As soon as Fadi and his family took little Mariam home, she immediately asked about the location of her honey tin. “Fadi, what could she be talking about,” said Mother. “Please give me a minute and I’ll show you what it is. Don’t worry though, you will like what she is about to describe to you.” As soon as Fadi wrapped up his conversation with Zafoona, he dug through his backpack and gave the small treasure to Mariam. Carefully, she opened it up and laid everything in front of her. As she did, gasps were heard around the room when the items telling of Mariam’s past surfaced. “Mariam jaan, how long have you had this for,” questioned Zafoona and Habib at the same time. “Well, it’s kind of a long story. You see, back in Afghanistan …show more content…
Bethune told you about bad things happening to good people, the disappearance of Mariam may have just been what she said. Now, let’s keep going, school starts in fifteen minutes.” Quickly, they raced down the sidewalk until the path separated for the two schools. Noor and Fadi exchanged goodbyes and dashed towards their schools. Fadi entered the building, not knowing what he would say to Anh or Ms. Bethune about the return of his younger sister, but his mind was bombarded with ideas. “I could just tell them about the good news, or I could add on to what really happen to explain about her first day back. Luckily, art doesn’t come until later in the day,” Fadi thought to himself. Suddenly, someone darted past Fadi like a cheetah chasing its prey. Without thinking, Fadi followed the person and realized it was Anh. “Anh, what’s wrong?!” “I just really need to get to the Nurse’s office. I tripped on the way here, and got a huge gash on my leg.” Fadi quickly asked Anh if she needed assistance to get to the office since she had a slight limp, but she insisted that it wasn’t necessary. So, he simply went to his locker and grabbed his materials for class. Throughout the day, nothing was on his mind except for two things: How Mariam’s day was going, and what Ms. Bethune’s reaction would be when he told her who came home. Fadi had been lost in his thoughts almost all day, so when the bell rang to go to the next class, he’d been kind of