CHAPTER 61

CHAPTER 61 : The truth is out?!

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Fawad ran towards the terrace area again , exposing himself to the downpour . His heart calmed down as he saw Safia just sitting on the terrace balustrade where she was once standing . Her hair flowed due to the fresh wind passing across the hospital's terrace.

"Are you fine?" He asked and she gave him a little nod.

"Then why did you shouted ?!" Seth asked coming from behind .

"I won't say anything until I get to know the truth" Safia was adamant on her demand .

"Just know in that case that what I said was the truth . How difficult is it to understand?" Fawad asked with a frown and grabbed her wrist .

"No..No..Mr Siddiqui don't even touch me before telling me the truth" She twisted her wrist to get it out of Fawad's grip , but it was difficult.

"Fine.. Let's sit here together then" Fawad said in irritation and sat beside her.

"Why are these two behaving like children?" Seth murmured while rubbing his temple .

"Because they both are retarded" Rudhra walked outside saying so . If Safia wanted to pull a drama , she was more than welcome to do so , but Rudhra wouldn't be participating in her little skit.

"Where are you going now?" Seth wanted to know.

"I? I am going to grab a beer. Can't handle their dramas sobre like this"

"Wait,  let me follow you too" Seth suggested.

"You will drink?" Rudhra asked with a raised eyebrow and declared "It's harammm!! Stay off the alcohol. It's just for me. Not for you"

"You never fail to prove me that you are indeed dumb . I am just following you , not drinking . I can't handle their dramas too" Seth shrugged and walked outside . He was already drenched and he needed to change his suit too. Before going , Seth turned his head to see Fawad who was staring at Safia . He didn't liked the sight but he decided to ignore his feelings and follow Rudhra.

Despite his feelings , he wanted Fawad and Safia to end up together again . It wouldn't have been much of a big deal if Fawad would have get his surgery done , but he kept delaying it . Fawad wanted to make sure Khalid was gone for good , before making any decision for his own life.

They were walking down the hallway , when Rudhra turned his head towards Seth .

"Wanna grab some noodles?" Rudhra asked staring at the screen of his phone.

"Why this sudden offer?" Seth inquired.

"Because I just checked Sabrie's instagram . She's back in town, and she wouldn't refuse to give us a treat" Rudhra suggested.

"Sabrie was out of the town?"

"Yeah, she was gone to Gurgaon for some inter college competition" Rudhra informed .

"Will she be really okay with us appearing like this?" Seth wasn't sure if he would want to do something like that.

"Ofcourse. She wouldn't refuse you" Rudhra teased with a wink.

"Geesh..We just worked together for a few days and you are shipping me with a literal kid" Seth was surprised at Rudhra's ability to just annoy someone off .

"Well , she is 22 and you are 25 . The difference ain't much...Now quickly tell me, wanna grab some noodles ? Sabrie got some great cooking skills" Rudhra said . He had been in Sabrie's house for a few days , and she was a welcoming host .

F L A S H B A C K

Rudhra was resting his head on the chair taking bites of the instant noodles Sabrie got for him . His eyes fell on a book with the title 'Metasploit' . He was aware it's one of those books related to cyber security and hacking. He opened it and started to go through the pages while taking bites of the noodles .

He didn't care much about ethics and what could a cyber security book actually hide? Either way , it felt fine for him to just look into the book . But suddenly , something fell down as he was turning the pages.

He bent down to pick up the newspaper cutting . On the backside it was some random news , but when he turned it , it was the cut-out of Seth's picture.

The door opened and Sabrie's eyes widened. She quickly picked up the newspaper cutting with a crimson shade over her cheek and rushed out without saying anything shyly.

P R E S E N T

The small incident was enough to tell him about Sabrie's feeling and in return for all the efforts she was giving into their mission , he thought to do this favour for her.

They headed outside while sharing little talks.

Seth turned his head up again when they reached outside, staring at the terrace . The barely visible figures of Fawad and Safia still sitting there came into his sight.

He took a deep breath , and followed behind Rudhra with a smile .

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Safia was sitting and then her eyes fell on Fawad.

"Are you really not going to tell me the truth?"

"I told you the truth , but you just want to hear a lie . A made-up story that I am divorcing you for a bigger reason" Fawad told her.

"Then , if you want me to get down , just say a lie...tell me a lie and I will be fine with it" Safia told him.

"You will get down?" Fawad asked and she gave a little nod . Fawad looked at her , the bruises on her face just acted as reminder to him about the difference in their worlds. He would never want her to get back to his world and face all this ... Alone . Because the chances of him forgetting her after the surgery was 60% . He was uncertain about his future , and he didn't wanted her to be a part of this uncertain future.

"Fine...then hear me out . Once . Because that's the only time I will lie" Fawad told her, Safia turned her head towards him curiously wanting to know where this talk will head.

"I care about you , more deeply than I care about anyone else . And this divorce..It's for a reason I can't tell you because I fear , it will break you the way it's breaking me " Fawad's throat was aching as he said it . It was only a sentence , but he had poured his entire heart into it . It was something he had been wanting to tell her. The words which made his throat ache so that he can let them out .

