Chapter 11 to Chapter 15 Summary

In chapter eleven the evening is over and Adam leaves. Claire may be attracted to Adam. Her mother senses this and feels he may be a possibility for her. She feels Adam will be available once Helen uses him (as she does all her boyfriends) and tosses him by the wayside. Helen realizes that Claire fancies Adam (as does her mother) and she's upset with this. She accuses them of this while talking to them later, and storms out of the room. Claire's mother thinks Claire needs a fling in her life, after what she has gone through. She also feels Helen needs some humility and that a little hardship in life, like losing out on a handsome guy may do her some good. After being smitten with Adam, who is twenty-four years old, Claire, who is twenty-nine, realizes...