Summary

These pages are part of Book Six titled Nine Months and spans from February to June. Toni-Ann does not tell people that she saw Edgar return to the house on 21 Cressida Drive, leaving everyone to believe the broken glass in the kitchen came from an attempted robbery. Edgar returns to the cabin with Conrad and is relatively happy with his decision. He refuses to return home to Ron and the new baby. Conrad’s wound becomes infected and he is pleased, unwilling to see a doctor or to care for himself because he wants the infection to kill him. Edgar thinks of all the care Florence used to provide him and uses his experiences to care for Conrad. He understands Conrad wants to die and he cannot fathom why a person would want to do such a thing. Conrad believes he will die...