Chapter 11 Summary

Diane sleeps by Ricky, whodrifts back into his coma after making all of them think he was getting better. Mark can't sleep. He wonders about Reggie, whether he could really trust her. He thinks about all the television shows about lawyers and decides half of lawyers are trustworthy, and the other half are snakes. He considers telling Dr. Greenway everything for Ricky's sake, but then remembers how, in a movie he watched, the message is clear. You never mess with the mafia, and if you do, the mafia never forgets.

Mark leaves Ricky's room. In the elevator, he comes across Slick from the Memphis Press. Slick tries to squeeze him for information, but Mark tells him that he is not answering questions. He loses the reporter in a crowd of hospital workers. Mark sits in an empty stairwell and cries. Now, the media...