After several days spent attempting to recover, Amabelle and Yves head to Cap Haitian and find Yves’s mother, Man Rapadou. His mother mistakes Amabelle for Yves’ lover; Yves quickly says not to jump to conclusions. His mom and his relations make him a feast to welcome him home, but Amabelle can only eat soup spoon-fed to her by Man Rapadou.

Man Rapadou moves six kids out of Yves’ old bed for Yves and Amabelle to sleep in. Amabelle lays down while Yves goes to talk to his mother. When Amabelle wakes up, Yves has gone to plant beans in his father’s fields. Man Rapadou tells Amabelle that “[e]verything you knew before this slaughter is lost” (228). When Man Rapadou tells Yves to go visit Sebastien and Mimi’s mom, Man Denise, he ignores her. Amabelle finds the house on her own but does not go inside, instead walking by the dwelling each day. She worries what Sebastien will think of her and wonders if he would even recognize her if he saw her.