My shepherd, who has been wronged, Melat the prophet warned

This is the truth, We are apart. After that first trip, Tadi becomes Berhane’s trusted and reliable host in Fribourg whenever he visited Algeria, where he was based at the time. By 1970, Berhane had spent much of his youthful life leading and organizing protest movements in Ethiopia. He took refuge in Algeria after he and his friends hijacked a passenger plane to Sudan, where they were imprisoned for 8-months.

What started off as a hospitality gesture evolved into something more. Their relationship, made under secrecy and extremely constraining circumstances, blossoms. She not only falls in love with the man but also with the cause he dedicated his life. She goes on to become an active member of student activities in Europe and later a member of an underground political party.   

By 1974, while the leaders of the student movement were bracing for a long-term struggle against the Imperial government, the situation in Ethiopia took an abrupt turn. Their first introduction triggers an instant connection when Berhane realizes, with much delight, that Tadi shares a name with his mother, Tadelech.