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In a big studio, a girl was singing with her eyes closed. The lyrics were coming direct out of her heart. Her voice was expressing pain and everyone present in the studio was mesmerized by her voice.

"Superb Shehnaaz Ji! Superb! What a voice! This song is going to be a big hit." Said the music director praising her.

Shehnaaz had tears in her eyes. But she immediately wiped them off and smiled looking at the people who were clapping for her. It was her first playback song in a Bollywood movie and she was glad that everyone liked her voice.

In this 2 years, Shehnaaz's life changed a lot. She had done a lot of music videos, participated in a music reality show and even won that. After winning that she got more singing offers in music videos and concerts. And after continuous struggle of 2 years, she did her first playback in Bollywood. But she was not alone in this journey. Sid was always beside her. Whenever her in-laws tried to stop her from doing anything, he stood for her. He went against his own family and helped Shehnaaz to achieve her goals. At last they had to accept her career.

But as people say, life is not a bed of roses. In spite of having everything, Shehnaaz's life was incomplete as she was deprived of that happiness which every woman wants to feel. The happiness of motherhood.

After recording, Shehnaaz came out of the studio. She was about to get inside the car, when suddenly her eyes fell on a little girl on the road who was buying balloons with her mother.

"Happy Mother's Day Mummy!" Said the little girl cutely giving the balloons to her mother to which she bent down and kissed her cheeks.

Shehnaaz smiled seeing the scenario and became lost. She started imagining herself at the mother's place.

"Memsaab! Memsaab!" Called the driver and Shehnaaz's thoughts broke.

"Chalein?" Asked the driver to which Shehnaaz nodded in yes. Then she got inside the car and the driver started driving.

Later that day...

Shehnaaz came back to Lucknow by flight and went home. As soon as she entered, she saw 1 year old Rafiq playing sitting on the floor. He was licking his toys.

"Arrey usse muh mein nahi daalte. Pet kharab ho jayega."

Saying that, Shehnaaz picked Rafiq in her arms and started playing with him.

Suddenly Muskaan came there and said, "Shehnaaz tum aa gayi? Recording kaisi rahi?"

"Acchi thi Bhabhi jaan. Lekin humein humare Rafiq ki bohut yaad aa rahi thi. Isliye hum aaj hi flight pakad ke wapas aa gaye."

"Idhar humare chhote Shehzaade bhi subah se ro rahe the. Aap jo nahi thi. Aur Rafiq ko iss ghar mein sabse zyada aap se lagav hai. "

"Lagav toh hoga hi. Akhir hum iske Chachi jaan jo hai." Said Shehnaaz to which Muskaan smiled.

At that very moment, Shabnam Ji came there and took Rafiq away from Shehnaaz.

"Muskaan tumhe kitni baar kaha hai humare Rafiq ko iss se dur rakhne ke liye." She said sternly and Muskaan looked down.

"Iss banjh ka saaya humare Rafiq ke liye accha nahi hai. Khud ke toh Bacche hote nahi hai, jab dekho dusro ke Bacchon pe nazar daalti hai." Said Shabnam Ji further breaking Shehnaaz's heart. Tears rolled down her cheeks. Muskaan felt bad for her but couldn't say anything.

"Rafiq ko le kar andar jaao." She said to which Muskaan took her son and left from there.

Then she turned to Shehnaaz and said, "Tum bhi jaao andar. Bhare mehfil mein gaana gaa ke thak gayi hogi. Akhir yeh hi sab toh aata hai tumhe, gaana gaa na aur mujra karna."

Shehnaaz didn't stay there anymore and ran towards her room. She sat on her bed and started crying loudly. She was tired of hearing taunts from her in-laws every single day. Since they got the news that Shehnaaz would never be able to conceive, they started treating her like this. Now they were regretting the decision of getting Sid married to a girl who couldn't even become a mother.

"Kyu Allah? Kyu hum dusri auraton ki tarah Maa nahi ban sakte? Kyu humein aulaad hone ki khushi naseeb nahi ho sakti? Kyu humein sabse yeh sun na padh raha hai ki hum baanjh hai? Humne toh kabhi kisi ka bura nahi chaha. Toh phir humare saath hi aisa kyu ho raha hai?" She said in her mind while crying.

