All four of them were having breakfast. As usual the mood around the table was quite serious, thanks to Asad. Breakfast was poori with mushroom and aloo ki sabzi.
As always Zoya was lost in her thoughts about finding her father and didn't quite see what she was serving herself. (Zoya is allergic to mushrooms). Midway through her third or fourth mouth her breath hitches, she starts hiccupping violently, and then starts gasping for breath.
Phoopi and Najma are sharing a laugh on something and dont notice what's going on with Zoya. Asad jumps out of his chair and rushes to her side and screams"Zoya, kya hua - tumhari saansein kyon phool rahi hai? Tell me what's going on dammit!"
Zoya is unable to breathe and struggles to talk ...she just mumbles "mush..." pointing to her plate , still desperately trying to gasp for breath. Asad gets visions of her after he pulled her out of the ground and thinks she is probably having a panic attack. He gets desperate and helpless as he's not able to understand what she's saying - and orders Najma to call for an ambulance.
Zoya clings on to his collar and tries to shake her head in the negative to explain that she'll be fine in a bit. He screams at Najma to not bother with the ambulance and says that he's taking her to the hospital and picks her up and rushes out of the house … he gets her into his car and even before his Mom and sister can react he's already driving away leaving them stranded at the entrance wondering what got into
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