Section 25 Summary

The reader is back at the bike trip and Adam has discovered his bike has been stolen. Guessing where the thief might have gone to get out of sight fast, Adam runs into an alley and through to the other end into a deserted area behind the Main Street buildings. "Lose something, honey?" Adam is startled by a voice from up on a fire escape. He sees a huge, mountainous man, with moist, plump cheeks, his forehead soaked. It is cold outside but the man is in a white shirt open at the chest. Adam tells him somebody stole his bike. The man taunts Adam implying he might know who stole his bike. The man is behind iron railings on the fire escape, his extreme weight keeping him a prisoner, but he tells Adam he sees things out his front windows and then...