Chapters 3 and 4 Summary

Dave enlists the assistance of a Spanish-speaking acquaintance to hold a family conversation with Annie and Alafair. Alafair tells her story with a special emphasis of the brutality of growing up in war-torn Central America. Alafair does the talking through the interpreter. Shortly after Dave decides to let the situation alone, Batist calls him and explains that a man who rented a boat from their bait shop has run it aground in the bayou and needs assistance. Dave gets in the rescue boat and travels to the site of the apparent grounding. Not expecting anything out of the ordinary, Dave casually turns his back on the strange man claiming the need for help and is blindsided with a bottle. The huge man named Toots then hits and kicks Dave a few times before pinning him in a wrestling hold and forcing...