~7~
I put my hands over my mouth stopping my sobs.
"But doctors can do a transplantation and.."
"No. I don't want to rely on something like this. What if I don't get the chance to have a new heart? I've already lived enough. I've seen my babies, I married the love of my life, we got blessed with five amazing children.. I saw you again.. My life is complete." Ammi said and that was enough for me. I couldn't, I didn't want to listen to her any more.
I ran outside the house and I asked the driver to bring me to Rehaan's house. Once I got there, I hugged him tightly. He was still a tremendous support to me since we met as he had helped me with my attitude towards Seher.
"Sanam? Kya hua?" He asked, drawing circles on my back.
"Ammi..She's dying. My ammi is dying." I said as I cried harder. "She's having a heart disease and she's... She needs a heart transplant. I don't know what to do..Ammi is dying and I'm feeling powerless!" I sobbed.
"Shh everything will be ok Sanam. We'll manage to save Mrs Khan. I'll contact the best doctors I can find to cure her and take care of this pregnancy as well. I'll do everything possible to save your mother." Rehaan said and kissed my forehead.
I got back home after I spent the afternoon with Rehaan looking for doctors. We have found doctors who would be capable to look after ammi's pregnancy and her heart. I saw ammi smiling and playing with Antara and Seher and it brought tears in my eyes. She couldn't leave us.
"Sanam, look what your little sister has done to my belly!" She giggled as she lifted her kurta showing me her coloured belly. I smiled at her and she flashed her dimpled smile.
"Come here Sanam." She said and I sat next to Seher. Ammi fed me with the biscuits I had made earlier then she kissed my forehead. 'you'll always be together no matter what' I remembered ammi's words and I just realised why she was saying this to us. I wanted to be angry at her for hiding it from us but I could just be sad because my ammi was dying. I lay on her leg and she caressed my hair.
"Mommy, will Ami come back?" Antara asked while she was playing with Seher's hair.
"Yes. Your uncle Ayaan and the rest of the family will be here for Sanam and Seher's wedding next week." She said and I smiled sadly.
I didn't want to be happy. I couldn't face it. I couldn't face the loss of my mother once again. I got up and I ran to my room. I fell on the bed and I hugged my pillow crying.
'How can I be happy for my wedding when I know that you won't be here for Anatara nor Zafar's wedding ammi. How can I be happy knowing that I'd be an orphan soon, a real orphan..'
"Sanam?" I heard her calling for me. "Baby, what's wrong?" She asked and I knew that she was next to me. I turned around and I engulfed her into a hug.
"Ammi, I've heard everything. I know that you're dying ammi. I know everything!" I sobbed and her eyes watered instantly.
"Sanam baby..I didn't want to! I don't want you or your sister to suffer again!" She said and kissed my forehead.
"Hayaa had the chance to find another mother in you but who'll be able to act as a mother for us when you're no more ammi? Who?" I cried and this time ammi lost it completely and her sobs increased.
"I didn't want to be like my mother. I didn't want you to suffer like I've suffered when I lost my ammi..I didn't want it to go this way.." She said and I tried to stop crying.
"We'll do everything to save you ammi. We won't let you die. Seher and I won't let you die." I said weeping my tears.
"No, don't say anything to Seher. I don't want her to know about it yet. She has always craved for the love of a mother, I can't let her go through this once again.."
"Does abbu know about it?" I asked and ammi nodded her head no furiously.
"Your abbu doesn't have to know about it. I don't want him to know about it!"
"Why ammi?" I asked and she kissed the top of my head.
"I don't want him to know that I won't grow older with him. When Tanveer had stabbed us, your father was left into a coma for three months. For three months I lived not knowing if he will make it or not. I don't want him to face it. I don't want him to look at me as if I was already dead. I don't want him to live knowing that at the end of this pregnancy, I'll probably be dead." She said and I nodded.
"I won't tell anything to abbu." I said and ammi held my cheek smiling sadly.
"I'm sorry Sanam that you're going through this again."
"Don't be sorry ammi. I am happy because I got the chance to know you at least.." I said and she smiled again.
"I love you Sanam."
"I love you too ammi." I said then I burst into tears once again. " I don't want you to die ammi. Please don't go! I don't want you to leave me.." she hugged me tightly and I felt her tears on my hair. I could hear her heart beating and that brought more tears in my eyes.
