Chapter 26
Contains spoilers
Summary
- Yara experiences dreams of her mother after her passing, engaging in activities they never did together.
- Her husband Fadi has grown distant and irritable, often disengaged and missing family bedtime stories.
- Yara feels Fadi's change in behavior might be due to work, his father, or possibly discovering Yara's lunch with Silas.
- When Yara asks Fadi if he is okay, he dismisses her concerns, leading to tension between them.
- At dinner, while watching TV, Fadi complements Yara's cooking, breaking his period of silence.
- Fadi inquires about Yara's counseling, expressing doubt about its effectiveness.
- Yara admits counseling is challenging, particularly when it comes to processing her childhood.
- Fadi is critical of Yara 'using' her childhood as an excuse for her current behavior, and seems unsympathetic to her internal struggles.
- Yara feels an invisible barrier to her improvement and has a moment of intense emotion, but her words don’t reach Fadi.