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"Abbu..?"

Her father looked at her immediately

"Z-zareen..... Yeh wakt aakhir aa hi gaya, jab mujhe sab cheezon se mukti mil jaayengi" he smiled at her sadly
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"Priyanka bhabhi! Ek baat batani thi apko aur Ishaan bhaiya ko!"

"Idhar hi hu mai...kya hua mere chhote Chetan?" Ishaan said while coming from upstairs

"Vo... Actually mujhe...."
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"Aji suniye!!" Anuradha shouted in happiness

"Kya hua Anuradha?"

"Voh humara beta..."
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Jignesh felt something abnormal today in his heart

"Haye Raam! Meri heartbeat i-itni tez kyun ho rahi hai.." he said after looking into the smart watch that was telling his heart rate 117

"Pata nahi kal raat se kya ho gaya hai mujhko...kahi pita ji ki daant ka asar ab to nahi padh raha? Nahi nahi pehele kabhi nahi pada ab kyu hi padega? Hmm Ishaan bhaiya ke ghar jata hu! Mind refresh bhi ho jayega and mann ki baat bhi share ho jaayegi" he talked with himself as always and moved on to his bike to reach Ishaan's house

After reaching his house

"...iss jagah mein kuch baat to hai, bohot hi positive vibes deti hai" Jignesh mumbled

He rung the bell of Ishaan's house and Priyanka opened the door

"Arey Jiguda! Tum yahan?" Priyanka said while letting him enter the house

"Haan bhabhi ek kaam se aaya hu idhar" he said while panting a little

"Tum pehele sofe par baitho phir batao, dekho to sahi apni haalat...kitna haaf rahe ho!" she said while patting his back

"Uh..Ishaan bhaiya kidhar hain?"

"Idhar hi hu mai...kya hua mere chhote Chetan?" Ishaan said while coming from upstairs and he sat beside him on the sofa

"Lo ab to tumhare bhaiya bhi aa gaye, ab toh batao kya hua?" Priyanka asked him while showing little concern

"Voh actually, kal raat..."

"Kya Tau ji ne tujhe daata?" Ishaan said

"M..hm" Jignesh nodded his head slowly "lekin baat ye nahi hai"

"To main baat kya hai?"

"Ab apko to pata hai na ki mujhe uss haveli mein rehe rehe kar ghutan hoti hai?"

"Haan haan mai samajhta hu teri musibat"

"..to phir mai kabhi kabaar chala jaata hu jheel ke kinaare hafte me sirf 7 din" he said while looking down

"Ohhho, to phir pakda jaana to pakka hi tha" Ishaan shooked his head in disbelief

"Lekin Jignesh itni raat mein bahar nikalna tumhare liye nuksaandayak (नुक्सानदायक/harmful) bhi hai" Priyanka said

"I know lekin...tch achha aage ka toh suno!"

"Haan haan tu continue kar!"

"Toh phir, mujhe vahan ek ladki mili..."

"Achha phir?"

"Uh-m kaafi khoobsurat thi" Jignesh hesitated a little bit while appreciating her "not simping...just telling!"

"Arey I understand" Ishaan grinned at him

Jignesh's ears slowly turned into rose-red shade as a small smile got on his lips

"Achhaa ab samajh gayi sara matter" Priyanka softly chuckled

"To kya iraade hain tere ab?"

"Usse vaapas milne ka mann kar raha hai..." Jignesh played with his thumbs

"Lekin ye bata ke vo dikhne mein kaisi hai?"

Jignesh got a little bit more serious at this point

"U-usne...hijaab pehena hua tha.." he looked somewhere else

"To kya hua? Bhai pyaar relegion, caste, colour ya gender nahi dekhta"

"Arey bhaiya aap papa aur dada ji ke baare mein kaise bhool sakte hain?"

"Haan...vo bhi hai, mai vaisa tere sang nahi hone dunga jo Sachet ke sang hua tha"

"Par vo to ek accident tha na.." Jignesh ke dimaag mein kuch beeti hui yaadien chal rahi thi, jo ki kabki dum tod chuki hain

"Mai accident ki nahi, unke ghar se bahar hone aur pariwaar se nikaal dene ki baat kar raha hu-" Ishaan looked at him...his eyes were teary "J-jignesh? Tu ro mat please. Try to understand, sab log kehete hain na ki ek na ek din sabko ye dunia chhod kar jana hota hai? Unki bhi qismat kuch aisi thi ke unke saath vo sab hua"

"Lekin bhaiya, unn yaadon ka kya jo ki jaane ka naam hi nahi le rahi?" Jignesh controlled himself

"Unn yaadon ko tu beshak mat bhula, unko tu bass achhi yaadon mein rakh aur aisa soch ke vo tere saath humesha hain!" Ishaan pats his back slightly

"Ek aap hi ho jisne Sachet bhaiya ki jagah le saki, aur ek vo hai jo saga ho kar bhi..." He hugged him tighter and sobs silently

Priyanka got melted by seeing them being emotional

"Shaant hoja bhai, maine vaada kiya tha ki tera saath nibhaunga to ab vo nibha hi to raha hu!"

Jignesh nodded slightly while wiping his tears

At the other side -

*Beep*...*Beep*...*Beep*......*Beep*

"Ji suniye mam! Aapke abbu ki dhadkane bohot hi dheere ho rahi hain..aap please unko jaake dekhiye" the nurse told Zareena in hurry

Zareena then ran to the hospital room in which she saw her father laying on the bed...taking his last breath

"Abbu..?"

Her father looked at her immediately

"Z-zareen..... Yeh wakt aakhir aa hi gaya, jab mujhe sab cheezon se mukti mil jaayengi" he smiled at her sadly

"Aap p-please, aisa na bolen..."

"Yusuf ka dh-yaan rakhna..ab vo tumhaari emanat hai.."

"Hu-me chhod kar jaa rahe hain?A-apke siva aur kon hai mera?" She let her tears drop

"Hai beti, ek.. ek shakhs hai..."

"K-kon?"

"V-vo tumhe wakt aate hi pata lag jaayega..."

"Nahi abbu, aap kahi nahi jaa rahe!" She held his hand on which IV was attached and cried out more

"Zareen.. ye samay toh a-aana hi tha-h, vaise m-meri baat abhi dhyaan laga kar suno"

"H-haan aap boliye..!"

"Mere bistar ke baaju ..mein ek d-daraaj hai...usme ek baksa hoga, uss bakse ki chaabi maine taikhaane mein rakhi hai, t-tum usse dhoondh Lena...vohi e-ek zariya hai tumhari.. zindagi sudhaarne ka... Ab mujhe jaana hoga"

"Nahi........nahi!!"

*Beep*.........*Beep*..................*Beep*......................................................

Zareena's heart got shattered in seconds when she saw a straight line in the heart rate monitor.

At the other side --

"Aji suniye!!" Anuradha shouted in happiness

"Kya hua Anuradha?"

"Voh humara beta...Naman! Kal hi flight pakad kar yahan India aa raha hai!"

"Wah! Arey.. mithaayion ka intezaam karo! Itne dino baad iss ghar ki ronak lautegi.."

To be countinued~

So after many many manyyy days I updated it cuz y'all know about everything already. If no then I'll tell in short that it was a health problem. But everything's alright now. And also I named the female main lead as Zareena kyunki meri marzi bhyi ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯
Jk jk- mujhe achha nahi lag raha tha bas that's it
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