Chapter 12 Summary

Today is the second Saturday of the month, the day Toby and his Dad go around to all the bait shops delivering worms. Normally Toby's Mom would get up and make them pancakes before they leave. When Toby finds his Dad making the pancakes instead, he insists on cereal. Toby and his Dad pack up the worms and head out to the truck. Normally, when Toby's mother would go with them, she would chatter so much that no one else could get a word in. Toby misses the noise of her chatter now that silence lays heavy between he and his Dad.

On the drive to the first bait shop, Toby asks his Dad why he left Dallas. His Dad says because there was nothing in Dallas to stay for, that his family is in Antler. Toby says his Mom is not there...