TODAY IM OFFERING MY CONDOLENCES TO ONE OF MY READER WHO DISAPPEARED FROM WATTPAD SINCE THE END OF AUGUST. I WAS ALWAYS WAITING FOR YOUR COMMENTS ONLY a FEW DAYS BACK TO FIND OUT THAT SHE HAD COMMITTED SUICIDE. ITS HEART BREAKING THAT EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS FAR OFF AND WE DIDNT KNOW EACH OTHER. WE SORT OF KNEW EACH OTHER. AN SHE WAS SO HAPPY WHILE READING THIS STORY. NEVER HAD I ONCE THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS GOING THROUGH INNER TURMOIL. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT HER FAMILY IS GOING THROUGH. AS SHE WAS THEIR ONLY CHILD. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW SHE MUST HAVE CRIED ALL ALONE AT LEAST TO HAVE SOMEONE HEAR THEM OUT SOMEONe, ANYONE. IM ON VERGE OF TEARS AS I WRITE THIS BECAUSE THIS WAS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I DIDNT UPDATE. I WAS'NT SURE AS TO MENTION IT IN THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER.  SOME MAY CALL IT COWARDISH ACTION OR SELFISH. NOW I DONT SUPPORT SUICIDE. BUT PLEASE DO NOT SPEAK OF THE DECEASED IN NEGATIVE TERMS. DEPRESSION IS THE WORST KIND OF DISEASE AS IT DOESNT REALLY HAVE A CURE. SO KINDLY EVERYONE THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK, AS YOUR WORDS CAN MAKE OR BREAK SOMEONE. I WILL SURELY MISS HAVING YOU AROUND. I HOPE YOU ARE AT PEACE NOW. LOTS OF LOVE TO YOU PEOPLE. PLEASE DM ME IF YOU ARE HAVING A BAD DAY OR ARE HAVINg SUICIDAL THOUGHTS OR ARE GOING THROUGH DEPRESSION OR HAVING BOY PROBLEMS PARENTAL PROBLEMS FRIENDSHIP PROBLEMS OR ARE JUST SAD.

LOVE YA BITCHES.

He waited impatiently for her, feet tapping. It was his habit when he got nervous. It was today or never. He tugged the hem of his jacket clutching the end of it as if his life depended on it. As if lives depended on it. He spent 3 sleepless nights stealing and constantly looking behind his back as if he was followed.

He heard the knob turn and the door smoothly opened. Letting a breath of relief as he saw her face. Now he would live to see another day.

He was very nervous and was about to speak when she stopped him. Went over to her tea table and poured a glass of water while grabbing some tissues.

"here..." she handed them to him. He chugged it down.

"Im scared...They followed me here!! They will kill me!! They will kill me Aairah!! Help me!!" he nearly yelled.

"Calm down Ajay, you will be fine. You are safe here nothing will happen to you. okay!" , she attempted to mollify him. "now slowly and clearly tell me what is happening. you can do that right?"

he nodded Vigorously, "i was going through some old files which were supposedly deleted before you know we caught dr. mahroof. Well, i had one of my contacts recover those files for me and guess what i found out!?...do you have any device where its not connected to the palace's server by any chance? You know Hamdan deals with child protection programme right. In the video they mentioned something about 'we will deal with him' these were their words. " He repeatedly tapped his foot against the ground.

" no there is none. everything here is provided with added protection, now what are you trying to say.?",she was apprehensive of the imminence situation of the matter.

"great!", he cried exasperatedly. "what do we do now?! i left mine at the hospital, because i had to get it here. okay...we just skimmed the top of the milk, aairah. this goes way deep and whats worse is that it links all of it to the zabeel palace!" , he said in a hushed tone.

 she was astounded and was at loss of words. "what do you mean by links everything to the Zabeel Palace?"

"it means that someone is involved in all of this from the palace!!! aairah someone even from her!!!!" he shrieked .

thats when Aairah's office landline begins to ring. rrriiing ring...rrring ring... she quickly picks the phone, "assalamualaikum, Aairah. its me Mariyam. could urgently come to the palace. jidathun shamsa is very sick. and she wanted to see you. come soon. i have sent the driver there. come quick.!"

"walaikumassalam slowdown Mariyam ill be there as soon as possible . alright.", with that she hung up the phone.

" you stay right here...i have an emergency. keep the evidence safe okay?" she said hurriedly as she rushed towards the door.

" please dont go! Aairah please." he pleaded.

" look this place is safe . the guards are here and you will be safe. i will be back in 30 minutes. good bye." with that she was soon out the palace leaving a fear-stricken Ajay behind.
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" look Hamdan... You have to believe me! Yes there was something between us and it seems to give anyone the idea that I would have plotted an ex's revenge or whatever. But she is lying... Betrayi....."

She was immediately cut off. "Do not speak of my wife in that manner. You are my closest friend as is Rashid. But what you are saying is hurting me. And is making that trust on you waver. Please just stop! Maybe you are misunderstanding."

He was nervous and frustrated. He knew she didn't find out what Aairah suffered from because she would have fainted by now or would have been in bed. But the way she was saying things compelled me to agree to see what she had to say.

She ran to her wardrobe and started rummaging through the contents. He wondered Sheikha was very organized and within seconds would have anything present. Whoever asked anything from any corner of the world during a certain time line too. He just wanted to get up and get out. But because of Aairah's past he was waiting for Sheikha to be wrong.
... Or maybe it was Sheikha's conviction that made him think it was about something else and somewhere in the corner of his heart his faith in her wavered.
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As she arrived at the palace doors. She was anxious to get back. She didn't care wether she was pregnant. She ran up the stairs and was escorted inside. As she was led to the family room. The staff watched her in same confusion she looked at Ajay.

