Chapter 14 Summary

Lipsha Morrissey finally learns the truth about his heritage, but it comes from the most unlikely source. One day, while Lipsha is visiting his grandmother at the senior center, Lulu opens her apartment door and calls him in. She is very straightforward. Lulu says that June is Lipsha's mother, but his Grandma Marie is afraid to tell him now, in case he runs off. Lipsha doesn't believe it at first, but then Lulu's story gets thicker. She talks about her son Gerry. He was crazy for a woman who was married to another man. The woman was June. Her husband couldn't bear raising another man's son, and so Lipsha went to the Kashpaws.

After a lengthy pause, Lipsha looks at Lulu and realizes they have a resemblance to each other. She may be telling the truth. Lulu is resolute as ever. She is...