Mystic River

Jimmy goes to the park and the feeling that something is wrong only increases. To his horror, he finds Katie’s car with blood splattered over it. Meanwhile, Sean learns that Jimmy is on the scene with his brothers-in-law, the Savage brothers, who have certainly lived up to their name. Jimmy instructs his brothers-in-law to do various things that might track down Katie. When Sean comes out to meet Jimmy, Jimmy is reminded of why he “always hated” Sean; he had “the look of a guy the world had always worked for” (119). Sean tells him to go home because there is nothing for him to do. Jimmy, reluctant, tries to impart upon Sean his desperation, but Sean is steadfast and pushes Jimmy to leave. As Jimmy turns, he hears a voice from Sean’s walkie-talkie saying that he must get to the drive-in immediately.

Celeste irons as she watches the news, waiting for anything about a possible manhunt that might match Dave’s description of the night before. She finds herself feeling an affinity to the appliances she must always replace as they break on her; that she will break at some point just so her “few usable parts could be recycled for someone else” (123).