Summary

This chapter is narrated by the 3rd person narrator. Tuck, Jarvis, Michelle, TT, Darlene, and Sirius arrived at the workshop. Eddie made a comment that he heard about Sirius’ music and compared his message to a second coming of MLK. The group tried to use bolt cutters to free Eddie, but they did not work. Tuck commented, “We could get you free” (292), alluding to cutting off Eddie’s hands, and Eddie caught on. The group found a circular saw and tried to figure out ways to cut off Eddie’s hands without making it obvious who the cutter was.

The narrator explains that later, Eddie will look back and realize that God willed the removal of his hands so he could become the handyman with no hands. The cutting began and Darlene left. They saw cut through the cable...