Zach came, instead of Charis, to speek with the head of military. Apparently, he wanted to visit us because we visited him yesterday. They were talking in front of the SM hut and I had to leave for gymnastics. That meant pants....yoga pants. Pants are acceptable for exercise only (and scrubs), but I didn't want to encourage any actions from the guy. So I grabbed the gymnastics mat and strategically held it over my butt. Both Charis and I politely wave goodbye and left the compound.
Danae met us outside the gate and asked what all the commotion was about. (She and I are in charge of gymnastics). I left Charis to tell her the story, while I got my host kids ready for gymnastics. By the time I returned, the head of military was standing outside the gate talking to Danae. I had nothing to hide behind this time. I picked up the youngest child, Filicity, and dragged the other along. They were walking too slow. I took the mat from Charis and waved bye. I tried hiding behind the kids and the mat as we walked past, but I couldn't. I was ready to melt off the face of the earth.
While I was getting my kids Danae went to speek to the head of military. She cracked a joke about how he was trying to get her girls, and he got very defensive. She knew something was up and started to get upset. The more she heard, the more furious she became. By the time she came to gymnastics she was still writhing in her not-so-suppressed fury. She basically told the guy off. Danae didn't care what position he held, he shouldn't have treated me like that. The guard and another worker had tried to smooth things over, but they added fuel to the fire. She had to leave before she lost all control.
Danae was so mad she didn't want to start gymnastics. She sat on the floor festering over the situation. She continued to ask questions about what happened, and what was done in response to his actions. I told her the truth, but downplayed it as much as possible. I didn't want her to do anything in the spur of the moment. She was already a loose cannon though. She got up and said she would be back. I didn't know what to do. I was left with all the children, who were curiously watching the unfolding events. I started gymnastics without Danae, so the children wouldn't worry too much.
In the end, the guy left before Danae returned. She she told the guard and worker how I was practically mosested. Then told them to never defend people in the wrong again. Thankfully, we are still on decent terms with the head of military. Zach and Daniel saw him in the market after all the craziness died down. He was more reserved, but his friend bought them candy and offered them cigarettes. Of course the accepted the candy and denied the cigarettes. (The friend I'm talking about is the bigger Tchadian in the pictures I posted in part 1).
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