Chapters 24 and 25 Summary

The telephone message for Kit is from someone named Preacher. Tempe believes Kit might be associating with bikers, and she is worried. Tempe gives in and tries again to call Ryan. She is unsuccessful, and she goes to bed. During the night she hears Kit come in late, and she hears sounds to indicate that he is intoxicated.

The next morning, Tempe reads the newspaper and then goes to work on the files she has brought from North Carolina while waiting for Kit to wake. She gives up on waiting for Kit to wake on his own. Tempe wakes Kit and says that they must talk. She notices that he has gotten a tattoo.

Tempe expresses her concern about Kit associating with bikers, and Kit is offended that she regards him as a naïve child. He says that he is...