Summary

Ginny, Ty, Rose, and Pete went to meet their lawyer, and he said Caroline and Larry didn’t have much proof of mismanagement or abuse of the property. This made them feel better about the case, but the entire problem still ate at them. One night, Pete got drunk and went to threaten Harold and Larry. But he left and then drove his truck into the quarry and died. Rose was upset about Pete’s death, but she was angrier with him for leaving her and the girls alone. She then admitted to Ginny she was having an affair with Jess. She also told Ginny she was jealous and spiteful, and she had been that way her whole life.

The news about Rose’s personality and her affair with Jess rattled Ginny. She felt betrayed by Rose, who she had thought of as her ally...