Summary

Chapter 22 is related from Jean’s first-person perspective on June 12, 2007, and the chapter is related in the present tense. It is Jean's 37th birthday. She talks about how she hates birthdays, since she will not get what she wants, which is a baby. Glen sings to her, kisses her and gives her a gift that she does not really care about. She talks about how back in April she went to the store to buy a card for Bella, as it would soon be her 3rd birthday, the first one since she's been missing. She mails it to Bella's house. Bella's mother says she receives about a dozen of these a day. Jean also got her a present—a doll with golden hair. She has photos of Bella cut out from newspapers and she talks about how special Bella is and how she...