Summary

This chapter is narrated by the unnamed third-person narrator. Eddie continued working in the Summerton home, and because of this, Michelle enlisted him to look for evidence regarding the farm’s layout and location. Eddie checked for this information and only discovered that they were most likely in Louisiana and that Delicious Foods was a shell company for Fantasy Groves LLC, a massive food distributor. Eddie was clearly privileged over the other workers, as Sextus allowed him to bathe using real soap.

One day, once Darlene and Sextus were done with their “sex prayers” (253), Eddie asked him about the location of the employment records and pay information. Sextus became angry and told him not to ask those questions. However, he did tell Eddie that he could be a farm supervisor one day, due to his authority and intelligence (and the fact that he...