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While she was there she noticed a curly hair, brown eyes and brown

young man. He seemed to be looking skin. He was charming, spoke well

at her and she couldn’t figure out and told her a lot of jokes. Jomo

why. She made her way to a fabric told Mizzie that he worked for a

store, and he followed her. He sugar cane plantation that was

apologized for startling her. He told nearby. Before they knew it, Mizzie

her his name was Jomo. She shook had finished all her chores and had

his hand and introduced herself. to head back to the Greathouse.

Jomo offered to walk with her as she She said goodbye to Jomo but he

finished her chores, and she politely could not let her leave without

accepted. knowing how to find her. Mizzie told

The two walked and talked him where she worked and Jomo

together. Mizzie noticed how promised to find her again. He picked

handsome Jomo was. He had short up a yellow flower from the ground