I sigh as Abir walked out of the room and the door opens again. I look up expecting him there but I am welcomed by a strange man, his face is covered with a hoodie and there is a bag in his hand.

"How are you doing, Mrs. Rajvansh?" He walks in and I raise my eyebrows in suspicion.

"Sorry, but do I know you?" I sit up straight.

"No." He chuckles slowly. "May I help you?" He offers as I struggle to keep a pillow behind me.

"Just help me by revealing your face." I snap at him angrily. "Or just leave."

"Shit!" He laughs as he removes his hoodie. I watch his face for a moment trying to recognize him but I can't.

He is a stranger.

"And may I know the reason why you are here?" I cross my arms as I look at him questioningly.

"Let's be quick." He walks around the bed and stands beside me. "I want you to come with me." He whispered and I watch the seriousness in his eyes.

"I don't know why you feel like I am going to obey you." I roll my eyes at him. "Let's be direct instead of being quick?" I arch an eyebrow.

"Right." He nods pulling out the phone from his pocket. "Here."

My heart did a backflip as I watch Sara being dragged by few people from the airport.

"Why in the hell are you dragging me? Offer me chocolate I'll walk with you willingly."

I leave a frustrated breath as I hear her.

"This is a video. I'll show what's going currently." He says and then shows me the camera. I watch Sara lying on the floor, she looks exhausted and is actually sleeping.

"This girl is stupid. She doesn't care she is kidnapped and nothing has been done to her till now."

"Then why have you kidnapped her?" I clenched my jaws.

"It's simple. You are walking with me right now and we'll leave her. If you don't come we'll kill her." He shrugs concluding as simple as that.

"Why do you want me?" I try to be serious but deep inside I feel pain.

Why can't I just get what I want?

I just want a family.

"I don't want you." His eyes soften for a moment but then his eyes harden as he clenches his jaws. "Look, I don't want to kidnap you but I need you to come with me. That is why I am keeping this simple for you, just come with me."

"What if I don't?" I ask controlling myself.

"Risk yourself or your loved ones." He sighs. "Your friend is already in danger. Your mother is currently driving and someone is following her maybe within seconds she'll meet with an accident if you don't agree."

He makes a video call to someone and a man receives the call then he turns the back camera and I gulp as I watch Badi maa's car in front of him.

"One more thing." He makes another call and then I frown as I see the NICU.

"The man standing there in the doctor uniform isn't a doctor, your kids are just tiny no knife is needed to kill them just two fingers are enough."

"How can you be so cruel?" I ask as my eyes fill up with tears. I watch Abir giving a flying kiss to the babies and he smiles and speaks with the doctor standing beside him. My babies are so tiny my heart instantly fills with warmth and it is filled with fear as the realization hits me the person holding the phone and showing me my babies will be the person to kill them.

I tear rolled down my eyes as I fist my hand, I need to be strong.

"This is wrong," I say to him.

"I know." He nods looking down. "I'm just blackmailing you because I am being blackmailed too."

"I hate sacrificing." I cry out slowly.

"Drink this." He hands me a glass of water. I push his hand away and the glass falls.

"Hurry up, your husband might be here anytime soon." He looks at me seriously.

I don't want to leave. I want to be with my kids, love them, give them a happy life which I didn't get.

And I will.

I am just leaving now because I'm helpless but I'll come back soon. For whatever reason and whoever is calling me, I am going to face them and reach my kids, my husband, my family, my friends.

I wish I could wait for Abir, call him out, and say that I need him. That is what he would want me to do right now, he would never want me to sacrifice and suffer alone.

But my one call to him can risk my mother, friend, and kids' life. I am not so strong to protect myself and put four lives in danger.

"Put this on." He removes a hoodie from the bag he is carrying and I put it on.

He holds my hand and we walk, I feel a bit dizzy but I take deep breaths not wanting to fall weak right now. I gotta fight for my loved ones and me.

He leads us out some other way and I frown at the way he takes an easy shortcut and escapes us to the parking lot.

"You okay?" He looks at me getting behind the wheel.

"I hate that you are being good and bad at the same time." I shake my head as I put the seatbelt around me.

"I am helpless." He mumbles before he starts the car. I ignore that he just said that because I hate whatever is happening and he is the reason for it. I just wish I went with Abir to see my babies then he would have never met me alone and never blackmailed me.

But whatever has to happen will happen in some or another way!

