Chapter 42

Summary

• Yara is distressed and drives aimlessly after dropping her daughters off at school, troubled by her family's dismissal of her concerns.
• She feels panicked about having to pretend everything is fine in her life and decides to reach out to her friend Silas for support.
• They meet at a coffee shop where Silas offers her comfort by listening and providing cookies.
• Yara opens up about the fighting with her husband, Fadi, and expresses the deep sense of unworthiness she feels.
• Despite Silas' reassurances, Yara doubts that her parents actually love her, due to her tumultuous family history.
• She reveals her childhood trauma with her father abusing her mother and her mother's affair.
• Yara struggles with feelings of abandonment and the belief that she deserves the misfortunes in her life.
• Silas suggests that Yara talks to her mother, but Yara feels her mother is judgmental and cannot offer her the support she needs.
• Pressured by Silas' insistence on communicating with her mother and feeling disgusted with herself, Yara breaks down and reveals that her mother is dead.
• Yara sobs and asks Silas not to talk about her mother anymore, overwhelmed by her emotions and current life struggles.