Summary

In chapter 22, Mo wakes up Friday morning in Miss Rose's room. Dales makes her a tomato sandwich, which she eats quickly. Mo can't believe she slept so long. The two friends start walking out to the tobacco barn but run into Deputy Marla. Mo's suddenly uncomfortable. She asks Mo about the Colonel possibly having a safe, a lockbox, or a bank book they might be able to find as a clue. Mo and Dale insist Mo doesn't know, and Marla insists that it's quite a coincidence that Slate's asking for half a million dollars, the same amount he and an accomplice stole from a bank many years ago.

On their way to the tobacco barn, Dale tells Mo that Deputy Marla is playing her and that Marla is a con. Skeeter showed...