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CHAPTER 3

At 8:30 pm, Mr. Vaken returned home. Bitz and Nikky were
sitting in front of television & Mrs. Vaken was organising her

kitchen drawers. As they saw their father, children clinged to
him. Then the door bell rang, Mrs. Vaken opened the door and

found that there was a mailperson with a letter from Mrs.
Vaken’s close friend, Mrs. M. Bix. Mrs. M. Bix, being a well-

wisher of Mrs. Vaken, wrote few kind words to offer a wheel of
fortune to Mrs. Vaken for her future as Mrs. Vaken and Bix
were matching set for last 6 years and now they got apart due

to a sudden shift of Vaken family to the villa. Mrs. Vaken got

emotional after reading the letter. “Mom, we are on empty
stomach, we are extremely hungry” said Bitz and Nikky in a low
voice. Vaken family took dinner and went to sleep after a long

day of terror. After dinner, when Mrs. Vososh was washing
dishes in the kitchen(scullery), she saw a moving plate on the

kitchen countertop. She got so frightened this time that she
lost her temper and rushed out from the kitchen to her

quarter. On the other hand, Mr. Vaken had a bad dream. In his
dream he saw a man coming out of immense darkness, his face

was not visible and he looked terrible. By his body language, it
seemed that he wanted to say something to Mr. Vaken. At that
moment, Mr. Vaken got up and searched for water. He found

the empty jug and came downstairs to take water. As he

passed through the dining hall, he observed the number of
chairs to be one less than it was at the time of dinner few
hours before. One chair was disappeared on its own. He also

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