Pages 116-133 Sumamry:

• Harriet says to David that they were being punished for presuming they could be happy. David didn’t like her tone, and thought they were going to be punished for talking in a negative way. The family talked about selling the house but the thought of Ben in a small house didn’t seem like a good idea. After Ben started to get into another new school at the age of 11 he started to make friends with these big boys. Often they would come over to the house and sit around and watch TV. They looked like a gang type of boys who didn’t have much manners. Ben was the quiet one in this group, who didn’t look as “bad” as the other ones. Yet the boys still hung around with Ben. Ben started to come home late leaving Harriet wondering where he had been. He started to do outside activities like stealing, appearing on the local news as “people to watch out for” Harriet and David discussed selling the house once again yet Harriet felt as if keeping the house was a way to feel as if she hasn’t lost anything. Ben started to drift off with his friends, leaving the house for days and not returning. Harriet and David finally decided to sell the house and live in a smaller more affordable house. Ben continued to hang out with his friends doing and living on his own. Harriet wondered if he had a place to stay, even after she gave Ben the address of the place she was living at, which he didn’t take. The gang supported themselves by theft but it wouldn’t take long before they would be caught. Harriet ended up watching the gang on the TV and noticed that Ben was on a search for someone his own. And who knows? Maybe one day he will find what he’s looking for.