Chapter 12 Summary

Since Mrs. Luther does not want to leave Antonia alone, she takes her to dinner with Jazz and Mr. Luther. Antonia goes inside to change and joins them to eat. At the restaurant she and Jazz order lobster, which Antonia loves. Mrs. Luther asks about Antonia's mother, and Antonia tells her that she is an image consultant. In order to avoid further talk about her mom, Antonia merely says that her mom is taking time off until Chuckie starts school.

When the Luthers take Antonia home they see that nobody is home yet and offer to let her stay the night. Antonia goes inside to see if they left a note and goes outside with a blank sheet of paper and tells them that they did leave a note. Jazz, however, knows she is lying.

Chapter 12 Analysis

Antonia is nervous about having Jazz...