Summary

Chapter 8 is written from Aubrey’s perspective. She and Milly are eating desert at Sweetfern Bakery. Milly wants to know if they should tell anyone that Jonah is not their cousin before their lunch with Mildred. Aubrey is hesitant and says that they have more important problems. She is worried about her father, having to interact with Mildred, and the lack of news from Thomas. After the Fourth of July celebration, she had stayed awake thinking about how an unknown action of hers created unintended consequences. Her guilt has caused her not to talk to her mother much. However, she decided to text her to find out whether her father had spoken about Cutty Beach. Her mother said that he had mentioned it, and she got the impression that he did not like it. She also said that they have not talked about...