Part 2, Chapter 7 Summary

Macon visits Halley at work on her birthday, and she tells him that she was busted the day before and is grounded for a month. He kisses her, tells her it's too bad for him and slips a candy bar in her apron pocket. Halley feels giddy, knowing that he likes her. That night at Halley's birthday dinner with her family and the Vaughns, Scarlett tells Halley that she feels like Halley's mother saved her baby the night before by negotiating a truce between Scarlett and Marion. Halley's mother pretends as if nothing happened the night before, and she proposes a toast to Halley and tells her they love her. When Halley is getting ready for bed at eleven that night, she sees a car blink its lights into her window twice, and she creeps outside in her pajamas and jacket...