Summary

In Chapter 4, Jeff asked Meredith if she wanted to talk about her father’s coming death. Meredith said she did not. She just wanted to be alone and was hateful to Jeff in her grief. Jeff said that Evan was afraid the family would fall apart without him. Meredith knew he wanted to talk, but did not feel like there was anything to say.

The next day, when Evan was alone with his daughters, he told them he was afraid that Anya would break without him. He said “She can’t do it again …” (54). Meredith promised to take care of their mother. Nina tried to ask what he meant, but Meredith made her stop hassling him. Later, when Nina reached out to her mother as she passed her in the hallway, her mother pulled away from her. Nina believed it was a scene...