Chapters 9-12 Summary

In Chapter 9, after leaving Denver, Toswiah says that she and her family stayed in a safe house for three months while her father testified. One day Toswiah sees her father's face on tv, but her mother makes her turn off the tv, and from that point, they watch only videos.

Toswiah says that her sister cried all the time, but Toswiah cried at night when no one could hear her. Neither one of them felt like they knew who they were. Toswiah says that it won't last forever, but Cameron says that they might move out of the safe house, but their lives are over. Toswiah is sad because she and Lulu had says that they would room together in college, but that's a long time.

In Chapter 10, one night, the girls are told to pick their new names. Toswiah thinks...