CHAPTER 51

CHAPTER 51 : Broken ties of love

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"I feel broken" Safia cried while hiding her palm in her face . "I feel broken Ya Allah" She sobbed harder as she remembered the lady with Fawad.

"I don't know what to do , who will hear me " She cried . She didn't know who to trust or talk with regarding this matter .

Ismail was with her parents in the village taking care of them after her father was beaten up , she wanted to go and meet her father in this past month,  but her father had requested Ismail to not tell her about this , so she was forced to be quiet .

After some time crying , she felt tired . She laid her head on the bed and didn't realise when she dozed off on the bed . Her legs never felt this weak before . She thought the pain of divorce was the most extreme, until she experienced the pain of watching her beloved with someone else.

On the other hand , as soon as Fawad entered the meeting room , his eyes wandered around the room , looking at all the parts of the big puzzles who have gathered here . Everyone had only one aim—to kill Khalid .

Zeheb was beside Augustus . Her bruises were still pretty obvious . She had a small belly marking her pregnancy. Augustus sat beside her silently as he casually sipped the tea .

"So , before starting,  I think it's better to just get clear with our motives as to why we are killing Khalid uncle. I will start , I want to kill him for the injustice he has done" Seth said coming inside . He didn't bothered greeting others , it wasn't a party anyways , they were here for a motive and it was better if they didn't waver from it.

"I am here to avenge my wife and her family" Augustus joined in , letting others take the courage to talk about sorrow.

Fawad silently made his way inside on a chair in the middle with Eliza sitting on the side chair , who was here to monitor his condition.

"Taking revenge of my family" Zeheb bitterly added .

"For my brother. He-He was abducted by Khalid in his childhood and he made Fawad shoot him without any reason" Niya added , biting the side of her cheek , remembering all the times her mother has cried remembering her son .

The words seemed to have unlocked a part of Fawad's memory which he had forgotten in the passage of time. He realised that the child he shot to save Ismail in his childhood was none other than Niya's brother. The sins surely follow us to our graves.

Everyone started to give reasons , until it was turn for Fawad's uncle , Zayan. Nobody except Liam knew the reason for his revenge exactly and why he left family . Zayan didn't bothered to explain a lot and just answered "For my wife" .

It was even hard for him to roll out her name from his tongue even after the years have passed . Every time he called out her name the memories followed him .

Mr Patel who was sitting there just looked at him , and asked "Isn't she the same girl who you faught with in the party I thew years ago?" Zayan almost smiled slightly remembering their meetings .

They didn't met each other on a rainbow like day , and neither was their romance like a fairytale. They started off as enemies who could almost do anything to bring each other down, but they made their way in each other's hearts.

"Let's shift the focus , why are you here Mr Patel?" Liam asked while swiftly changing the topic noticing how hurt Zayan actually was.

"Seth called me here , and I am fed up with Khalid's drama so I came here to help" He laughed.

"Okay , so now that we are clear with our goals, our first work is to bring out Khalid's works in front of the entire world to drag him down" Seth suggested.

"Will do that" Rudhra coldly added . He was still a little injured.

"It will hurt you, let me do this . I will create hundred accounts on Instagram and post about his works anonymously" Sabrie suggested. Her tone was still soft but her plan was quite wicked.

"But~what if you get caught? And how can you ensure everyone will see that?" Kalyani asked ignoring Rudhra's words.

"I will hack the algorithm and push only my videos . This way the common people will know and they are enough to create the upsurge and force the government" Sabrie smiled.

"Wait, won't it get Fawad in jail too?" Augustus asked .

"Actually, no . I have a plan for that too"Seth smiled . Although the plan was decided by Rudhra , he didn't want to talk much today in the presence of Kalyani , so he let Seth present his ideas.

"But till then, let's move forward with the other plans" Seth said.

"Even after all this , it's not like Khalid will get arrested"Zeheb sighed . She had tried to report his cases to police earlier , but it all resulted in the cops silencing her .

