BANDHAN: A Tied Knot!

☆7. Beware of Mahira!

"Ain't I asked you to arrange the soonest flight possible!" Umad sacred his agent with his words.

"Sorry sir, but no flights can take off because of bad weather. We need to wait at least for 48hours." His agent replied.

"48 hours! Are you freaking crazy? I don't know anything get my private jet."

"Sir, the pilot is on leave." He replied.

"Leave!" He shouted.

"Umad! Relax. Everything happens for a reason. There is a holy Pilgrimage in bangalore. It is said no prayer is left unanswered over there. Why don't you try praying for Mahira over there?" Laiba suggested.

"But... I want to see her." He sat on the chair thinking about a way to reach her.

"Umad, trust me. I think you should go there once." Laiba kept her hand on his shoulder.

He nodded after thinking for sometime.

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"Next 24 hours are really very critical for her." The doctor said.

Zubiya was broken. She was a strong lady but today her tears were making it difficult for her to control.

"Doctor, anything that we can do?" Ayaan asked.

"Try to talk to her. She can listen but can't respond. If you could manage to make her speak or react... then we might have a chance. Is there anything she loves doing? Listening?" He asked.

"Not any such things." Talib replied.

"Songs?" Meher murmered.

"Yeah." Ayaan replied.

"Her song cassette. She loved listening to it." He added.

"Great! Can you guys bring it please?" Doctor asked.

"We can try to." Talib said.

The family got busy in searching for her cassette but nobody was able to find it.

Meanwhile Umad was prying for her at the dargah, he was crying but without tears.

Mahira was still unconscious and wasn't responding.

"Doctor, we got the cassette." Fahad said to the doctor showing him the cassette.

"Play the songs, hope it works." They tried to play the Cassette but it didn't start. They did all efforts but in vain.

The family was depressed. They were trying to get a way to play the songs but of no use.

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"Umad, dad wants you to sing for your first live performance, can you do it tomorrow ?" Laiba asked when she saw Umad returning.

"Are you serious? My fiancé is dying there and you want me to sing?" He shouted on her.

"It's the biggest opportunity and if Mahira was here, she would have asked you to do this too." Laiba said in the same pitch.

She somehow convinced Umad to sing. Umad was irritated. He wanted to reach her soon but destiny....

The next day Ayaan arranged a television in Mahira's room. He tried to shuffle through the chanel so as to see if she responds.

"Bhai! Stop!" Meher stopped him.

"What happened?" He asked.

"Wasn't that Umad bhai?" Meher said pointing on the television screen.

"What is he doing there?" Ayaan asked complete shocked.

"I asked him to do that!" Danish answered.