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....rafya almost ran to the  car  porch  holding the bill in her hands  , rayaz had left it on the dining table,  then recalling added  he was still  there   standing and not driving  , rayaz Ahmed hit the wheel   the car was not starting  again today,  she was  since  November  asking him to  get a new model,  he was already  tired  and irritated  by her showing off nature and  disliked  the  topic  of  buying cars so early  morning,  her false  pretensions would  certainly one day get them all in trouble,  her desire to appear modern    and impractical  ideas would definitely prove disastrous one day , he placed the phone to his ear, he asked shaqab to come home to pick up the car , shaqab and  chachi were   eveready  to please them must reach  them within minutes   it was rafya reminding him of shaqab s nature  in her fuming bitter tone,  , and   shaqab actually reached the gates dragging his bike inside  in less than ten minutes,  he was exchanging  greetings  when soha  cut in with her loud good mornings,  shaqab  opened the bonnet  to check the engine holding the lid and bending over,  rayaz turned to soha lovingly  why was she  up and ready , the college  was closed,  she  wanted to make tiktok video  on good morning  , Father  showed  his active  displeasure on making tiktok videos but her all friends were active on tiktok and if she didn't participate  she would be  not accepted as one of them  and  branded as an old fashioned outcast