SaHil FF: A Tangled Love- pt11 pg 39 (*new) - Page 2

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Part two...

Sanam woke up with a start, a horrible crick in her neck made her head spin. She had fallen asleep in an awkward position, her eyes swollen and tender from crying.

What was that annoying beeping?

My phone! She tossed the blanket aside, searching. She saw that the caller was the number of the hospital where Badi Ammi was, and answered hastily.

"Hello, Mrs. Ibrahim? My name is Nurse Sharda, this is about your grandmother Mrs. Dilshaad. She is awake, and rather impatient to see you. I realize it 1.30 a.m., but she is really agitated, and wants to see you immediately. She's fighting with us, and won't relax. If you can't come, we'll have to sedate her...' the harassed nurse paused uncertainly.

"Badi Ammi is awake? Shukr hai, Allah ka! I'm on my way !! Just tell her Sanam is on her way!!," Sanam knew her Badi Ammi well. She was the calmest person Sanam knew, for her to insist like this Sanam knew not to question it. She hastily washed herself in the WC and straightened herself into looking decent and grabbed her purse to go. She had some money from her last salary, as it stopped the day she got married.

She carefully opened her door and stepped into the corridor. The house was silent. She quickly made for the door and took the servant's scooter parked outside. There wasn't a soul on the road and she sped to the hospital. She raced to the ICU and was met by the nurse who called her.

She was ushered in, a wailing voice crying from inside the room.

"Sanaaam!! Mere bachi !!"

Sanam ran to the most precious person in her life, engulfed in her arms, as the swinging doors closed.

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Aahil came out of the washroom, prepared to go back to Sanam's room, leaving his post outside her room 10 minutes ago. He's not going to let her out of his sight until he sat her down and spoke with her. Too much has been assumed and said in anger, they needed to talk.

But when he got there, Sanam's door was ajar, and empty. The kitchen was dark too.

Where has this crazy girl gone at this hour !!

An awful memory besieged him, another late night in the near past, when he found her buried in a grave.

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The thought agitated him, sending him into a sprint for the door, hoping she might be outside. He found the scooter missing, the watchman fast asleep, and the gate unlocked.

He grabbed the keys to his car, drove out in search of her, thinking it better than standing there. The streets were empty and all shops closed.

Where the hell are you Sanam?

He had awful visions of her captured by miscreants; lying hurt and bleeding. The crippling anxiety was disturbing his ability to reason. Her phone was switched off and unreachable. He decided to turn back home and ask Lateef if he knew anything.

He drove in the gates and found Rehan standing in discussion with the watchman. It was 4 a.m. He turned and rushed to Aahil as he got out.

Aahil bhai! Are you alright? What happened? Rehan asked earnestly.

Aahil should be feeling angry but the sight of his worried brother washed it all away.

"What are you doing here, Rehan? "

"The watchman rang me when he saw you leave in a rush, Bhai. Is everything okay? Everyone seems fine indoors.."

"It's Sanam. She left the house in the night, I don't know where she went," Aahil watched Rehan's eyebrows shoot up in worry.

"What !? Where did she go at this hour? Oh God! It must be something to do with Badi Ammi!" Rehan whispered.

Aahil didn't miss Rehan's familiarity of reference to Sanam's grandmother. Someone he himself had never met. Actually never bothered to, Aahil reminded himself punishingly.

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"Where is her Badi Ammi?" Aahil asked but Rehan had walked off towards the house and made a beeline for Lateef's room. Rehan knocked firmly at the door, to no response.

Wasting no time, Aahil cut in and banged the door so loudly, there was loud sound from inside the room.

"Ouch ! Hai Allah !! Who's torturing me at this hour!? The kitchen is closed! I need my beauty sleep, chui mui that I am!!

"LATEEF!!!" Aahil thundered, and the door opened instantly.

Lateef gushed at his boss, awkward at being seen in his heart shape-printed pink pajamas.

"Shut up Lateef! Where is Sanam's Badi Ammi?" Aahil wasted no time.

"Hai Allah! I don't know where she is! She mentioned the St. Mary's hospital several times, maybe there? Why what's wrong?"

Rehan paled. Both Aahil and Rehan turned their backs on Lateef and ran for the car.

"What the hell is going on Rehan?? Spill it out," Aahil demanded as he drove for the hospital.

"Badi Ammi must've had another heart attack, Bhai. She just had heart surgery nearly 3 months ago..."

"I remember now," Aahil said. When they parked, both men walked rapidly to the casualty.

After pulling some strings, Aahil discovered that Mrs. Dilshaad has been in the Coronary Care Unit for just over a month now. The timing vaguely bothered him, but he really needed to see Sanam immediately.

Standing outside the CCU doors, the nurse allowed only family members in. Rehan looked away in dismay.

" You go in Aahil bhai. You're Sanam's husband," .

Aahil hesitated for only a moment before stepping through the automatic doors. He followed the nurse into a smaller cubicle that had the words CARDIAC REHABILITATION emblazoned on its doors. He was led to a bed where, a very sweet looking old lady slept, her face pale and restful. But there was no sign of Sanam anywhere. Irritated, he turned around and wanted to interrogate the nurse, but a motherly stern voice stopped him.

"Beta...?"

Aahil froze and slowly turned.

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Dilshaad Ahmed Khan was awake, and her dark hypnotizing eyes caught his. He found himself approaching her bedside, and nodding in respect.

"Salam alaikum Aunty..."

"Walaikum assalam, Aahil Raza Ibrahim. Boy, I am not your aunty. You are the husband of my Sanam. You can call me Badi Ammi..."

Aahil gulped involuntarily.

"Sit down please. We need to talk..."

To be continued ...

PArt 3 : https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/111359600