All My Rage

Misbah flashes back to a meeting with Salahudin’s first-grade teacher, Mrs. Bridlow. She accused Salahudin of being unmotivated and Misbah of being inactive in Sal’s school life. She suggested homeschooling and commented that she noticed Salahudin’s issue with physical touch, accusing Sal’s father of being violent because he is Muslim. Misbah was enraged and left the meeting. However, she knew the teacher was right that Salahudin struggled to fit in, and Misbah didn’t know what to do for him.

Police officers take Noor to the county lockup in Friarsfield, California. The woman who takes Noor’s information comments about all the terrorists near Noor’s home country of Pakistan. Noor is taken to a large cell full of women, and as the hours pass, she thinks of Salahudin, who she now calls the Liar. The special closeness they shared at the meadow is now tainted by his lies to her. Noor is taken to an interrogation room and questioned by a man named Brewer. As he asks her questions, Noor feels misjudged; she eventually asks for a lawyer, and Brewer wonders aloud why Noor would throw away what he assumes is a good start in life. Noor feels helpless to explain that she is innocent, thinking Brewer has already made up her mind about her.