A Prayer For Owen Meany Chapter 5 : The Ghost of Future

- Owen Meany is the star of the pageant as Baby Jesus. the pageant went on and he was doing great until he saw his parents in the audience. Owen flipped out and started yelling at his parents to get out of the church, and the audience thought that he was speaking to them and everyone left. The same day the preacher asked him if he saw something. He said he saw his own name on a tombstone and most didn't believe him. But when Johnny went home he found that Lydia was dead. Germaine and Lydia heard Owen scream. Johnny called up Owen and told him what happened. Owen told him that he saw his WHOLE name, "St. Paul Owen Meany" and hung up. Johnny called back and asked him if there was a date. He gave himself away by hesitating. He denied it and Johnny felt like crying because it was the first time Owen had lied to him.