They led her to the family room and when the door opened. Only for her to find everyone having some late night snack and laughing. Even the elderly Shamsa was making jokes at everyone. Oh yes, she thought... Rashid was to leave tomorrow for Thailand for his rehab.

"assalamualaikum. I'm sorry to disturb you all. But I got a call from Maryam saying that jiddatun Shamsa's health was bad and wanted to see me.

" walaikumassalam, why don't you join us. ", her father in law offered.

" i never called you. My phone isn't functioning well. It keeps hanging.

" what... How is that possible I got a call just now. It was from you.?! " she spoke as fear grew in her.

"oh no. This was a trap.! I have to go back... Now!!!", she muttered to herself.

"what trap?", Rashid spoke. This git Everyone's attention.

"oh no.", she began to hyperventilate. "Ajay is going to die. Ajay is going to die!!", she said as Rashid, the Emirs and Maktoum both rushed to her side.

"we will go with you. It's too dangerous for you to go alone. Plus the security is there.", Mohammed spoke to calm her down.

She immediately dialed her phone. It rang 2 rings, "Don't let the man my friend leave the palace. I repeat do not let him out.!!!"

"But your highness he left as soon as you did. He seemed worried!"

"Yallaaaah." she cried in fear as she disconnected the call. The impending doom heading closer at an impossible speed.
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She placed the laptop on her table and jabbed on the keys. "look Hamdan as much as I want to be want to be wrong I can't. There are too many evidence. I have been following her like a hawk. Trying to get dirt on her but.... She is too good. Like a criminal mastermind or something.", she rambled and put the first file.

The first picture was of a meadow Hamdan recognized it and the building as well. It was their training grounds.

" Hamdan promise me that you won't get angry. Then will I show you everything. ", she spoke.

Hamdan just nodded. His thoughts running wild. Now he seemed nervous as to what will unfold.

She shifted the pic to reveal Rashid and Aairah dangerously close. Hamdan's heart beat quickened as fear of being shown the truth.

She pressed the next button on the keyboard and Hamdan froze as he saw Rashid bending his head slightly to Aairah's level with his hand on her arm.

No this can't be... He thought. Inside he could feel his heart shatter. But on the outside he was as cool as a cucumber.

"this one was before you both got married. I took this picture. As they were done. That day I went and confronted Rashid. But you know what he said... Aairah initiated it. He was too shock to realize. I could have taken more but my cameras sound was audible to them. I thought it stopped. But it didn't Hamdan. After you left there were frequent visits from him and just now I received a mail. It's a video this time. "

No no please don't... Why... Why!!! Why Aairah!

The video showed both of them under the tree... That's our spot.! She really did it this time. A single tear managed to escape his eyes which he quickly wiped off. As Sheikha couldn't help but smile at her success.

"this is not it Hamdan.... They crossed every border. Everything.", she waited for him to react. But he was just quiet.

She took that as a yes and clicked an audio file.

"This was the conversation on the early morning of the wedding. She and her friends went somewhere and when they asked wether she loved you or not... She said no! She said she was marrying you for power and something else... This is what I'm still trying to figure out. ", she made him here the conversation. And it felt like someone punched him in the gut." I'm so sorry Hamdan. "

" what... E...else do you have.?", he asked his voice wavering a bit.

" Im not sure, but this was a conversation between her and that Stephen guy.

'hey Aairah... The work is done and he believed every word I said about your sickness. I hope he doesn't find out!'

'thanks Steph... He won't. Because he knows the truth. Well partially. Only what I wanted him to know about me.'

'you know if he does... What will happen right. Why did you do it?'

'he would never find out till I say it. I feel so bad into fooling him. I wish I didn't have to do it.'

'Aairah I have to go now... But do you have feelings for him?'

'of course Stephen I do. That's why I don't want him to know. He is the nicest man I met after dad. Yes he has his flaws... But he is so much more than just that. Okay got to go bye. Take care.'

LIES!!! everything was a lie. A big Lie.

"OK Hamdan I thought she didn't but I was wrong she does or maybe did love you. Why did she...oh God I'm so sorry Hamdan. She loves you that's all that matters....I'm also sorry that her manager is really the person I hired to get to know her whereabouts and what Aairah hid. But Aairah really does love you. Is she ill or something? What is it that u know? "

Suddenly he hugged her and began to cry...she held him tighter and smiled to her self. As much as she knew Hamdan. There was no turning back of what he would do.

After a while he broke from the hug and looked dead into Sheikha's eyes his voice hard indication of the storm coming, "you know how I am and how I hate liars... I am going to finish her. This is a promise... To myself."

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The police searched high and low through the surveillance cameras on the road for Ajay. But he was no where to be found. Until Aairah recognized the orphan bike strewn in middle of the road with Ajay nowhere to be seen.

She got the news that Ajay left the palace in a hurry. That's what Cecilia gave the police as her statement. They quickly head to the empty road away from the palace grounds where his bike lay.

Aairah now extremely worried as to wether Ajay ceases to exist. The police did a search around to find a bloodied Ajay struggling to breathe.

They were ready to take him to the hospital as the ambulance arrived. He struggled to speak..."my jacket... My.. M...ja...jacket.... Ugh... They g...Gg...got me.... They....made... Me... Leave... Argh.... They didn't get it... My jacket... Jaa..."

Aairah turned and Rashid ran to get the jacket. As she got hold of it and turned to ask what to do with it... Ajay stopped breathing.

And that's how at midnight Aairah lost a trusted ally....

Aarrghh this was a quick update. Yay. So how was it... I feel it was good this time. And  what do you think of the pace of this chapter. Let me know in the comments.

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