At the very beggining of chapter 5, Steven is visited by his father. Walter Dean Myers does a great job regarding the way he writes about how Steven feels. You can totally understand how Steven is feeling durng his heart-to-heart talk with his father. His father always was very proud with his son and trusted him completely. But when Steven is accused of this crime, Steven's father is thinking twice about the trust he puts into his son. Steven is torn by the sight of his only strong life figure in tears. Steven writes to himself what he can remember about what he did and didnt do on the night of the murder. Throughout the next chapter Steven also writes to himself about the way his attorney is acting towards him. He describes times that his attorney, O'Brian, cut him off while he was talking. Steven starts to feel that the person defending him, thinks he is guilty.
"Well, frankly, nothing is happening that speaks to your being innocent. Half of those jurors, no matter what they said when we questioned them when we picked the jury, belived you were guilty the moment they laid eyes on you." (O'Brian).
In this statement to Steven, O'Brian makes it very clear to Steven that he is in a very tight pickle and this trial is going to be tough to win.
