Summary

Chapter 25 begins with the eighth installment of The Playing Fields Blog. The writer talks about friends, specifically the importance of distinguishing real friends from fake friends. She mentions a situation concerning a beach house in which one friend wronged another. The friend gave the wronged party a bouquet of flowers as an apology but gossip has still been circulating concerning what might have happened. The author suggests that people should get to know both parties before judging. She says the true judge of character is how a person treats those she perceives as being lower in social standing than him.

Later, Sugar was at Merilee’s house trying to persuade her that the writer of the blog did not appear to be speaking badly of her. Sugar had gone to visit Merilee with the intention of getting a ride to the grocery store...