Summary

In Section 18, the narrator tells how Nora had won state titles while in school for her ability to run fast. It had been thought that she would have a chance at a track scholarship. She instead went to a small arts college that had no sports program, but she kept running anyway.

In Section 19, Rachel goes to the doctor’s office and discovers that she is pregnant. She refuses to tell the doctor her name or let him file insurance for her.

In Section 20, Worried Man meets Maple Head after school is over and offers to walk her home. As they walk he tells her about the trip he has planned with Cedar. He asks for her blessing but she refuses to give it. She tells him that he would be putting himself into deliberate danger especially just after he had...