But now he was wrapping the truth with the viel of lies .

He coughed , trying to get rid of the heavy feeling which made him want to cry . "now that I have done it , get down" Fawad told her and stood up , standing in front of her.

"Okay," Safia smiled brightly and extended her hands towards Fawad so that he can carry her downstairs.

"What?" Fawad raised an eyebrow at her move.

"Carry me downstairs. My feet are aching" She ordered. Silently Fawad came towards her , his hands wrapping around her waist as he carried her in a koala pose downstairs.

"Just know , I am doing it out of.."Before he could compelete , she smiled and said "Duty" . Fawad gave a light nod .

'Maybe now she's understanding' he thought to himself.

"You know , whatever the reason is...if you are thinking it's protecting me , then just know it's not" Safia hugged him resting her head on his chest . She was bad at words , maybe as much as Fawad was , considering that they hadn't officialy confessed till now.

"The past months have been difficult..way more difficult than I can tell you . My family have came to my house and I have to spend my days fighting with them because I don't want to remarry" Safia mumbled sadly . Although she was pretty much handling the situation, she wanted to share it with Fawad.

"I don't care about what others say about me,but I am missing you too. I am missing our time together" She whispered . Fawad simply carried her in the hospital room .

"I will send someone to give you a new dress so that you can change up" Fawad told her simply as if all the other words had fell deaf on his ears . He closed the door and heading outside.

He picked up his phone and called his Augustus " Augustus, I need you to do me a favour"

"What's that?" Augustus asked , his voice was accompanied by the faint voice of Zeheb humming songs while she was cutting fruits for herself.

"Get an info about Safia's family ,and whoever was forcing her or making her life difficult, make sure to give them a tough time" Fawad said.

"Sure , gimme some time. I will get back at you with the information" Augustus told him .

"Sure" Fawad cut the call and started heading towards the other side to get a staff for Safia , unaware that Safia had heard the call.

She smiled at that, and sent of the recording to Rudhra knowing that he's her last hope . She attached it with a text "I know he cares , just tell me the truth , bcz I can see Mr Siddiqui isn't delighted with this divorce too"

Rudhra was resting on the couch of Sabrie's home who was taking her sweet time making the food for them . She wanted to make sure that the food is perfect for Fawad.

He was wearing Sabrie's oversized hoodie with her brother's trouser . It was slightly shorter for him and his ankles were showing . Seth was watching the movie which was being played on the tv.

He was pretty sleepy by this time when his phone passed him a notification. He opened the text and frowned,"When will their cat and mouse game get over?" He knew that the truth will come out sooner later, it was just a matter of time .

'Maybe she can convince him for an earlier surgery too' Rudhra thought to himself . He opened his gallery and then sent the pictures of Fawad's medical report.

Rudhra

Just don't tell him that I gave

you this info . I have just gotten

out of the troubles .

And convince him for early surgery

if possible

Safia frowned as she read the text first , "Surgery" she whispered to herself and then opened the picture. She started to read the report . The more she read , the more she felt like blood was being drained out of her body . Before her tears could fell down her hands started to tremble.

"It's lie right?" She wanted to send the text and almost typed it , but quickly deleted it . She didn't want to believed it , but everything seemed to be getting fit into pieces. The sudden divorce and Fawad distancing himself from her.

She broke into tears and started sobbing . Her hands were shaking as she cried staring into the screen . No voice came out of her throat , she was hesterically crying . The door opened , and the nurse came inside with the clothes in her hand .

"I am sorry for del—Ma'am are you fine?" The nurse asked in shock rushing towards Safia but she ran outside in hurry noticing now Safia was trying to take deep breaths and was having a difficultly while breathing .

The nurse ran outside to call a doctor, but she bumped into Fawad . "Did got gave her the dress?" He asked her , and but the nurse vigorously shook her head.

"I-I went there ! But..But she's having some sort of anxiety or panic attack . I am going to call some doctor" The nurse rushed away saying so .

Fawad rushed towards the room with a frown. His vision got cloudy for a few minutes , but he could see some details of the hallways . The door of Safia's ward was open and he crouched down hugging her from the side .

"Calm down..please" He knew his words wouldn't be of much help , but still he wanted to try his best . She was breathing heavily , and Fawad was confused at her sudden condition. Few minutes ago , she was relaxed , but suddenly it happened.

He cupped her face and stared in her eyes , "Please breath..." he wanted to calm her down but the more he spoke, the more she wanted to cry .

Fawad made her sit on the bed with slight difficulty. He could hear her attempts of trying to speak something.  He brought his face nearer to her massaging her scalp gently .

"Relax please..how about you count with me? One...two.." but she didn't counted and she was trying hard to speak something.

"Please drink something" He passed her a glass of water. She took a sip , his hands were still supporting the glass of water , rubbing her back in a soothing way. Her cries slowly started to die down and she was relaxed a bit.

But then , as if reality struck her again , she started to sob .

"Please..please don't die" she cried out . Her words were clearer than ever this time. Fawad's eyes widened as he heard those words..

The truth was finally out .

To be continued...

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