"Father… I have lost everything," Fateh whispered.
But Fateh had the fever. He borrowed money from a loan shark in town. For two months, he drove the truck proudly. Then came the inevitable. He overloaded the truck, took a sharp turn near the canal, and flipped the whole vehicle into the mud. The truck was a wreck. The loan shark sent goons to the farm.
The words hit Fateh harder than the truck crash.