Irreversible

⚜♚20. Stress ♚⚜

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Yamna

I was just getting ready for the long drive out with Rohaan, wondering what to wear, when Mama came into my room.

"Get an overnight bag packed. We have to go." She spoke in a rush.

"Go? Where?!"

"To Manchester. It's Fardeen Bhai." She said grimly. "He had a heart attack."

Fardeen Jamal Uncle was a university friend of Papa's.

"Not to sound insensitive, but to rush out close to midnight like this...?" I was confused.

"He's that one sole good friend of your Papa's. Of course, your Papa wants to go and see him."

"Mama..."

"Let's go."

Hence, I sat in the backseat of my father's car twenty minutes later, messaging Rohaan.

<Yamna: We are going to Manchester. Long drive cancelled. 😞>

<Rohaan: Manchester? So suddenly? All good?>

<Yamna: Fardeen Uncle had a heart attack.>

<Rohaan: I'm sorry to hear that. May Allah give him a quick recovery. Ameen!>

<Yamna: Ameen!>

I yawned and dozed off slowly.

I had no idea how long I slept, but I woke up to hear my parents talking quietly.

"How can I tell Yamna this? That her father is a failure?" Papa was saying. "Dad was right about me all along. I'm too naïve to do anything on my own. And now my foolishness put Fardeen in this position."

"You are not a failure, Yasin."

"I made a bad investment. I encouraged Fardeen to do the same. It crashed and burned, and we lost out on so much money. This stress put him in the hospital, Saba. It's what caused his heart attack."

My heart was pounding hard as I listened to their conversation. I hated to eavesdrop, but I didn't want to embarrass my father either by telling them that I was awake.

"If anything happens to him, it's my fault! He has three young daughters, Saba!"

"Don't blame yourself. Instead, pray for him."

"Dad was always right about me. I'm too naïve." Papa repeated.

"What's going to have to happen now, Yasin?" Mama sounded worried.

"I don't know. I thought this investment would help us financially. But..." He paused. "Now we may need to sell the house and move to a flat or something."

"Yasin, I know that you want to be independent, but you should tell your family."

"I can't stress out my elderly parents. And Bhai? He has always fought for me, and now I have proved him wrong. How am I meant to face him?"