Summary

In Chapter 41, they arrive in Coeur d’Alene and Gramps drives directly to the hospital where Gramps and Sal learn that Gram has had a stroke. Sal wonders if the snake bite had anything to do with Gram’s illness. She believes that it’s possible her grandmother wouldn’t have had a stroke if they hadn’t stopped by the river. She also thinks that her baby sister might not have died if Sal hadn’t fallen from the tree, forcing her mother to carry her back to the house. It’s after midnight before Sal is allowed in to see Gram.

Gramps explains to Sal that they are going to be in the hospital for awhile. He gives Sal the car keys, saying she should have them in case she needs to get anything from the car. He also gives her...