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Hiram and his father have been arguing for a long time. One always thinking that one of them is always right and the other's wrong.
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Hiram wakes to find thta hs Grandma is dead and his grandpa devestated.
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Hiram see's Naomi on the bridge and they talk and she tries to comfort him to make him feel better>
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Hiram has to leave his devastate grandfather and go live back with his mother and father and they moved to Arizona.
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While living in Arizona his mother gives birth to Hiram's four new siblings.
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After lots of failed attemps by grandpa he has become ill and convinced Hiram's father to let him come over for the summer.
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Hiram has made the two day train trip from Arizons to Mississippy. There he is greeted by Ruthane and her nephew Emmett.
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After seven years Hiram and his grandpa have finally seen each other after seven years.
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After a long seven years Hiram has finally found his old friend RC, but something is different with him.
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The two best friends go fishing together and get caught up. However Emmett shows up which really ticks off RC. The drunk RC tortured him with fish.
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RC told Hiram that Emmett was whistling at a white woman and he and a few other guys were going to go teach him a lesson
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Emmett was reported missing by his uncle Mose.
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Emmett's body has been found dead floating in the river a few days after he was reported missing.
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R.C. can't befound after Emmett's body is found. Hiram suspects that he had something to do with the kidnapping.
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A deputy goes to Hiram's grandpa's house and gives him a subpoena that says he has to got to Emmett's trial.
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The jury finds the two defendents, Mr. Bryant and Mr. Milam not guilty. This makes most of the people in the courtroom happy and leaves Hiram confused.
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Hiram finds R.C. in Greenwood after the trial and he tells him where he's been for the past month and what's been going on with his pa and Naomi.
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Grandpa tells Hiram that he was involved in the kidnapping, but that Emmett was alive when he left.
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At the train station, right before he boards the train leaving Greenwood, Naomi shows up, looking better than she had in years. They talk until his train leaves.
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Hiram is picked up at the train station by his father. While they're driving home Hiram and his dad start having a talk that might help with their relationship.
