Chapter 37 Summary

Davey and her mother take Jason for a walk in order to tell him of their plan to go home after school is over for the summer. Jason has many questions for them, "Will Walter and Bitsy come with us? What about Minka? What about Ned? What about school? What if somebody tries to kill us?" He is convinced that Atlantic City isn't safe, and they should stay in Los Alamos where they won't be hurt. Davey and her mother do their best to assure Jason that they will do ok back home, and he is comforted eventually.

Naturally, with the news of leaving, Jason begins to bring himself closer to Davey and her mother. Davey's mother sends Jason outside to play and breaks the news to Walter and Bitsy, who think that she is announcing an engagement to Ned. Bitsy tries every...