Chapter 6 Summary

Patty was silent on the drive home from the carnival. Jamie tried to strike up a conversation about winning the stuffed animal for Nin, but Patty had no response. Jamie couldn't understand why Patty was so tense. The man at the carnival wasn't Van. She ran inside at Agnes's house and brought Nin out in record time. Jamie felt the tension all the way home. Patty was driving faster than usual. At home, Patty put Nin right to bed in her drawer and got a new pack of cigarettes out of the cabinet.

Jamie was watching Patty, who suddenly glared at him and yelled at him for staring. Without thinking, he lunged over and kicked Nin's drawer. He wanted to see if the drawer would go right in the chest and hide her like he had thought about. But all it did was...