Things Not Seen Chapter 5 Summary

Wreckage

  • That's when the doorbell and the phone simultaneously ring. Bobby runs to the front door and looks through the frosted glass to see two cops. They're obviously here to inform him of the accident, but it's not like he can go out and talk to them right now.
  • Then the phone rings again and Bobby goes to pick it up. A doctor from the hospital tells him that his parents were both hurt, but that they're going to be okay. They'll both be there for at least three days, and probably longer for his dad.
  • He wants to talk to his mom, but the doctor won't let him because they're still checking her out. The doctor asks whom he is staying with, since he's only fifteen, so he lies and says that he's going to be with his Aunt Ethel.
  • He makes the decision to go see his mom and dad.