Summary

Chapter 36 takes place on Friday. Rocky wakes up. Nick expresses his fear that she is going to leave him and Rocky says she’s scared that she’s going to leave him too. Nick says he’s concerned about Maya because she still seems really unwell and Rocky realizes that she still hasn’t told Nick that Maya is pregnant. Rocky resolves to tell Nick later that day. They agree to go to the beach together before everyone else gets up. Nick questions why Rocky didn’t tell him at the time and asks whether it’s because she thought he would try to pressure her into going through with the pregnancy, which she denies. Rocky says she couldn’t explain why she had an abortion at the time because she couldn’t explain it to herself and still can’t explain...