Summary

Chapter 5 opens with describing the ritual which Hannah undertakes since Lydia died. Struggling to understand her sister's disappearance, Hannah retraces her sister's steps each night. She starts by unlocking the front door and leaving the house at 2 a.m. like Lydia did. Then she walks to the lake and tries to imagine what her sister was thinking and what it felt like to row out to the center of the lake and drown. When Hannah returns home from her excursion she lifts up the covers of Lydia's bed and pulls out a locket which Lydia had hidden. The locket was given to her by her father for her birthday, and Hannah stole it while she was still alive. Lydia scolded her for taking it and told her to never wear it. At the end of the night Hannah reflects how she knows she...