Chapters 13 and 14 Summary

Ethel doesn't even want Frank on her porch. The medicine she gives Cee doesn't work. Now all of the neighborhood women are using their own cures to try to save Cee, but her fever won't break. Jackie is informing Frank of all this because Ethel and the other women won't let him near Cee now.

When Frank first walks outside, he notices how rich in color everything is. While the women tend to Cee, Frank waits in line for work as a cotton picker. Then, he returns to the house he parents' rented and retrieves a hidden box with two of Cee's baby teeth, two of his favorite marbles and a Bulova watch. Frank starts fixing up the house so that he can rent it.

Two months later, Cee is finally well enough to move into the house with Frank. Frank...