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.....bi jan was highly  impressed by saliqa and her system  of working,   she was delighted  to  know her and feel  blessed to  have  her married into her family,  saliqa had made changes  in the house  management  and brought  a quality  to their  plain ordinary  lifestyle,  when bi jan was informed  saliqa  was engaged to her first cousin  who was not suited  and the marriage was called off , her younger sister was getting married,  mother  was authentic  and died of shock of  her broken  engagement,   now  just father and daughter  will  be left    bi jan raised her hands  towards the heavens  and showed gratitude  for  giving her such a wonderful  news  , now  it was time  to arrange  this   matrimonial  alliance,  

Appeared on the scene  right then  saliqa holding  sugar free cake  she had  baked and  walnut tea, , ginger tea, lemon tea, cinnamon  tea, herbal tea,  saffron tea,  kashmiri tea  , green tea  and others were  heard of but this  walnut tea was quite different , ibrahim snatched  the  tea from  the tray of bi jan and sipping it appreciatively commented  it was perfect and unusual combination  that must be  included in hotels,  saliqa  explained  him it was her own recipe