Summary

Chapter 19 is told from the perspective of Lily and explains her behavior over the course of the novel so far. Earlier that year, a boy at a party had taken a photograph of Lily giving him a blowjob while she was drunk and had been threatening to put the picture on Facebook if she did not give him money. After she ran out of money, Lily started stealing jewelry from her mum and from Louisa to give him instead. One day a colleague of her stepfather, Mr. Garside, saw her with the boy who was blackmailing her. Mr. Garside gave the boy some money for the phone and took Lily to a hotel. He came to see her the next morning and said that she owed him sexual favors in return for his help. Lily ran away.

In Chapter 20, Sam finds Lily taking shelter...