When Birdie awakes the next morning, Dot is on the phone with Sandy. Dot explains that she found Birdie's school I.D. and got the phone number from directory assistance. Sandy Lee's first words to her daughter are: "Fuck you. Do you even realize what you've put me through, you little two-faced son-of-a-bitch - " Jim takes the phone away from Sandy and asks when Birdie is coming home. She replies never.
Birdie is comfortable at Dot's, but she really wants to find Cole. Nkrumah school has closed. Birdie tries to contact several old classmates and finally phones Ali Parkman, her first boyfriend. His father was Deck Lee's best friend. Ali is glad to hear that Birdie is all right. After she disappeared, there were rumors that her mother had gone crazy.....
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