Summary

In Chapter 8: “Family Portrait,” Edgar received a call from Pam. She reported that Tom called her a “meddlesome cunt” (245) when she confronted him about suicide. Edgar wondered if he should call Tom as well, but Pam thought it would be detrimental if Tom thought they had been talking about him.

When Edgar visited Wireman and Elizabeth that afternoon, Wireman told Edgar Elizabeth was having one of the worst days he had ever experienced. When Wireman left Edgar alone with Elizabeth, Elizabeth took a china figurine out of her pocket and asked Edgar for the Sweet Onion cookie-tin. She asked him if Wireman had told her what to do with it after she sealed the figure in the tin.

Edgar went outside and threw a rock into the pond, Wireman assured him that Elizabeth would know if he did...