Chapters 36-40 Summary

Tria and Ned become lovers in chapter thirty-six. She helps him with the editing of Mrs. Ward's father's history of Mohawk, and one night after Mrs. Ward goes to sleep, the lights go out in a thunderstorm and they make love in Tria's room and fall asleep in each other's arms. Ned sneaks out the next morning when they hear Mrs. Ward in the bathroom. When Ned returns his father's car, Sam tells him that Drew Littler has just been released from prison, and he's bigger than a house now. When Ned walks back to his mother's house, F. William Peterson pulls up next to him and says he's got some good news for Sam. It looks like he will walk on all charges.

In chapter thirty-seven, Ned takes Mr. Peterson's advice and tries to talk to his mother. She does...