Summary

“Part Two: Bea” is not divided into chapters. Instead, the narrative is divided between italicized and regular font. In the regular font, Bea writes in her journal, which is really a novel that she is writing over, starting on “July, One Day After Blanche.” In the diary, Bea writes that Eddie killed her best friend Blanche Ingraham when the two women were at the lake having a girl’s weekend. Eddie had taken Bea back to their home where they had secretly installed a panic room on their third floor and locked her inside. Every few days, he brings her supplies, but he does not speak to her. She knows that if she wants to get out of the situation alive, she will have to be smart. In the italicized section, a third-person narrator focuses on Bea and describes a scene in which...