Meanwhile, at the Shepherd’s house, August tries unsuccessfully to feed his seven children supper while reeling from Hattie’s announcement, before she left, that Ruthie is not his. She also expresses concern about Lawrence’s gambling habit, but Lawrence shrugs off her worries.
In 1951 Hattie leaves her family to go to Baltimore with her lover, Lawrence, and their daughter, Ruthie, because she can no longer tolerate August’s financial irresponsibility and womanizing. The town hails him as a gifted healer, and although dubious, Six accepts the title. He delivers a tent sermon, and as the Word fills him with its power again, he heals a sick woman.
To protect him from retribution, Hattie sends Six to a revival meeting in Alabama. Another fit comes upon him outside of church, driving him to severely beat another boy. At 13, the “Word” of God surges through Six while in church, and during the “fit,” he preaches a powerful sermon. The accident left him frail and permanently scarred.
When he was nine, Hattie’s son Six fell into scalding bathwater.
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