Part 3, Chapter 19 Summary

Flash back to Miles in the summer of the Martha's Vineyard vacation. Miles and Grace are arriving at the Fairhaven Greyhound depot. Grace makes several calls to find someone in Empire Falls to come fetch them. Grace spends her last coins on a hot dog for Miles and a cup of coffee for herself. Miles reflects on the difference between his real existence and the fantasy life with Mr. Mayne on Martha's Vineyard. C.B. Whiting, aka Charlie Mayne, was managing Empire Manufacturing at that time but had not returned to Empire Falls yet. Miles watched his mother fall into a deep depression waiting anxiously for someone to call. A couple of weeks after their return from the Vineyard, C.B.'s father, Honus Whiting, called all of the workers of the factory together to quell rumors that the Whitings were...