But Akim suddenly tells Rita that they'll be going to Wilmington soon. She doesn't agree with him, but she still gets dragged along into the spotlight for years to come.
Meanwhile, A gaggling family of less-than-fundie Wilmy Natives was told by the well-meant church pastor that its long lost relative will indeed come back. They're not amused, as none of them are unfortunately satisfied with a supposedly dirtier relative's return*.
*Akim's family, which is pretty much filled with Black people descending mostly from slaves in regions like southwest Nigeria, is very much colourist as hell like with many other afro descendant families the world over. They do have a small bit of European ancestry via slaveholders, even though they appear mostly 'Black'.