Yvonne Toni Marie Karib was the wife of Kash Karib, with whom she has two children, Chesney and Meena. She owned and ran the local shop, and previously employed Ian Gallagher, who had an affair with her husband. At first she was angry to discover Kash was gay, but later accepted it to keep her marriage together for her children's sake. She was a hard-nosed businesswoman who was not averse to breaking the law to make a bit of extra profit. Although she stood by her gay husband, he eventually went a step too far and secretly got them into debt that resulted in Yvonne losing her house and owing large sums again her one of the most important things to her, her shop. To solve both their problems Yvonne insisted Kash fake his death and disappear with even the couples children believing him dead.