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....that had happened  that nobody ever could have  believed,  the unexpected  had happened,  baba had refused to eat,  he had  shut  himself   up in his room  , ,samih was also  very upset  , all the  emotional  filthy  debris  was dumped on faiz alone,   samih was quite certain  baba  sain  can't  stay  annoyed  for long  and  quickly enough  he will  embrace  faiz again,   baba  would   rethink  over the matter  logically and practically  when his rage is cooled off,  shumaila had gathered  what  was going on between  the  father son  duo from  the silent  mystery  situation,   she  instead of brooding over it  began  enjoying  it,, nobody heeded  ramla because  ramla  was not aware  at all  of  what was going on,  but  she  had unwittingly  witnessed and overheard  the whole  episode  and now  she was updated,  she too was locked  inside her room,  , the  maid  went to her room to call her to supper but the door didn't open,  the domestic helper helplessly  informed shumaila , samih was told  about  ramla not opening her door,  samih  who was naturally  affected  by his  sister's   no response  rushed  to break open her door to find her  lying  on the floor  unconscious  with an empty  open sleeping pills bottle  by her side  suggesting she  had swallowed  the pills  in an attempt to commit suicide