Chapters 21 and 22 Summary

Chapter 21

Beth wakes up on the porch and comes in to see Pat handling the morning normally. Beth holds Vincent before he leaves and tells him she loves him, but he does not look at her. When he leaves she sees that one of the photos she took is on his chair. She feels badly for letting him go to school and keeping this important development from him. Beth feels her dead self re-animating. Candy arrives, and becomes tearful looking at the photos, recalling how much time and energy she has spent trying to find Ben and return him to his parents.

In her detective mode, Candy tells them to sit tight. She returns and says that, although they want a subpoena, she has looked at the school yearbooks. The boy has been in this school since kindergarten under the name...