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Date: 15th sep

Time: 9 pm

In a quite similar house a lot of men, some in uniform and some in casual clothes were gathered

around the dining table. All of them were closely concentrating on Rehan and Saad, who were

standing right in front of them presenting a presentation on the opposite wall using a projector.

Saad who was donning a grey black pants with grey shirt. He was wearing a grey glasses on his eyes

while he communicated with all the officers in the room. On the other hand Rehan who wore a jeans

with brown shirt with it's sleeves folded a bit was busy swaping the slides of the presentation as the

discussion moved on.

"We have a very little time left until we perform this mission" Rehan said as the presentation ended

and he turned to the officers.

"Make sure nothing goes wrong" Saad added to the conversation.

"Sir, I guess the evacuation process should start by day after tomorrow" one of the officers said.

"Make that tomorrow. We need no unnecessary bloodshed" Rehan replied.

"Yes sir" he answered.

"Each of you must have the mission details with them" Rehan commanded.

"And least people should know about it" Saad added.

He was still talking to his colleagues when his phone vibrated. He took his phone out of his pocket,

staring at the notification on the screen.

It was a whatsapp message from an unknown number. He causally unlocked his phone and swiped it

open. He opened his whatsapp, opening the message which was full of images.

As his gaze scanned the images in the message, the pleasant smile on his face vanished and his facial

expressions rapidly changed.

As huge droplets of sweat began to slide down his bearded and intensely pale face, his colleagues.

started noticing him. Hence he, without uttering a single word walked with shivering feet to the

other room and shut the door.

He finally made his way to the only couch in that room and sat down as if he had lost his thinking

ability. He closed his eyes in order to free himself.

The images in the message, were of of his family, Mahreen, Seher and Farah! The images included

were their images from their daily life which means they were being stalked from a very long period

of time.The images also consisted of a young man of similar age as Farah and Seher, Ahmer.

The photos of Ahmer and Farah having lunch, the photos before and after Ahmer's accident, the

photos from Mahreen's book reading etc.

The sender had also mentioned about Ahmer's accident threatening him to attack Farah and Seher

next time if he didn't quit the mission.

Saad pov

I slowly opened my eyes releasing my hands that were previously tightened in a fist.

Few years back a similar mission changed my life forever. Almost fifteen years back me and Mahreen

were leading a happy life with our twin daughters, Farah and Seher. As usual I was assigned a

mission to collect evidence against a gang of criminals responsible for smuggling drugs in the

country.

I along with few of the most dedicated officers planned the mission and left for it. As the mission

was highly dangerous thus only few officers knew about it even the families of the officers were also

unaware of it.

During the mission things got out of control and we had to go into hiding for months untill things got

better. Finally after few months due to political instability we had to abort the mission. So we turned

back and reached the headquarters to report.

When we reached there, we were informed that due to long period of hiding we were assumed

dead! And as per the conditions of the country, the officials suggested us to stay under ground for

rest of our lives and sign up as undercover agents in order to ensure safety of our families.

That day I decided not to look back and dedicated my life to my service.

Just then door to my room opened and Rehan entered. He awkwardly stared at me questioning me. I

stood up from the couch and presented him my phone, which he took curiously. He checked the

message and placed the phone on the table as I was roaming around the room out of anxiety.

"Now?" he asked me.

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Date: 17th sep

Time: 11 pm

In a dimly lightened bedroom Ahmer was seated on a black leather couch with his bare feet

balanced on the glass coffee table in front of him with his back resting on the sofa back and a laptop

in his lap. Sleeves of his white shirt was roughly folded till his elbows while he was wearing his

spectacles and was looking into the computer screen impatiently.

He was typing something on the laptop for about the last fifteen minutes nonstop. He finally

stopped as he pressed the enter key, he stretched his both arms above his head taking deep breaths.

He then looked at the clock on the opposite and noticed that it has been quite a time since he was

using the laptop. He then took off his spectacles and threw them playfully on the table.

"What would be Farah doing right now?" he murmered as he closed his eyes to relax.

Just then his phone started ringing, he stated looking for hid phone and found it under my files.

A sweet smile crept his lips as he received the call.

"Think of the devil and the devil appears" he answered the call mischievously.

"Hello and I guess the saying is 'speak of the devil and the devil appears'" Farah replied back.

"Same thing," he replied annoyingly.

"Never mind. How are you?" he added as he put his laptop on the table.

"I am good. How are you?" she said.

"Great as always. How's your job going?" he said.

"Dah. It's nice here" she replied softly.

"When are you coming back?" he asked her casually.

"Is anyone missing me?" she asked playfully.

"No" he replied sarcastically.

"Then why do I answer that?" she replied.

"Because I am asking!" he added plainly.

"Well next week" she finally told him.

"The door bell just rang" she told him as she stood up.

"Who could it be at this hour?" he asked her seriously.

"I don't know. Let's see" she replied.

"Don't disconnect the call" he told her.

She moved towards the door. On the other side Ahmer could hear the door open and he was

listening to it attentively. She opened the lock and then the door.

"Ahhh..ahhh.." she screamed as the door opened.

"What happened?" he shouted on the call and stood up from the sofa out of worry.