Maya's pov.
I looked at the pills on my hand and I smiled. Even though Sanam tried everything to keep her mother safe, I got the chance to poison her. Zoya would die and everyone would think that she died because of a heart disease when I was the one who poison her until she became sick..
I was looking for my phone which was ringing and I found it in my purse. I picked it up.
"Hello Maya." He said.
"I've already told you not to call me on this phone."
"Arrey Maya darling, don't act like this with me! Why didn't you come to my engagement with Sanam?" He asked and I sighed with exasperation.
"Shaad, are you dumb or what? Rehaan was here! They would've discovered that I am his sister if I had intended this party. So Sanam would've discovered everything." I said and I smiled. " I'll continue hiding this pregnancy if you do what I want. Plus you wouldn't want your little wifey to know about us.." He sighed and I smirked.
"You are annoying Maya. Who says that this baby is mine?" He asked and I huffed.
"This baby is yours. I'm not that bad. I'd never be able to do this."
"Don't act like you're a sweetheart Maya. You're planning to kill the Khan's family. You're heartless Maya. I wish that I've never crossed your path." He said and I was fuming with anger.
"You know what? Leave me alone and just do your job. This wedding has to be cancelled and I want Sanam to die with shame."
"Don't worry, I'll handle this." He said and I hung up as I saw Dilshad walking downstairs.
I smiled falsely at her and she smiled back.
"How are you?" She asked while she set the table. I helped her and she smiled.
"I'm fine Mrs Khan." I replied.
"Please, you can call me khala. After all you're the one who's looking after my Zoya's health." She said and I smiled. If only she knew..
"Okay. I'll call you khala." I said and she gave me a bowl of soup.
"Can you please bring it to Zoya? She's sick again, she won't be able to come eat with us." I nodded and I left. I stopped in front of Zoya's room to put the poison in then I entered her room.
"Mrs Khan? Khala asked me to bring you this soup." I said and she smiled weakly.
She took it and took a sip.
"Ammi?" Seher or Sanam said and I turned around. It was Seher. Thanks god.
Seher's pov.
I had brought pizza for ammi and I didn't know that Maya had already brought a soup for her.
"Ammi, I have brought a pizza for you..I didn't know that Maya has already brought you soup."
"Pizza?" Ammi said smiling and I smiled back at her.
"Ya Allah! What have I done to have a daughter like you! Oh I love you Seher!" She said and I brought her the pizza. She left the soup and ate the pizza instead. Maya picked the bowl and brought it outside.
Sanam's pov.
I was tidying the kitchen and when I saw Maya leaving Ammi's room with the bowl of soup, I smirked at her.
"Don't believe that you'll have the chance to hurt my mum. I'm smarter than what you think Maya. You may be a nurse and everything you want but I'm Sanam Ahmed Khan and I will never let you hurt the people I love." She just smirked and walked towards me.
"I won't hurt them. Not like you'll do. Indeed, I promise you that on your wedding day, you will hurt you parents and Seher. Plus you'll hurt Aahil!" She said and I looked at her as if she had three heads.
"What nonsense are you talking! I'll never hurt them!" I argued.
"Everything can happen Sanam." She said and left. What was she up to?
Asad's POV.
I was a bit suspicious about Maya. It's not that I didn't trust her but Zoya's health was becoming worse and worse since her arrival. But why would she attend on killing Zoya? She didn't have any relationship with Zoya except the fact that Zoya is Seher's mother.
"Asad?" Zoya asked coming from the bathroom. She would be the death of me. Her perfect hair was wet and she wore the sexiest night cloth I dared to buy her last week which was mid thigh length.
"Why are you looking at me like this Jaan?" She enquired, sitting on the mattress.
I came near her and I kissed her neck.
"Did I already tell you how sexy you look when you're pregnant?" I asked kissing her jawline.
"Yes. You keep saying it since I was pregnant with Sanam and Seher." She said and I engulfed her into a hug.
"That's because you're really beautiful Zoya. And I'll be always thankful to the Almighty for putting you in my life." I said and she burst into tears.. "Don't cry baby." I said, kissing her cheek. And she hugged me tightly.
