Iriola follows the man that she loves her mother lays dying in a hospital. She has sacrificed so much for this man and now as her mother is dying she tells her “Iriola, trust no one. Allow yourself to be pulled like no one. I mean no one” (Wood 22). This is her mother pleaded with her not to follow a man that has no future. Her mother’s words were kept a secret and as she escaped death with her beloved Kelemo. As they were caught she used her intelligence to her advantage and was going to keep the promise she had made. “I pray Kelemo survives. I suppose he will wonder why, when he learns about the choices I have made. But Kelemo was not in the hospital room when mother breathed her last. And I always obeyed my mother” (Wood 26). Even if it broke her heart she was able to keep her word until the end she did not say
Iriola follows the man that she loves her mother lays dying in a hospital. She has sacrificed so much for this man and now as her mother is dying she tells her “Iriola, trust no one. Allow yourself to be pulled like no one. I mean no one” (Wood 22). This is her mother pleaded with her not to follow a man that has no future. Her mother’s words were kept a secret and as she escaped death with her beloved Kelemo. As they were caught she used her intelligence to her advantage and was going to keep the promise she had made. “I pray Kelemo survives. I suppose he will wonder why, when he learns about the choices I have made. But Kelemo was not in the hospital room when mother breathed her last. And I always obeyed my mother” (Wood 26). Even if it broke her heart she was able to keep her word until the end she did not say