The chapter opens with a monologue by a white boy named finch. He tells his friend that he is not the little sister that his mother has had an abortion on. finch asks him if he is referring to the abortion, and finch replies that it is not a girl thing, and that boys are not allowed to discuss it. The boy wonders if there is a way to find the secret and get the little girl back, and he wonders if it is the "great trick" or the "treater" that finds the secret, and gets the girl back