I gasp as my mother-in-law's car passes beside us. I lean out of the window to look at them, it fucking hurts that all of their smiling faces are going to change as soon as they reach the hospital.

I put my face in my hands as I cry thinking about the pain Abir will be going through. The last time I disappeared with Rayan he was so tensed.

Something clicks in me as I tilt to look at him. "Is Rayan blackmailing you?"

"No." He says looking straight at the door.

"Stop lying," I shout at him.

"I have been honest with you." He tilts to look at me before looking back to the road. "The person is unknown to me."

"Where are you taking me?" I frown looking at the surroundings, it's 1 am and the darkness is suffocating me.

He pulls the car into a garage. "Do as they say, don't argue." He looks at me.

"Don't teach me." I grit my teeth. "Do your work and I'll do mine."

"I am just trying to help." He frowns. "Once he leaves my mother, I'll help you out..."

He trails off realizing he just slipped everything out of his tongue. He doesn't seem a bad guy but I still hate him for doing this.

"Who has kidnapped your mother? Tell me if it's Rayan?"

"Trust me when I say I have no idea who this person is." He shakes his head. "I am sorry."

"Your sorry can't help me," I state the fact.

"Nothing can help us for now." He sighs. "I promise you nothing is going to happen to your mother, friend, and kids. I just did that to get you here because if I get you here that bastard will leave my mother."

"Let's do this together?" He looks at me hopefully.

"I hope this isn't a trap." I stare into his eyes and I know he isn't lying because I see the honesty in his eyes.

"This isn't." He gives me a small smile.

We get out of the car and I feel a sharp pain in my abdomen. I will handle these afterpains, I am just glad my kids are safe. It aches to recall that Abir, Badi maa, and everyone would be worried for me now.

"Can I call my husband?" I look at him as he leads to a corner.

"Yeah, you sure can if you survive." I hear a voice then an evil laugh fills the darkness. The headlights of cars around are turned on.

I watch a man walk towards us, I clench my jaws seeing the smirk on his face.

"Your work is done you can leave, Kabir." He looks at the man beside me and I conclude his name is Kabir.

"Not until you confirm my mother is safe." Kabir glares at him. I am sure he would just punch him right now if his mother wasn't in danger.

"If I were you I would keep my voice low." He raises his eyebrows at Kabir before chuckling.

"Just shut the fuck up." I snap my fingers at him. "Tell me what do you want from me?"

"Oh my, I like that." He laughs loudly and suddenly his laugh stops and he clenches his jaws. "Money. I want money."

"That's so simple, you just have to work and earn." I shrug rolling my eyes.

"Exactly!" He laughs. "This is my work. Now, my boss will pay me because I got you."

He calls someone. "She is here, Boss."

I and Kabir change glances as he walks to the corner listening to whatever his boss is saying.

"Do you know where your mother is?" I whisper to Kabir.

"No." He whispers back. "He'll tell now."

"You go get her, I can manage him," I declare.

"I am not leaving you alone." He shakes his head. "I got you here and it is my responsibility to take you back safe."

"I can take care of myself," I say not willing his mother to suffer because of me.

"I thought we were doing this together." He frowns at me.

"This is rubbish. I'll just kill him and go back to my family. Leave my friend and get back to your mother."

"Oh, enough of your planning." He cuts the call and walks to us. He stands in front of me and chuckles before he raises his hand to touch my face.

I quickly take two steps back as Kabir holds his hand. "You said me you won't touch her." Kabir gritted his teeth.

"Bro, why don't you just go and get your mother?" He narrows his eyes at Kabir. "She is probably going to die out of suffocation."

Kabir takes a deep breath. "Listen, I got her now tell me where is my mother?"

"Search for her." He shrugs.

I feel my patience level going low as I watch them argue. I puff out a breath as I look around and when I don't find anything good to hit him I groan.

"Tell me the location, give any clue." Kabir looks frustrated.

"Is your boss sick?" I look at the man.

"No!" He frowns at me.

"Then why in the hell is he not coming in front of me?" I clench my jaws. "We aren't kids so ask him to stop playing this hide and seek game and come."

"Or he's afraid?" Kabir arches an eyebrow.

"Your mother is in the next building, second floor, room 10." He looks at Kabir.

"Go!" I smile at him.

"No." He shakes his head. "Come."

Before we know what's happening that man punches Kabir on his face. "If you want to go out alive, leave alone."

"I promised myself to take her safe out of this building so forget that it's going to happen as you say."