Suddenly Fatima Ji came there and knocked at the door. Noticing her, Shehnaaz wiped her tears and went to her.

"Kya hua Ammi jaan? Kuch kaam tha hum se?" She asked looking down.

"Humein paata chala Bhabhi jaan ne kya kaha tumse." Said Fatima Ji. "Lekin woh galat nahi hai. Nikah ke dhai saal ho gaye hai. Abhi bhi Baccha nahi hoga phir log toh kahenge hi. Dekho Shehnaaz, Nikah ke baad se tumne iss ghar mein sirf apni marzi chalayi hai. Nikah ke baad tum college gayi, humne nahi roka. Phir apna singing ka career suru kiya, Sid ke khatir humne woh bhi seh liya. Lekin hum aur nahi sahenge. Saal bhar ke andar humein Baccha chahiye."

"Lekin doctor ne...."

"Hum jaante hai doctor ne kya kaha. Lekin woh Khuda nahi hai. Humne suna hai yaaha paas hi mein ek Dargah hai. Tum aur Sid kaal waha chale jaana. Suna hai waha se koi khali haath wapas nahi aata."

Shehnaaz just nodded in yes.

At Night...

Shehnaaz was thinking about Fatima Ji's words when Sid asked showing a photo in his phone, "Naaz, yeh mansion kaisa lag raha hai?"

Shehnaaz came out of her thoughts and looked at the photo.

"It's beautiful." She replied. "Lekin yeh hai kiska?"

"Bohut zald humara hone wala hai." He replied making Shehnaaz confused.

"Kya matlab?" She asked.

"Matlab humari Begum Bollywood ki singer ban chuki hai. Ab Mumbai aana jaana toh laga rahega. Toh socha waha bhi humein apna ek ghar le lena chahiye taaki tum aram se waha rehke apna kaam kar sako."

"Ohhh!"

Seeing her reaction, Sid frowned a little and asked, "Tum khush nahi ho?"

Shehnaaz smiled forcefully and said, "Haan hum khush hai. Accha yeh sab rehne di jiye.... Filhaal hum......"

She didn't complete and slowly took his phone and kept it aside. Sid understood what she was going to say and also he knew the reason very well. He sighed and laid Shehnaaz down and hovered over her. In no time, they started making love.

It was late at night. Sid was still thrusting inside Shehnaaz who was moaning his name and scratching his back. After sometime, Sid released inside her and fell on her.

Sid noticed that Shehnaaz was very tired and breathing heavily. He stopped and came out of her.

"Kya hua Sid? Aap ruk kyu gaye?" She asked.

"Naaz you are tired. Waise bhi raat bohut ho chuki hai. Humein so jaana chahiye." He replied while wearing his clothes.

"Sid I'm alright. Aur raat bhi zyada nahi hui hai. We can still continue for sometime."

"You are already sore Naaz. Kyu khamkha khud ko aur takleef dena chahti ho?"

"Humein takleef nahi ho rahi. Aur agar hum itni si bhi koshish nahi karenge toh Baccha hoga kaise?" Asked Shehnaaz loudly.

Sid lost his patience hearing that.

"Are you mad?" Shouted Sid. "Tum bhul gayi doctor ne kya kaha tha? Hum parents nahi ban sakte and it's the truth. Let's just accept it."

"Sid doctor ne kaha tha mere pregnant hone chances bohut kam hai, bilkool bhi nahi hai yeh nahi kaha tha. Kya paata agar hum try kare toh kuch ho jaaye."

"Aur saath mein unhone yeh bhi kaha tha ki agar tum by chance pregnant ho bhi gayi toh pregnancy mein complications ho sakti hai. Tumhari jaan ko bhi khatra ho sakta hai. And I can't take that risk."

He cupped Shehnaaz's face and said, "Naaz tum jaan ho humari. Hum kabhi Abbu nahi ban sakte yeh humein phir bhi manjoor hai lekin tumhe khona manjoor nahi hai. Please try to understand Baby. I love you very much."

