Summary

Jack discovers that he's now mad that they can't open the door and go Outside. They talk a lot about what's out there, and what's real. Ma spends a lot of time thinking. After lunch, she tells Jack that they have to get out of Room. They begin talking about ideas. Jack suggests poison but Ma says they have to be realistic ideas. They discuss Ma attacking Old Nick just when he gets in the door and Jack running away, but Ma fears that Old Nick will catch him.

Ma says they have to pretend that Jack is sick, and convince Old Nick to take him to the hospital. Jack hates the idea of going Outside without Ma but she continues to insist this is the only option. She says he is to tell the first person he sees that he's been kidnapped. Jack...