Sab zanjiron se aazad sa krdey!"

Ibtihaj entered in launch whistling cheerfully holding a box full of brownies.

" Where is Anfal?"

He asked to Narmeen who was studying there on sofa.

"Walaikum Salam bhai!! Bhabhi is in her room."

Narmeen smiled and he ran towards his room ruffling her hair.

"Today I am gonna surprise you my baby!!"

He smiled looking at her favourite brownies he was holding.

Entering in room he locked the door behind.

"Anfal?"

What surprised him was the darkness in room. There was no light switched on.

"Anfal are you there??"

He said in pitched voice but got no reply.

He walked ahead trying to find the switch board but stumbled on something but didn't fall.

"What..??"

His words died on his lips when he saw that he stumbled on a broken glass pieces which were scattered all over.

Just then he spotted a frame sitting in front of bed on floor.

"Anfal!!!"

He called upon her and switched on the light and turned around.

His mind signalled him about danger when he saw her sitting there with her face hidden in her knees while her arms were around her legs.

"What happened ? Why are you sitt..."

He forgot to speak.

Words denied to come out from his mouth.

Smile faded.

His face turned pale.

His eyes bored into the paper placed in front of her on floor.

Brownies slipped down his hands woth him sliding down on floor in front of her.

" This..."

He took reports in his hand.

What he was fearing abput had happened already.

He didn't want her to find out the truth like this.

"Anfal I..."

Ibtihaj was sdatching for words when she interupted him.

"Why? Why you hide this from me? Do you consider me this weak that I can't handle it? Why you did this???"

She shouted with teary eyes and voice.

"I was abput to tell you.."

"When?? WHEN??? WHEN WILL YOU BE GOING TO TELL ME?? IT SHOULDN'T HAVE HIRT ME THIS MUCH IF YOU DIDN'T HIDE IT FROM ME. THE THIRD PERSON TOLD ME TODAY!! SAYING THAT YOUR HUSBAND HIDE IT FROM YOU!!!"

He shouted clenching his collar while he just looked down.

"What bad I did to get this? Tell me!!!"

She cried tiredly punching his chest.

"Just get out of my sight!!! I dont want to face you!! Facinv you rememberes mw what I have lost!!"

After crying for somw moments she left his collar and slided back leaning her back on bed.

He wanted to console her but refrained himself.

He stood up and sat on other side of bed leaning on it across her on floor.

Their backs were facing each other.

"I hate the I met you!!

I hate the moment you came in my life!!

I hate the moment i fell in love woth you!!

I got destroyed!!!"

She cried pulling her hair out.

She was surely in damn pain that she wasn't thinking straight.

"You fmare forgetting Anfal that i had my own reasons!!!"

He whispered.

"Hell with your reasons!!!!"

She shouted back.

Night passed within eyes with her cursing her life and him controlling himself from consoling her and wiping her tears.

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Night was passing with Anfal and Ibtihaj shedding tears.

It was 4 in morning when Anfal stood up and looked at him.

Tears cascaded down her cheeks looking at him whose face was looking beyond helpless.

"I can't help it!!"

She put her palm on her mouth to control her whimpers.

" You deserve the best for yourself Ibtihaj!! You don't have to stay with an infertile woman like me. It was written in my fate then why would you suffer along? I will leave!! Leave you.. got your happiness!!"

She murmured to herself and went near him and kissed his forehead and cheeks.

Giving him a last glance she took her purse and headed out draping shawl around her.

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Ibtihaj opened his eyes and stood up with a jolt.

He didn't remember when he fell asleep.

Massaging his neck he turned around only to find an empty room.

Anfal was no where to be seen.

Sighing heavily he took his towel and headed towards washroom thinking that she must be out.

After taking shower he came in front of dressing table to brush his hair.

Just when he was about to pick hair brush his eyes landed on a sticky note placed on dresser.

With throbbing heart he held in front of him and started reading.

"I don't want to stay woth you anymore. I want to lose anything anymore. You have enemies who chase you like thristy dogs. I don't want to risk my life anymore. Just keep this in your mind that I hate you and I had taken a decision very wisely.

I want divorce!!!"

His world was crushing in front of him. His happy family was destroyed in a minutes and he couldn't do anything except watching all ghis helplessly.

With this determination that he will bring her back and will tell her that's this is not fair at all!! She can't say something like this!! He ignited his car and brought it to the road that leads to Murtaza mansion.

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"Where is Anfal?"

Ibtihaj asked as soon as he saw Anfal's mom sitting in garden.

"I don't know!!"

She said averting her gaze.

"I want to meet her!! Where is she?"

He shouted.

"She doesn't want to ee your face. What else had left to destroy?"

She roared back.

