Chapters 13-14 Summary

Chapter 13 - Mister Yesterday

Chappie walks toward Plattsburgh in the rain, the whole time plagued by fantasies of returning to Au Sable and killing Ken, his mother, and even his grandmother. He pauses on a high bridge overlooking a river gorge. He climbs the rail and contemplates jumping, slips, then regains his balances and spills safely back over the rail. He takes the gun from his backpack and flings it off the bridge.

Chappie returns to Plattsburgh and the comfort and safety of I-man's garden. I-man continues to teach the boy about the Rastafarian religion and, as the garden is in full bloom, they have no need for panhandling or scavenging, though I-man continues to sell the pot that he has grown in carefully spots carefully integrated among the normal wild growth vegetation.

I-man tells Chappie that he needs to return...