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Investors have a gain or loss only upon the sale of an asset. In this case, the only shares involved are the 200 shares covering the two short call options. The investor paid $5,600 ($28 times 200 shares). With the stock selling at 39 at expiration date of those two calls, they will be exercised because they are 4 points in-the-money. That means the investor will receive $7,000 ($35 times 200). The investor adds to that the $1,000 premium ($500 times 2) when the calls were written. The total credit to the account is $8,000. That is $2,400 more than the $5,600 the investor paid for those 200 shares.

See the T-chart below. Bear in mind that although the customer was long 500 shares of JSSP stock, only two (covered) calls were written. When the market price reached 39 at expiration, the two calls were in-the-money and were exercised; however, the customer was not obligated to sell the remaining 300 shares of stock and there was no indication in the question that the customer liquidated the entire position.

DR CR
5,600
1,000
7,000
5,600 8,000

= $2,400 credit