Summary

Chapter 23 is in the present. As Libby leaves the prison, she is still confused about everything she has learned. She knows that Ben was lying about Diondra, but she doesn’t know why. Unlike the reader, she doesn't know that at the time Diondra was pregnant. Libby believes everything that Krissi said, which eliminates Krissi's father as a suspect.

Against her better judgment she decides to drive out to try and see Runner, but when she gets to the men’s home he’s staying at she finds out he was just thrown out for drinking. She goes to the bars looking to find him. Everyone in the bar is upset with Runner, citing that he owes them money or stole from them. One patron tells Libby to check out an area commonly filled with squatters and other vagrants, as they are guessing that...