Part 5, Chapters 9, 9A and 10 Summary

The next day and after a phone call from Mom (during which Deanna remembers how nice her mom had tried to be the day before), Stacy comes back, confessing she was at a friend's. After she goes downstairs, Deanna calls Darren, who says he wants Stacy out of the house. Deanna tells him she's not going to tell Stacy that and urges him to come home. She then calls Jason, and gets him to meet her earlier than originally planned - she doesn't want to be at home when Darren and Stacy reunite. She and Jason go to a dingy shopping mall where, at the food court, Deanna is grabbed by the same guys who taunted her in Chapter 1. After running off, Deanna breaks down and tearfully asks Jason if he ever thought of her as a...