Chapter 21 Summary

The story shifts back to Taylor now. She, Turtle and Barbie are in Seattle, Washington and Taylor is driving a van for the handicapped. She has found an inexpensive apartment and Barbie baby-sits while Taylor works. Taylor has stashed the money her mother left her inside a photocube, thinking no one would think to look there for it.

Barbie wants to get a job in an office. She says she can counterfeit money if there's a color Xerox machine. When Taylor questions her about the ethics of this, she reveals that she has done it before, which is why she had to leave Bakersfield. Barbie doesn't understand the implications of this behavior.

Taylor agrees to a date with another van driver, Kevin and they go to the lakefront on Saturday, where Turtle swims with other children. When they return to the apartment, Barbie...