"What...she's dead..?" My voice was shaking and tears started slipping from my eyes.

She nodded her head and wiped off the tears from her face.

"How did you know her?" I muttered and tried to calm my heart who was pounding in my chest.

"Wajeeha was my cousin, best friend, my soul sister, we were inseparable... " She spoke in a trance.

" Wajeeha...? Her na.. name was Wa... Wajeeha? " I stuttered and my eyes widened. Wasn't it shocking that I didn't even know my mother's name?

"You didn't' even know her name?" Her eyeball grew large and a weak smile formed on her face.

"Aunty, I want to know everything about my mom, please tell me, I wanna know everything!" My eyes bawled out and I rubbed my face harshly.

" Wajeeha and I were cousins, best friends, and everything... Farwa's mom Hafsa was her stepsister and everything was beautiful..." She was lost somewhere.

Flashback (Umaisha's POV)...

"Wajeeha, don't feel like this," I looked at the brown-haired girl whose large eyes were filled with tears and I didn't know why it was piercing my heart.

"Umaisha, this is not the first time she did this, I'm also a human, What's my fault? I'm also the daughter of this house..." She rubbed her face harshly and her nose became red from crying.

Hafsa, her elder stepsister who was in the same grade with Mariya Api left no stone untorn to make her life hell.

Wajeeha was cheerful, a little bit stupid, and innocent. Anyone could fall for her innocence and cuteness. And one day we got to know that the topper and the most popular guy in our college Shayan Mirza is in love with Wajeeha.

Wajeeha was also a bright student of the college but Shayan Mirza was a famous personality, still, Wajeeha never noticed him. I used to tease her with his name but it always caused her to frown.

And one day we met the cousin of Shayan Mirza, Samiya Mirza... She was a pretty girl with beautiful hair and eyes. And we didn't realize but she came between me and Wajeeha. Now I and Samiya used to hang out together leaving Wajeeha with books.

I shouldn't say this but I could feel that Samiya likes me more than Wajeeha, we all were best friends but still, Samiya was closer to me.

Hafsa got married to my brother and a proposal from Shah Mansion came for Mariya Api. We all were sooo happy, busy with shopping and other stuff and then I saw Abrar Shah, the guy with the most beautiful pair of eyes and the most charming smile that could steal anyone's heart, and yeah he stole my heart too.

I fell for my sister's brother in law, he was the first man of my life who touched my soul, the door of my heart. I started living in a different world, an imaginary world with Abrar, I tried many times to tell my best friends but didn't know why I never got a chance to tell them.

"Ohh, so you're in love with Abrar...," Samiya nudged me when she caught me staring at Abrar at my sister's wedding.

"Uh, no... No!" I gulped the lumps formed in my throat and a blush crept on my face.

"C'mon, I'm your best friend... You know I love someone and I know how a person behaves in love," she sighed deeply, and a wave of emotions passed from her face. She was a mysterious girl and it was the first time she opened up with me like this.

"Now spill everything," she cooed and pulled my cheeks.

"Yeah...I love him, and I want to spend my entire life with him. He was the perfect man, I'm waiting for my whole life... Bruhh, I can't imagine any other guy as my husband, " my voice cracked from emotions and she pulled me into a hug.

"You're the sweetest person I know, and I'm sure he won't find a better girl than you, " she smiled and I looked into her eyes. This time I felt a different bond with her, the bond which I had lost with Wajeeha. Wajeeha was so much busy with her books and academics that she barely got time to talk with us. And thus, I and Samiya became closest buddies.

*********

"Umm, hii Wajeeha," we all were sitting in the cafeteria when Shayan showed himself. His beautiful face was nervous and he was scratching the back of his neck nervously.

"Hii," Wajeeha gave him a plain questioned look.

"I wanna talk to you..." He let out a deep breath which he was holding for God knows how long.

"Yeah?" She raised her eyebrows at him.

"Can we talk in private?" He scratched the back of his neck again.

"Umm, sorry, I gotta go home, hope you won't mind," she passed a forced smile at him and swung the bag on her shoulder before exiting.

His face became pale and he left the cafeteria with his tired steps.

Can't believe he was the same Shayan Mirza for whom girls can die...

"What the heck she thinks about her?" Samiya growled and her eyes had clear hate for Wajeeha.

" Umm, leave it," and the first time in my life I didn't say anything in the defense of my best friend.

*********

"Umaisha, how's Wajeeha?" Mariya Api cooed making herself comfortable on the bed.

"You know about Hafsa, God knows what's her problem? She's continuously making her suffer. I don't know what Bhai saw in her that he got married to her," I sighed.

" I love Wajeeha so much, and I wish I can do something for her," her face showed worried expressions.

" Umaisha, I'm thinking if Abrar and Wajeeha, I mean look at them, they both are perfect for each other...I don't think we can get any better partner for our Wajeeha," her words pierced my ear and heart. She kept speaking without realizing what her words were doing to me.

I passed a weak smile at her and ran to my room.

"Wajeeha... whyy?? You're my best friend but it doesn't mean you can take everything from me," my family had a special place for Wajeeha in their life but I didn't know my own sister would love her more than me.

I became silent and I started making distance from Wajeeha, I knew it wasn't her fault but still, I didn't know how to tell my heart. Abrar wasn't a normal guy, he was the love of my life.

*********

"Ain't you noticing Wajeeha how she's smiling with Abrar?" Samiya showed a devilish smirk and I looked at them. They both were talking and laughing together which was making my heart twitch.

