In this chapter, Anney marries Glen in the spring when there are thunderstorms every afternoon. Granny says that it's no time to be marrying, and Earle keeps asking Anney if she's sure. On the day of the picnic, Glen kept putting his hands on Anney's belly, and Alma had teased Anney that she'd better get married before she started showing. Glen wants Anney to have a son, and he seems sure that she will. Earle congratulates Glen, but later tells Beau that if Glen ever got the notion that someone had messed up his chance of having a boy, he'd go crazy. Nevil says that he hopes Anney gives Glen half a dozen sons, because there's something bad about Glen, and Anney has had enough hardship in her life. While it's dark and Reese is asleep, Glen pulls Bone up to the front seat with him and molests her in the hospital parking lot as he talks about how they're all going to be happy. When …show more content…
Glen comes out of the emergency room, gets in the car and tells Bone and Reese that Anney can't have any more children, and that his baby boy is dead. Bone holds Reese while Glen cries. They name the baby Glen Junior and bury him in the Boatwright plot. Glen announces that he found a house far away by the railroad tracks and that they're all moving. Alma isn't pleased. Glen tells Anney that they don't need anybody else. Chapter 5: In this chapter, Glen tells Anney that when he has enough money, he's going to adopt Bone and Reese. Reese calls him "Daddy," but the word sounds strange to Bone, and she thinks about what happened in the hospital parking lot. When Bone cries, Anney gathers her up, and Bone sees Glen watching with his mouth set in a straight line and his eyes cold. Glen doesn't like Bone and Reese listening to the stories Granny and Alma tell. He tells them they're his kids now. Glen tells Bone that Granny is a liar and warns her to