Parts 5-6 Summary

Part 5. Ben's father has arrived, but all they can seem to do is engage in small talk. Ben's father leaves to take a blood pressure pill and call his wife. Ben sees him walking across campus with the dean of the school, aware he is soon coming back. Ben thinks of going to the bridge, but once again he hopes to ask his father's forgiveness. Ben has the courage to ask if Inner Delta had been saved. The first he had ever heard of Inner Delta was the day of the hijacking when his father told him what the hijackers wanted. Ben's father has never really talked about this work before.

Part 6. Kate asks to take all the children to the bathroom and is given a pail by Artkin for the children instead. Artkin brings the children more candy despite Kate's...