Book One: Part Two: Someone Like You: Chapters Sixteen and Seventeen Summary

After the ambulance arrives she loses track of Macon and one of the attendants tells her that Macon had to stay at the scene. At the hospital, she gives them Scarlett's phone number instead of her parents. A doctor tells her that she has two bruised ribs, a sprained wrist and back lacerations. Since she had also banged her head, they decide to keep her over night. Scarlett shows up, and all Halley can think about is Macon. She doesn't realize that Macon has already come and gone, and can't seem to grasp it when Scarlett tells her. The next time she wakes, her mother and father are in the room. Her mother asks her where she was, questioning whether she'd been with...