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PART 8
He woke up a little disoriented, he was on a bed surrounded by people, and a doctor. They called his doctor who said, that he was fine, just shock. He recollected the previous conversation, and asked, "Zoya..? did she really?.. I .. mean.." Rehaan interuppted and said, "hmm. I know this is going to be hard to believe, but I need you to understand that it was harder to go through all of it too. Okay?" Zoya had cried a little too hard and was taken away from Asad to calm herself, the doctor had given her a sedative as she had previously attempted suicide.
Everyone turned to Rehaan, he sighed and said, "Okay, I'll explain, like Zoya said, she heard you tell Ayaan that she.." he spoke through his gritted teeth, "that she deserved to be alone." Asad looked ashamed, but nudged him to continue, "I had been at work that day, it was 26th of May, 10 o'clock, I was excited to meet my little sister after about 2 years that she had been here, so I went upto her apartment in Manhattan. She didn't answer the door, I felt something was wrong so I broke in...and.. I found .. Zoya.." he choked a little, "she had slit her wrist.." Everyone at this point had tears in their eyes, they couldn't believe Zoya would do that. "..there was..blood everywhere..I felt like I was dying.. My baby was.." Haider patted his shoulder as Humeira rubbed his back, they looked like they knew this. "We took her to the hospital," he sniffed, and looked at Asad, "remember you asked me about this scar?" He pointed towards his arm, Asad nodded. "Well, it was from when I donated blood for her, she had lost a lot of it. But ShukarAllah, she was saved. But sadly, she went into depression. It was like when she was little, and she couldn't say anything other than Ammi ko bachao, but this time, she kept repeating next time he won't catch me over and over again. It took us six months to finally get her to tell us what happened that..that led her to this. She told us how you said all these things, and how they were true, she kept saying how if she wasn't there none of this would happen.."
Asad felt his heart break little by little as Rehaan told him all this, so it was her when I felt her that day, it was her shadow that I saw, why didn't I go after her? She tried to give up on life because of me?! "She kept telling me how if she wasn't in your way, Tanveer wouldn't hurt you, how she wouldn't have married Ayaan and ruined his life, how she separated Phoopi from you.. how she wasn't worth all this.. it broke my heart." "But, it wasn't her fault, all that..all that was just what happened, I would never blame her for anything..Rehaan, I love her, I wouldn't ever do that to her.." Asad said, hoping Rehaan would understand. Rehaan nodded and continued, "So I decided to help her move, I asked Suhana to move with Zoya to Paris, Suhana obliged as she had helped us with Zoya from the beginning. And they moved there, Suhana helped Zoya get a job there, and now she lives there." Rehaan sighed, and looked up, "it's weird hey, you fainted just at the thought of her trying to commit suicide?" Asad confused at first, was still taking in what Rehaan had said, looked up at him. And said, "...May 26th?" Rehaan looked at him with a frown and nodded, "yes.." "that..day..I felt.." "you felt what?" Ayaan now curious, "mujhe laga tha ki..Miss Farooqui.. I felt that something bad had happened to her.. I don't know .. but the same thing happened..I..this doesn't make any sense.. Mujhe pata tha ki kuch ho gaya..and I..this happened before too, I..fainted then too," Asad told everybody about the weird fainting incident, he was thoroughly confused as to how his heart knew something when he didn't.
"That's because your hearts are connected, Jeeju," came an unfamiliar voice, everyone turned and saw a beautiful woman in a dress and leggings. Asad recognized her from the photo, it was Suhana, "I'm Suhana, Rehaan's fiance." She looked at Asad and said, "that day, your heart knew that somewhere Zoya wasn't doing well, because you and Zoya are connected. You've always been connected." She smiled, "I'm going to look at Zee, I think we should let Jeeju relax," she said but when she got a weird reaction from everybody, she looked at Asad and continued, "You do know she still wears your ring, right?"
Everyone walked out of the room trying to understand what had happened. She still wears my ring? Nice. But why didn't she just approach me that day? I would've cleared everything up. She needs to know that I need her in my life. She is my life. She's the only reason I've survived all this time. But, she still wears my ring? He remembered Zoya's promise about keeping the ring with her at all times. Suddenly Asad felt his heart lighter, even though he had hurt her and even though she had hurt him, she was still his and he would always be hers. But the fact that she had tried to commit suicide was hurting him, he couldn't think of anything worse happening to him, he couldn't imagine living in a world with no Zoya. He wanted to get up and run to her, but Ayaan informed him that she had already left.
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"WHAT? How is that possible? How can the skeleton be her match?" Rehaan screamed at the examiner, still trying to avoid the obvious answer. He saw the examiner look past him at something, he turned and saw Zoya who looked shaken. "Ammi.." whispered Zoya, in tears; Rehaan hugged her and said, "Shh..We'll find out who did this." He held her with his right arm while he took his left and called Suhana to tell her to meet them at the house, he then called the headoffice to inform them what had happened. The head office had asked Zoya to step down as now she was a victim too, but Zoya insisted and said she would remain strong and that she wanted to find the person who did this.
