Summary

In Chapter 71, Cadence remembers she and Gat crying together after the family’s fallout. She suggests they do something to force them to look beyond their differences and be a family again. She and Gat talk to Mirren and Johnny and encourage them to take action with them. They tell each other over and over they should do what they are afraid to do.

In Chapter 72, the teens spread out over the house spreading gasoline and lighting fires. It takes the fire department a long time to get there. No one from the fire department suspects anything. The teens knew their family wouldn’t prosecute them if they suspected. Cadence realizes she is an arsonist and wonders if she also is a criminal and addict. Cadence believes their plan was successful. Mirren points out Carrie’s habit of...