Realm of Love [Short Love Stories]

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𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝓒𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮 𝓛𝓸𝓿𝓮

He walks forward. Everyone stared at him astonished and knew he was walking towards Maham. "No. There's someone else who knows about the GK project."

"Who?" Azeem asks.

"Samreen Faruqi."

The silence in the mansion shifted to a more baffled corner. Rizwan whimpers slowly sitting up. Asfandyaar does not stop in front of Maham, instead he walks forward towards the dining table and stands in front of the person who has looked after him his entire life.

Lily.

He holds her hand and drags her towards Rizwan. "Who is he, Lil?"

"What do you mean by who is he? He is Zubab's ex husband. We all know th-"

"For god's sake, Samreen Faruqi! He is your son!" Asfandyaar yells. Rizwan looks up at Lily. "We are doomed, Mom. Let it go," there's guilt and regret in his voice.

"So basically what happened is. Thirty years ago, my biological mother Aliza had an assistant, Lily Martinez. She was working for my Mom. As usual you never cared Dad." Asfandyaar says to Azeem. He was keen to hear what Asfandyaar wanted to say. "After ten years, when my Mom died. Lily died as well, it was a murder. Nobody cared so nobody knew. My father hadn't encountered Lily ever, so he barely knew who she was. But after her death and after you got married for the second time, Lily came again to my rescue. This time, she came as my Nanny. You didn't give a shit about who came, Dad. You just wanted someone to look after your first dead wife's son."

Everyone in the room stayed rooted to their places, not knowing what was happening. The income tax officers, commissioners, constables realised that it is never easy even in the royal family, sometimes it's the worst.

"If Lily Martinez died then who is she?" Zubab asks.

"She is Samreen Faruqi. Rizwan's mother who registered the real and actual Lily's death with her name and stole her identity to come in the Shah family."

Lily was looking down. She had no words to form. After all the truth was out, so was her identity.

"Why? Why in the world would you do that? You looked after me for twenty years! You never taught me these disgusting things. Rape, theft, using women for money. Why would you force your son to learn it?"

"Not everyone is born in a royal family, Asfandyaar. We have to be cruel to survive. To learn what needs to be ours!"

"Yours? Lily was not someone for you to kill and take her place. You snatched her identity, her place in here and her life for god's sake this is not a joke."

"Lily?" Azeem called. "Is it true whatever Asfandyaar is saying? You have looked after my son for twenty years. He isn't the way your allegations have been. Tell us the truth."