PART 2: Chapter 1

*One year and six months later*

[SHANAYA]

Shanaya swept her gaze over the several options granted to her before picking up one. Turning on her heels to face Noor, she asked, “Do you really think she’ll like this?”

Noor stopped in her tracks, her eyes darting from the teddy bear she was holding in her hands and coming to rest on Shanaya’s face. “By she do you mean Kirti or Ahana?” she enquired.

Shanaya shrugged, placing the doll box back on the shelf. “Isn’t Ahana too young to decide whether she likes her birthday gift or not?” she asked, faking seriousness.

Noor smiled, continuing to walk along the shelves in the Kids’ section of the store. “No, I don’t believe that. If Shaurya doesn’t like something, he’ll smash it against the wall with his tiny little hands.”

Now it was Shanaya’s turn to pause. “Is that what happened to the car I gifted him last week?”

“Oops,” Noor said, confirming her suspicion.

Shanaya chuckled despite feeling a pang in her chest. “But you said your dog