Summary

Chapter 29 – Sammy and Ben go to the water tower on Saint Catherine’s Island, where they climb to the top for their hush money. As they climb, Sammy says his date the previous evening with Emma Lee went very well. At the top, Red Pettus is there to meet them, while a police car arrives below them. Sammy and Ben are taken to the county jail at Paradise.

Junior is irate. The only three people who know about the particulars of the incident are Ben, Sammy, and himself. Sammy’s father is well-known in town, so Junior lets Sammy go under the condition that he's silent about everything. Sammy takes all responsibility, but Junior locks Ben up anyways, telling Ben that he’ll think of a reason for locking him up. A short time later, Bull shows up. He punches and backhands Ben...