Willie learns about loyalty and trust and how nothing stays the same. Except everything does, which is part of the problem. Coloured folks are well-behaved and know their place. Dink comes good in the end, as you guessed. Dad learns to like Skip, even to smile.
Mom stays mom-like forever.
Skip grows old, although you wouldn't know it. If those were the days, boy, they moved slow. As for Willie, he grew tall, went to Oxford as a Rhodes scholar and became a writer. Dreams come true sometimes and make you drowsy. Copyright 1997-2001 insideout.co.uk.