Chapters 19 and 20 Summary

Chapter 19

Lena became a permanent fixture at Marie's house. Her father began to like her and told Marie that Lena and Dion were nice girls. Marie didn't know what changed his mind. She was tempted to tell him the secret but she bit her tongue. He might not let her see Lena any more.

Lena told her that her mother wasn't under a doctor's care when she had been sick. She heard that if they found the cancer in time, that they could save a person. But they didn't have any money for a doctor. It made Marie think of her mother. Was living at home with her and her father like a cancer for her mother? Lena said that maybe one day she and Dion would just up and leave. She took off all the time - at least in...