"I'm so sorry Zaynah..." She tried to hug me but I pushed her away.

"I can't believe... You... Well, you deserve a trophy for your best acting, " I smirked at her.

"The night you got nightmare and I hugged you was not the part of the plan, every time I told you that I love you was real when I saw you in pain my heart also ached for you, yeah I used to hate you but the moment you hugged me and called me sister it felt I found the world, I started searching mom in you, I started loving you like a sister but I couldn't stop the game midway, I had to complete what I promised to her and I knew she will do it anyway," her new confession softened my heart for a moment but the next second I jerked her hands away from me.

"I don't trust you Farwa, I can never trust you again, you played with my emotions, trust, and feelings, You can't fool me again, you can't justify your actions just by these lame excuses, if you really loved me or considered me as your sister you wouldn't have done this, she kidnapped me with your help, I hate you... I hate you..." My voice cracked up and I wiped off my tears from my face.

"Stop this fucking drama, I'm not here to watch your love and confessions, just be ready to die Zaynah baby," Samiya snapped us and pointed a gun, a freaking gun at me.

"What the heck are you doing? You can't do this Samiya," Mrs. Umaisha ran towards me and made a protection cover with her hands.

"I've called the police Samiya, your game is over, " I spooked and looked in shock at Farwa.

" You bitch, how can you ditch me? " She gritted her teeth and tapped her feet anxiously.

" I'm sorry Samiya but you blackmailed me enough, now it was about my sister's life. You brainwashed me enough to made me hate her but you forgot that the same blood is flowing in our body, you forgot that you're using me against my own sister, I was so blind in jealousy and rage that I didn't realize what was I doing but the day Zaynah hugged me, it opened a new folder of my heart..." She was speaking and I didn't know whether to trust her words or it's a new scam. I glanced at her silently and waited for Samiya's reaction who was fuming from anger.

"Oh wow! Now you will see with your own eyes how will I kill your sister," she pointed the gun at me and was about to press the trigger, I felt my heart pounding in my chest, I closed my eyes and mentally prepared myself to die.

My heart stopped beating as I heard the sound of bullets, I looked at my hand which was covered with blood and my eyes widened as I saw Farwa lying in front of me.

She took the bullets for me.

"Farwa..." I was standing there in shock when Aunty Umaisha's voice snapped me back to reality.

"Farwa, why?" I held her body in my arms and tears started flowing from my eyes.

"Can you please forgive me, Zaynah? Please..." She tried to join her hands together and suppressed her pain.

"Farwa, I've forgiven you already, just open your eyes..." My heart leaped out from my chest and my lips trembled.

"I love you Zaynah, I'm sorry for hurting you, Can you please ask Allah to forgive me? Please..." Her words shredded my heart into pieces.

"I love you too, Don't close your eyes, just look at me, please..." I broke into tears.

" I'm sorry, I've to leave... I swear I didn't fake my love...I real...ly...lo.. love..." I heard her the last time and the next second her breath stopped, her heart stopped beating, I checked her nerves and I realized she was gone. My sister was dead.

"You can't leave me like this, you can't...I need you Farwa, please open your eyes, I was mad at you but I never hated you, how could I hate you... I was kidding around, please open your eyes, " I said between my hiccups and buried my head on her face.

"Zaynah, she's no more, she has died, come back to your senses, she is gone... " Mrs. Umaisha shook me by my shoulders and I jerked her hands away. I glanced at Samiya who was looking at us with a sly smile.

"Farwa was a great sister, you're a lucky bitch, Zaynah..." Her smirk widened, I stood up straight and ran towards her.

" Aarghhhhh... You killed my mom, you killed my sister, I won't spare you... " I raised my hand to hit her but she stopped my hand midway.

"I wanted you to make you suffer more but I don't have much time, so be ready to die," she twisted my hands together and pushed me away.

" So who wants to die first? Little Zaynah or Umaisha Aunty aka Zaynah's new mom?" An evil wide grin appeared on her face as she loaded the bullets.

"Kill me first, if you can," I stared into her eyes and I found a weird fear dancing in her eyes.

"Ain't you scared of me? I wanna see the same fear in your eyes," she growled.

