Part 1, Chapter 15 Summary

From the moment that Silas opened the door, he, Lydia, and Mikey established a code of silence and understanding for that day. Whatever had happened, no one would talk or even hint at it. "They would think of it as that day in their minds, independently acknowledging that their relationships with each other had started their real transformation when they sat trapped in their separate spaces, unable to reach out to each other, unable to express outrage or assert innocence, unable to accuse, justify, or recriminate" (pg. 151).

Silas enters the house to find Lydia asleep on the settee. He finds Mikey on the computer in his room. Mikey tells him that Lydia asked for some of Silas's sedatives. The two rearrange the house, making the Silas's study into a bedroom for Lydia so that she will not have to climb the...