Chapter 26

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.