𝐙𝐚𝐫𝐚- 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 (ON HOLD)

𝐭𝐞𝐧

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Malik Mansion, Delhi, India, 12:00 PM, October 25th

Before the men could accept the call, Abidah snatched the phone from her husband's hand and gave it to her granddaughter, who took it from her gratefully and cut the call. Then, she glared at him and warned the men, "This is an invasion of the poor girl's privacy. I do not want this to happen ever again. Do I make myself clear? "

The Malik men gave her a whiny expression, which made Inaya, Naina and Preet smile at the scene. It was funny how these stubborn men turned into little kids when scolded by Abidah. Aamira curbed the smile that threatened to grace her lips at the scene and straightened up when her grandmother turned to her and smiled, apologetically saying, "Forgive them, they are idiots. They don't realize how they can get when they are in anger."

At that time all emotions vanished from Aamira's face. Her face hardened as if reminded of something unpleasant and she quietly said, 

"I know " 

Abidah realized what Aamira was referring to and looked at her husband, her eyes filled with sadness and guilt. The whole room froze. They all understood what Aamira was thinking about. Indeed, the Malik men didn't realize how harsh they could be when angry and who better to know that than Aamira. The same girl that had borne the brunt of their anger 10 years ago.

Inaya broke the silence. She stepped up to her daughter and cupped her face in her hands as they shaked. Inaya ignored the tears that ran down her cheeks and gently, and motherly asked a question that had been bugging the Maliks for years, "Why didn't you say anything? Why silence? "

Aamira's fists clenched at the question. Immediately, she backed off from her mother, as if the mere touch had burned her. For the first time since Aamira had gotten here, the Maliks saw just how much damage they had done. Her eyes remained blazing, with intense emotions while tears ran down her cheeks. Then she quietly whispered, looking at everyone in the room, her eyes digging into their souls as she said,

"When people whom you love the most in the world, hurt you the most, it's better to stay silent. Because if your love was not enough, would mere words ever be? "

Before anyone else in the room could talk, she asked, "Why now? "

The others looked confused, but Aamira continued, "Why are you all hell bent on bringing up this topic now? Why was I not contacted all these years? If Faaz and Farhan had not heard me that day, you would still hate me, right? If not for this case, no one would have made an effort to talk to me, right? "

No one had an answer. Everyone's heads were down in shame. Listening to their mistakes, sorry sins. They could not deny these allegations, they were all true. Aamira's rage spiked up seeing no answer. Her anger had become uncontrollable and she truly was not censoring her words now because her next words were bitter and venomous. She tilted her head to the side and said, "I don't matter anymore for you. You all lived these past years like I was never alive, so after this case, do me a favor and continue to live as if I have died. Pretend I just don't exist. It's not like my grave will come and taunt you! In Fact, you would have been happier had I died.."

SLAP

Aamira looked up to see who had slapped her and her eyes widened looking at her mother. Inaya marched with rage at her daughter, pushing her at every step, "Die, grave, pretend I don't exist. Where are you learning all this from? Huh! If I hear this nonsense from your mouth again, I will slap you so hard that you will go flying off the face of earth."