Part 1, Chapter 5 Summary

Everyone in town knew of Eddie, of his dark moods, his ability to be incredibly charming one minute and incredibly down, even scary, the next—and Anna had heard it too.

She had been introduced to Eddie through her cousin, Denis. Not long after, Eddie ended up having a very bad, very public breakup with a girl. When it happened, the family that Eddie had been staying with, the Monkshoods—along with nearly everyone else in town—took the girl's side. The Monkshoods were soon ready to get rid of him. Instead, they left themselves, leaving him alone at their house with, really, nowhere else to go.

Later, Anna got a call that Eddie was staying with Denis. Denis was leaving for Turkey soon and Eddie, he said, was welcome to stay in his flat while he was away. After all...