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....final exams were  nearing,  girls high school was closed  before exams  , students were  given preparation leave,  sambal  was taking regular  tuitions from  teacher Jamil,  just two days  before the exams  saraj aldin decided to meet teacher Jamil  suppressing all the  negative inner voices  

His wife  would definitely  doubt his interests,  he rangbup the taxi driver and explained the situation  and wait for him at the  gossip general store,  he ushered his daughter  from home to the  general store of sharif sahib,   on sharif sahib s suggestion  he bought a big box of sweets  from the market  

Teacher jamila as always was  sober and  appeared  a faint smile on her face,  handing her the sweet box he said  he had been awfully  worried   because of his daughter who was  very weak in maths and English,  ever since sge started  coming to her for studying  she had  shown  considerable progress,  the sweets were  for her  as a token of gratitude 

She  good naturedly spoke  he was  over reacting  his daughter was actually  very  intelligent  and hardworking,  it wasn't difficult to teach her ,  God willing  she will  improve  her grades  in the coming exams