That Was Then, This Is Now Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter 5 Summary

Chapter 5 Summary

The boys visited Bryon's mom in the hospital, which was the first time she had heard anything about the fight that Mark was involved in. They also visited Mike while they were there. He looked worse than he had the first time they had visited because his dad had visited him and yelled at him. Bryon went to the snack bar to see Cathy. She went on a break, so he bought her a Coke. She said that Ponyboy Curtis had invited her out that weekend but she had told him she was busy. Then she asked Bryon if she was busy. He agreed to pick her up at seven o'clock.

Bryon decided that he and Mark needed to hustle some money for his date with Cathy. He started by borrowing five dollars from M&M and then going to Charlie's bar to play pool. Charlie was happy because, although he...
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