Summary

In Chapter 72, Yasmin was surprised when Shah confronted her after her shift and commented that Pepperdine had said she was quitting medicine. Shah offered his opinion that girls often found themselves pressured into becoming doctors. Yasmin asked if he believed it was only “brown” (317) girls who found themselves pressured in that way.

In Chapter 73, when Yasmin confronted Pepperdine about what Shah said to her, he claimed he had mentioned Yasmin to Shah only to illustrate a point. He argued that Shah knew she was a good doctor, he was just frustrated with the delay in the announcement about the Centre of Excellence.

Pepperdine asked Yasmin if she had told Joe about her affair. Yasmin said she had not and began crying. Pepperdine suggested they go out to dinner and talk about it. Yasmin suggested they meet at his house, but Pepperdine told Yasmin...