Sway listens to another phone message from Nadia but still can’t bring himself to ring her. He’s had a rough night on Qasim’s sofa. His mum and Gramps turned up last night, but Sway wouldn’t even talk to them. Qasim reckons he was a bit harsh on them, he’ll have to face people soon. Sway knows Qasim is right and within the hour he’s on his way home to face the music.
Khatija and Pervaiz reckon Sway never intended to convert and now he’s had his fun with Nadia he’s off with another girl. Nadia tries to defend him, hoping he’ll ring soon. She turns on Zak accusing him of putting pressure on Sway. Pervaiz announces Nadia is not to see Sway again … ever! Nadia is distraught and tries to push past but Pervaiz grabs her arm, hurting her. Nadia protests that she loves Sway and runs out leaving her dad sobbing. As Khatija and Zak try to comfort him they hear Nadia’s mobile ring. Khatija rushes to answer it and is incensed to hear Sway’s voice. She yells at him to stay away but Zak firmly takes the phone off her to tell Sway what he thinks of him. Sway tries to explain but Zak is too angry to listen at first. But hearing how cut up Sway sounds Zak begins to believe him. He can’t persuade his parents though, Nadia is the one that’s going to suffer; what’s left for her now?
Kamal has been to the Akhtars and seen how upset Pervaiz is. He finds Nadia in the park but she pleads with him not to tell her parents so Kamal takes her home with him instead. Nadia wonders aloud what she did wrong. Kamal is insistent; she is a kind, intelligent, beautiful person. Nadia misreads his intentions and pulls away but Kamal is hurt she could think he would take advantage like that. He admits he still has feelings for her but he is also a good friend. Nadia apologises for getting it so wrong but maybe Kamal was right all along. If they had got together, Kamal could have got his citizenship by now and her parents would have had the wedding they wanted. Kamal points out that it could never be that way because Nadia doesn’t love him; she loves Sway.
