Chapters 11 - 13 Summary

David has taught Emily how to drive, and the fourteen-year-old girl likes to stay up until everyone else is asleep and then 'steal' Ola's car and drive it through the desert at night, or to practice parallel parking. On this night's drive Emily finds an old rusting water tower. There is no other traffic on the road. Recently, Emily has found a stash of Ola's prescription medications—some for pain—and realized that Ola is much more ill than she lets on.

In Chapter 12, Ola and Diane tease Emily about taking the car and thinking that her activities have gone undetected. Ola is proud of the care she has taken of the car and also likes that Emily has learned to drive it. Diane mentions that, back at home, Emily's father is going to buy her a pet iguana...