In Chapter 16, Tara realizes that even if BYU does not accept her she will leave home. What incident caused her to come to this realization? Explain.

Tara asked a family friend to help move injured Shawn and called her father, who instructed her to bring him home. Panicked, Tara brought him to the hospital instead. Shawn was released that night, but Tara’s decision created a divide. She received the score she needed on the ACT and was accepted into Brigham Young University. After she and her mother went apartment hunting, her father was angry. He yelled for his VCR cables to be connected, but Tara chose to walk away. She was afraid of the unknown and inspired by Tyler, but realized that she had nowhere near his knowledge base.