Summary: "The first of the last two people Carl took McCracken to see was the woman from the van, who was home now. She seemed pleased when the limo greased its way up to her driveway. For an instant she might have thought this was some sort of prize patrol from a sweepstakes or something. Despite living in Jackson, she still had hope. But it wasn’t her ship coming in, of course, it was just McCracken. He was her second nephew, related as much in tragedy as in genes."—"These Things Happen"