"I don't fear you, I just pity you... Shoot me, shoot me bitch..." I knew she wouldn't shoot me, I knew what did she want, begging her for my life...

"Stop looking at me like this..." She hissed and put the gun on my forehead.

" Just drop the gun, mama," we were snapped by someone and without tilting my head I knew who was it. I could recognize this voice even in the millions of crowd.

Azlan...my savior! But wait, Mama??

Damn!!! Wth...

"Azlan, how are you here?" Samiya's voice cracked up a little.

"I can't believe that you're doing this, you were never a good mom but I didn't know you're not a good human either," he let out a deep breath and scanned our faces. As his gaze met mine, a lot of emotions appeared and disappeared simultaneously in his eyes.

"Azlan, my baby...her mom and that woman are responsible for...every.. everything, you lived..lived a life of orphan cuz of them, let me kill them..." Samiya stuttered a little bit and she looked agitated.

"What nonsense mom? I lived the life of an orphan cuz my mother refused to take my responsibility and all she focused on was her stupid so-called revenge, the revenge which doesn't make any sense but it destroyed so many lives, mom, you need therapy," Azlan's voice had something that welled up my eyes with tears. It was still hard to believe that I'm connected to Azlan in that way and he went through all those things just cuz of the stupid decisions of his parents.

"Are you trying to call me a psycho? Azlan I'm your mom...and I know what I'm doing... I don't need any therapy, you need therapy that you can't see they are responsible for your insecure childhood," she replied him curtly.

" Then I guess your real place is behind the bar," he gave a plain look to Samiya and pushed back all the emotions. It was so heart-wrenching that brought tears to my eyes too.

"Also, she's the same girl I told you about," he lowered his head and sighed heavily.

" Ohh! Wow! Now I understand why are you behaving like this cuz you love that bitch. And she's using you against me, and you can't even realize it. And she ditched you just like her mother ditched your father and you're still ...."

" Can you please shut the fuck up," he yelled and cut her off and I earned death glares from Samiya.

"Can you please grow up? She is the one who introduced me to a new emotion "love", she's the one who filled my life with hopes, she's the one who helped me to find the true love and partner of my life," his eyes were glued on my face and I felt a wave of emotions rushed throughout my body. He was the boy who loved me with my flaws and made me realize my worth.

"She didn't ditch me neither did her mom, my father was a coward and insensible person who couldn't take the rejection and destroyed your life and then died himself, he was too blind and stupid to see that he didn't see your love for him, he forgot about his family, you, his career, all he remembered about the rejection. It was all his fault, and you had a chance to mend his mistakes but you did worse... " His voice became low from emotions and his eyes were shining from some visible tears. I had never seen this Azlan. He was the strongest person I've ever seen in my life and indeed the best person.

"And you call yourself my mother, where were you all those twenty years when I needed you the most? You put me in the orphanage and forgot about me. I cried for you, I craved for your love and attention but you didn't even have time to meet me, you can't justify your sins by giving these lame excuses and you know what I never felt anything for you, and today the first time I'm feeling something for you that is hate, yeah I hate you, mama, I hate you for everything you did to innocent people and me, I hate you to destroy my childhood, her childhood," he kneeled and broke into tears. He was looking devastated and vulnerable.

"Azlan..." I ran towards him and placed my hand on his shoulder.

" I'm so sorry for everything..." I sobbed.

"Mama, someone told me love is not only about getting together, but it's also about sacrifices we make for each other and I'm very lucky that I have a special person in my life who loves me with my all insecurities and flaws," his eyes lit up with new emotion and I knew he was talking about Mishal.

Azlan was an amazing person but we didn't deserve each other, Mishal was written in his fate who was better than me, and Wajahat was written in my destiny who was better than Azlan for me. It's all about Qadr, destiny.

Samiya looked stunned, she was watching us with her cold emotionless eyes.

"I did everything for you Azlan, I forgot about my existence and you..." She pointed the gun at Azlan and we looked at her in shock. How could she kill her own son? She really needs medical help.

She was about to press the trigger when the force of police barged into the room and the gun fell from her hand.

"Your game is over, Samiya..." Mishal showed herself with the police and ran towards Azlan.

"Are you okay?" She hugged him and my lips curled into a smile. I was happy for Azlan and Mishal. They were perfect for each other.

