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...   not certain of the time  she fell asleep  thinking  about her  unsolved matters  , she even missed her fajar namaz  , she felt  bad the day had begun on a  bad omen,  she began  getting ready,  she asked one of the sisters to iron her dupatta  but sge instantly  denied  offended she wasn't  a servant,  there was no time to argue  or she couldn't have  ironed it herself   , she also  had to eat her breakfast,  fajar was missed  and on an empty stomach  ger day was  sure to  doom,  she quickly folded her dupatta and pressed it  , briskly  walked towards the kitchen  where amma already was  having her breakfast,  greeting her  she sat down  , thankfully her breakfast was ready  or she would have  spent some more of her time cooking it  and  the van  would have reached her door 

What makes you so upset,  mothers have a special  x ray eyes  CT scan and whatnot to see directly through their children 

Not at all,  who said so,  she swallowed mouthful  and washed it down with a long sip of tea  , she tried to give a satisfactory answer  nothing to worry about 

Was one of your younger siblings  rude to you,  she asked firmly   with her eyes sharply looking at her

Mother  now they don't even  relate to me in any way,  don't you worry,  it's a small  matter in the school,  it should  resolve by itself 

What kind of matter it is  that  gave my daughter a sleepless night  , that she even missed her fajar