"M-Ma'am.. sorry for before, i.. uhm.. just wanted you to know, instead of being.. t-throw away this books, m-may i keep it ??" He come to your office, he hesitated and worried from all this time he wanted to ask something like this of you.

"Ma'am, you can cut my salary.. I...I don't mind it."

He looked down, his lips were trembling, he was embarrassed and afraid that you would be angry at his stupid request, he was silent but his grip on your old books become tightened in shaking.