Pages 280-end (Victoria Roubideaux, Ike and Bobby, McPherons, Holt) Summary

Victoria Roubideaux

Victoria goes into labor at noon on a Tuesday. The brothers want to take her to the clinic immediately, but she waits until 9 p.m. Victoria remains calm, but the brothers are in a state of quiet panic. Victoria's labor lasts a long time, but she gives birth to a healthy baby girl.

The day after delivering the baby, Dr. Martin receives a call from a man wanting to know what the doctor wants to do about the half steer the McPherons left for him.

Ike and Bobby

Ike and Bobby wait by train tracks. On the tracks they have placed coins and one of their mother's bracelets. After the train smashes the coins and jewelry, the boys bury them.

McPherons

The brothers return from...