Chapter 3 Summary

Andrew cleans up and goes over to speak with Edith. Edith is clearly reluctant to have him in her home. Andrew looks around the familiar kitchen, surprised to see little evidence of Jim having lived there. When he was alive, there were always Popular Mechanics magazines lying around. It was a joke in Andrew's house. Jim never had the skills to do anything described in the magazine's pages. Andrew and Edith talk about the grass, which Andrew offers to cut, and the rotted back steps, which Andrew offers to repair. Edith insists on paying Andrew and he finally accepts, tired of resisting her. Edith apologizes that she did not realize how bad Andrew's mother's health was in her final days, saying she should have seen the signs because she is a nurse. Andrew insists that she not torment herself. Andrew asks to see...