Summary

In Chapter 5, “And twenty-four days before that…,” the Saturday before his encounter with Aria, Neon took Gammy to the cemetery. Gammy walked there to visit Grandy’s grave every day, but Neon’s parents liked their alone time on Saturday mornings. So, the responsibility fell on Neon. They got Denzel Jeremy Washington ready and headed out into the spring morning together.

On the 45-minute walk, Gammy told Neon stories about Grandy. He had already heard them, but he knew she liked to remember Grandy because she missed him. She told Neon about the day she and Grandy met. She was working at the laundromat when Grandy came in to do his wash. She knew everyone in the neighborhood and had not seen him before that day. He was attractive, but Gammy was most surprised by how Grandy shoved his unfolded clothes into his bag...