Chapter 58EXCEPT FOR A LARGE group sitting around a campfire near Pempeyo’s and Pwanchir’s hut, the Shuar village had returned to its usual late-night rhythms. Jean-Paul was sitting next to Angélica and her father, chatting animatedly through JP with the two Indians. Tshui jumped up and down when she saw Jim, then ran to him smiling.
Jim scooped her up and swung her around in a circle while she laughed. He looked at her. ‘Shouldn’t you be sleeping?’
Jean-Paul looked at Jim. ‘Those rules don’t apply outside of our civilized world. This little girl is here for one reason, and that is to see you. You have made quite an impression.’
Angel looked over and said, ‘It seems that he has that effect on many of the women of Ecuador.’
JP raised an eyebrow and looked back and forth between Angélica
