Chapters 11 and 12 Summary

"Candle Burns:"

Jake goes without sleep for forty-eight hours, waiting for his grandfather to come home. Eventually, he falls asleep over his supper, dreaming that Skelly is walking through a desert and waking up the next morning wondering who is going to give Skelly water. As he wakes, a police officer shows up with a painter's cap found next to a lake in a park. He tells Jake and his mom that the lake is going to be searched, and then goes. Marguerite and James immediately come over, and are soon followed by Mrs. Russell. All of them wait together for news, rejoicing when a police officer comes by with word that Skelly's body is NOT in the lake. After a quick lunch, James and Jake are sitting outside when a cab with a shopping cart strapped on its roof turns...