Summary

This chapter is narrated by the unnamed 3rd person narrator. At this point, Eddie accepted that his poor experiences at the farm are conditions for being with his mother. Eddie eventually signed the contract and continued working at the farm and fixing things for Sextus (while he would disappear with Darlene). Eddie began to make a good amount of money by not accruing debt, but the majority of his profits still went to his mother.

Around this period, Eddie grew violent and destroyed food and toilets. He would be punished for many of these things by being pistol whipped or beaten. At some point, a worker handed a crack pipe to Eddie, and Darlene took it away from him. Later, this happened again, but Eddie crushed the crack pipe, resulting in a fight. Eddie was punished for this fight, and Jackie stated...