Summary: Kindred by Octavia E. Butler pp. 112 to 154

In pages 112 to 154 of Kindred by Octavia E. Butler, Dana travels back home once and then returns to the past with Rufus eight days later. She ends up going home without Kevin, and she hopes he is still around the next time she is called on by Rufus. When she returns to the past, Kevin isn't at the Weylin plantation, but he has been in contact with Rufus by mail. Dana is sent home because …

…Mama. AS her condition improves she is starting to ask questions, but Rufus tells Dana not to answer her. He likes the way things have been because she hasn't been hating him. Isaac was sold to a Mississippi trader and had his ears cut off for fighting back against a white man. Sarah advises Dana to ask Nigel if he knows weather or not Rufus sent the letter to Kevin, because sometimes he is unpredictable.