Frankie, Alice, and Sophie go to the beach together. Sophie chats about her school and her friends. She has a new best friend named Charlie, and they’ve decided to go vegan together. While at the beach, she receives a text message from Jill asking her to call her as soon as possible. They all ride the bus back together, and Alice goes upstairs to take a bath and call Jill. Jill tells her that the news has been leaked at the paper, and the story will be published in tabloids tomorrow. She reflects that they “had thought they could get away with it” but that they weren’t able to after all. Jill tells her that Rosie is on her way to pick her up, and she steels herself to tell Frankie and his family the news.

After her bath, Alice sits down with Frankie in her room. She tells him that her real name is Jennifer Jones, and she killed her friend when she was 10 in “a moment of madness” (281). At first, Frankie is shocked and can’t believe what she’s saying. He is now uneasy with her around Sophie and protective of his little sister.