Chapter 5 Summary

Dennis's mother always irons her husband's shirts first. Her new husband and the house he gave her are a priority to Sheila Holtzman. Dennis knows this is because she felt unwanted from the time she was a child, unwanted and in the way. When she married Dennis's father, she thought she would finally have a home of her own, but Daniel's benevolent nature made that impossible. Only now, married to a shoe store owner, does she finally have all she ever wanted.

Sheila was living with an aunt and uncle when she met Daniel. She had been passed from relative to relative since her parents died several years before, always in the way, always another mouth to feed. Her uncle got her a job working in a bakery so she could continue going to school, which was her parent's wish. Unfortunately the baker...