Leroy Miller returns carrying his mother's body, declaring he’s bringing her home. The household erupts: Mr. Miller and relatives learn she was deliberately run over, and shock quickly turns to suspicion. Family members accuse Leroy of staging homelessness or even causing the death; a woman who once dumped him sneers and calls him a stray. Leroy demands the driver’s identity and threatens, “I’ll skin him alive!” The scene ends with relatives shouting threats—"Bastard! Do you want to die?"—leaving Leroy isolated, accused, and the true driver still unknown.