Chapter 4 Summary

Paine's lawyer, Mr. Shine, stopped by the next day. He had been hired to get his father out of several other scrapes in the past. Noah and Abbey left because their mother wanted to talk to Mr. Shine alone. Noah decided to go fishing on Snake Creek under the bridge. Suddenly, there was the noise of a motorboat and, much to his dismay, he saw that Jasper, Jr., and his friend, Bull, were on the boat. When they saw Noah they veered toward shore. Soon they were tying up their boat and heading on shore. Jasper charged at Noah and punched him right in the eye and spit in his face. Noah felt like striking back but kept his cool. He remembered his father's words that people who fight can't win with their brains.

As Jasper and Bull sped off, Noah cast his...