Chapter 18 Summary

Karen spends time with her mother on the phone and decides to drive to Virginia while her mother watches the kids. Her mother believes she's going to sue Navidson and put the house up for sale. Karen visits the real estate agent first and explains the situation to her. The real estate agent feels sorry for Karen and tries to comfort her. She tells Karen she has done some research on the previous owners of the house and it has had twenty owners within the last fifty years. It is now, however, built on a cemetery or Indian burial ground.

Johnny interrupts the chapter with an update on his life. For some reason in his writing, he replaces every "s" with an "f." He's finally being evicted from his apartment and sells his beloved mother's locket. He receives $4,200 for the locket and keeps...