Chapter 7 Summary

Iris Lemon is the name of the woman who seemed to break Roy's slump with her encouraging support from the stands. He gets her phone number after seeing her at another game and sending her a note. He meets Iris one evening and she tells him she has been watching him awhile and urges him to continue being a positive influence for youth. She tells him that she stood up so that he would know someone believed in him, and that he would regain his power. Soon Roy and Iris connect on a more personal level and share their stories. Roy, about how life did not turn out the way he had hoped it would, that he was abused by women, but that Iris seemed different. They go swimming, Iris turns away from Roy's romantic advances and he disappears into the water, quite...