oline , ▁food , ▁and ▁a ▁night ▁at ▁a ▁dis re put able ▁hotel ▁where ▁B ess ie ▁will ingly ▁gets ▁prost it uted ▁from ▁room ▁to ▁room ▁by ▁the ▁manager . ▁Some ▁days ▁later ▁B ess ie ▁ref uses ▁to ▁let ▁Je eter ▁ride ▁in ▁her ▁car ▁anymore , ▁which ▁makes ▁him ▁ups et ▁to ▁the ▁point ▁of ▁kick ing ▁her ▁off ▁the ▁land . ▁When ▁she ▁phys ically ▁attacks ▁him , ▁Ada ▁and ▁Je eter ▁proceed ▁to ▁beat ▁B ess ie ▁and ▁po ke ▁her ▁with ▁st icks ▁until ▁she ▁and ▁D ude ▁take ▁off ▁in ▁the ▁car . ▁ ▁While ▁fle eing ▁from ▁Ada ▁and ▁Je eter ’ s ▁on s la ug ht , ▁D ude ▁back s ▁the ▁Ford ▁right ▁over ▁Grand ma ▁L ester , ▁who ▁then ▁lies ▁with ▁her ▁face ▁m ashed ▁into ▁the ▁sand , ▁near ▁dead . ▁Lov ▁runs ▁down ▁to ▁see ▁Je eter , ▁and ▁asks ▁him ▁if ▁he ▁knows ▁what ▁happened ▁to ▁Pear l , ▁who ▁had ▁run ▁away ▁to ▁August a ▁to ▁be ▁free ▁of ▁Lov ▁and ▁the ▁ble ak ▁and ▁des perate ▁country ▁life ▁surrounding ▁her . ▁Je eter ▁notes ▁that ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁few ▁of ▁his ▁daughters ▁have ▁run ▁away ▁to ▁the ▁city . ▁After ▁this ▁discussion ▁about ▁the ▁girls ▁running ▁away , ▁the ▁two ▁notice ▁Grand ma ’ s ▁cor pse ▁and ▁drag ▁her ▁into ▁the ▁field ▁to ▁dig ▁her ▁grave ▁and ▁b ury ▁her . ▁ ▁Lov ▁dep arts ▁and ▁C ald well ▁reflect s ▁on ▁Je