Chapter 11 Summary

Doug Carver tries to reason with Brad, asking if he wants money or drugs. Brad says that he only wants what is his. Doug pleads with Brad not to harm the "little girl in one of our bedrooms," adding that he does not care what Brad does to him or what he takes. He also says he will not call the police if only Brad will leave, but Brad forces him into a pantry at gunpoint, before taking Mindy. As Brad lifts her from her bed, he recalls that he was angered when Laura Brummer announced that she was pregnant with Gavin's child and that he was surprised at the depth of his feelings for Mindy when she was born near Christmas.

Tracy is astonished and distressed to see Brad with a gun, but helps him to gather food and Mindy's belongings after...