Chapter 6 Summary

Andrew and T.J. are fixing up Edith's house. Edith has been taken away to a mental facility to be evaluated should there ever be a trial. The night Edith burst into Eden's room, Andrew realized immediately she intended to kill Eden. Andrew disarmed her and she simply sat down, defeated. Andrew put it all together then, realizing that Edith must have come home early and found Jim with Eden. Edith attempted to kill Eden, but Jim somehow got in the way. When DeSalvo and the police arrive, Eden is able to support this story.

Several weeks have passed. Eden is now living with Andrew in his mother's house. After they finish fixing up Edith's house, they plan to go to the city where Andrew will enroll Eden in a school for the blind. Andrew intends to go back to work, but thinks...