Summary

Chapter 15 – Starla is ill for a week. The elderly woman who has sheltered them, Miss Cyrena, is a teacher, has no family, and explains that Eula has gotten a job. Cyrena explains that Starla and James are lucky to have a maid like Eula willing to bring them to Nashville with all the trouble going on. Starla tells Cyrena their mother is sick, which is why Eula is doing it herself. Cyrena goes on to say that she sent a neighbor to retrieve Starla and James’s things from the truck, but that only Eula’s suitcase could be found. Cyrena believes the other two were stolen, and says they’ll find some clothes from the charity box that will see her and James through to Nashville. She also reveals that Eula herself has been tending to Starla nonstop. Cyrena reveals that Eula is...