Chapter 5 Summary

Noah wanted to warn his father that his mother was thinking about divorce. Maybe that would shake him up enough to agree to being bailed out. But he didn't get to see his father because he was being interviewed by a TV station from Miami. Noah went to see Lice and told him that his father would give him his skiff if he agreed to help. After checking out the skiff, Lice agreed to the deal. Noah told Lice that he had to sign a statement that when he worked at Coral Queen, Dusty had instructed him and other workers to dump the sewage in the water.

They passed by Jasper, Jr., and Bull on their way back to the trailer. Jasper hurled some insulting names their way. Lice stopped and confronted Jasper who was obviously terrified. He told him he wasn't calling...