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Luke reached home tired and rigged from work. Especially, after the series of scenes that happened at the office had tired him out. He heard the television sound and assumed that Ruby might be in the living room. He went ahead and he was right in his guess. Ruby was on the couch and her books were spread across her while the television was playing in the background. Luke sat next to her and stared at her books, "Wow.. you are such a diligent student. Studying from the first day itself. No wonder you are a topper." His words made Ruby look up at him, "They have given an assignment on the first day itself. What can I do? And I surely don't want to lose marks."

Luke nodded his head in agreement, "Yeah, right. Go on."

"Where is Rosa?" Luke asked when he did not hear Rosa's voice or any signs of her. 

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