"Zaynah, I'm sorry for the things I said to you in the hospital, I was just disturbed cuz of Azlan...and..." She turned towards me and held my hand. Her eyes were speaking the truth which warmed my heart.

"Hey, it's okay... If I were you, I'd also reacted in the same way..." I flashed a weak smile at her and limped towards Mrs. Umaisha who was sitting near Farwa.

Farwaaaa...

My sister was dead...

"Farwa..." I hovered over her body and hugged her. And the next second, my heart skipped a beat...her heart was beating...

She's alive...

"She's alive...please someone call the ambulance..." I shouted.

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" How's she?" The first question left my mouth as I opened my eyes. I remembered I was blacked out in the ambulance.

"Doctors did her surgery and she's out of danger... It will take some time to recover her from her injuries but there's nothing to worry about, " Mrs. Umaisha caressed my hair and I let out a breath of relief.

"Bruh, get well soon," Zara pecked my cheeks and I smiled.

" Happy birthday Zaynah Api," Hamza and Hammad were standing with large bouquets in their hands.

"Today's not my birthday..." My smile grew wider and I took the bouquet from my brothers. Now I was officially their sister.

"In advance," Hamza smiled sheepishly and I blew a kiss at him, "I love you,"

"We love you more," they replied in unison and the peace started forming in my heart.

"So you've forgotten about me, huh?" I lifted my head at the voice of the most beautiful person in this universe. His arms were crossed on his chest and he was staring at me with a lot of emotions that churned my stomach and a blush crept on my face.

"Ahem, ahem, are you trying to tell us that we should leave now?" Zara rolled her eyes dramatically and asked with amusement in her voice.

"Ma'am, Can you please stop taunting me?" He retorted.

"Can you please stop being jealous of me?" She snapped back.

"Jealous? Huh? You're the jealous one..."

"Guys please stop, this is the hospital," Mrs. Umaisha cut them off and they earned glares from her.

"Hello everyone," We were interrupted by Mishal and Azlan who entered with a large box of chocolates.

Chocolates... I love them so much!!

"Oh my God, thank you so much..." I sat on the bed and clapped my hand like a kid.

" What? No... This is for kids, you're sick so here's a large basket of apples," Mishal broke my heart into pieces and my facial expressions changed.

"An apple a day keep the doctor away...so we thought to bring you a full basket of apples," Azlan joined her and I held back the urge to roll my eyes. My gaze met Wajahat's who was scanning my face with emotionless eyes and he was behaving weirdly.

He doesn't like Azlan!

He doesn't even know about Mishal and Azlan.

"So you both came all the way long just to give me these apples," I scrunched my face.

" Naah, here's also a big news..." Mishal replied shyly.

"News? What?" I looked at them with curiosity.

"We are getting married..."

"What..." My eyes widened and I glanced at Mishal who was blushing.

"Bruhh you guys are in the college..." I gasped.

"Says the girl who got married when she's not even eighteen," Mishal snapped and I became flustered.

" Okay, you guys won, well I'm so happy for you guys, congratulations," I smiled genuinely at them.

"Thanks a lot, it's just I can't leave him alone, and to be honest we both need each other this time so we had only that option, we all are gonna live together, study together and make our career together, " Mishal said glancing at the Azlan who was also looking at her. They are gonna make an amazing couple together.

"Congratulations guys," Wajahat wished them with a smile on his face and I looked at him in amusement. Now he was no more insecure with Azlan as he was even laughing with Azlan.

Cute! Jealous men are the cutest!

I smiled and thanked Almighty for everything. A few months ago I didn't even think in my dream that my life is gonna change like this. Who knew a simple girl is gonna see so many twists and secrets in her life. My life was not less than a movie and it was still hard to believe for me that all those things that happened with me were real and not some movie's script.

Now I was just waiting for Farwa's recovery. I couldn't wait to hug her, laugh with her, talk to her like before.

Heyyy lovely readers! The book is completed now! I'll write one more chapter and then it would be forever goodbye. I'll miss Zaynah, Wajahat, this book, and your beautiful comments 🖤 I swear I won't be able to complete this book without your beautiful words. Your words are my strength and I love you guys so much! I was going through a lot and you guys have no idea how much you helped me.

~Asma