Summary

In Chapter 40, Trevor follows his great uncle-Benjamin’s example and takes to the trees. On the way through the house he passes Serena, dancing around the kitchen like a TV housewife with orange toenail polish. He feels helpless against the adults. He goes to Ben’s tree to climb. At the top he feels a shift from faith to knowledge. He hears his father calling and descends.

In Chapter 41, Trevor returns and sits down to dinner with his family. Jones gets up to give Samuel his pills; Serena tries to stop him, but he beats her to the cabinet. Trevor watches as his father looks closely at the pills and sees exactly what Serena has been giving their father. After asking her if the pills are effective and hearing her confirmation, he gives them to Samuel. Trevor is confused, unable to discern whose...