Pages 180 - 220 Summary

Tibby goes home to Bethesda to look for Brian. She goes to his house, but he isn't there, and when she finds him in a park, he walks away from her. Unable to face her mother, she shoves the pants through the mail slot at Lena's house. She then visits Bailey's grave and feels completely lost. She goes home and wakes her mother, who welcomes her without any recriminations about the film. When she returns to school, Tibby realizes that Bailey would have recognized Alex as a poser. She anonymously leaves a bag of gummies and a supportive note for Vanessa.

Lena is sitting in her room in her underwear, feeling miserable, when Effie brings someone up the stairs. Lena is unable to close her door before the visitor sees her. It's Kostos, who is in the U.S. for a...