Chapter 17 Summary

The cook is besieged by people asking for help from Biju in America. The cook tells Buji not to forget about the others back home and help as much as he could. The cook did not know Biju was doing so poorly. Saeed tells Biju that his mother gave his phone number out to half his village, who call him from the airport. His mother gave "the tribe" his address and now they are stalking him. The Tribe comes in, and the guys tell them that Saeed does not work there. The men leave, then the phone rings. Saeed knows it is the right thing to help the Tribe, but he knows them and people like them all too well. They come to the U.S. with someone's telephone number; they seek them out; eat their food; sleep in their bed, and take...