The late Governor's aide-de-camp Polo entered the chalet with the youngster Baba and they met the lumberjack and the young miss Suzie who were sitting next to each other on the rattan divan in the parlor.
Babida kept on consoling his crush, though she couldn't help crying.
The loss of her two last relatives was unbearable. Uncle Bibi and big Momma were her greatest support since the passing of her Mother Anna when she was a five-year-old toddler.
Younger, the trauma of her mom's death often caused her to scream in the middle of the night.
She constantly had nightmares till she turned twelve and uncle Bibi and grandmother had finally found the secret to make her move on and forget about her mother's death.
One day, uncle Bibi, Big Momma, and twelve-year-old Suzie went to the market to buy a turkey for the "Ngondo", the Batang empire's yearly celebration to thank the divinities for their kindness over the past year, and beg them for protection for the next year.
