Part 3, Alice, Chapters 19-20 Summary

Alice knows that something is wrong when Howard's letters grow shorter and gloomier and Theresa's stop altogether. When word comes of Alice's release, everyone gathers but there are no personal goodbyes. On the way home they stop in a park, where Alice feels light as a helium balloon. Emma starts school on Monday but Alice does not want to part with her. Howard looks tired and unhappy and they are awkward together. The new and temporary apartment seems like a strange dream. When Alice removes her bandana, Emma declares her less pretty and asks to see Theresa. Howard shows that they can survive until they get the bond back. Perhaps he believes that she will be convicted, so these are the last months that she can be with the girls. Howard has told Nellie little and they...