“I couldn't stop my tears after I saw my naked picture, WAIT.... It took me some seconds to gather my brain on its right track”.

That is not ME.

The picture is forged, but if other people look at that picture, they would think that it's my back. But no, I have a birthmark on my back and in that picture there is no birthmark visible.

BUT WHY WOULD SOMEONE COULD DO SUCH KINDA THINGS TO ME???.

“I rubbed my tears with the back palm of my hand and later than my eyes fell on the end of the picture, there was a symbol attached to it”.

“I didn't know, what does that SYMBOL means, why was that piece of paper have a design attached to it, but I also think, maybe that could be a clue to find my culprit, who has done this kind of joke with me”. I just couldn't take it anymore so I personally went towards the board and removed that ugly picture with that design and turn it into a ball before throwing it in the dustbin.

“But not before taking off that piece of symbol from that paper”.

I barged into the principal's office to make sure that the culprit of mine could get what he deserves most.
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PUNISHMENT.

“I entered the principal's room after knocking, I saw the principal was shaking and was covered with sweat all over his face”. Glittering shades of fear all over his face.

I don't understand, why? but he was scared!.
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SCARED from WHAT?

I moved inside but when principal's eyes caught mine, he got stable.

Sir! I called out

Yes, He replied. After rubbing the sweat beats from his forehead.

I want to complain about some unknown mischievous students. I gulped the saliva after completing my sentence.

WAIT.... Are you NANDANI MURTHY???

How did he know my name, we never met or saw each other. I was standing there putting myself in confusion mode.

How do you know me, I questioned.

I can't help you sorry, you may leave now. He replied with a cold tone.

But sir!

Before I could say another word he left the room in quickiness.

How did he know me?

Why he was acting that weird?

Pots of questions took over me after the incident took place in principal's office. Is this everything related to each other, I don't understand. But for a second I thought that someone does not want me here!. I mean in this college. I was so deeply in my thoughts, when navya came inside the principal's office from nowhere, my bubble of thoughts got bursted into pieces by her voice.

Nandani, are you okay???. She asked in a soft tone.

Yaa...a..yess.. I replied after getting back into my reality check.

Let's go, there is conference in the auditorium, she said.

Who is taking that conference? I questioned.

You don't know???? She check me out with a big pasttery frown.

No, I simply said the fact. I didn't know who was taking it.

One of the ex-student in our college, who has now achieved a great post in the business industry. Who earned that post by his strength even he didn't have to work as he was already a billiniour.

Who is he? I asked.

“MANIK MALHOTRA”. she answered.

Wait, I know him, I guess. I saw him once in the Mumbai article. He was a child in that article. I trashed every information, I had about him.

Oh, god!. You don't know. She laughed at me.

What? I frowned.

He do not like taking pictures, that picture was the only one available on Google and everywhere. But in reality I heard that just because of his first love. He is now like this. She cheated on him. From then he never let anyone close to him, just his family is close to him till now and some friends. Who were his childhood buddies. She stated everything about him. Which was totally true like pure water.

How much do you know about him? I questioned as I didn't knew about him that much as in small details. Which is a common question that could arrive in any human being if he or she heard her, if even they don't know about him at all or have some pie of information.

I HAVE A BIG CRUSH ON HIM. She stated, Alas! with pink petals glowing on her chin. And I can see how much she was in love with him.

Let's go, or else we will be late for your prince charming's conference. I smiled by pulling her leg like this in this type of matter.

We reached in hall. All were already seated and lights were orangish. I started moving towards a seat at the last in the row, but I can feel some gazing around me. I sat down on the chair and tilted my head a little bit to see who was looking at me constantly from the start I entered. I saw him/her but I couldn't be able to see his/ her face, he or she was in black colour hoodie hiding his/her face inside that cloudy cap.

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* How was the chapter?

* What is about that star shape design?

* Who was looking at Nandani from the hoodie?

* Who forged Nandani's picture on that ugly picture?