Summary

In Chapter 76, Alois is first through the door followed by a man Penn does not recognize. Snake and Wilma follow. The stranger turns and sees Lincoln but Lincoln shoots him before he can draw his gun. Snake recognizes they are overpowered and orders his son to obey Lincoln when Lincoln tells them to throw their guns into the sink. Lincoln tells Penn that he wants to talk to Snake, his chance is now. Penn tells them that when he turns on his recorder, he wants someone to tell him who killed Viola.

Snake admits that he and Sonny had been to Viola’s house a few weeks before she died to warn her to stop talking to Henry. When they saw Henry’s car at Viola’s house again, they decided they needed to kill Viola. Snake recalls seeing Tom there and...