Chapter 13 Summary

The night of the meteor shower, Nyle cleverly dangles the carrot in front of Ezra in an attempt to get him out of bed and out of the room. In his anger, he jumps out of bed and hustles over to the door. Frozen by fear, he pauses, and then gives in and takes refuge in his bed. Ezra looks away from Nyle, unable to look at her.

Nyle and her dog Caleb go outside to watch the meteor shower. Nyle talks to Caleb about Ezra and getting a guard dog. With Ripley's dog on the loose and winter coyotes hungry, Nyle decides that adding a guard dog is the right thing to do. Nyle remembers what Ezra told her the first night he was at their house: "I had a dog." Nyle decides that the new dog will be Ezra's dog.

Unfortunately...