Chapter 8~10

Desiree left the village and started her journey to Daniel's house. It is a long journey as Tonton Julian had told her before. At the first night, she dreamed about her Gods, but she was afraid of them. However, her only thought was that Daniel needs her and she needs to get to Daniel's side. When she reached to a vendor and asked about the direction, they were laughing at her. But, this did not stop Desiree to find Daniel, she continued her journey. Then she arrived at a town. In the town, she asked a woman the way to Monsieur Beauxhomme's house. The woman laughed at her also, about her ignorance. What Desiree asked and told the woman and even the vendor sounds ridiculous to them that a rich family needs a peasant girl like her. This drove Desiree down a lot, she decided to not sleep, but soon she failed. In the morning, she woke up and walked to a woman, and said to her that she was hungry. The woman was so kind that she gave Desiree many pieces of fried pork and plantains. She ate all of them, and the food gave her energy. The next few days she met another woman, luckily, this woman knew who Monsieur Beauxhomme was, and told her that it would take no more than a day to get there. Desiree finally got there. After taking a nap under a tree, she woke up and met a girl who was an orphan just like her. The young girl told her that her families were taken away by the storms. The girl's experience made Desiree thought about herself, so she taught her how to make a wishing cage. After the little girl made a wish, Desiree showed her the road to find Tonton Julian and Mama Euralie, this is the way that Desiree tried to make up for Tonton Julian and Mama Euralie, she knew that her leaving made her parents so sad. She is hoping that the little girl can bring some happiness and maybe take her place for her for a while. When Desiree arrived at the city, she was shocked by the surrounding, she is not used to any of the things, even a little bit scared about everything. The anxiety caused her to tripped and fell on the floor. The next day she went to the hotel with other vendors. When she tried to go through the gate, the guards stopped her. The guard was rude to her, he called her as peasant pig, and threw her outside of the gate. People there even laughed at her because she did not have a pair of shoes. Then she quickly ran away and being desperate for a while. But then, she quickly threw the bad thoughts away and started to think, where can she get shoes? Her eyes fell on a corosol on the branch of a tree overhead. She took that corosol and tried to exchange it with the shoes vendor. She did not succeed, but the woman who is selling dresses at the next stall was attracted by the fruit. Then they started to talk and Desiree talked about her long journey. She also told the woman that she was the one who saved Daniel and she thought that the Gods Agwe and Erzulie asked her to do so; this was her fate. The woman was touched by Desiree's story, and asked the shoe vendor to give her a pair of shoes, and the woman let Desiree to choose a dress from her stall.