Leroy Moffitt Timeline and Summary

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Leroy Moffitt Timeline and Summary

  • Leroy works on crafts projects while at home recovering from a trucking accident, and he decides to build a log cabin for his wife, Norma Jean, even though she's not interested.
  • He buys marijuana from Stevie Hamilton, the son of Leroy's former classmate who is now a doctor.
  • He's afraid his wife is going to leave him and tries to confide in his mother-in-law, Mabel, who encourages him to take Norma Jean to Shiloh for a second honeymoon.
  • Leroy and Norma Jean go to Shiloh, where they drive around and have a picnic.
  • After they finish eating, he starts smoking a joint and Norma Jean tells him she wants to leave him; he tries to get her to change her mind but she's determined.
  • As he continues smoking the joint, his thoughts zigzag between events related to the Civil War, a local drug bust, Mabel's marriage, and his marriage with Norma Jean.
  • He realizes building a log cabin was a terrible idea, but he thinks he can come up with a better one.
  • He sees Norma Jean has walked away and he tries to follow her.
  • She's in the distance, moving her arms, but he can't tell if she's beckoning to him or doing chest exercises.