Bode loosens his bonds and tries to escape the island in the only remaining boat. While wrestling with Tom in the shallows, Bode inadvertently kicks a napping stingray, which pierces his femoral artery with its barb. JoLayne does her best to treat Chub's gunshot wound, but can do nothing to save Bode, who dies cursing his own rotten luck. Tom and JoLayne depart the island in the remaining boat, leaving Chub behind with some meager supplies. They collect JoLayne's first lottery payout in Tallahassee, and return to Grange in time to bid against the mob-controlled union for Simmons Wood. At first, Bernard Squires, the union's representative, is ready and willing to outbid JoLayne, but Moffitt drops by and threatens to put him and his real employer in the newspapers. Squires withdraws from the negotiations and flees to South America with $250,000 in cash from the union.