Chapters 29-30 Summary

Jane and Rebecca decide to sell the car for a cheaper one so they can use the cash. The road ends at a field so Jane drives through tall grass until she reaches a soft-drink machine at a combination gas station/used car dealership in Poplar, Montana. Jane tells the owner about leaving her husband and how she wants cash to celebrate her daughter's birthday the next day. Joseph Tall Neck does not believe the truth, so Jane lies about taking her to a tap dancing audition in Hollywood. Tall Neck buys their car for three thousand dollars and sells them a convertible MG for $500, unaware that he has left a manila envelope with $600 in the MG. Rebecca finds the envelope while Tall Neck prepares the paperwork for the title transfers. Soon after they depart with their cash and the MG...