Chapters 6-10 Summary

In chapter six, Ned and his mother are both happy, even though Ned would like to see his father again. Skinny tells Ned that his father says hello and he will come by to see him sometime soon. That gives Ned a mixture of fear and excitement. He notices that his mother also seems nervous and assumes she has heard the same news. In the middle of the night, Ned awakens to hear someone come quietly in the front door and up the stairs. He goes back to bed believing that his father has come home. Ned runs downstairs the next morning when he hears voices in the kitchen, but it is Father Michaels sitting at the table, not his father. He is not wearing his priest collar. Ned finds it hard to hide his unexpected anger.

Ned and his mother...