Day Three Summary and Analysis

In her dream, Sam is falling forever. The sound of her alarm startles her awake. Immediately, she reaches for her cell phone and checks the date: February 12, Cupid's Day. When Izzy bounds into the room to say that Sam has to get up, it's late, Sam asks her to tell their mother that she's sick. Sam lies in bed replaying the events of the accident over and over. Although it's scary, Sam allows herself to think that maybe the accidents were real and that she didn't survive. Maybe she's being forced to relive this day because she's in purgatory, or something like that. Again, her past-tense voice (the voice that has reconciled the events of Cupid's Day) interjects in italics to say, "Be honest: are you surprised that I didn't realize it sooner? Do you think I was being...