Chapter 4 Summary

Haze wakes up in Mrs. Watts' bed early the next morning and leaves with the mission of buying a car. Since he only has fifty dollars, he knows he must shop around to find something suitable. By late morning, he has made his way through all the better lots and he finally finds one between two warehouses that looks promising. He walks in and heads towards the back of the lot. A boy who had been sitting outside the office tells him he cannot just walk in there, but Haze keeps going. Sitting in the last row is the car Haze knows he is going to buy. As he is looking at it, the boy sits on a nearby car and curses in his throat "Jesus on the cross," and "Christ nailed."

The owner of the lot (also the boy's father) comes out...