Summary

In Chapter 35, Delgado is introduced. He is the man who shot Son and Eileen, then met Junior in a bar and bought him a beer later that night. Delgado was responsible for killing Digger Robles, one of the men who gave false testimony against Junior during the murder trial. He almost killed Short but the man moved out of town. The narrator notes that Dubose made a serious mistake when he did not let Delgado take care of the wreck involving Lacy and Hugo. Dubose had wanted to test Clyde but also had no choice because Delgado was in the hospital with kidney stones.

Fully recovered, Delgado broke into JoHelen’s condo under the disguise of being a pest control worker. Meanwhile, JoHelen was watching Delgado’s movements on her iPhone as she tried to take transcription in court. She knew something had...