Listening to the details of Fatima鈥檚 injuries at the inquest proves too much for Zak. He leaves the courtroom to get some air. Pervaiz follows him to make sure he鈥檚 ok and persuades him to come back in to listen to Bill鈥檚 evidence. Bill nervously takes the stand and gives his account of the night. As he tells the court how Fatima ran out in front of the car and he couldn鈥檛 stop in time he breaks down. He turns to Zak saying over and over again how sorry he is.
The coroner gives his verdict of death by misadventure. Outside Pervaiz spots Talib and rushes over to tell him to leave. Just then Zak comes out and assures his dad its ok. Talib was Fatima鈥檚 friend so he has a right to be there. Zak asks Talib why he didn鈥檛 tell him about being charged over the passport. Talib reckons Zak had enough to worry about. At least they know that Kamal arrived safely from his letter. Zak doesn鈥檛 want to get into a long conversation and starts to head off but Talib wants his friend to believe that he wasn鈥檛 involved in anything dodgy. The police got it all wrong. Zak is his true friend and hopefully in time they can go back to the way things were. Zak stops him in his tracks; things can never be the same again. But he鈥檒l never forget that Talib introduced him to Fatima and he鈥檒l always be grateful for that.
Zak says goodbye to Fatima鈥檚 parents who are leaving for Scotland. They invite Zak to visit any time. It鈥檚 a comfort to them that Fatima鈥檚 final days were filled with joy and happiness thanks to Zak.
Zak has one final thing to do. He thanks Bill for coming and telling the court what happened that terrible night. Bill apologises over and over for what he did but Zak stops him. Fatima wouldn鈥檛 want Bill to go through this pain. It was an accident and Bill wasn鈥檛 responsible. He鈥檚 got to stop torturing himself. Bill chokes back the tears. It means so much to him to hear Zak say that. He tells Zak if he ever needs to talk about it, he鈥檒l be there for him. Zak thanks him, but the only person he wants to talk to right now isn鈥檛 there to listen anymore.
