In this chapter, we learn that the financial problems at the company were caused by a leak of the company's financial statements. We also learn that sherry has asked the company to reduce the amount of money it owes to the tax authorities by 20 percent. This means that the company will have to pay back all of the money that it owes the government. This is a big blow to the company, and it's not clear how the leak came about. Abby suggests that everyone in the town go to the stock market to see how much of a loss the company has suffered. She also suggests that they go to sherry's mother's house to find out what's been going on with the company.