Section 16 Summary

Adam is still in Carver outside the restaurant. He enters a phone booth and places a call to Amy. The phone rings a long time and finally is answered by a man. Adam thinks it is Amy's father. The man tells him he has a wrong number and that he is home in bed sick. Adam is distressed feeling as if he can't even get a phone number correct. Adam thinks of Amy - "I don't deserve you."

Section 16 Analysis

Adam quickly hangs up because the troublemakers are drifting closer to the phone booth. Adam bolts from the phone booth and reaches his bike, jumps on and pumps the pedals hard in his escape through town. Adam leaves the troublemakers behind but he doesn't feel brave any more and now he is crying.