Summary

These pages are part of Book Four entitled Betrayal. Book Four begins with Edgar sitting in the man’s green pick-up truck as the man changes his bandage for him. He offers to take Edgar for a ride somewhere, but Edgar refuses. He then discusses nicknames and offers to call Edgar Kevin, asking Edgar how he would like to change names. Edgar does not agree, and the man drives him home and gives Edgar his telephone number in case he wants to reach him. Lucy comes downstairs and cannot find Edgar. She assumes he is angry and punishing her by hiding nearby, so she ignores his disappearance. As she stares at the garden, she recalls the morning she found Frank sitting with Edgar amidst the dirt piles and holes. Frank told her that the largest hole led to a river (218) and that it...