**1st Place Winner in Series Category in THE FANFICTION AWARDS 2022**
**1st Place Winner in Series Category in THE FANFICTION AWARDS 2021**
**1st Place in LS (Long Story) Category in SAM'S SamAina Awards 2020**
****BOOK 2****
THIS BOOK WILL PICKUP A...
Naina is still standing outside the guest room, banging on the door. 'Sameer ji..Sameer ji, I didn't mean it. I always wanted you to come back to me. I wanted you to be alive. I don't hate you! Sameer ji, open this door.'
Sameer ignores her pleadings. After being tired of calling out to him, she leaves from there. He feels peaceful. He then compares his home coming, he was expecting and the one he finally got. He tries to forget the last 2 hours of his life.
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Shefali and Sameer are tensed as Naina is nowhere to be found. They searches her everywhere, but fails to find her. Suddenly, something strikes Sameer and he goes out to search for her, while telling her to look after Saina. She nods.
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The ranch is a huge piece of property. Sameer's decision to search Naina outside, proves right as he finds her standing at the edge of the dam, miles away; at the end of the land.
The frosty winds are howling, as if a tropical storm is about to hit.
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Naina is talking to herself, looking in the water. 'What has happened to me?Everyday I cried for Sameer ji to return, and now that he is back, CAN'T I JUST BE HAPPY? Why I arguing with him? Why I am digging up those skeletons, that should remain buried? Is he right, do I hate him for NOT DYING, when I thought he did?'
She covers her ears with her palms. Hot tears flowed from her eyes. Just then, Sameer came there. She sees his reflection in the water.
After what happened earlier, she doesn't have the guts to face him, so she just leans on his shoulder.Slowly, he encircled his arms around her waist and back hugs her. She cries her heart out. 'I am sorry!'
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