Chapter 14 Summary

The party breaks up and the police put John and Lorraine into a squad car to take them home. John is passed out in the back seat, still wearing his roller skates. Lorraine asks if Mr. Pignati is all right. She last saw him looking at Conchetta's dress that Helen Kazinski had ripped. The police officer tells her that the old man is crying, but they are lucky that he is not going to press charges. The cops want to know what kind of parents would let their kids have a party and destroy an old man's house. Lorraine pleads with the cops that her mother will beat her if she finds out. The cops take her to the door, still wearing Mrs. Pignati's ruffled dress. All that Lorraine's mother can ask is where her daughter's clothes are.

When they get inside, Lorraine's...