Chapter 4 Summary

In the beginning of chapter four, the author describes the inside of Dave's house through Kate's eyes. Dave pops popcorn and, as they sit together, Kate believes in love at first sight. She observes that it is not what she saw in movies. She compares it to getting one's wheels locked together at the grocery store.

Kate has changed the conversation to the subject of selling her house when they spot people sneaking around outside her house. Dave instructs Kate to stay in the house while he chases down the suspected intruders. Not one to be left out of the action, Kate chases Dave. At the end of the block, Elsie emerges with her gun drawn. She aims it at the intruder but slips, and the ricocheting bullet grazes Dave's toe. The intruder gets away.

The next morning, at Dave's house, Kate begins...