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....the mood in the school staff room was apparently changed,  a couple of teachers had left,  new replacements had joined a male teacher also had given in his resignation,  nobody had  filled that vacan, a lot of extra burden  was shifted 9n Aruba,  for a while her free periods were  keeping her occupied,  she came out from the staff room to the corridor where miss Maha  a newly appointed teacher was busy talking on the phone...dear you won't believe it,  he is exactly  a look alike of Imran ashram, same dimple,  she laughed merrily,  Aruba  was crossing  the corridor walking towards her classroom,  the young teacher Maha had hardly joined a month ago  lowered her voice , mobiles were not allowed on disciplinarian  rules except  on free periods and   the  break,  Aruba reached the classroom  with  some  thoughts  in her mind , there was a class test today,  outwardly she was  monitoring  but her mind was definitely elsewhere,  Kashif s would be mom in law  s words were disturbing her , she had  visited them yesterday  just a casual surprise and  declared  straightforwardly  she would give her daughter  only after Aruba was married off