While returning home Meher stops at a corner and lets her overwhelming emotions to flow in the form of tears. She misses her father and her entire family so much. Looking heavenwards she cries harder.
"Kyun Abbu? Kyun chale gayein aap hum subko akela chhorkar?",
Meher cries further, shutting her eyes tight.
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Reaching home Meher unlocks the door. Slowly stepping inside, Meher looks all around and thinks, still crying,
'Aaj ye ghar kitna soona-soona lag raha hai. Waise to aap humare saath nahi rehte the Abbu, magar phir bhi aapko apne saath hi mehsoos karte thein hum sub.'
Fresh tears roll down her cheeks non-stop. She walks to the dining table and reaches the chair which they have allotted to her father and holds it.
'Ammi aapke chair par kisi ko baithne nahi deteen. Kitni umeed thi aapke laut aane ki.'
'Kaise kahungi unse ke wo ab umeed chhor dein? Ke aap ab kabhi nahi ayenge iss ghar mein?',
Meher looks heavenwards in order to control her emotions, but fails miserably.
Meher walks to her Ammi's room and looks towards the side of the bed where her Abbu would sleep. She cries further.
"I miss you Abbu! I miss you a lot!",
she says, whilst crying.
Picking up the frame containing their family picture, Meher rotates her hand on it lovingly, crying throughout. This goes on for around one and a half hours after which Meher realises that she has to get out of this situation. Rubbing off her tears, she says,
"Nahi! Main aise nahi reh sakti. Mujhe... mujhe iss sadme se aagey barhna hoga. Tabhi....",
her eyes again well up with tears,
"Tabhi main Ammi aur baki subko sambhal paungi.",
she cries again, briefly.
Wiping away her tears, she gets up and decides to take a shower and get ready.
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Reaching in front of the hospital she stares at the name of the hospital and takes a deep breath, clearing her mind one last time and plastering a smile on her face Meher steps into the hospital.
Meher checks Aafreen's report and sits on a chair beside Aafreen's bed. Aafreen's parents already sitting there in front of her.
"Aap mujhe zara shuru se bataiye ke ye sub kaise hua.",
says Meher, calmly.
"Doctor ye sub tabse shuru hua hai jabse Aafreen pichle hafte school se picnic ke liye gayi thi.",
says her mother, tensed.
"Picnic! Kahan gayi thi picnic ke liye?",
asks Meher, attentive.
"Kuch monuments dikhane ke liye le gaye the school se sub bachchon ko. Aafreen ka bada mann tha ke wo bhi jaaye.",
says her mother.
"Phir?",
asks Meher.
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ParanormalAn amalgamation of characters of Kahiin to Hoga; Left Right Left; Reporters; Haq Se and Coldd Lassi Aur Chicken Masala. P.S. This is not based on the concept of identical twins or identical strangers. Kindly focus on characters and not on their look...
