Part 2: Chapters 6-10 Summary

In chapter 6, Connie learns about Charlotte's death at school as the rumor of a home birth gone wrong begins to circulate through the high school hallways. Connie returns home that afternoon to find her father waiting for her in the kitchen and her mother upstairs asleep. When Connie sees her mother for the first time after Charlotte's death, she is struck with the absence of the vibrancy she has always known her mother to have. In chapter 7, Connie and her father are making dinner when they see a state police cruiser pull up outside the house. Connie is sent from the room as Rand and Sibyl speak with the police. Sibyl gives a statement willingly, feeling as though she has nothing to hide, even though Rand feels they should wait until they have an attorney present. Not only does...