Summary

Chapter 15: Sam visits Dawn on her break at the Burger Boy. They are talking about Lonnie and Ken. Ken still doesn’t knowDawn is pregnant and Dawn questions the validity of the test. She wants to take another one. While they are standing outside talking, a boy drives up and tells Dawn that Ken’s busy and won’t be able to pick her up.

Chapter 16: It is the night before the vets’ dance and there is a thunderstorm. Emmett is excited because it will test his work on the house’s foundation. He wants to see if the basement will leak. He inspects the house and finds dampness but he doesn’t think it is a real leak. He wants to cover the windows with plastic to keep the moisture out and Sam says that is what poor people do. She asks...