Summary

This section of chapters focuses on departures and endings of the various family members, and in these sections, the narrative will often move between perspectives within a single chapter, unlike in the previous chapters. Charles was unable to explain to Ama about his misfortunes, but when Ama allowed him to have the old Mercedes station wagon he gifted her years before, he understood that she knew what had happened. The next morning, Barbara and Charles left their Bel-Air mansion early in the morning, long before the hired helpd arrive at their neighbors homes. As they left, Barbara remembered when Charles told her about his business failings. She referred to his announcement as "the reveal" (31), and the moment he explained everything, she understood that his life had been a series of wrong steps. The stress of speaking about his failures caused Charles's English to...