They walked side by side back to her house. She waited till he got into his car. "You should head in, I'll call you when I get home, okay?" She beamed and nodded before she bid him good bye.

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"Alhaji? He didn't tell you his name?" She asked the boy with an astonished expression. She knew muhsin would be at work that time and alhaji was not in town at the moment. Who could that be then? "The person said Muhsin. My mother sent on an errand. They're waiting for you outside." The ...