After Treasure, Qaletaqa and the others left to travel to Nock-Ay-Del's camp. Flossie and Elise are in the kitchen. Flossie is cooking and Elise is peeling potatoes. "My granddaughter loves you like a mother. Thank you for helping my son raise her after Salome passed away."
"Treasure is like a daughter to me. I was the one who brought that child into the world. Salome was my best friend. She and I had a lot in common. She and I both fell in love with men that weren't our color. Phillp's family disowned him also. It was just me and my sister Corene. Phillip brought us here after he heard about your son and Salome living here. They were in the same boat as we were. Salome and I became best friends. I promised her when she first became ill that I would raise Treasure as my own. A few years
