Chapter 64

Summary

• The chapter begins with the narrator pleading with Evelyn not to say goodbye.
• Evelyn, ignoring the narrator's plea, insists that in the narrative they're putting together, it must be clear that everything she did was in the interest of protecting her family.
• She would not hesitate to repeat her actions nor to take more drastic measures if she believed it could save her family.
• The narrator, reflecting on Evelyn's sentiments, notes that others likely share this fierce, protective love towards their own families.
• Evelyn appears discontent with the response and proceeds to break out an aged, crinkled piece of paper with a burnt-orange hue at its edge.
• The paper refers to 'the man in the car with Harry', presumably an unfortunate incident that Evelyn views as the most significant thing she's ever done, implying it's something negative or extreme.
• The narrator seems to empathize with Evelyn but remains uncertain whether they would have done the same in her position.
• Evelyn reveals that Harry had fallen in love with a black man named James Grant, who died on February 26, 1989.