Chapter Nine Summary

A week later, Angel is strong enough to venture outside. Michael knows that she only joins him outside because she is bored of being inside, but he takes advantage of the opportunity anyway to take her for a walk around his property and show him what his land is like, and what he hopes it will be like in the future. Angel's is discouraged by his lifetime's worth of plans, and informs him that her plans do not include him. She does decide to learn some chores, because she's going to need to know them if she ever does get out on her own. At the garden, she realizes that she knows nothing about plants and weeds, and in the kitchen, she lights her skirt on fire. She yells at Michael in frustration, telling him that if he want her to...