In this scene, Dana leaves the plantation without her husband, Kevin. When she returned to the present, Kevin left in 1815 and decided to head North. Dana is called back to the plantation because Rufus was putting her life in danger by fighting with Alice's husband. After returning to the plantation for a while, Dana finds out from Alice that Rufus did not send the letters to Kevin as he had promised. After thinking for a long time, Dana decides to run away. She didn't get far before Rufus and his father found her (108-174). She was punished: “Her father came over and kicked me in the face. I fell into unconsciousness. I woke up bound hand and foot, my side throbbing rhythmically, my jaw not throbbing at all. The pain was a constant scream. I probed with my tongue and found that two teeth on the right side were missing” (174). Dana endures all this pain, loses a lot of blood, and is lied to, but in the end she is strong enough to survive. All she wanted was to be with her husband, and she was willing to risk her life just to see him again, her husband. To some, it may seem stupid to risk her life, but Butler wanted to show that Dana was willing to survive anything just to return to her husband and present