She told me she had to return to work because she had not taken any leave before coming. I asked her if she was alright with going back. She told me if she had her way, she would rather stay a few more days. We went to her children’s madrassah in the evening and she gave the kids small toys, clothes and sweets. This time the experience was less emotionally charged. She did not cry and her kids as usual did not react much. They just received the gifts as if from a stranger.
“Now, I have another difficulty. I need to sell my cell phone, this old one. I do not know if it would get me enough money to buy my ticket.” I looked at the cell phone to see how much worth it would be. Since it was too old and full of scratches, I thought she could not even get money worth the bus fare for her. “No one is going to take it for more than 500, and the air-ticket is 7000,” I told her. Without thinking she asked, “and how much is the train ticket?” “I do not know, may be a 1000 or so.” I told her.
We went to this place called mobile market to see if anyone wanted to buy her cell phone. I told her if nobody wanted to buy it, I would keep it and pay for her train ticket. By the time we reached there, all the shops were closed and we had to come back.
“Would you like to go with me to the squash courts?” I asked her. She agreed.
She even played with me, but the guy over there stopped her since she was wearing shoes with marking soles. All the girls at the sports centre stared at her wondering who she was and what she was doing with me there. There was no question she was more beautiful than all of them and it was natural for them, therefore, to be curious about her.
She told me she had to return to work because she had not taken any leave before coming. I asked her if she was alright with going back. She told me if she had her way, she would rather stay a few more days. We went to her children’s madrassah in the evening and she gave the kids small toys, clothes and sweets. This time the experience was less emotionally charged. She did not cry and her kids as usual did not react much. They just received the gifts as if from a stranger.
“Now, I have another difficulty. I need to sell my cell phone, this old one. I do not know if it would get me enough money to buy my ticket.” I looked at the cell phone to see how much worth it would be. Since it was too old and full of scratches, I thought she could not even get money worth the bus fare for her. “No one is going to take it for more than 500, and the air-ticket is 7000,” I told her. Without thinking she asked, “and how much is the train ticket?” “I do not know, may be a 1000 or so.” I told her.
We went to this place called mobile market to see if anyone wanted to buy her cell phone. I told her if nobody wanted to buy it, I would keep it and pay for her train ticket. By the time we reached there, all the shops were closed and we had to come back.
“Would you like to go with me to the squash courts?” I asked her. She agreed.
She even played with me, but the guy over there stopped her since she was wearing shoes with marking soles. All the girls at the sports centre stared at her wondering who she was and what she was doing with me there. There was no question she was more beautiful than all of them and it was natural for them, therefore, to be curious about her.
Along came a third night--- and the last night.