Zoya's POV.
I didn't want to leave Asad. 'Ya Allah, please give me the strength to face my future death..Give to Asad the strength to overcome my death..Give Zafar and Antara the force to live without their mother just like Sanam and Seher..' I prayed silently before I slept, trying to adjust myself to be able to snuggle into Asad's chest without harming Zafar. Asad had his arm wrapped around my waist and I smiled as I drifted to sleep.
Asad's POV.
"1..2..3.." Zoya said and at three, we entered into Sanam and Seher's room with a birthday cake.
We sang the birthday song for them and they woke up smiling. When we finished singing, Sanam and Seher blew on the candles and Antara, ammi and I clapped our hands happily. Zoya cut a piece of cake for Sanam and Seher. I took one of the piece and Zoya took the other one and she smiled at me. Then, at the same time, we covered our daughters' faces with cake.
"Ammi!" Seher shouted while Sanam screamed "Abbu!"
"That's how we celebrate birthdays in Khan's family!" Zoya said and cut more pieces of cake. She fed Sanam, Seher, ammi, then Antara. After that, I took a piece of cake and fed it to her and she did the same to me.
"Now get up princesses! We need to go shopping!" Zoya said cheerfully.
"Mrs Khan..you have to go to the doctor!" I replied to Zoya.
"Don't worry Mr Khan. I can go later, I'm fine, I don't need to go to the doctor, do I?" She said softly.
"Promise that you'll go to the doctor Zoya." I said.
"Ji ma', abbu is right. You need to go to the doctor." Seher said.
"Okay. I'll go with the girls before we go shopping." Zoya answered and I kissed her nose while our daughters were faking puking noises.
"That's good baby. I love you." I said kissing her forehead.
"I love you too Jahanpanah." She answered.
"You're not over with it, are you?" I asked joking.
"Not even in your wildest dreams darling." She replied and went to our room to get ready. I followed her and wrapped my arms around her waist. She giggled and I kissed her neck. Zoya was just so cute.
"Mr Khan! The girls are waiting for me!" She said giggling.
"Whatever." I said and I kissed her passionately. She pushed me off of her after she bit my lip.
"Sorry Jaan, but Mr Romantic Khan needs to wait for a while." She said and left the room.
Zoya's POV.
I left with the girls and I went first to the doctor with Sanam while Sehe was taking care of Antara.
"Ammi, Dr Khanna is the best cardiologist of India, he'll take care of you." Sanam said holding my hand tightly.
"Don't worry, everything will be okay." I said. We entered the room and the doctor started to examine my state along with Zafar's state. Then he took some of my blood.
"Did you take medicine against depression?" He asked.
"Nahin! I never took these types of medicine!" I said. Did he believe that I was one of these women who just thought about killing themselves??
"Mrs Khan, did you have been drugged lately?" He asked.
"No way!" I replied and he shrugged. What was he thinking?
He gave me a future appointment for next week and I left. As we were going to join Seher and Antara, I saw Shaad leaving the hospital as well..Was I dreaming or what? What was he doing in a hospital? I let it be as my daughters were surely waiting for me.
Seher's pov.
We were finally back home. It was actually very odd that I celebrated my birthday twice as my adoptive ammi Mrs Omarjee has decided before her death as they didn't know anything about me that my birthday was the day adopted me. Anyway, I had never got this happiness in my life. I wished that everything would stay this way as I had all my own people with me. I went to my room and I picked the picture of my adoptive parents and Priya, my adoptive mum. On the other hand Sanam left to look after Badi ammi as she had called her.
"Even though I've found my family, I'd never stop missing you ammi aur abbu. You had given me faith in life, by allowing me to start a new life. I'd never been so happy in my life before I met you and by taking me with you, you gave me the chance to find my roots, my sisters, my grandmother.. I had always felt alone but now I'm complete. In three days I'll be marrying Rehaan. And unfortunately you won't be here but you'll always remain in my heart. Hamesha dil mera."
"Seher? Can I come in?" Maya said entering the room. She sat next to me and held my hands.
"You're aware that I just want your happiness, aren't you?" She said and I nodded.
"I think this family isn't giving you the place you deserve."
~8~
Edited by Perriewinkle - 9 years ago
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