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In this Chapter, Michael reveals his childhood life as he ponders over the time during Baby Doc’s (Jean Cleaude Duvalier) presidency. The citizens of Haiti then seek revenge on the military after Baby Doc and his wife flee to France. Crowds begin to form and cause havoc and destruction during their search for the militiamen they were seeking to torture and kill. Readers are introduced to Michael’s 18-year-old best friend, Romain, who has a military father that the public is looking for. We also learn about the minor labor Michael provided as a child to, Monsieur Christophe, the neighborhood water and bread shop owner who had power, authority, and control. While in the present moment Michael's wife is pregnant with what he believes is a son, he continues to look back into his past and share what ultimately disconnected those close to him in his neighborhood.

John Moody, author of article ‘Haiti Bad Times for Baby Doc’, writes that rumors had reported that Baby Doc had exiled the country. Upon the rise of this knowledge, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and his administration claimed that the Haitian government had failed, and that Baby Doc had to move to France. This led Baby Doc to re-emerge in the streets of Haiti while referring to his strength as a monkey’s tail. Jean Duvalier and his wife were notably known for their expensive lifestyle during a time of struggle for most of Haiti.