Summary

Chapter 18: Sam goes home with Tom after the dance. His apartment is messy, but he has a quilt on the bed and Sam finds this comforting. They try to have sex, but Tom cannot get an erection. Sam worries it is her lack of attractiveness or a physical injury of his from the war, but he tries to explain it is a mental problem. They kiss and fall asleep together.

Chapter 19: Sam wakes up and Tom is gone. Now, that she is sober she realizes just how dirty his apartment is. She grabs a coke and heads downstairs to the garage. Tom is already down there working. He won’t look her in the eye. Sam thinks it is because he is embarrassed about what happened the night before.

When Sam gets home, Emmett is not there and Sam assumes that he went...