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A few days passed, Siddique Mansion had calmed down. Everyone was worried for Asad who hadn't been able to get a hold of Rehaan or Zoya or Suhana. He wanted to speak to Zoya, he hadn't been able to tell her what had happened that day. He was lost in his thoughts about her, when he suddenly felt her presence, without wasting a second, he turned around and saw her standing at the door. He walked upto her and without a single thought hugged her with all his might. At first he felt Zoya stiffen, but then she relaxed into his embrace. She took in his scent, it still had a calming effect on him after all these years; whereas he smelt her hair as he buried his face in her shoulder enjoying the same sensation as her. They stood there for awhile til Rehaan finally tapped Asad's shoulder, saying he could only allow 10 second hugs when it came to his sister. Asad smiled, he kissed Zoya's hair and asked her if she would walk with him for a little bit, she smiled said, "I will, but first I need to finish my work." He saw her change her demenour, she straightened her back, pulled back her shoulders, looked rigid and walked upto the adults, Gaffur and Razia Siddique who were sitting by Dilshad, Shireen and Rashid Khan.
"I would like to search your houses," Zoya said, everyone looked confused, then they saw cops at the entrance of the mansion, she continued, "and by houses I mean the Siddique mansion," she looked at Asad and said, "And the Khan Villa." "What? Ye larki kya bake jaa rahi hai? Ye kya badtameezi hai?" Razia screamed. "Kis hak se ye larki mere ghar ki talaashi lena chahti hai?" Gaffur Siddique roared. Zoya clenched her jaw and fisted her hands, still thinking about the possibility of either Rashid or Gaffur killing her mother. Rehaan gulped knowing very well what his sister was capable off, so he calmly interuppted by saying, "Farooqui, don't," Zoya nodded. An older officer from the back said, "Detectives, I'll handle them, in the mean time Farooqui, I want you to look at the computers, and Farooqui watch them." Everyone looked confused, as they watched the Farooqui's get to work at various things, "Uh..Farooqui, actually I'll get the IT team on this mansion, mind check the Villa?" Zoya stopped, looked at Asad and gave him a paper. He opened it to find a search warrant, he nodded and gave her the keys. She was exiting when the Officer softly said, "Farooqui, take two officers with you," "But.." "No buts. You know why." This time he spoke with finality in his tone. She had to agree and left with two officers. Everybody was still taking in the fact that the older officer had called Rehaan and Zoya, detectives.
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As Zoya sat down and collected herself after she spoke to the bosses, it was confirmed that they would have to send higher officers to make sure that Zoya was protected from any harm. Because if they had murdered her mother, they wouldn't think twice before hurting her. Zoya was questioned by the officers about her whereabouts and her family and how they could be related. She gave them the music box saying how it was her father's gift to her. During the questioning she remembered the doll, and told them how Dilshad Khan had heard a different recording but then when they sat down to listen to it, it was changed. And that there maybe a memory card in the Khan Villa that could prove Rashid's innocence and they could use the recording to identify the people who framed him. So far everything pointed towards the Siddiques.
She went down to the Villa and started searching with her team. On the other hand, Asad questioned the Officer in charge, "Uhm, there might be some locked up cupboards.." "Oh don't worry, Farooqui can pick any locks within seconds, don't worry, she'll lock it back for you, if she can't she'll bring it to you. She's brilliant at her job," the Officer replied with shiny eyes. He had explained to everyone how they were the CIA and had a case that has lead them to these two families, he didn't disclose all the details about her mother, he also explained that Zoya and Rehaan are undercover agents. "But if you just told us that they are undercover agents, won't it spoil their image?" Ayaan asked curiously, "No, Farooqui said that this was her last case, as she was going to try and get her life together. And as Farooqui is getting married soon, he said he was going to stop working." "You know, it's really confusing that you call both of them Farooqui?" Nuzhat said, "Haha, it was confusing for them too, but now they know whom I'm speaking to." "You see, Major here, speaks a little softly when it comes to Zee," Rehaan explained, "She's like his little baby, she's probably the only one who has made him cry, eh Major?" as he nudged the officer. "Ye, ye, get to work Farooqui."
But the others wouldn't give up so easily, "Made him cry?" asked Haider. "Yeah, there was a case where Farooqui was working with Major, and .. well things got a little messy and she got.. shot ..twice.." "WHAT?!" everyone exclaimed, all the officers stopped working to see what happened. When no one said anything, they went back to work. "Yeah, in this business, it happens.. a lot, that's why I'm quitting before getting married," Rehaan said, as he went back to work. Major sighed and said, "yeah, this business is tough, Rehaan himself has been shot multiple times and injured severely too, lucky fella I tell ya, Suhana is a doll that she supports him through everything." Major looked sad and said, "I hope Zoya finds her Khan that she talks about all the time." Asad looked up, "Khan?" "yeah, Asad Khan? You know.." Major looked at him and said, "You. You're Khan aren't you?" Asad nodded, and the Major thought "now I know why she quit."
The major smiled knowingly, as he went back to screaming at his officers.
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