Part 3, Son: Chapter 5 Summary

One afternoon when Sissy is ten, Sister Evangeline goes to June's house to watch their show together and finds her dead. Sister Evangeline gets Son who moves June to the couch and waits with Sister until the funeral home can come get her. The service is attended by the entire town due to June's family connection to them, with the town on one side and the girls from St. Elizabeth's on the other. After the funeral, Son gets a call from June's lawyer, asking him for a meeting. Son tries to get Rose to go with him, but she refuses to leave the kitchen. Son goes alone and learns that June has left all the land and the buildings, excluding the hotel, to Son. It turns out the Clatterbucks continued to own the land, even the land where the...