I watch both of the men fighting and for a moment I don't understand what to do.

Abir

I should call Abir.

Shit! I wish I had my phone.

I look as Kabir rolls on the floor and that man falls on him. I should somehow grab a phone from Kabir's or his pocket.

I am still making a plan in my mind when Kabir grabs my hand and drags me with him.

We get in the car and he starts the engine hurriedly. He drives out of the garage and I feel happy that he fulfilled his promise.

"Go get your mother." I look at him.

"Yeah." He pulls out in front of a building. "Shall I order a cab for you or drop you back hospital?"

"I'll manage. Thanks for the help."

He makes two calls and asks one of them to stop following Badi maa and the other to leave Sara.

"Wait." He says when I push the door open. "Don't go out, wait for me I'll get my mother."

I nodded not wanting to be stubborn and fall in danger. Sometimes you gotta listen to people.

"Can I get your phone? I want to call my husband."

He nods and hands me his phone before unlocking it.

I sigh in relief, "Good luck." I smile at him.

"I just hope she's safe." He blows out and I gaze at the fear in his eyes as he gets out of the car. For a moment I recall my parents and then shake my head remembering this is not the time to get emotional.

I dial 7 digits of Abir's number when the car door pulls open and someone drags me out. I whimper as pain shoots up in my leg and I fall.

"He got you out safe of the building but there is no guarantee you are going safe to your home." The same man smirks at me.

I clench my jaws and I am ready to cry in front of him. My back hurts so much, I attempted to stand up back it only resulted in me falling back on the ground.

"Lemme help you, lady." He laughs and picks me up on his shoulder. I suppress the whine by biting my lip as my leg pains.

Helplessly I watch the phone lying on the road and my eyes lift to see any sign of Kabir but I guess, he is too busy with his mother.

I can't fall weak.

Isn't this the time you should fight for yourself?

I take a deep breath as I recall the reasons I need to be alive.

Just like Badi maa is important to me I am important to her.

Just like Abir is my peace I'm his peace.

Just like I need kid's love my kids need my love.

Just like I need a happy family my in-laws need a happy family and it can't be happy if one is missing without any information.

Just like I need friends to share weird things with and ask for help Sara, Foziah and Asad need me.

How is your life filled with Sweetness Of Love when you don't have all of them?

I am a daughter, daughter-in-law, wife, friend, and mother. I should take the responsibility to not break their heart by dying just like that. I need to do something. I don't want to be a missing person in the lives of my loved ones.

This is not my real death.

I open my eyes and look at the surroundings not understanding where I am. It is some park and everything around is dark. Opening my mouth I bite hard on his shoulder.

His screech gives peace to my ears and then I groan as he throws me to the ground. I don't understand how to fight so I pull out my shoe and throw it on his face.

"Are you fucking crazy?" He shouts as it hits his eye.

"Yes, I am!" I shout and I think I cried along.

"Why can't you just go and live your life? Why can't your boss mind his own business?"

"I don't care about anything. I just want money and if I need money, I need to take you alive to him or just kill you." He bents down to look at my face. I hate that he has the power to stand and I am not able to so I spit on his face.

He closes his eyes angrily. "I am done being good."

My heartbeat gets quicker as I inspect wrath in his eyes and he makes a call.

"Come, right now."

A car pulls in the silent park and I watch a man getting out of the car. I let out a bitter chuckle as I look at Rayan.

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How was it?

2 more chapters to go.

As I mentioned past will end nearing some 55 chapters. So, yeah it is going to end at Chapter - 55.

I know many of you are willing to read present scenes which I know is now more beautiful than the past. But I thought when we have started the past let's complete it entirely.

To the people who have been dropping the messages to me telling if Abir is telling the past to Mishti then why Mishti's POV.

Yes, this was the first thought that came to my mind when I started writing the first chapter of the past with Mishti's POV.

The thing is Abir cannot give details of their past entirely to Mishti.

If it has ever happened with you you'll know.

Our elders show us old albums and they tell the story behind the photo and we live that moment despite us not being present at that time.

Almost like that Abir is just sharing memories with Mishti through albums. No person can give entire life history to anyone with each word.

What past you read is I write but with leads POV. I feel writing from both of their POVs is necessary or the story would be kind of incomplete despite being complete.

And if I write from my POV I'll end up writing rubbish. 😁

Now that we are ending the past I would like to know what do you expect the present to be like?

Thank you for all the love in the last chapter.

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