Would a Lamed Vovnik Do This? Summary

Bird sneaks into Alma's room and grabs How to Survive in the Wild Volume 3 from her backpack. He pretends to be sick and Charlotte allows him to stay home from school. Bird begins reading to see if he can find out for whom she is searching. He finally comes to the list, reads it, but does not understand it, nor the name Alma Mereminski. He thinks maybe Alma is in love with someone with that last name, but on the next page sees she has written "Alma Mereminski = Alma Moritz" and becomes more confused. He wonders if Charlotte was in love with someone before David, and that man was actually Alma's father. Bird asks Charlotte she ever loved someone else before David. She says yes. Thinking he knows how he can help Alma...