- Ben keeps riding the bike around the town.
- Along the way, people recognize him from his childhood and say hi; he stops a couple times and makes small talk.
- Before long, he hears an angry voice and looks over to find the Purneau brothers picking on some Black boys.
- The boys have come into town to find work, and the Purneaus make it clear that the jobs will go to white people only.
- Not only that, but they don't like when Black people think…at all.
- One of the Purneau bros sucker punches a kid right in the face.
- Ben stops pedaling and wants to interfere, but he worries it might compromise his mission.
- Luckily, the Black boy jumps up and runs away, lickety-split…
- But just then, Ben feels the cold barrel of a gun on the back of his head.