Meri Sanam Ki Yaddein

Part One- The Truth

"Major saab there is something you know." Aahil stated.

Shaad Aftab Khan turned towards the man who had saved his life the night

before and had offered to take him and wife to Bhopal for his treatment. Shaad

had hesitated because this stranger had saved his life and his wife's by not

letting the goons take the medications from his possession.

" Go right ahead Mr. Sahil," he stated.

Jannat was searching for Shaad and for some reason she was drawn outside

Aahil's room yet again. The door was open this time and she quietly stopped at

the threshold noticing Shaad's stunned expression.

"Aap kaise meri Jannat ko jaante hain?," he inquired.

Jannat frowned.

How could Mr. Sahil know her? They had briefly came across each other at the

airport but not many words had been exchanged. In fact none were from her side

at all.

" Aap ki Jannat meri Sanam hai," Aahil admitted.

The photograph dropped from Shaad's hands and it flew towards the doorway.

Jannat was startled and bent down to pick it up. She flipped it over and was stunned.

It was her nikkah photograph with Mr. Sahil!

"Why would you hide this from me Shaad?," she asked.

"Is this me or someone like me? Do I have a twin?." She exclaimed.

Shaad stood ashamed and stunned. He had no answers to give.

Seeing his dumbfounded expression, she turned to Aahil.

"Can you tell me who I am?"

"Aap ka isslye name hai Sanam Aahil Raaza Ibrahim. Aur main hoon aap ka isslye pati Aahil Raaza Ibrahim. Aap he meri begum, meri Sanam," he declared.

She could not cry or scream. She was shocked for a moment.

She went to Shaad again.

"Is this true? Have you been lying to me all this time?," she cried.

He could barely meet her eyes.

She shook his shoulders.

"Boliye!"

" Shayad yeh hi sahi kendiye hain..( Perhaps he is speaking the truth, I am not sure).

" How dare you!"

She slapped him.

Sensing she may have a panic attack, Shaad tried to tell her to calm down.

" Aap mere shouhar nahin hai. Shurikya for saving my life. However I want nothing to do with you now! I have cheated my real husband because I blindly believed you," she declared.

Aahil gave Shaad a stone cold glare.

But neither of them expected she would run in the other direction outside the hotel and out into the raging storm outside.

Both men went in search of her.

Aahil found her first. She had fallen unconscious under a tree in the nearby hilly landscape.

He picked her up in his arms and held her close to himself.

(Junoon sad tune)

"Sanam don't leave me please! I really love you!," he pleaded as he gathered her limp, damp form in his arms. He carefully made his way with her back to the hotel.

He towel dried her off and called a doctor.

He felt relieved when he leaned down to hear now even breathing.

The doctor arrived and asked how long Sanam was out in the rain.

Aahil glanced at his watch and was relieved.

"Under an hour I am sure of it!," he stammered.

The doctor nodded and continued his assessment.

A few minutes later he turned to Aahil.

"Here are some tablets and a prescription for more if she still has fever in the morning. She needs lots of rest and fluids. She will be fine as along as the fever decreases in the next few hours. She will need lots of care and attention," the doctor stated.

" Theek hai doctor. I will take care of everything. I will not let anything happen to my Sanam," Aahil declared.

The doctor shook his hand and took his leave.

Aahil sat down beside his newly found wife and reached to caress her forehead.

" Sanam you may have forgotten everything, lekin hum nayi yaadein banegi."

The next morning she stirred awake at last.

One thing was clear she wasn't where she was yesterday. However this place seemed familiar.

In fact she soon realized she wasn't at the hotel she was in last night either.

Was she not in Dharmshala anymore?

Then someone appeared making everything from the night before come crashing back.

"Aahil hum kahan hai?," she asked with some hesitancy.

He smiled slightly.

"Hum Bhopal mein hain, humare ghar pe," he replied.