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Amabelle reveals her love for dust storms and says she likes to pretend there are people walking in front of her in the dust, people that will be there waiting for her when the dust clears. She imagines walking with her parents and compares the way she physically had to look up to them as a child to the way she looks up to the sky after the dust storm as an adult.
Doctor Javier approaches Amabelle during a checkup for Rosalinda and says she must leave immediately, that she could be killed if she stays. He has two trucks ready and a plan to make it seem like they are headed to Mass, not Haiti. Amabelle is unsure if she can trust Señora Valencia to save her if she stays, so she packs and hides a bag just in case. Under the guise of searching for a missing Papi, Amabelle goes to Sebastien to tell him she thinks they should leave with Doctor Javier. He is angry with her for being too trusting of Papi, Señor Pico, and Señora Valencia. Sebastien says they should defer to Kongo about what to do. They walk over to where Kongo and
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