Summary

In Section “42 / 1869,” Naomi tries to determine if it would be best for her to kill her spirit by possessing someone in order to kill George or stay alive to watch over her daughter and grandchildren. Naomi believes it is sometimes just important to be there for someone. She thinks that Sissy learned this when she discovered a dead body floating in a creek. The person looked just like Sissy and spooked the old woman. Since that time she has been more cooperative about helping Josey.

Sissy had put a lock on the cabinet in which Jackson had built the inside outhouse. She is the only one who had a key. One day she brought a box of food out of the locked cabinet and apologized to Josey for hiding the food from her. Being in a confessional mood, Sissy told Josey...