Chapter 10 Summary

James and his mother walk back to the courthouse where the clock shows that they've still got another hour and fifteen minutes before they can go back to the dentist's office. It's now sleeting. James wants to stand close to Octavia, but he knows she doesn't like that kind of stuff and would call him a "crybaby." She would remind him that he's got to stand up by himself. They cross back to the dental office, but find the door is locked. James sees the look on Octavia's face and doesn't say anything, because he is afraid of her when she's like this. When Octavia asks him if he's hungry, he says that he's not, because he knows she's upset. She offers him the choice of eating and walking back, or not eating and riding the bus back. James knows that he's not...