of my room, with a mobile phone close to his ear, talk...

Amjad Taimur

Chachu

Al came from behind and then snapped me out of my deep thought asking whether I was okay. I told her I was even if it was obviously a complete lie.

"You should thank Zayal my child that at the end moment he came and lowered my hand and the bullet just didn't went inside you!" Chachu said tilting his hand.

Immediately, I kept my hand on my stomach, searching for any injuries.

"Ah! Don't worry, Hoorain. You don't have any major injuries, just the effects of a bullet missing it's target." He said sitting down on a chair beside me.

"Chachu, why did you brought me here?" I asked trying to sit up but the pain was more than enough for me to bare and I again laid down. I could clearly see that Al wasn't liking the fact that I was injured.

"Are trying to be dumb or are you dumb? You very well know the truth that why I brought you here." He said screeching a bit.

"Chachu, what you're doing is wrong! This is not how you were. You can never think bad for me, let alone hurt me. You forgot everything?" I asked holding his hand.

"If you think that I'm gonna melt with your words then you are wrong. I want you and you're share, which I'll get by hook or crook!" With that he left.

Zayal quickly came by my side and sat down. I didn't wanted to even see him, forget talking to him. I turned my face.

"Hoorain, I know you're angry with me. But, please, give me a chance to explain myself." He said

"No Zayal, I'm not angry with you, I'm upset with you." I said looking at the other direction.

"Hoori, it's Al for you and will always be!" He said.

"Nothing lasts forever!" I sighed.

"Hoori, please, listen to me for once" he said trying to hold my hand but I quickly pulled it back.

"Zayal, nothing matters now."

"It does for me. Hoori, I did loved you girl, it wasn't a lie. I loved you way before I was even told about all this." He said.

"And after listening to everything, you suddenly became greedy!"

"Not for money, Hoori, but for you. My dad was very much adamant on hurting you so as to stop all this, I played along with him but I didn't knew that it'll come this far." He said placing his head in between his hands.

"If you really played along with Chachu, then if I'm not wrong you got ample of time with me to come clean instead of going round and round by Imran!" I said.

"You think like that because I made you think like that. But, what you didn't noticed was the very same man who use to always stay alert at the very corner of every place wherever we met with a microphone in his ear and a gun ready to shoot you and me, if I tried to play smart! My dad didn't even trusted me when it came to you!" He chuckled

"You keep on lying and I'll keep on listening!" I replied

"I'm not lying Hoori and I've nothing against you. In fact, I'm very happy that at least you married the right guy! You really did deserved a guy like, Aariz." He said

Aariz!

He must be on his way...

"I'll help you in escaping..." Zayal said.

I turned to look at him so fast that for a second I though my neck would surely break.

"And why would you do that?"

"Because this is not where you were suppose to be! Aariz needs you, he surely have gone through alot just to keep you beside him and this I know very well. If you wouldn't have been under his protection, Dad would have found you way earlier." He said.

"What about you? Do you think that Chachu is gonna leave you?" I asked.

"So someone is worried for me, huh?!" He smirked and I glared punching him in his arm.

"Since when you've become so violent?" He asked rubbing his arm.

"The day you started scaring me!" I said and he just hung his head low. "Hey, it's okay! I know that you can never hurt me. I trust you" I smiled and immediately he hugged me, making me stiff! "Al, please, I'm not comfortable." I mumbled and he pulled back himself.

I carefully got up, balancing myself. He held my hand firmly and took me out of the room. He took a left turn from the room in which I was kept. As more as I was walking, the pain was becoming unbearable.

"Al, I won't be able to walk anymore" I said standing against the wall.

"Only five more minutes and you'll be out!" He said.

"I can't. It's paining!" I said pointing at my lower abdomen. I saw him clenching his jaw before hitting the wall beside me.

"Al, have you gone mad? You're gonna hurt yourself. It's not your fault. It's okay" I said taking his hand in mine.

"Who's there?" We both heard someone else's voice.

"Hoorain, Run!" He said holding my hand.

While running I looked back, only to see that two guards were running behind us. I shrieked!

"Hoorain, look in front!" He shouted when a rod hit my head making everything blurr.

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"You have let down me, Zayal. I've raised you better than this!"

I heard someone yelling before something broke making me yelp!

"Look, who just woke up!" I saw a man in front of me, but couldn't really make out, who he was until the image cleared and it was Chachu.

I tried to pull myself back but I couldn't. I looked to see myself chained to the chair and a cloth wrapped around my mouth. Tears flowed down as I looked around. When my gaze landed on Zayal, my eyes widened in shock. He was totally covered in blood, sitting against the wall as he slowly looked at me.

Immediately I tried to free myself from the chain but nothing happened.

"You should at least thank me for not killing you, yet!" Chachu said playing with the knife.

"Dad just leave her!" Zayal spoke.

"And why would I do that, Son?" Chachu asked without turning back.

"Because I'm not going to marry her!" Zayal yelled and within a second the knife that was in Chachu's hands was now on Zayal's forearm. He screamed in pain, I closed ny eyes tightly not wanting to see anymore blood.

Not even a second passed and the door of the room was broken down. I opened my eyes to see Aariz standing on the broken door. Rage filled his eyes as soon as he saw me. Picking Chachu up by his collar, he punched him. Hitting him with his head, Chachu stumbled back.

"How dare you?!" He again punched him.

Aahil came to my side freeing me from the chains.

"Why are you both here? It's dangerous, they'll kill you both!" I said.

"The cops are downstairs arresting his people, don't worry everything is in our control." He said.

Thanking Aahil, I quickly ran to Zayal.

"You'll be fine soon, I'll get you to the hospital." I said

"Just run, Hoorain!" He said.

"No, you're coming with me!" I was pulled back. I turned to look, Aariz standing behind my back, his arm wrapped around my waist as usual inspecting me from top to bottom.

"I'm fine" I said cupping his face but I'm sure that he's not gonna believe me. "Aariz, Zayal needs to be taken to the hospital right now." I said. He looked at Zayal, his eyes narrowing, fists balling up. "No Aariz, he didn't do anything, because of him, I'm alive. And he even tried to help me in escaping but we were caught!" I said.

His gaze softening at me.

"Aahil, take him to the hospital." He said.

"Thank you, Hoorain, for forgiving me!" Zayal said.

"No, Al, I should say thank you. You saved my life, I owe you at least this much" I said smiling.

He smiled back before Aahil helped him in standing up and taking outside.

Turning back to Aariz, I asked him about Chachu and he said that the Cops have taken him away. He has given all the proofs against Chachu.

"Come let's go home." He said holding my hand.

We went outside and he opened the backseat for me. Sitting beside me,h e held my hand and placed a soft kiss.

"I really thought that I have lost you, this time." He said.

"Not so soon, Sir. We have just begun our journey!" I smiled kissing his lips softly.

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