Summary

Present picks up right after Millie suggests “killing Jorj Koony” with the sleeping pills. Grace is shocked and at first she protests, but Millie somehow understands the danger to herself particularly and urges her sister to do it before she is supposed to move in with them. Although she is scared of Jack finding out, Grace stuffs the wadded tissue containing the pills into her shoe. Millie thinks she flushed them, and Grace begs Millie to trust her.

Because Millie’s spirits are dampened when they return to Jack, he is suspicious and asks Millie why. Grace intervenes and says Millie is frustrated that she cannot see their house. Jack says he cannot understand why not, and decides they can find a way. By the time they take Millie back to school, Jack announces that the following weekend they will have Millie over...