Shehnaaz noticed tears in Sid's eyes. She wiped it and said, "Lekin hum toh Ammi ban na chahte hai na? Apne Bacche ko godi mein sulana chahte hai, uske saath khelna chahte hai. Hum iske liye kuch bhi kar sakte hai. Sayad Ammi jaan hi sahi keh rahi thi. Humein kaal Dargah jaana chahiye. Agar Khuda ki marzi hui toh humein bhi aulaad ka sukh naseeb hoga."

Sid left her face getting annoyed.

"Naaz you again started this. Tum yeh acche se jaanti ho yeh sab karne se Baccha nahi hota. Why can't you just forget all this? Aaj kaal jab dekho sirf ek hi topic pe baat karti ho tum. Mumbai se aane ke baad kya tumne ek baar bhi humein yeh baataya ki tumhari recording kaisi rahi? Yaa phir humse yeh puchha ki humara aaj ka din kaisa raha? Nahi. Kyu ki har waqt tum toh sirf ek hi baare mein sochti rehti ho. Humare baare mein sochne ke liye tumhare paas time hi nahi hai. Yaaha tak ki humara intimate hona bhi tumhare liye ek duty ban ke reh gayi hai. Taa ki kaise bhi kar ke humein bas ek baccha ho jaaye. Accha yeh toh woh Naaz nahi thi jis se humne pyaar kiya tha. Tum itni badal kaise gayi?"

Shehnaaz gave a sarcastic smile and said, "Sahi kaha aap ne. Badal gaye hai hum. Lekin kyu badal gaye, yeh aap nahi samjhenge. Akhir iss dard se toh roz humein guzarna padhta hai na? Toh phir iska ehsaas bhi sirf humein hoga, aap ko nahi."

Sid got hurt by her words.

"Yeah of course. Akhir tumhare dard ka ehsaas humein kaise ho sakta hai?" He said sadly. "Listen Naaz, humein iss baare mein baat hi nahi karni. Please give me a break. I beg you."

Shehnaaz didn't say anything. She took her clothes and went to the washroom.

After coming out of the washroom, Shehnaaz saw Sid lying on the bed and looking at the celling blankly. She realised that he was sad. She was about to go near and give him a tight hug, but suddenly his phone started ringing.

Shehnaaz stopped and looked at the phone. She became confused seeing the caller's name. It was Nusrat who was calling him at midnight.

"Sid aap ko Nusrat Di call kar....."

Before she could complete, Sid took the phone in his hands. After picking up the call, he went to the balcony hurriedly.

"Nusrat Di ne itni raat ko kyu call kiya hoga? Aur Sid bhi achanak se aise balcony mein kyu chale gaye? Woh yaaha pe bhi toh baat kar sakte the." Thought Shehnaaz.

After sometime...

"Nusrat tu pagal hogayi hai? Kya karne jaa rahi thi yeh?" Said Sid in a low voice so that Shehnaaz couldn't hear.

"Hum aur kya kare Sid? Koi dusra option nahi hai humare paas. Aur hum apne pyaar ke liye kuch bhi kar sakte hai." Said Nusrat almost crying.

"Listen just calm down. Humne kaha tha na hum zald hi kuch karenge? Bharosa nahi hai kya hum pe jo itna bada kadam uthane chali thi?"

"Bharosa hai iss hi liye humne aap ko call kiya. Warna aaj hum sach mein....."

"Tu kuch nahi karti. Samjhi? Dekh Nusrat, situation bohut complicated hai. Baat yaaha sirf pyaar ki nahi, families aur society ki bhi hai. Lekin hum apna waada zaroor nibhayenge. Hum khud sab ko sach baata denge, lekin sahi waqt aane pe. Par jab tak sahi waqt nahi aata, tujhe patience rakhna hoga. Thik hai?"

"Thik hai Sid. Lekin aap sach mein apna waada pura karoge na?"

"I promise." Said Sid giving assurance to which Nusrat smiled.
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