As Sourdi invested more time in Duke, Nea began to think of him “as a fork in the road, dividing [her] life from Sourdi from Sourdi’s life with men”(139). Her analogy shows that she feels envious and fears being abandoned by the one person she wants the most attention from as she progresses into adulthood.
Nea also experiences the feeling of possessiveness over Sourdi. She is so jealous to the point where she feels she must be possessive over Sourdi. Nea wants Sourdi to herself and herself only at all times. Sourdi getting married to Mr.Chhay was a breaking point for Nea, she was inevitably jealous of everyone stealing Sourdi from her, that she took matters into her own hands and traveled to Des Moines with