Summary

The next section is identified as Part 2. Chapter 1 of this section opens with Dicey, James, Sammy, and Maybeth on a bus headed out of town. James compares this to a prison break and predicts they will be “home free” if they reach New York without being caught. Dicey feels a real home is out of the question. She will just be happy with a place where they can stay together. Dicey thinks about the emotional toll of staying with Eunice, including the fear that they would not stay together and that she might say something that sounded ungrateful. James is upset when Dicey reveals she told Eunice (in the note) that they were going to Crisfield. Dicey felt it was not fair to worry Eunice, but James feels Eunice likes to worry. He also feels happy that they are being proactive this...