Chapter 12 Summary

In Chapter 12, things begin to go very badly. The adults decide to allow the high school girls to go to Gatlinburg with Batsheva as their chaperone. When the girls return from their trip, they say it was the best trip ever because of Batsheva. They talk about staying up late at night talking about marriage and religion, and helping to take care of Ayala. When the parents see the pictures of the trip, they believe the girls look too happy. The only evidence they find that any rules have been broken is in one of the photos where the girls are wearing makeup and strange hairstyles with their skirts rolled up. Although the girls claim the look the way they do because of lighting and wind, Hadassah tells her parents one night what really happened during the trip.

Haddassah tells her mother that...