Silas hasn’t been sleeping since he discovered Tina Rutherford’s body in the cabin on Larry’s property. French wonders how Silas found the cabin when it is camouflaged, and Silas lies and says he was “Just lucky.” The mill, owned by Tina’s family, shuts down, and the town goes into mourning. Silas continues going to Larry’s house to feed the chickens and collect their eggs. Silas has also been going to the hospital to keep watch over Larry and keep people from bothering him. Larry is now suspected for Tina’s murder, and he has constant surveillance over him. Silas tells an unconscious Larry that things will be bad once he wakes up and warns him not to confess: “[...] don’t say nothing, Larry. Hear? Nothing” (189).

Silas learns a young, stringy guy has been visiting Larry and asking if he woke up. Suspicious of this, Silas tries to get surveillance footage, but there is none; French thinks there’s no point in pursuing the lead, since the description could match anybody in Mississippi. Silas falls asleep while watching over Larry and sees a stringy guy passing by the room, but when he calls after him, the man runs off. Silas learns that Ina is having a good day and goes to visit her at the resting home.