Chapter 7 Summary

Franklin Turnbo is Annawake's boss in the law firm and questions Annawake's filing a suit to recover the child she has seen on "The Oprah Winfrey" show. She has researched the case and found that the transfer of custody was witnessed by a notary in Oklahoma City and that the parents as listed are not enrolled as Cherokees. He feels that it is none of her business and that they are should spend their time on real needs. Annawake is angry, however, that the child was taken without the necessary authorization and she feels that "all the housewives watching TV last Friday saw that our kids could be picked up as souvenirs."

Turnbo confronts her and points out that she is taking it personally because of her anger over the adoption of her twin brother. She says that she only wants to make...