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saw the balcony door wide open which he locked before going
to sleep. The atmosphere of the place and these strange

happenings were trying their level best to frighten the Vaken
family. But Mr. Vaken, being a rational man was trying to

ignore all these facts and figures. He again ignored all this and
named it as his misconception and went for sleep.

Next morning, Mrs. Vososh made an excuse of attending her
nephew’s wedding and wanted to go to her town because of

the uneasiness and fear that she felt in the villa. She faced all
this for the first time. Mrs. Vaken firstly argued with her but

later on paid her due amount. Mrs. Vososh got rid of
something supernatural and came out of the villa. At the entry

gate, after seeing the name plate of Vaken family as “Vaken
Villa” she uttered, “GOD, please help the Vaken family to bear
these supernatural happenings” and went to seek another

house(work) to earn her living.

The faint-hearted Mrs. Vososh was out of the villa now. Being a
work-evader, the lady of the villa thought how she would

manage household work in the absence of cook or she would
have to search for a new maid. After coming from gymnasium,
Mr. Vaken did not find the breakfast ready on the dining table,

moreover, he even did not find Mrs. Vososh in the house. At
last, he enquired about the maid to his wife. She told him

about the same. He had to go for a urgent meeting so he did
not wait for the breakfast. As he departed, there was a

phonecall from Mrs. Vaken’s cousin from another country, she
narrated the whole happening that took place in the new

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