Summary

Charles can see the house on Yarrow is disintegrating, moment by moment. On Thursday the Turner family begins to arrive. They take their turns filing in to spend time with Viola, tend to whatever she needs and fill her in on how her extended roots were faring. They all wanted to see the site of the missing garage, but Charles and Lelah beg off. Lelah goes to bed early, leaving Charles to inflate air mattresses and pile bedding on pallets.

Viola lies and considers the small amount of control she has, grateful that she could turn down the chemo while convincing the doctors to give her medication that works for her pain. She can’t remember when she became more afraid of the...