Chapters 4 - 6 Summary

Lani's house is just like the rest of the duplexes on Hackett Island, nothing special. Lani's mother seems pleased to meet Claire, even though she's bent double, slack against Lani's side. Lani half carries Claire up the stairs to his bedroom and she's too weak to fight him. She does wonder what Lani's mother will think they're doing up there with the door closed, but Lani doesn't seem concerned. In Lani's room, the two teenagers share secrets about themselves - Claire tells Lani that her mother is an alcoholic living vicariously through her teenage years, and that she had leukemia when she was younger. Not many people at Coast Regional know that, and she isn't sure why she's told Lani. In return, Lani tells Claire that his father is dead and that he has only returned to his mother after a...