Arjun and karan settled on the couch while preeta was sleeping soundly on the bed with ahaan by her side. Sherlyn placed two cups of coffee in front of them while she was holding another.

Sherlyn- kahani sunne ke liye bohut samay lageg...coffee pilo

Karan- it's okay Sherlyn...mujhe nahi chahiye

Sherlyn- zeher nahi milaya hai isme maine karan...main badal gayi hu

Karan looked at Sherlyn and then they heard a moaning sound. Both looked at Arjun weirdly who was sipping the coffee. He looked at them and smiled sheepishly.

Arjun- what...I can't help the coffee is amazing.

Karan sighed and picked up the coffee and sipped on it.

Sherlyn- the story starts the day your family knew about your death karan...preeta tut gayi thi puri...she was thrown out of the house...aur fir adhi raat ko mere darwaze pe she was found...

Flashback

Sherlyn opened the door and was shocked to see an unconscious preeta at her doorstep. Her lips were bleeding, her blouse was torn and she was in a very bad condition. Sherlyn quickly took her to the nearby hospital.

After admitting preeta Sherlyn sat on the bench and rubbed her face. It was horrible for a woman to see the other woman in that condition.

Sherlyn thought- mujhe pata hai bhagwan ji jo maine kiya uski maafi nahi ho sakti...lekin preeta...uski kya galti hai...please use bacha lena...

After two hours the doctor came out.

Doctor- ap kya lagti hai patient ki?

Sherlyn- jethani...

Doctor- oh umm inke husband...

Sherlyn- he is out of town..

Doctor- laga hi tha...she has been molested...and she is pregnant...initial stage of pregnancy hone karan embryo develop nahi hua tha...so bacche ko kuch nahi hua hai...but the patient is in trauma...just take care of her...

Sherlyn was shocked. She sat on the bench with a thud. The girl who lost her husband today was molested. Her heart pinched at preeta's condition. She immediately dialed sameer and asked him to come.

Sameer came with shrishti. After hearing what has happened shrishti broke down in tears. Preeta was traumatized very much after that incident but Sherlyn took care of her for one week in the hospital. No one came to see her except for rishab.

He insisted on taking her to house but preeta only wanted Sherlyn. So reluctantly rishab accepted Sherlyn.

In Luthra house all were angry and disgusted with preeta. They didn't cared for her or her child. Preeta was abused slapped and tortured by them. Rakhi was quiet and saw all those hurtful things said to her daughter like figure. In those days sameer and Sherlyn were the constant support of preeta other than shrishti.

Flashback ends.

Karan was dumbstruck hearing everything. He was rooted at his place. Tears streamed down his numb eyes and his face was blink. His heart was twisted and was stabbed with knife several times.

His babydoll, his love, his everything suffered so much but yet she cared for everyone. And not only that she lost her husband but he returned he only gave torture to the already broken woman. How cruel was of him.

Sherlyn- ab tum hi bolo karan...kaise kaise preeta tumhe mar dakti hai...tmhare liye har roz usne ansu bahaya hai...kaise who tumhe mar sakti hai jab ki who kud in ghinonoi harkato ki shikar ban chuki hai...just say karan...

Arjun looked at his friend who was broken. Karan rubbed his hands together. Arjun kept his hands on his shoulder and squeezed it assuring him that everything will be fine.

Karan- shrishti ka kya Sherlyn...aur sameer?

Sherlyn sighed and nodded in yes.

Sherlyn- do teen hafte tak sab thik tha but then achanak...shrishti gayab ho gayi...janki aunty beeji aur sarla aunty kisika koi ata pata nahi...sameer ne bohut dundhne ki koshish ki lekin nahi mili woh...fir ek din

Flashback

One month after Karan's death.

All were in the dining room. Preeta and Sherlyn brought the food.

Preeta- sameer...shrishti ka kuch pata chala

Sameer- nahi bhabhi...main koshish kar raha hu

Kareena- oh god kya shrishti shrishti laga rakha hai...choti bacchi tori hai who aur lagta hai chali gayi hai...tumse tang ake preeta...just accept it...you are worthless woman.

Sameer- bas bua enough is enough...

Preeta's eyes filled with tears. Rakhi was just sitting there and listening.

Just then the doorbell rang and sameer went to pen it. He came back with a parcel.

Sherlyn- kya hai sameer

Sameer- parcel mere naam ka

He opened the parcel and a photo was there. He was shocked seeing it. His body stiffed and without saying anything he rushed upstairs. Two hours later when he came outsole, his eyes were red and puffy, hair messy and clothes rippled.

From that day sameer turned cold. He left Luthra industries and opened his own event managing company. He only opened up to Sherlyn and preeta. He never tried to find shrishti from that day.

Flashback ends.

Arjun- this is ridiculous...Lekin us parcel mein kya tha Sherlyn...

Sherlyn- I don't know Arjun...usne kabhi zikr bhi nahi kiya us parcel ka...

Karan- aur yeh preeta pe attack.

Sherlyn- yeh do saal se ho raha hai

Karan- what

Karan stood up shocked. Arjun pulled him immediately and signed to preeta. She stirred in sleep but soon stopped and snored softly.

Sherlyn- haan karan...har mahine mein do teen baar hota hai...she is always afraid and traumatized at nights...aur jab bhi smaeer ko bhejt hu us insaa ko pakadne ke liye...sameer nahi pakad pata hai...aur fir kamre mein chala jata hai...as if who kuch janta hai lekin bata nahi raha hai...

Sherlyn looked at karan who was numb. She sighed and went beside him to sit. He kept her hand on his shoulder.

Sherlyn- bhabhi hu tumhari...umar mein bhi badi hu...janti hu kabhi is rishte ka lihaaz nahi rakha lekin ab rakhna chahati h karan...sab kuch sudharna chahati hu...preeta ne maaf kar diya hai ab tumhari bari hai...bhabhi bhi ma saman hoti hai

Karan looked at her and the next moment burst into tears hugging her. Sherlyn sighed and kept his head on her lap and patted his head. He was crying like a baby holding her sari's end. He was hurt guilty of treating his babydoll like this.

Karan- bha...bhabhi yeh maine kya kard iya,...I hurt an innocent soul like this....preeta pehle si tuti hui thi aur main use aur tod diya...kyun bhabhi kyun...why I am so fucking stupid...

Sherlyn closed her eyes as a tear drop fell from her eyes. Karan for the first time was calling her bhabhi with all his heart and not with hatred aur sarcasm. Arjun looked at them and was about to move when Sherlyn held her hand. Her eyes were still closed.

Sherlyn- ju...just stay Arjun...just stay

Arjun nodded and kissed her forehead before sitting beside her. She involuntarily placed her head on his shoulder and he wrapped his arms around her. Her hands were still caressing Karan's hair.

So ya sabne itni request ki thi double update ki so maine kar diya...I mean yaar...it is one of my fav books and I love writing it a lot...I never thought to get so much love from preeran fandom...

But ya jab tak dono chapter mein 90+ votes nahi a jate no update...