Snow begins to fall as the Hurds look for Joseph. The weather forces them to turn back toward home. Mrs. Stroud informs the police that Joseph is missing. After staying up late waiting, Jack goes to bed. The next morning, there is still no sign of Joseph, and Jack misses school. Mrs. Hurd asks Mrs. Stroud if she thinks they should go to Brunswick to find Joseph. Mrs. Stroud opposes the idea, but Mrs. Hurd decides they should go anyway.

The Hurds stop at several businesses along the way to Brunswick in hopes of finding a trace of Joseph. Their only clue is at a Baptist church, where the pastor says he found Joseph sleeping in the Sunday School room the day before. He asked Joseph for Joseph’s parents’ phone number, but Joseph gave him a fake number and fled.

In Brunswick, the Hurds decide to split up. Jack looks around the town’s neighborhoods rather than the town center. He walks around in the cold, stopping at the local library. He shows Joseph’s picture to the librarians, but no one recognizes him. One librarian, however, reacts when Jack says Joseph is looking for his daughter who is named Jupiter.