“ a true best friend loves you even when

it seems like you've gone off the deep end.”

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Noor who was sitting in the lounge sipping her tea peacefully and enjoying a peaceful morning. Her eyes fall onto the newspaper that was discarded away on a table, she picked it up and read the highlighted headline. She was shooked to her core.

"FAMILY OF SIX MEMBERS

COMMIT MASS SUICIDE IN A

HOUSE FIRE, REASONS ARE UNKNOWN."

~DAILY TIMES NEWS.

Noor read further more and as she was reading more and more, her face was turning pale, her hands shaking.

"The family owns the infamous Baig's kitchen restaurant. The eleven members includes the owner Naeem Baig, his wife Marina Baig and Daughter Bahar Baig, his brother and co partner Zeeshan Baig and Naila Baig, their son Walid Baig. As the reports say they all have been gathered for a family dinner. The House was light up on fire by the hands of Naeem Baig. Police was busy investigating the case, but they are affirmed that this was a mass suicide because their Restaurant has been indebt for years now. Surely this was...."

Noor couldn't read anymore, she can't believe her best friend she had met yesterday was dead. She threw away the paper and rushed out to her car. She was dialling Bahar's number constantly but it was of no use. She was crying, withing in pain, her Heart was aching.

The drive to Bahar's house was just a haze that came by and passed away. She stopped the ignition infront of the gates and saw alot of police force gathered around and media was trying to get in or take something valuable information out. When she looked up at the building, the intensity in her tears grew even more. Bahar's house was burned down badly, only fog and remanants of the horror of house fire could be seen. She was trembling, her legs were Shaking.

Noor fall onto her knees and started crying badly. She couldn't believe her best friend who was a beautiful young lady, now burned down in a mass suicide. She don't want to believe any of the cruel words or harsh reality that was bugging in her ears.

"Madame what are you doing here? This area has been sealed."

A police officer came near her, he was looking suspiciously at her.

"I'm Noor Alam, Bahar baig was my friend. I want to know what happened here."

Noor controlled herself from crying anymore and did what was right considering the situation.

"I'm ACP Haddad Mirza. Come with me."

Noor followed Haddad, and he took her inside his car. They both were sitting in the car facing eachother and Haddad was still looking suspiciously at her.

"I want to know how this happened? Tommorrow i had met Bahar in university she was happy...i couldn't believe she's dead."

Noor was crying uncontrollably and Haddad was getting irritated with her continuous weeping.

"Look Ms Noor, We are investigating the case and you're the only person who had came here to know about the Baig's and their mass suicide."

"Please you can trust me Sir. I will tell you everything about bahar and her family. I just want to know who did this. I don't believe that uncle would do such a thing. Naeem uncle loved his family alot especially Bahar. I know Their family was going through a tough time financially but this.....they can't be dead."

"Ms Noor we're trying our best to know what actually had happened and i request you please go home. This is not the right place for you."

Noor looked at Haddad and nodded her head in a yes. She bid her farewell to him and going towards her car, she looked one final time at Baig Villa. The horrors of the fire was written all over the house.

"Bahar."

She drove off from their her eyes were seeing the horror of baig villa from the mirrors, with each passing meter it was fading away from her view.

***

Days passed away like nothing happened. The horrors of Baig Villa House fire and Mass Suicide was still the hot topic of the town and now people how started creating different Stories about it. Some say it was an supernatural occurence, a ghost, a Djinn has possessed them. Some say it was because Naeem baig was a psychotic maniac. Different people, Different Narratives. And Noor was constantly following everything about the incident. But as the time passes away she has also find peace with this sudden occurence and Bahar's death.

Six months and No new evidence, what should have a sane person did. Trying to Forget about it and Move on in Life. So she did, she carried on her life leaving a piece of herself on Bahar's grave. The Baig Family's last rites were done by their immediate family members and Noor was their. She cried alot that day, but as the saying goes time heals everything. She was healing too and soon she was going to london for her new job. The job she was supposed to join with Bahar.

"Bahar."

Noor was packing her bag when she saw a photo of her and Bahar, it was taken on their first day of University. A drop of tear fall from her eyes and she put it down in her suitcase, closing it and looking around her room final time. She walked away on a new journey of her life.

***

Noor was sitting on a single sitter chair, her flight has still an hour left. She was randomly scrolling instagram seeing reels and passing the time which wasn't passing at all.

"Ms Noor."

Noor moved her head to the side and Saw ACP Haddad Mirza sitting besides her. She was confused because after two or three times she hasn't met him. She has been corporative throughout the case, but the case got closed due to lack of evidences and now she was wondering what Haddad was doing here.

"Haddad Sir. What are you doing here?"

Haddad bite his lower lip and looked around, he took out a diary and put it in Noor's lap. Noor was shocked but she didn't said anything.

"This is Bahar's diary."

Haddad said in a hushed tone and Noor was perplexed.

"But bahar has not written a single diary in her whole twenty two years of life."

"I know Ms Noor. I can't tell you much but i want you to protect this diary at all cost. Baigs didn't die by suicide, they all were murdered. And the culprit was roaming around freely. I don't want them to get their hands on this."

Haddad's eyes were filled with utmost sincerity and Trust.

"But why are you trusting me with this?"

Haddad smiled genuinely and looked at her with a passive rawness.

"Because you're the only one who shed tears for Bahar Baig. You're the only one who was deeply saddened by her death. Besides that this diary has confidential and sensitive information. I don't want this in wrong hands. I hope one day Bahar and Her family gets the justice they deserve."

Haddad got up from his sit and disappeared in the crowd before Noor could ask anymore questions. Noor knows that Bahar wasn't a person who writes diaries, but out of curiosity and to know the truth she decided to read her diary and know what had happened to her beloved friend.

Noor was sitting in the airplane, she opened the diary which Haddad had given to her and started reading it. The diary has only six pages filled with ink and the others were bare. Noor knew that Bahar wasn't a person who writes diaries but what she doesn't knew is that those six pages were the horrors of Bahar's life.

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Note: I've got some free time so thought to give an update. Do lemme know what you guys think?

I hope you'll enjoyed it.❤️