Summary

In Chapter 33, Mai stays after school on Fridays for a program for at risk teens. As she waits at the bus stop after her program, Mai thinks about the way that Willow has said everything in life can be compared to a garden. The flowers teach the lessons about life, death and the stages in between better than anything else, Willow had told her.

Meanwhile, Quang-ha is surprised when Dell’s car pulls up to him after school and he is ordered to get in. Dell only tells him that Pattie and Willow are in his apartment fixing it up as if they lived there. Quang-ha has his doubts but his mother calls him and tells him to pack up the things from the garage. Dell is shocked when he sees the Nguyens’ living arrangements. He understands now why they listed his address...