Inseparable
- The next day, Delphine hopes Cecile will make them breakfast or at least hang out with them a bit.
- No such luck, though; Cecile tells the girls to scram and go to the "People's Center" for breakfast.
- What is that? Cecile doesn't tell them, and instead she just points them in the right direction.
- The main description is that there are a lot of black people wearing black clothes, and Delphine is worried about heading into the middle of what she thinks will be a militant crew.
- Then Cecile hands them a box to give to the Panthers, her contribution to the cause.
- Fern takes one last second to grab her doll, Miss Patty Cake, much to the chagrin of the ice-cold Cecile, and then the girls head out the door.
- Their mother's parting words? Take your time coming back.
- As the girls walk, they contemplate whether to call Pa and Big Ma to come get them.
- Delphine decides against it since she doesn't want another tongue-lashing from Big Ma for calling collect.