Summary

Layla prepares to travel home to see her parents in Hyderabad without Rafiq or her children. She finds comfort in her prayers and tradition as she loves God. Rafiq even canceled his work trip so she could go on the trip. As she boards the plan, she thinks of Amar’s teacher, Mr. Hanson. Four years earlier, Amar got held back a year but was finally doing well in school with his new teacher. Layla was happy that Amar continued to be friends with Mark who was a year ahead as she became friends with Mark’s mother. Layla went to Amar’s student-teacher conference alone for the first time and met Mr. Hanson. She gave him her name and realizes how strange it felt to say that to another man. Mr. Hanson told her that Amar needed a certain teaching...