When Ashes Bloom
Two Lives on the Edge
Not every love story starts perfectly.
Some start tough with pain, being betrayed, or feeling totally alone and unwanted.
Zahid Khan knew that feeling.
Standing on a bridge one rainy night, feeling like no one cared if he lived or died.
He was an orphan no one wanted.
A kid people made fun of for having big dreams.
He was picked on and felt crushed by a world that only paid attention when he messed up.
He aced his engineering entrance exams, but had no one to celebrate with.
So, he walked to the edge of a bridge. Not drunk, not high, just done.
Then he heard a cry.
Not his.
A baby's.
Down below, wrapped in a bloody hospital blanket, was a baby someone had left behind.
Zahid jumped.
But not to end things.
To save the baby.
That baby saved him too.
He named him Ahad — The One.
They weren’t related, but they were connected spiritually.
He didn't know it then, but that night changed his life.
Meanwhile, across town, another life was falling apart.
Maha raheem was only fourteen when her dad stopped treating her like a daughter.
Not because she messed up.
But because she told the truth.
About her sister’s lies, her brother’s bad behavior, and abuse no one wanted to admit.
But instead of helping her, her own dad said she was jealous, rude, and an embarrassment.
“You’re lying, Maha. I believe Rabia.”
When she was seventeen, her sister came back after getting married for a family thing — and tried to ruin Maha embarrass her, kick her out, and take away her inheritance.
And it worked.
She ended up with a suitcase, a broken heart, and no home.
They thought they’d broken her.
But she got a scholarship instead.
That day, she decided
“I know how to fight for myself. I don’t need to bow down to anyone anymore.”
Two people, both left behind.
One was saved by a baby's cry.
The other by being in a courtroom.
Neither of them believed in love.
Neither trusted the world.
They chose to be tough instead of showing weakness.
But things happen for a reason.
One day, they’d meet in a courtroom.
A cold, rich dad.
A strong lawyer.
And the boy who brought them together.
Ahad — the miracle child.
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