Woah! This week was super crazy for me to do anything.

My baba (father) was in ccu on Saturday. Then he came back home Alhamduillah on Wednesday.

I am so glad he managed to come back on my birthday because I was sad that I might not be able to be with him.

Finally! Things are calming down enough for me to come back to my favourite book and it's characters.

How have you all been?.

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"Is this it?". He asked standing in front of her family house

She nodded joining her hand together as she feels her inside turning at the thought of the memories associated with this place. She took a deep breath, taking a step when his hand held her hand supporting her as she walks inside the house that haunted her memories even more because her son was held captive here.

She looks around to the place knowing that she was pulled down on her knees here when she came back broken from his house for shelter. She wasn't just broken by heart but she had also lost her source of income and if she didn't have any money it meant she held no importance for her family.

She remembers being slapped by her father for being an idiot and handing everything to Usman. She remembers pleading her father to give her a place and she will return everything back when she finds a job for herself but she was pushed on the street with no help whatsoever.

She sighs deeply closing her eyes as she starts to walk further inside. She did come here because of her son and the few meeting she managed to have with him. She walks towards his room which used to be her room before as she opens the door to find it the same as she left it.

She walks further inside knowing he followed behind her as she starts to pack her son belongings in a bag. She turns around to find him looking at the wall where she had attached all the pictures they managed to take together and some of her son when he was born and through the years.

"He used to be so small". Usman said as his finger grazed over the picture she took after she was discharged from the hospital and moments before her son was taken from her, "I missed all this time".

She didn't say anything as she continued to pack holding the stuffed bear that her son wanted ready to leave this place because the longer she stays the more she feels her heart getting heavy.

"Ready?". He asked as he took down the photo he was looking at wanting to frame it later and he must have taken that habit from his wife because he wasn't a 'frame a picture' person

"Yes. Can we please leave this place quickly?". She asked desperately as she starts to walk out in pure hurry making him frown

"You are not having a panic attack, right?". He asked concerned as he takes the bags downstairs with her

She shakes her head but she knows she is close to a panic attack. As she tries her best to step out of the house only for her to be knocked out. Usman brings the bags down and before he knows it, he blacked out.

She feels the uneasiness in her body being stiff for some reasons as she feels her head heavy with that. She blinks a couple of times adjusting herself to the dim light in the room trying to come back to her senses when she realised that something happened.

"Usman". She cried scared as she looks around trying to find him, "Usman".

"I am here". He said grunting as the pain course through his body

He twists his body feeling the sudden wave of pain as he navigates his way to his wife who was calling for him. As he reaches her he placed his hand on her cheeks making her wince as his eyes look at her concerned.

"Jaan, are you hurt?. Where are you hurt?". He asked worried as he tries to find any injury in this dim light

She holds his hand that was on her cheeks as she moves closer to him placing her head on his chest, "I am scared. I am so scared".

"Shhh". He said wrapping his arms around her feeling his muscle clenching in pain as he pulls her in his lap while leaning on the wall, "I am here. I am here with you".

She hides her face in his chest weeping as he continued to comfort her in every way possible.

"Will we see Ehan again?". She asked looking at him as tears fall down her sculptured face making his heart wrenching as he hates the sight of her crying

"We will see our son". He assured wiping her tears away with his thumb as his hand continues to caress her cheeks loving the feeling on her rosy cheeks, "I missed doing this".

She smiles a little looking at him, "You were always annoying".

He chuckles softly, "Was I?. I remember being a perfect husband".

"As if. You never answered me neither you ever heard anything I said". She said huffing

He brings her face closer to him looking in her deep eyes, "I never once did that. I always listened to you because it was endearing".

"You listened to everything I used to say?". She asked shocked as his face never showed any emotions for her to know if he even cared enough, "You never looked like you cared".

He chuckles, "I think you were the only one I have cared about after a long time and there was no way I was going to break your heart".

"Then why did you?". She asked sadly watching a sad smile appeared on his face making her heart clenched

"Everything is not how it seems". He said sighing as he looks away from her, "Many things were happening back then. Why did you save me that night?".

She looks at him with tears falling down her face, "That same day my mother died years ago. I had the worse day of my life and no one cared enough that I lost my mother and there were many more things that lead me to....". She pauses feeling her breathing hitched

He places his hand over her shoulder bringing her closer as he whispers sweet words to her trying to stop her from panicking.

"I decided to end my life". She confessed, "No one knows about it and I don't think they cared enough. I went to that place deciding that I had enough. But when I reached there I saw you standing right where I was going to stand and you looked the same as me. I didn't have it in me to die just like that and let you die there too. I don't know all I know at that time was that no matter what I had to stop you and save you".

"You did save me". He said softly brushing her hair away, "Not just back then. You saved me countless times without knowing".

"Then why did you hurt me?". She asked as the agony was visible in her voice, "Why did you break my heart?".

"I had no option". He said sighing, "I was initially planning the revenge the same way but then you saved me that night without knowing who I was and I couldn't do it. I decided not to do anything like I planned but then..".

She waited for a moment watching how his face turned sad as he spoke again, "I was in the restaurant for a meeting when I overheard your father deciding your future. He was going to marry you off to one of his contractors just so he can have the contract".

She didn't even react to his words as she looks at him blankly, "You know about it".

She shrugged, "I always expected the worse from him. He was planning that but he informed me about it before".

"You didn't decline?".

"I did and he locked me in my room for a month and abused me".

He clenched his fist as anger built within him, "I decided to marry you when I found about it. He didn't have any idea about me so it was easy to lure him into a contract deal. He didn't even hesitate to sign you off and that was just how it started".

"Then?. What about my hotel?. Why did you take that away from me?. Why did you talk about revenge?". She asked

"Because--".

"Isn't this a nice reunion?". She heard her stepbrother voice making her whole body going in terror

She turns around to find Sufiyan glaring at her making her heart leap out of her chest.

"What do you want?". Usman asked hiding her behind him

"You took everything away from us". Sufiyan said twisting the baseball bat in his hand, "All you had to do was stay quiet years ago but you came after us. Then you took all of our financial resources and now you are back taking everything that was left. What do you think we want?".

Usman didn't speak watching him keenly as he swings the baseball bat at him making her scream looking at the blood gushing out of his head.

"First, I will kill her so you can feel the pain and then I will kill you slowly. She was in our hands for years but you opened her cage and then when she finally walked back into our hands again you came back taking her away again". Sufiyan said moving towards her making her move back, "We told you to never meet him or contact him again, didn't we?. What did we tell you will happen if we found about you and him together?".

"K-Kill Ehan". She said stuttering, "I didn't contact him. I didn't even do-".

She started but he swings the baseball bat at her which she never received. She opened her eyes to find Usman face in front of her as a sad smile lace his face making her heart clench.

"We need to restart from the beginning so we can have a different ending". He said as blood pours out of his mouth with a smile still lingering his lips

She cried holding his unconscious body to herself as her brother throw him off her dragging her away while she screams his name.

She feels something hit her head as she was thrown on the wall. She feels her vision blurring as she looks at her brother swinging the baseball bat at her and the second time he tried someone blocked him.

She blinks her eyes looking at the men entering inside in black clothes and their faces covered. Not even a single sound came out of them as they move around without making any sound looking at everything.

She moves her bruised body towards Usman unconscious body shaking him as she tries to call his name until he finally opens his eyes looking at her.

"We are bounded by our ill faith". Were his last words before they both lost consciousness