Chapters 8 through 10 Summary and Analysis

Mary Alice is rushing for a sorority which divides the two girls. Alice makes a new friend in a girl named Lila who lives in Haven Hall. Alice says she urges Lila to long study breaks so Alice won't have to think. On the day Alice is to appear in a preliminary court hearing, she asks Tess Gallagher to go with her, and the teacher says she's honored to do so. They're kept waiting a long time, and Alice says that after that time she always puts on her "trauma Zen" attitude to deal with the "inevitable hell" of waiting.

Alice says that some of the questions don't make sense and she's exhausted by the time she's finished testifying. Then comes the question of identification. Because Madison waived his right to appear, Alice has no way to identify him...