Not even thirty minutes after he fell asleep, hot smoke filled his nose and throat.
"Lafiya" he saw Ishrat lying there unconscious, quickly he lifted her, shaking her, quickly he came out and peeped at the house gate there was nobody, only the soldiers who were throwing tear gas. His shop at the junction was open, so he came out calmly.

"You madman where are you going?"
"Officer my shop is open so I can't go inside and sit behind the shop he is covering me" he said while coming out completely. "If you come out we will shoot you?"
"I know my worth so I will not sit idly by, so I will not sit and lose my goods" he said as he reached the front of his shop and closed the shop, then he turned and headed inside his house." He closed it before he went back to Ishrat and poured water on her, the heat of the tear gas smoke is what made her faint. After she regained consciousness he gave her water to drink, he entered the house through the back door.
"Umma are you okay?"
"Yes okay, just now I was telling Salim what will make him come in without closing your shop, I almost beat him."

"Ya Raees before we became aware we just saw soldiers on us when will we follow the row of our shops?"
He sat down telling them about closing the shop, but they had already argued with the soldiers. Khadeeja who was clinging to Umma's body, was staring wide-eyed, Ishrat's entrance like someone who has been sick made Umma confused.
"Lafiya?"
"She fainted because of inhaling tear gas smoke that's why she became like that"

He didn't understand Ishrat sitting in the living room she wants to ask for food, he understood that from how she was looking at the food bowl that was being taken outside.

"Umma you haven't finished food yet?"
"Yes I have finished wallahi it was about to be taken out when this panic started, you take it and take it to your place and eat" he let out a hidden sigh of relief while looking at her.
"Truly you have done everything for us, because the way this fearful one is staring I don't think she will agree to eat"

Feeling shy she said.
"Umma did you see him? Umma smiled then said. "Go and give me space I am tired of your chatter, I don't know what I will do with your catch, because I soaked it we will have to change the water of the geron but certainly we have been put in panic."

"Did they impose a curfew?"