"Aye, I can see the chemistry between you and Abrar," Mariya Api teased her when we all were sitting in the living room.

She didn't say anything but her face became red like a ripe tomato.

She was blushing?? Seriously???

I remember how she used to roll her eyes when we used to tease her with Shayan's name and today she was blushing.

My face became white and Samiya gave me a known look.

"Do you like him?" Samiya asked her and a blush crept on her face.

" We have been talking for a few months and yeah we like each other, umm you can say...I'm in love with him...I'm sorry guys, I didn't tell anyone..." She chewed her bottom lips nervously.

My heart shattered into pieces and I stared at her with my blank eyes.

"Hey, want chocolate cake?" Before I could say anything Abrar interrupted my thoughts and I looked at the owner of my heart.

"Naah, I'm allergic to chocolates," Samiya scrunched her face.

" And what about you, Umaisha?" He glued his eyes at me and my heart skipped a beat.

" Yeah, I don't like chocolates," I passed a forced smile at him.

" Okay so it's all for you," he turned to Wajeeha and handed her a box.

Wajeeha opened the box and her eyes lit up. She picked the big piece of cake and shoved it in her mouth. She closed her eyes from pleasure and licked her lips. Abrar was watching her continuously with a smile tugging on his lips.

My eyes pricked from hot tears and I felt suffocated. I came to the garden for air and sat on a bench. Tears started escaping from my eyes and I cried my eyes out.

I felt strong hate growing in my heart for the best friend of my life.

*******

I stopped talking to Wajeeha and left no chance to insult her indirectly. And the first time I realized Hafsa was right. Wajeeha loves to snatch people's things.

And one day my world collapsed when Abrar proposed Wajeeha. Everyone was happy and Wajeeha... Her face was glowing differently. How could she be happy after ruining my life like this?

"You know Umaisha, I've always suffered everything silently and see today Allah is rewarding me in form of Abrar. Indeed, He's with the patient," she sighed sadly and her lips were curled into a small smile.

I was her childhood partner and I knew how much she suffered. But today her pain and sufferings were looking like a drama.

"How much do you love him?" I eyed her from head to toe and asked.

" More than anything...you know Umaisha, I think I'll die without him..." Her voice was drenched from a lot of emotions but this didn't affect my heart.

And I decided to do that which I could never do to anyone. She was my soul sister, my forever but Abrar was my love, right?

I had Wajeeha's Facebook password which I had never opened but now I could do this.

As I read Abrar's chat, my heart shattered into pieces and each piece was hurting me like hell.

I wiped off my tears and sent a friend request to Shayan Mirza from her account, and it seemed he was waiting for this. He accepted my request and I sent him a text. A devilish smirk formed on my lips and I let out a deep breath.

Wajeeha never opened her Facebook and I found it the best chance for my plan. I was playing with three lives but I was too blind in love and jealousy that I didn't understand anything.

And it happened...Shayan Mirza confessed his love and I made him sure that Wajeeha loves him back.

Now he used to smile at us in the college and Wajeeha was becoming confused but I told Shayan to become a stranger in the college.

Everything was going according to my plan but one day their marriage's date got fixed. Wajeeha was looking like the happiest person on this planet and Abrar... happiness was dripping from his beautiful face and the reason behind his beautiful smile was Wajeeha.

Wajeeha was looking like some princess in a red bridal dress. She was smiling for no reason.

"Umaisha, I can't tell you how much happy I am, you know... Bro! Finally, it's happening. I prayed for this day for nights and see," a tear escaped from her eyes as she hugged me and a pang of guilt started forming in my heart.

How could I steal the smile from this beautiful face?

How could I remove happiness from her heart?

"Wajeeha, I was always your priority but now that Abrar..."

" Umaisha, I love you more than anyone, yeah I love Abrar but I will always choose you over him, you're my soul sister, my partner, my best friend..." She cut me off and pecked my cheeks.

I can't do this to her...I can't!

Now I realized I was the worst human, Wajeeha loves me like this and what I was doing to her the whole time. I forgot our friendship, our bond just for a guy.

But it was too late as I have already sent all the screenshots to Abrar and told him that I'm ( Wajeeha is) in love with Shayan Mirza and I can't marry him.

She was sitting in the bridal dress but no one came for her. Abrar left the country and he told everyone that he doesn't wanna marry Wajeeha.

Everyone became shocked and Wajeeha... She became silent, she stopped smiling and talking. I did a sin...it all happened cuz of me and my stupidity. Samiya disappeared anonymously and lost contact with me.

Doctors told Hafsa that she can't be a mother and she brought the proposal of her husband for Wajeeha. And can you imagine her parents were agreed as they think after that incident no one would marry Wajeeha?

I tried everything to stop this marriage but Wajeeha was silent, her answer was "yes" which made everyone silent.

And one evening, Wajeeha became my sister-in-law. The old cheerful funny Wajeeha was lost somewhere or should I say I killed that Wajeeha. Now, this Wajeeha was silent, serious, and an emotionless creature. Her eyes were like stone and her lips forgot smiling. This was not giving me peace, my heart was crying cuz of my sins. I had destroyed three lives and I became a criminal in my own eyes. I started hating myself. I wish I could make everything right like it was before. Now I didn't want Abrar or anyone in my life. I just wanted my old Wajeeha back.

Mariya Api gave birth to a baby boy, Wajahat and the next week, Wajeeha gave birth to a baby girl, Farwa!