Chapter Fourteen - Sixteen Summary

Most people in Cold Sassy attribute Will's survival to the fact that it just wasn't his time. Grandpa puts on a show and announces to the crowd that he and Miss Love have gotten married. Mary Willis then tells Grandpa about Will's close call with the train.

Grandpa Blakeslee and Will go into the kitchen for a piece of pie and a talk. Will asks Grandpa Blakeslee if he is still alive because it is God's will, if God gave him the idea to fall, and what the Bible means where it says that you will get what you ask for. Grandpa tells him that he is alive because he had the good sense to fall. Grandpa Blakeslee wants Will to understand that God's will has to do with the good things in life, not just death...