Exceeding Expectations

"Even if it's a minor injury, you still need to take good care of it. We made you suffer just by following us… We are in a foreign country, child. There are some things that we cannot interfere with too much. I hope you don't mind." The Head stood up and walked over while he looked at her with his majestic and kind eyes. She was even praised by the Pakistani President. He patted her shoulders gently and said, "It's good to be back safely. We have failed in our arrangements, causing you to suffer so much."

Long before she had even returned, the Head had been reflecting about it.

But how could he have possibly controlled all these? Both sides had made ample and thorough arrangements and who knew that Betty's English teacher turned out to be part of al-Qaeda? She had concealed her identity from the old to the new government and passed through layers of background checks. She was confirmed to be clean and there were no problems!