asya ss- kismat connection pt3 pg 3 (19/5)

The room was quiet. The suspense of action and the question of need hung in the air thickly lined with an unknown tension. "There has to be a reason", she said. She knew her like her own daughter and right now it was not disappointment that laced her thoughts but worry. "Ammi Hume Zoya se Kuch aur expect hi nahi karna chahiye tha", Asad said, with his forehead creasing into innumerable wrinkles.

"Why would Zoya do it?" That was the million dollar question. True they didn't exactly ask to be married but why wait long and deep within his heart Asad knew that Zoya would never cheat his ammi. "Was something wrong?" he kept questioning himself.

Such was the love that the khan house gave Zoya, the very same belief and faith was making her breathe in a faraway place where that beautiful soul suffered for the deed she had never committed.

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"Why? Why are you doing this to me? To a family that loves you so much. Are you in your senses? " cried Zoya. " it's not too late please let me go" I will give you anything you want please let me go!" Zoya cried with the desperation of a daughter not wanting to disappoint her mother.

In the dark room, a smile gleamed with the pleasure from the pleas of a helpless girl. "oh come on Zoya I'm not going to let you go. Only you have brought upon yourself this fate.

"Let you go so easily, after all the trouble you have caused me. You could have just left you know and I would have achieved what I want. But you interfering nature has put both of us into a lot of trouble. Asad, his money, his wealth, and his name don't belong to you, because I have claimed it long ago, and I will go to any extent to get it. Trust me; you are but a pawn in this game. I have kept the check and no king can escape this billo rani.

"How could you Tanveer, how could you be so mean? And Asad is your friend from childhood, don't do this to him. He trusts you, please don't break his trust, he's already suffered enough betrayal", screeched Zoya.

"For god's sake YOU don't tell me what to do, and if you don't shut the hell up, you'll be sorry you were ever born". Her ringing phone distracted her from the cruel speech she was ready to give. "This khala, god! Will the never leave me in peace?" "you have to rot a little more I think, I will be back in the evening, Ms. new York, be ready to suffer living hell" saying so she walked away from the place signaling to the gundas she'd left behind

Zoya felt chilled to her bones when she realized that Tanveer would even go to the extent of killing her."Mr. Khan", she whispered in agony. He was the first thought that came into her head. She didn't want to die. No way in hell.

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KHAN MANSION

"Zoya would not go away without an explanation; she is a little stupid but surely not that stupid. Something is definitely wrong. I can feel it." Asad felt cold and empty but what was it? He had to find out. He tried calling her phone, once, twice, thrice, it kept saying non-reachable. He didn't like this at all, her being away from him, voluntarily or involuntarily. "I should check her room"; saying this to himself he took quick steps towards her room." What if she's in trouble? What if she's not okay? God help me! Help her!"

Opening the door, he saw that it was just as messy as it should be; his eyes caught a pink notebook on the bed. Picking it up, he realized that it was her diary. He opened the last written page with hesitation, but with the hope of finding her whereabouts.

"It may be fake but it feels so real. 6 months ago I wasn't ready for something like this. But today nothing has ever felt more right to me. For the first time in my life, I feel safe and secure, like I have a family. My aapi and jiju gave me all the love, but there always seemed a hole in my heart. I don't know why but it feels like now those wounds of the past are getting healed. I came to India to find my father but in the bargain I found a family, a mother who loves me like her own daughter, a sister and a person who I can rely on at every stage in my life. Somebody who makes my heart beat and makes my heart stop. I know he may not seem to like whatever is going on but if the emotions I see in his eyes are the truth then I solely leave it on destiny to decide. Because today, I realize that I have found that one person I want to live for and die for. I will now have to go and get ready. I am wearing a beautiful red lehenga, and Allah miya, you and I both know why I chose that color!

