"Tumhara qaatil…"
Yeh awaaz sunte hi Ayesha ka khoon jam jaata hai.
Seedhiyon ke neeche andhere me koi khada tha… lekin uska chehra dikhai nahi de raha tha.
Ayesha darr ke maare Armaan ka haath aur zor se pakad leti hai.
"Armaan… hume yahan se jaana hoga…"
Armaan dheere se kehta hai,
"Ab bhaagne se kuch nahi hoga… sach ka saamna karna padega."
Tabhi woh shadow dheere dheere seedhiyan chadhne lagti hai…
Thak… thak… thak…
Har kadam ke saath Ayesha ka darr badhta ja raha tha.
"Kaun ho tum?!" Ayesha zor se chillati hai.
Shadow ruk jaati hai…
Aur ek thandi si hasi goonjti hai.
"Jise tum dhoond rahi ho…"
Achanak light blink karti hai…
Aur ek pal ke liye us aadmi ka chehra nazar aata hai…
Lekin itna hi kaafi tha Ayesha ke liye shock hone ke liye.
"Yeh… yeh to…!" wo bolte bolte ruk jaati hai.
Uska dimaag flash hone lagta hai—
Ek car…
Brake fail hona…
Peeche koi aadmi…
Aur phir… dhakka!
Ayesha cheekh padti hai.
"Tum… tum wahan the…!"
Armaan hairaan ho jata hai.
"Kya matlab?!"
Ayesha tez saans lete hue kehti hai,
"Mera accident… kisi ne kiya tha… aur wo… yahin hai!"
Shadow phir se hasne lagti hai.
"Ab yaad aaya?"
Room ki deewaron par purani tasveerein dikhne lagti hain…
Har tasveer me Ayesha hoti hai…
Aur uske peeche wahi shadow khadi hoti hai!
Ayesha ka dimaag ghoom jaata hai.
"Tum mera peecha kar rahe the…?"
Shadow dheere se aage badhta hai.
"Sirf peecha nahi… main tumhari zindagi control kar raha tha…"
Yeh sunte hi Armaan gusse me aa jata hai.
"Bas! Kaun ho tum?!"
Achanak light poori jal jaati hai…
Aur us aadmi ka chehra clearly dikhai deta hai…
Ayesha ki aankhen shock se khul jaati hain…
"Tum…? Yeh mumkin nahi ho sakta…"
Uski awaaz toot jaati hai.
"Tum to… mere apne ho…"
Room me ek khamoshi chha jaati hai.
Aadmi dheere se muskuraata hai…
"Apne hi to sabse bada dhokha dete hain, Ayesha…"
Ayesha ke aansu nikal aate hain.
"Tumne aisa kyun kiya…?"
Aadmi ki aankhon me ek khatarnak chamak aati hai—
"Paise… aur tumhari zindagi ke liye…"
Achanak bungalow ki light phir se band ho jaati hai…
Aur us aadmi ki awaaz andhere me goonjti hai—
"Ab tum dono yahan se zinda nahi jaoge…"
Ayesha ka dil tez dhadakne lagta hai…
Armaan uska haath pakad kar kehta hai—
"Ab asli khel shuru hoga…"
(To be continued…) 😱🔥