Day waits until June falls asleep, then leaves to visit his family again. Although he scolds himself for kissing June, he admits he is glad he did. He arrives at his family’s home and signals for John to come out. John tells Day that Eden is getting worse and that “he has a few more weeks” (140). Day brings John some money and tells him he is still working on getting enough to buy plague medicine. John worries about Day’s safety and offers to sneak out with him, but Day reminds him that “if the soldiers catch [John], [they’ll] all die” (140). Day promises to return soon, then leaves again.

June watches Day leave in the middle of the night, and she follows him. She watches as he breaks into a house marked with an X, and “it’s all [she] need[s] to know” (141). June is angry that the boy she likes so much is also her brother’s killer, but she starts to wonder if Day did kill Metias. She then reminds herself that she can’t make excuses for her brother’s killer and wonders if the streets have turned her into a “simpleminded girl” (141). She speaks into her microphone and reports that she has found Day, and when she reports the location of the house she saw Day disappear into,