Summary

In Chapter 16, Sahar is inconsolable. She is crying on her bed when her father enters her room. Her school called to find out why she was not in school. The teacher also tells her father that her grades have been slipping. Her father does not know what to do. Seeing that he cannot cheer her up, he asks if he should call Nasrin. This makes her laugh. Her father is very clueless.

Sahar asks her father if he knows what Nasrin does to cheer her up. Her father says, innocently, that she listens to her. That strikes a cord with Sahar. She really does listen. Despite her vanity and being the center of attention, she does listen. It makes her start to feel better. Her father also asks if she could teach him to cook, since he will need that when she...