Chapters 4 through 6 Summary

In chapter four, Scott arrives home. His mother is looking at wallpaper samples and Scott asks his mother if she's thinking about redecorating. He notes the page that's open is rocking horses. Scott works on homework until suppertime. Scott's dad is already home from his job at Linwood Mercedes, a car dealership.

While they are eating supper, Scott's dad looks at Scott's mom with a question Scott doesn't understand. Scott almost lets the conversation drop but then remembers several suspicious moments he'd had over the previous day that his mother was keeping something from him. He gets up from the table, goes to the counter and looks at a couple of magazines his other had covered with a newspaper when he entered the room. He discovers magazines about babies and immediately fears that his brother, Bobby, has fathered a child. His...