Caro sat for her second term exams with the confidence that she was very well prepared and would easily come out on top. And she wasn't proven wrong when the results finally came out, but the only problem was that someone was also on top of her! She came second in the exams. The margin in marks was very slim, but the sight of that '2' brought tears to her eyes. It meant that not only had she failed to keep her own end of the bargain (to come first) in order to continue working, she had also ...