Khirad informs Ashar that her daughter Hareem is a patient of congenital heart disease and requires immediate open-heart surgery.

Her presence leaves Ashar in a daze, anger and complete shock, and he is so taken aback to see her standing in front of him that he does not realizes the weight of all the things she said and left with him.

In the meantime, Ashar's friends notice he is extremely distracted at work and at home his mother confronts him that he needs to stop living in the past and he needs to get over Khirad and all the hurt and pain she hurled at him.

At that moment Ashar decides that he is going to take his daughter with him so Hareem can live with him in a better place, although he can't separate her from her mother as she is too young and extremely sick.

The rest of the story continues to reveal what occurred between Ashar and Khirad, the misunderstandings which lead them to be separated, the intensity of the relationship that they have with Hareem and if they can ever resolve their differences and understand each other better.

"[2] The novel was adapted into the 2011-2012 drama serial, Humsafar, produced by Momina Duraid and directed by Sarmad Sultan Khoosat and aired on Hum TV.