Summary

In Chapter 23, Sal and her grandparents arrive in the Badlands. Sal continues to feel the need to slow down on the trip, and Gramps is obviously worried about Gram after her snakebite. Sal recalls that her mother had been pregnant. Though initially not happy about the addition to the family, Sal is drawn into the excitement and hopes the baby would be a girl. One day, three weeks before the baby is due to be born, Sal falls from a tree. She passes out and wakes to her mother’s voice, calling out for Sal. When Sugar finds her, she picks Sal up and carries her to the house. Sal’s grandparents take her to the hospital where she gets a cast on her leg. That night, Sugar goes into labor. The baby girl is born dead. Soon after the birth, Sugar begins...