g mistake. Jadine left NY and went back to L'Arbede la Croix. She tells Ondine about her time with Son and she told Ondine thatshe knows that she was wrong and if Son was to come looking for her not to tellhim where she went. Ondine readily agrees to do this. Jadine gets some stuffand leaves for Paris. Meanwhile, when Son returns to the apartment he issurprised not to see Jadine there. He sits and waits for her. He refuses to leavethe house in fear that she might come back while he is gone. After about a week Son decides to go back to L' Arbe de la Croix to see if she went there. When hereaches the main land he goes by the helper, Gideon, from Valerian's house thatbrought him to town the first time. Son asks Gideon to take him to the smallisland but Gideon says that it is to late. Gideon's wife on the other hand offers totake Son. Gideon's wife is partly blind but she claims to know the sea well andSon takes her up on the offer. Gideon's wife takes Son to a part of the island thatSon never ventured to. It is dark and Son does not know where to go. Gideon'swife says to trust her and just get out the boat and follow the path. The storyends there and we do not find out what becomes of Jadine or Son.Jadine and Son are a prime example of listening to your heart and notyour mind. They rushed into their relationship and did not know enough abouteach other to make a reasonable decision. Jadine was trying to run fromsomething and Son was not in love he was in lust. If they had taken the time toknow each other better they might have realized that they were two differentpeople. Just as in the folk tail of Brer Rabbit and Tar Baby, Son (the rabbit ) wasattracted to Jadine (Tar Baby ) and got caught in a trap. Jadine and Son werefrom two different worlds that could not come together. In the end Jadinerealized that she made a mistake but Son still held on to the past and ended upright where he started. Lost....
