Chapter 16 Summary

Bud awakes from his first night of sleep well rested and partially dressed. When Bud enters the room, he realizes Miss Thomas and the guys have been talking about him. He over hears Miss Thomas defending his orphanage status, but gives some time lapse and re-enters once they have stopped talking. He can sense the thickness in the air between Miss Thomas and Mr. Calloway.

Steady Eddie asks Bud about the importance of his suitcase. He requests that in order to keep up the classy appearance of the band, would Bud mind transferring the things from his old suitcase into the newer case? Eddie shows Bud an old sax case from a stolen sax that he never was able to recover. Bud is tickled to accept such a gift, as well as the recorder that Eddie offers him to learn his hopeful musical...