Summary

Cissy decides that she hates Amanda and Delia, and tries to make sure Delia knows it, but Delia ignores it and Cissy oft forgets that she hates her mother. Shortly after her 15th birthday, Nolan comes by and offers her a birthday surprise. The two are picked up by his cousin Charlie, who drives them to the woods where Nolan has planned a picnic. Nolan shows Cissy the surprise: a large hole in the ground called Paula’s Lost, which leads to underground caves and tunnels, most of which are unmapped and unknown. Nolan tells Cissy the story of Paula’s Lost: his uncle Brewster came home from Vietnam and began holding parties in Paula’s Lost, giving away marijuana and alcohol. The police raid the party, but Brewster had already given away all his marijuana, and there were no underage drinkers, so...