- Georgie knows Billy needs a doctor, but she can't decide where to go: Placid is too far away, but the bad guys will expect them to head back to Dog Hollow.
- She decides to postpone the decision until she gets to a literal crossroads and has to go one way or the other. Check out that literal and figurative meaning.
- Billy is in a lot of pain, and he asks for one of Agatha's stories, so Georgie tells him the one about the old dude who followed the pigeon feathers.
- At the crossroads, Georgie asks Billy to tell her which way to go, but he passes out and falls off Long Ears. Really helpful, Billy.
- Georgie isn't sure what to do, and Billy chooses this moment for an awkward confession: He staged the kiss so Georgie would tell and Mr. Olmstead would break up with Agatha.
- Georgie is not happy about this; she stalks off.
- Then she remembers Billy is dying and feels badly, so she comes back, though she makes it clear that they are not friends anymore.
- As they're sitting there, a wagon pulls up, driven by none other than Mr. Olmstead.