Summary

In Chapter 9, Mary recounted the day she began her first period. She was sitting in a chair in a prison library, chained to the seat, and was in intense pain. She believed she was dying and was ready, but then discovered she was not dying. She recalls that as the only time she had ever considered suicide until the day she finds Ted with the girls. Ms. Stein relents and lets her skip school, and that goes on for four days. She ignores Ms. Veronica and eats little. On the sixth day, Ms. Stein insists Mary take a call from Cora. Cora offers to remove Mary from the group home but Mary knows nothing else will be better and declines. The following Monday, Mary gets out of bed, goes to school, then to Greenview. She ignores Ted though he tells her it was...