Part 1, Chapters 13-14 Summary

Silas used to visit his father, Ali Ali, in the hospital when he was dying of cancer. His mother had taken the name Mrs. Ali even though it had no legal standing and marked her as a second-hand Christian wife. His father was Muslim and his family had always shown Silas and his mother. His father never spoke much during the visits. One day Silas had arrived to find his father's bed empty and a nurse told him that his father had died. He had left Silas a Kaaba stone. Silas now thinks that maybe he should give the stone to Mikey and he wonders where it is.

Silas stands at the door to his house, afraid to enter. He had been a little late to the hospital, but when he arrived Lydia was gone already. He sits down...