Leaving her shouting behind he ran towards Anfal's room.

"She is my wife and no one can stop me from meeting her!!!"

He flared at her for a moment and continued running.

"Anfal!!!"

He banged on her room's door but it was locked.

"ANFALLL!!!!"

He kicked door and it burst opened.

He didn't know why but his heart was warning him about a red light of danger.

"Anfa.."

His words died on his lips as he entered in room.

She was laying on floor with all the things scattered here and there.

Bed sheet was half hanging on floor.

This somehow memorized him the time when he locked her in room after their marriage.

He ran towards her and took her bridal style and made her lay on bed.

" My child!! Anfal!!"

Ruksana and Anfal's mother ran towards them.

"Call the doctor immediately!!"

Ibtihaj shouted checking her rising temperature.

Ruksana went out to call the doctor while Anfal's mother went towards kitchen to bring cold water

Just then Ibtihaj's eyes landed on her hand which was holding a small bottle.

"What it is ?"

He took that bottle from her palm and held it in front of him.

"Sertraline...."

A whisper left his dry mouth.

He turned around and opened the drawer of side tabĺe and started detaching for other bottles or any other clue so that he could know from how long she was taking this.

Just then his hands stopped moving when he spotted 4 empty bottles if sertraline in drawer.

He fell on floor like a lifeless body.

He wanted to cry that what had triggered her that much that she started taking them.

" Look doctor what had happened to her?"

At Ruksana'svoice he quickly wiped his tears and stood up straight.

" Let me check!!!"

Doctor said sittong beside her.

"She is under too much mental pressure añd depression. Try to not being those topics and things that make her feel uneasy and tensed. It's a request!! If a person takes too much tension, then the chances of his death increases."

This left everyone gasping.

Ibtihaj stood up and started walking with doctor to the door.

"Doctor!! I found these in her drawer!!"

Ibtihaj said handing him the tablets.

"O my God!! It means I was right !! Her condition was telling me again and again that she is under some drugs or tablets."

"Can you please tell me tahts by would she be taking these?"

"What we know is that for some people the stress of losing a loved one, or any kind of stressful event in your life, can cause depression.And, of course, you start to do those things that maybe aren't so good for you like taking dangerous antidepressants.

What happens is in an acutely stressful event … there is a massive rush of adrenaline and it causes something similar to a heart attack.

Taking antidepressants for so long weakens your heart. Some people even doe of heart break and in the case of your wife then she is dealing with heart break."

"Can someone even die with heart break?"

Ibtihaj asked confused.

"Yes!!! there is a legitimate and specific medical condition called "taktsubo cardiomyopathy" — or heartbreak syndrome — that doctors say is dying of a broken heart.

It's incredibly rare but head it do exists!! All I will suggest you is to settle the dispute between you both and try to take her out of this condition. Her mind is lossing all its power to think straight because it's under unbearable pressure and to overcome this pressure she takes these pills."

After talking with doctor he went back to Anfal's room.

Her mother and Ruksana went out when he came in.

" Why you did this? Why you didn't get it out of your heart? Why you didn't sure it with me? Wasn't I your Ibtihaj? Anfal's Ibtihaj?"

Tears were rolling down his cheeks.

"I can't see you in this state!! I just can't!!"

He said buts he kept on laying motionless.

"Won't you wipe my tears? Won't you ask to keep quite? Aren't my tears bothering you now?"

He cried holding her hand.

"Fine!! If I am the problem, if I am the reason of your this state, if I am the one who brings you under mental pressure then I won't come in front of you anymore. I won't bother you anymore. I won't disturb your life anymore. I love you and I will do anything just to keep you stable."

He wiped his tears and went towards dresser.

Pen started moving on paper leaving the marks. He put a note on dresser and afyer pecking her forehead and lips he looked at her for a brief minute.

After sometime he sighed heavily and went out.

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After having dinner he later straight on bed.

His heart became heavy looking at the empty side of Anfal.

This room was eating him. This loneliness was stabbing his heart but still he couldn't do anything.

Just then his phone rang taking him out of his thoughts.

"Hello Doctor!!"

"Yes Mr. Ibtihaj!! I forgot to tell you that keep an eye on your wife 24/7. These tablets van cause extreme aggression and being under effects of these one can take any idiotoc step without himself knowing."

"What do you wanna say a actually?"

"Means it can trigger suicidal thoughts in one's mind."

"Oh.."

"Yes so stay alert!!"

"Thank you Doctor!!"

Ibtihaj hung up the call and suddenly all the scenes from last night to this moment started flashing in front of him like a telifilm.

"Note.... "

A whisper left his mouth and suddenly he stood up and taking his phone and car keys he ran towards his car like a mad.

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