Mumbai, 25th October 1998
His hands and feet were tied with rope as he lied on the slab while the inspector thrashed him with staff making deep marks on his back ... But he didn't feel any pain while his eyes were only staring at the rainfall he could see from the little rod-window of the prison .... He closed his eyes whispering, "Saba ..."
New Delhi, 25th October 1998
At night, it was raining outside the room while she screamed and shouted lying in her bed ... Tears streamed down her eyes as she kept shouting, "ALI!!!!!" She held her pillow in her fist and whined ... She stamped her feet on the bed violently and her face had turned red ... Her voice shrilled while she kept screaming his name but all she got in return was silence and the sound of the rain ...
Mumbai, 31st August 1997
She was running in the middle of the road in heavy rainfall while several goons were right behind her ... She saw him standing on the footpath with his head lowered and gun in his hand ... She rushed towards him and gripped his wrist and touched her forehead on his shoulder ... "Ali ... Ali ... wo ... wo ..." she stammered but before she could say anything further, he kept his finger on her lips and just glared at the men who were troubling her ... "Bhai ... bhai ..." Ali clenched his teeth and shouted, "Dobara iske paas bhi dikhaayi diye na to jaan se maar dalunga!!!!" She gripped his kurta even tightly getting scared by his voice ... She could clearly hear their retrieving footsteps and as he started pulling out of her grip - she hugged him by putting her arms around his waist and he could feel tears falling on his kurta - he didn't know what to say and just embraced her in his brawny arms to never let her go ...
As she stood singing prayer with any others in the church, she felt someone poking at her shoulder ... She opened her one eye to see who it was and was shocked to see HIM cheekily smile at her ... She glared at him and put her finger on her lips to show him to be quiet ... She started praying again but he poked her again, she huffed and tried to ignore him when he bent near her ear and whispered, "Would you honor me by joining me for a dinner tonight?" Hey eyes widened, immediately turning towards him was about to say something but he kept his hand on her mouth and softly said, "Please ..." and she felt goosebumps rising and softly nodded ... She started trying to concentrate on the prayer when he swiftly kissed her cheek and went away ... She was stumped and didn't know how to react ... She touched her cheek softly and her face glowed; increasing her beauty by leaps and bounds ...
He was deeply bruised and wounded and the sunlight coming through the window disturbed him and woke him from his nap ... As he stared at the window, his mind went back to her ... A smile filled with pain crept on his lips as he softly whispered ... "Teri zulfon ki chaanv mein guzre the wo sunehre din ... Ghata bankar chaayi thi mujh par us roz tu ... Aa dekh zara is tarah ab chhin gayi hai wo chaanv ki ab sunehre din mein bhi jhulsa ja raha hai tera deewana yun ..."
Mumbai, 10th September 1997
He was helplessly staring at her while tears were continuously rolling down her cheeks as she blew air on his burnt hand ... He tried to stop her but she glared at him and shushed him by touching his lips with her fingers ... As the speed of the train increased; her hair started coming on her face while she was applying cream on his wounds - he could not stop himself and bent near her to remove the hair from her face and tucked them behind her ear, deliberately coming near her ... Their faces were just inches apart when he crawled his hand and softly touched her neck; pulling her near ... Her heartbeats increased as he neared her .. He softly kissed her tears and then her eyes while she put her hand on his shoulder ... He slowly whispered on her face in his husky voice, "Tumhaare aansun chubte hain mujhe ..."
New Delhi, 5th November 1998
She kept staring at the blazing sun remembering the eyes which looked through her - her hair started coming on her face but she was least aware and just lost herself to the world that was ... Her eyes had turned red due to the sleepless nights and all she could think of was jumping off the terrace to end her life but she couldn't even do that due to her mother .... "Bikhar gaye ek pal mein sapne, dekhe the hazaaron jo teri nazar se ... Kaisa sitam ye is zamaane ka hai ki chheen liya jism se saaya ... Darmiyaan tere mere kaisi ye deewaarein hai ki ab aansuon ke alaawa kuch nahi raha mera yahaan ..."
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