Reading that, the lion fell to the ground, the diary dropping with a thud. With cent percent confidence he knew that she hadn't left, she had been taken. Call it intuition or sixth sense but Asad Ahmed khan felt the danger in the air and felt the tide of fate as it engulfed the two of them. The thought of her, had his eyes frantically searching an empty room. Just as he was about to give up, he saw brown marks on the floor. When he went closer, he saw that they were footprints, big ones, so obviously belonging to big feet. Hence definitely not Zoya's. His eyes travelled to the window where they led and he noticed a piece of her lehenga stuck on the hinge. It looked like she was forcefully dragged out. Asad clenched his teeth in anger. No one could enter the lion's den and steal what was his. NO ONE."Ms. Farooqui was kidnapped! But why? Why would anyone do such a thing?" worry crossed his features like a storm that suddenly rises in the sea. "I will not let anything happen to you Zoya. I just hope it's not too late"

Saying so to himself, he broke down. He couldn't handle it. Why did this always happen to him, to the people he cared about? He had to be strong for her, for them. He had yet again doubted her, doubted that she would humiliate his family. "I am truly sorry Zoya" he whispered to thin air. "And this time, when I find you, I'll tell you or rather show you how much I mean it"

And in a manner of two minutes, he dashed out of the house. From the car he called up two people. First his ammi to tell her what he had found and that he would bring back Zoya no matter what. Then he called up Prasad to trace Zoya's number immediately and tell him and to call security for protection to his family. Having lived in Bhopal all his life, he knew the hideouts for such crimes and by the number of clues that had been; left behind, he was sure that it was the work of an amateur. His car now moved at a rate faster that his dangerous heartbeats that beat for the one soul that it was presently struggling to find.

...with a dirty laugh, he pushed the chair she was tied to on the ground and the only other sound heard was the whip lashing on her delicate skin...

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There was no air in the place. This was torturous. Her hands and feet hurt from the tight ropes. Her tongue could no longer differentiate between her tears and her sweat. One face kept her breathing. She knew that if someone would try save her, it would be him. Not a minute had passed in such relief, when a big dark man entered the dungeon like place she was trapped in. he looked like he would gulp her down with one look and with a disgusting snarl, he picked up a whip. "No please, leave me alone. Who do you think you are? You can't do this; you will be caught for this. Trust me!" with a dirty laugh, he pushed the chair she was tied to on the ground and the only other sound heard was the whip lashing on her delicate skin.

Red scars now marred her flesh, her body was screaming in pain, every cell wishing death. The physical pain was unbearable. Tears didn't stop flowing she had been lashed mercilessly, her pleas falling to deaf ears. "Aaah!" she screamed.

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The brakes of his car screeched, and his hand flew to his phone. "Yes Prasad. What did you find out?"

"Sir the location of the sim card has been traced to 25kms south of marg rice mill on the bypass road to state highways"

Asad hung up and fled to his destination. This seemed unusual to him, why would anyone want to harm Zoya? It confused him to no end. He wondered how she always managed to endanger her life. Did she not realize its importance?

He felt a throbbing pain in his forehead, and he knew that this probably was a mere reverberation of what Zoya might be feeling right now.

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Here at the khan house, Dilshad was sick with worry. Najma was praying as though her life depended on it, which it did. Tanveer smirked away to glory at the pain that everybody was experiencing.

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The dark room now filled with light as the stone eyed lady made her way to Zoya. "Wake up, stupid girl". She kicked Zoya in the gut unleashing her pain all over again. Tan veer's status in society, Razia's taunts had lowered her self-esteem to an extent that the anger towards society instead of turning into ambition had turned into greed. This greed and the obstacle she faced in truly acquiring that status was Zoya. "Tanveer I don't understand why you are doing this. Please don't break relationships for the sake of wealth. It is not worth it. I will help you out. I will not even tell anyone about this. Don't make this worse than what it has already become."

"You don't need to do me any favour. I will get what I need. No need to worry. But I'll also make sure that when I taste my riches, you are not here anymore!" saying so she let out a laugh that stopped Zoya's heart because it now rang with hate and dripped with cruelty.

"Mr. Khan will find me, you will be punished Tanveer and this time you will not escape."

