Chapter 16 Summary and Analysis

Lilly wakes James up in the middle of the night, enraged that he missed their rendezvous in the woods because he was in family counseling. She fears that one of the men on Sawyer Unit may have told James a story about her that disturbed him. James assures her that he has heard nothing, and that no story about Lilly could make him abandon her. Lilly calms down, and the two spend the rest of the night walking through the woods, talking. James tells Lilly that he loves her.

When he arrives back on Sawyer Unit in the morning, another patient tells James the story that Lilly feared he would hear. Before coming to the Clinic, Lilly was raped by a gang of men, including the man who tells James the story. James attacks the man and threatens him. For the...