Part Two: Chapters 13 - 15 Summary

Little Lucy is now a year old and growing like a weed. She is teething, has a sweet tooth, and loves to be read to. One afternoon, Tom takes Lucy up to the lighthouse and she toddles over with a book. Automatically, Tom flips through the book and starts reading to her without registering the words as he reads from the handbook "Instructions to Lightkeepers." He reads aloud rules of conduct and pledges to remain honest that hit a little too close to home. That night, Isabel is feeling a bit more romantic than usual. She thanks Tom for being such a loving husband and doting father. She thanks Tom for giving her Isabel, gratitude that stops Tom in his tracks. The dark sense of foreboding has never left his stomach, although he's been able to ignore...