7. The Fishing Season

Summary

• Kya is reminiscing about her encounter with the fishing boy and considers how she might ask her father if she can use his boat.
• The sole people she speaks to are her father and Mrs.Singletary, the cash-register lady at the Piggly Wiggly store.
• She starts to clean their home and cook in hopes of making a deal with her father to borrow his boat.
• Kya also buys supplies for her father’s boat and cleans it.
• Her father returns home after four days and is pleased to see the house clean and the food she prepared.
• After realizing that her father appreciates her efforts, Kya decides not to ask to borrow the boat for herself. Instead, she asks if she can go fishing with him, to which he agrees.
• They start going fishing frequently, Kya hoping to see the boy, Tate, again. When they do find him, her father warns her about the people living in the marsh.
• Kya’s father starts teaching her about the marsh and they start bonding over shared meals on the boat.
• He shares some history about his family -- they were rich landowners near Asheville before falling into debt.
• Pa expresses desire to take Kya to Asheville someday and show her the land that was supposed to be hers. Late that night, Kya recalls a fond moment when he affectionately called her "hon".