"He won't, but his public image will be tarnished , so once he goes missing the police won't support him openly either.  Our work is to actually let him lose the political support and the support from the government officials , then we will get worried and we can bribe his people to switch sides . He will be left alone and we can handle him then" Seth smiles and the idea let them all silently relax . It will be complicated but it's fine.  They will handle it and make it come out as effortlessly as Seth has explained it.

Two teams had united .

"But-even after all this , don't we need some political support? Like someone who can actually drag the parties who support the buisness of Khalid . If they won't be publically questioned , they won't withdraw their support" Kalyani had a point .

She raised a good question , but the solution was also planned by Fawad.

"For that we have Omari and Mr Patel" Fawad said .

Omari was the same guy , they met in the wedding and whose wife was guiding Safia towards the hall. He was the fourth member of their group , but after his marriage , he distanced himself a bit from their group , because they openly supported Khalid and well—Omari just wanted to be a good man.

He still had his tricks up on his sleeves and few strong connections in the web of politics and it was time he used them .

"Great then" Niya took a deep sigh . She was nervous still not being able to trust Fawad and Rudhra .

"I think Seth will handle the rest of the meeting from here" Fawad got up tiredly as his head was aching again . He didn't wanted to fall unconscious in front of everyone .

"Wait—Fawad , I completely forgot to inform you something" Rudhra interrupted making Fawad turn his head towards his friend .

"And what is it?" Fawad asked , he just waited for the talk to get finished sooner so that he can head back to his room and rest.

"Can we talk out it outside?" Fawad just gave a slight nod to Rudhra's request and silently went outside .

They walked near the hallway , the other rooms of the building could be seen from here . They were made of glasses and had workers working in them . They stood near a window giving a glimpse of the outside world .

"So what is it?" Fawad was in a rush to ask , his head ache kept getting worse and Eliza was confused too , regarding his situation as they weren't similar to the ones having leakage in the brain.

"You don't have a brain injury , rather a brain tumour. I wanted to inform you of this , since earlier only , but due to the recent events I forgot" Rudra's words felt like a train hitting him . He didn't wasted time to come straight to the topic, but his direct words felt way too heavy on Fawad's heart .

Just when he thought the chain of betrayals from his father's side were over , this dropped.

"I-I have a chance to live?" Fawad wasn't new to the world . He knew that most tumours were curable .

"Yes , but you need to go under surgery" Rudhra told him .

Fawad was told to be emotionless all his life , he was trained in it too,  but along with failing in all the teachings of his father , he failed in this one too . A tear of relief escaped his eyes, which he harshly wiped .

Rudhra's eyes widened seeing this , but he stayed silent as if he never noticed it .

The life they chose brought them to this level . How could he talk about Fawad's tears, when he had been himself crying in sleep even at the thought of seeing Kalyani with someone else . But the past and the chains of karma were stopping him from even confessing what he felt like to others.

"Should I arrange an appointment for you?" Rudhra asked and Fawad shook his head slightly.

"I need to take my father down first" Fawad told Rudhra.

"But we are here for it . Zeheb and your uncle excel in that and we are here with them too, you can take a rest" Rudhra tried to convince his friend .

Wasting any more time will be sheer stupidity.

"I need to think about it" Fawad said and walked away with the ache still not leaving .

He opened his phone and called Eliza .

"Eliza , I need to book a session with you in hospital" He told her as soon as she picked up the call.

"Okay . And when do you want so?" She asked.

"4 pm today "

"Okay , just be on time " Eliza told him and hurriedly walked outside the building to get the hospital ready for the brain checkup today . She couldn't afford any misdiagnosis.

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Safia felt someone shaking her slightly, she opened her eyes only to find her parents with Ismail . She rubbed her eyes tiredly and got up on bed starring at the face of her father , only to find out that the scars have faded.

"Y'all are here?" She asked trying to bring up a little smile on her lips.

"Yes , and we are here for you too"

She looked behind her parents to find her bua and her phuphi with Murad .

'I guess I was wrong when I thought things can't get worse' She thought to herself bitterly.

To be continued...