In the kitchen, Yara gives her daughters Mira and Jude their lunches while recalling her visit to the fortune teller and feeling numb.
Yara remains preoccupied with the past, specifically the shame her family faced after whispers about her parents circulated in their community.
At her workplace, Yara struggles to do her usual tasks and reminisces about her previous job as a teacher.
Taking a walk around campus, Yara attempts to push the fortune teller's words out of her mind, reflecting on the recent troubles in her life and her determination to keep her job.
Yara encounters Jonathan on campus, feels ashamed, and hurriedly avoids him.
A painful memory is triggered when Yara sees her own reflection and recalls her mother saying that her dreams died when Yara was born.
To cope with the memories, Yara keeps herself extremely busy with daily routines and chores after picking up her daughters from school.
Yara goes to great lengths to please Fadi and his mother Nadia by cooking elaborate dinners and cleaning the house, even consenting to attend social events with Nadia.
Despite her efforts to distract herself, memories continue to surface, particularly when she engages in household tasks that remind her of her mother.
Yara contemplates if her life will be confined and dictated by others' perceptions and fears like her mother's was, questioning what her own future holds.