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thinking about his irreplaceable companion. On the other
hand, children were requesting Renzia to pack cheese cutlets

in their lunch boxes as they really liked Renzia’s hand-made
cheese cutlets. So, she went to the cook-house and started

preparing cheese cutlets as demanded by her nephew and
niece. A strong aroma was coming out from the kitchen. After

sometime, crispy delicious cutlets were ready to be guzzled.
Children were smiling from ear to ear. They took the lunch
boxes, thanked their aunt and retired to school with happy

faces. Mrs. Vaken and Renzia enjoyed the remaining cutlets
with raspberry-orange smoothie. After a while, Renzia fed Jazz

raw bones and was delighted in seeing that he was enjoying
every bit of it. She uttered-“Bones have always been a dog’s

all-time favourite treat” and lounged on the sofa to listen to
the news on the radio. Mrs. Vaken hired a new maid for house-

hold work as she was getting busy in her grooming classes. Her
husband remained at home whole day as he was in great

apprehension after that tie-incident.

He showed special love and affection towards children. He was

scared that ghost might harm his children. He was behaving
differently. Again, something unusual had happened. As Mrs.

Vaken came in the kitchen, she found that all the lids of the
jars were moving, dancing in the air and red chilli powder was

all spread on the floor.

She was in panic and opened the refrigerator to drink water,

she found that all the bottles were empty, there was not a
single drop of water in the bottles. She was surprised at this

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