Summary

Magna wondered if she had injured a person. She even could have killed someone. Terrified of what she might have done, she continued driving further and further "away from the accident" (196). Her heart pounded. She was driving through towns that seemed even worse than the one she had come from. She tried to decide what to do. She could flee the town and state. She could hide in New York and find a better job at NYU. She opened the window, then closed it again.

She could imagine how the trial would go. She could hear what would be said about her. Suddenly she swerved "into the U-turn," and drove back to Main Street (197). She parked the car behind "the boy's long, twisted body" (197). She dragged him "out of the road and close to the curb" (197). It was cold, but the boy was...