Chapter 2

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Mr. Gaston - Policeman who arrested Rosaleen and Lily

Mr. Gaston drives Rosaleen and Lily to jail. He puts them in a cell and calls T-Ray.
T-Ray comes and picks Lily up and angrily takes her home. They get into a fight and he says her mother left long before the day she died. She just came back that day to get her clothes.
This makes Lily very angry. She decides to leave. She packs her stuff, leaves a note for T-Ray that says, "Don't even try to look for me."
Lily makes her way to the jail when her pastor picks her up and gives her a ride. When she gets to the jail she find out that 3 black men were beat Rosaleen up so she was taken to the hospital for stitches. She was not supposed to go to the hospital to see Rosaleen, but she went anyways.
Lily walks to the hospital and tries to find Rosaleen. She finds her right away, but she tricks the policeman guarding the door into leaving so she and Rosaleen can escape.
Rosaleen and Lily begin walking. They are going to Tiburon, South Carolina. Lily thinks that place has some connection with her mother. That was the place that was written on the back of her colored virgin Mary.
They catch a ride with a cantaloupe farmer. He drops them off 3 miles outside of Tiburon. They walk the rest of the way in.
Rosaleen and Lily find a river. They bathe in the river and stay under the bridge by the riverbed for the night.

Time read: 20 minutes
Total time read: 50 minutes