Part 2, Chapters 51-57 Summary

Chapter 51: When Louis opens the grave, the smell hits him full force. He is horrified to see that Gage's head is missing. When he looks again, he realizes the head is still there. It has merely been overgrown with dark moss. He worries about being caught, but at this point Louis is so far gone that if someone did catch him, he would bash the person's head in with his shovel. Fighting back his fear, he lifts Gage's body from the coffin and rocks his son in the darkened graveyard. By 1:45 a.m., Louis has finished filling in the hole. He wraps Gage's body in the tarpaulin and leaves to find a way out of the cemetery. He notices the artificial hill that hides the cemetery crypt. It rises to nearly the height of the fence. Louis tosses his...