Summary

In Chapter 34, Cadence has lunch at New Clairmont. She tries to talk to her younger cousins about the prior summer. When she asks if they went boating with Johnny and Gat, they say no, then tell her they’ve been instructed not to talk to her about her accident. Taft tells her that Bonnie and Liberty saw pills in her bedroom. He shows concern she is addicted to drugs and tells her that drugs are not her friend. Cadence tries to push for information about the prior summer but the boys refuse to talk to her any longer.

In Chapter 35, at Cuddledown, Cadence helps Mirren, Johnny and Gat rearrange and decorate. Mirren says her mother won’t be mad because she has said she won’t come in the house again until it gets remodeled. Johnny seems shocked that...