Summary


Halley went to visit her grandmother in the Evergreen Rest Care Facility around Thanksgiving time. Thanksgiving was different this year, because Halley and her parents went to a buffet instead of a home cooked meal. As time goes by, Scarlett is now five months pregnant. With difficulties of Halley and Macon's relationship, she's hoping Christmas will make things better. Halley always wonders where Macon goes, who he hangs out with and why he never brings her along. Time kept rolling by and it was New Years. Halley decided to go to a party with Macon. At one point in the night Halley was drunk, in a bedroom with Macon. She didn't want to do anything she would regret. She ran out of the room, mostly because she was getting sick, to the nearby woods.

Analysis


Halley and Macon aren't going to last much longer. Macon keeps pressuring Halley into things she doesn't want to do, and it's unlike Halley to be acting this way. Halley will get in so much trouble if her mother finds out she went to the New Years party. Halley told her mother she was going to Scarlett's. Also, Macon is a bad influence on Halley. How can she trust him when he always seems suspicious?