Chapter 35

Summary

• The protagonist arrives home at three in the morning after a long conversation with Evelyn while drinking coffee.
• She chooses to get entwined in Evelyn's story to escape her own reality momentarily.
• She dismisses a text from David, a character yet to be introduced, with the intention to respond later using her all-nighter chat with Evelyn as an excuse.
• Early in the morning on the weekend, she is rudely awoken by a call from her mother who calls to check in after a minor earthquake in her area.
• During the call, she speaks about the agreements she persuaded Frankie, the editor in chief of Vivant, and Evelyn to make; this impresses her mother.
• Her mom expresses great pride in her, suggesting that if her father were alive, he would also be proud.
• She ends her call feeling very proud and affirmed, even smug about her achievements.
• The chapter ends on a suspenseful note as the protagonist has an ominous premonition that in less than a week, she will know Evelyn's whole story and that it will lead to hate and fury.