"Asad is looking g for you, but he'll never be able to find you and he will NEVER suspect me. You will die Zoya and slowly that too. I tried disposing you off quickly, but now I will watch you wish death every minute and nobody will even know."

Saying so she built a small fire in front of Zoya's chair. As the flames rose up, so did Zoya's heart-rate. The memories of the fateful accident came flooding back. People believed that fear is because of something that they have faced in their past, but Zoya's fear was something that gave her nightmares without a reason. How could one get rid of a fear whose cause isn't known? Her breathing became uneven and tears found their way out. Her body shook with the mere crackling of flams as she struggled to get a hold on her thoughts. She counted to ten in her head to calm herself down. She thought of the times Mr. Khan had saved her and concentrated on him to ignore the fire that was threatening to take away her consciousness.

"How did you stay in the same house and manage to do all this?" she asked Tanveer with disgust.

"It was easy. You were my pawn Zoya. I did everything and put the blame on you. Razia bi gave me enough money to erase any sort of guilt" Zoya's eyes widened at the mention of Razia's name. So it was a battle of two families! She closed her eyes attempting to ease the physical and emotional pain that she was feeling. What she dint understand was why she wanted to kill her?

"I made you feed the peanuts to Asad, opening the gas supply was my idea but sadly all of you escaped. The blame was on you so that saved me worry. Humeira almost died because of my poison, but you got chucked out for it. And I hated you and Asad together. I could see the love. Taking you away and killing you is the only way to end this game. They think that you have once again run away from your nikah. Ha! Now they'll never find you!"

Zoya splutter in shock. This was like a movie. Who would have thought that people could be like this in real life? Her hands were itching to slap this girl who in the name of friendship had crossed even the boundaries of enmity. Mr. Khan had never witnessed anything but betrayal since childhood and now he was being back-stabbed by his best friend. Fate sure didn't favour this pure-hearted man.

Zoya screamed out in anger, "you will be punished for this Tanveer, whether I die or live, you will definitely pay for your sins, for hurting a family and for betraying and crushing their faith. YOU WILL SUFFER THE SAME HEART-ACHE THAT YOU ARE NOW GIVING THEM!"

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Asad reached the place. It looked like death. He got out of the car and called the police and informed them about this. They said they would be her in ten minutes. He then ran into the building, not making any sound, in the fear of warning the kidnappers. Room by room, he searched, a prayer at his lips, and Zoya in every thought.

It was beyond dusk now and the sun had set taking away the joy that the day had begun with, allowing darkness to seep back. In the darkness, he was an orange sort of light coming out of room at the farthest end of the corridor. As he walked towards it, he realized that it was fire. His heart lurched. "Fire" he repeated to himself. She was scared of fire, "was she hurt because of it, was someone doing this on purpose? God please save her". He ran towards the room and what he saw there had his feet frozen to the spot.

Zoya was tied to a chair, red marks all over her pale body; her eyes were bloodshot, empty due to pain but seething with anger. She looked like she had been tortured, mentally and physically. His jaw went tight and his eyes shone with fury but what really stopped him in his tracks was the person standing in front of Zoya's chair. He didn't need to see her face to recognize her.

Before he could respond to the combined emotions of relief, shock and pain, he saw Tanveer signaling to the men around her. He heard her say, "Finish her off. However you want. "And she aimed a half satisfied, half triumphant smile at a barely conscious Zoya.

"Piece of cake madam, but do you mind if we savor her a bit? She looks too good to be wasted" the goon commented with a dirty disgusting and lustful look on his face.

"I don't care what you do, when I return tomorrow, there should be one heartbeat less in this room" saying so, she turned, only to be opposed by a ferocious Asad in front of her, with his jaw tight, teeth clenched, eyes like burning coals, and fists clenched.

And before she could respond or process her thoughts, the lion stepped forward and with the fury of a volcano, slapped her across her face. TWICE.

PRECAP- zoya- "mr khan, the nikah..." and before she could continue, asad interuppted her," it will happen today, or tomorrow, or later, but when it happens, it will be with you!"😳

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