Sophie is now a wife (married to Joseph) and mother, her daughter’s name is Brigitte five months old, Sophie and Brigitte are in Haiti and are en route to her Tante Atie and Gran Ife home in La Nouvelle Damn Marie. On her way the cab driver is flirting with her and is trying to get to see her naked, she tries to brush him off, showing him her wedding ring but he persists. She met an acquaintance name Louis who filled her in with what she missed over the years.

She is reunited with Tantie Atie and Gram Ife, Tante Atie is now more confident in herself because she can read. The relationship between Tante Atie and Gram Ife isn’t what it was, her mother thinks she is disrespecting herself and is less of decent woman, drinking and staying out late. She even scolded her one night because she thought she wasn’t showing Sophie a good example. Sophie explains to her Grandmother about the testing and how humiliating it was and how the experience ruined her life and relationship with her mother it also put a strain on her esteem and marriage.