Searching for Sylvie Lee

Amy calls Ma to ask her about the jewels. Ma tells her that they are a family treasure passed down from mother to daughter. As a “distant cousin,” Helena would not have been entitled to this collection of jade and gold, and Ma wonders if Sylvie has taken it. If so, Ma thinks that Sylvie is probably fine, and she does not begrudge her daughter the treasure that should rightfully be hers.

Wednesday, April 6

The next morning, Helena is more polite to Sylvie. She apologizes for the “confusion” over the previous day’s seafood-rich meal and tells Sylvie that there will always be enough food for her in the refrigerator. She provides Sylvie with a public transportation pass that she has pre-loaded with enough money for her to travel as she needs to and gives her a peace offering in the form of a basket of toiletries, including a shower gel that Sylvie loved as a young girl.

Sylvie helps the nurse to care for her grandmother, who is indeed dying. Sylvie shows photographs of her parents and Amy, and Grandma begins to cry, saddened that she will never see her daughter again or meet her other granddaughter.