Episode 63.

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His breath got stuck in his throat as he held the pen above the paper, his eyes searching the room in hopes of having at least a glance of her face.

"Answer the maulvi" his father spoke.

"Son" his mother pestered from his side.

His eyes landed on Hiba's expectant ones. She looked from across the veil questioning his delay.

He shook his head as he placed the tip of the pen on the paper, a single stroke formed on the paper but that very moment a frantic Ayan ran in the room.

"Turn on the tv right now" he yelled making Hamza to oblige right away.

"There had been an accident on the motorway car LEB-780 has been hit by a troller on its way out of the city, the hit has caused an explosion rendering the passengers severely injured and in critical condition-"

"That's- that's the car maula bakhsh took to drop—"

His ears numbed as the pen dropped on the floor, his heart stopped, his eyes stuck on the TV screen.

"Bhai!" He ran out of the house and got in his car, the engine roared and soon he was on the road.

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Zahan woke up with a jolt. His eyes heavy from the weight of his emotions as the nightmare repeated itself in his subconscious mind.

It had been two years since he came to the realization that she had supposedly vanished from this earth. Two years and he still can't believe she's gone, his brain refuses to believe what his family had told them, not a word of it settled itself in his mind. No.

He leaned back on the headboard and took in a deep breath to calm the ache in his throat. His eyes closed on their own, feeling as though there was something weighing them down.

"How did Maula Bakhsh die?" He asked the very next day of the revelation. His heart was restless the whole night and his eyes watered as his brother refused to meet his eyes.

"Ayan?" He spoke again, his voice giving away the inner turmoil that he faced "I've asked something" the tone was strict this time and Ayan finally met his gaze, pulling himself together to form yet another web of lies.

"H... Heart failure. In his sleep" he said making Zahan nod and place the papers in front of him.

"There had been an accident on the motorway car LEB-780 has been hit by a troller on its way out of the city, the hit has caused an explosion rendering the passengers severely injured and in critical condition-" his brother's face grew pale and he gulped as he looked up to meet his elder brother's cold gaze.

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