They have maintained their connection over the years by meeting privately. In Chapter 1, Sephy and Callum gather at their secret meeting place, a private beach on Sephy’s property. This break in the friendship between the two women separates their children, who are lifelong best friends.
Their joy watching their children play soon fades as Meggie fails to serve as an alibi for Mrs. McGregor and Callum are noughts, the descendants of European slaves who once worked under the African colonizers. Hadley and Sephy are Crosses, the descendants of native Africans who hold all the power in their society. Three years before Chapter 1 begins, Jasmine Hadley and her servant Meggie McGregor watch their children Sephy Hadley and Callum McGregor play. The reader should be aware that the text deals with sensitive topics like suicide, rape, bombings, and racial injustices.
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