Summary

The next section is the “Journal of Rose Ingrid Castle.” Rose writes about her fear over reuniting with Owen and fantasizes about his positive reaction. She admits Owen has been “lukewarm” about Rose visiting and fears he may not want to get back together. She believes she deserves that and “links” it to her mother's lesson that “love was conditional” (42). Rose recalls that her mother liked the twins getting attention “because it reflected well on her” (42). Rose knows Fern was not afraid of Nina, possibly because she did not recognize the danger. Once, Nina told Fern to do her homework on the coffee table. Rose did not think about Fern's tendency to take instructions literally until later, when she saw that Fern had written directly on the coffee table. Nina was furious and became more so when Rose tried to protect Fern by...