Chapter 3 Summary

Ingrid doesn't leave the darkened apartment. Astrid needs to go back to school but cannot leave her. She vows never to fall in love and hopes that Barry dies a slow, lingering death. She wants to reach out to her mother, but Ingrid is lost in her own world. Then she seems to be back to her normal self. She asks to come back to work and takes Astrid to school to start the eighth grade. However, it is not over. She follows him as he has done, so she can feed her growing hatred of the sight of him. It makes Astrid uncomfortable to watch.

It is a school night, and Ingrid comes home after three. She has followed Barry to a party, where he grabs her by the arm and hisses at her to leave. She seems elated that her ploy...