Chapters 31 through 33 Summary and Analysis

In Chapter 31, the house at High Oaks was huge with fourteen rooms and the grounds were beautiful. Jodie took to Betty but seemed a little afraid of Ron. The children were out for a walk but would be back soon. Ron told Jodie that Clare and Val would be her special adults and she would meet them the next time she came. He told her that he and Betty were always there and so was Shirley, their housekeeper and cook. Ron and Betty gave Cathy and Jodie a tour of the house. He told her that when the cows came down in the afternoon, she'd be able to see them from her window. Jodie seemed anxious to look around.

Betty told Jodie to open her bedroom door. She said it was her room and that anyone else was her...