Final Girls: A Novel

Sam surprises Quincy by baking her recipe for lemon-blueberry muffins. Quincy explains that she doesn’t like talking about what happened to her, then asks Sam why she really came. Sam wants to know if Quincy is angry about being a Final Girl the way she is. She doubts that Quincy has moved on from her trauma. Quincy then learns that Sam has broken into Quincy’s secret drawer.

Quincy gets upset with Sam, much to Sam’s delight. Quincy takes a Xanax to relax. Sam takes three of the pills, egging Quincy on to do the same. Later that day, while the effects of the Xanax are still fresh, Sam takes Quincy to the Saks Fifth Avenue department store. She encourages Quincy to shoplift, arguing that their trauma has entitled them to good things. Quincy takes a pair of earrings. On their way out, a man follows them, causing them to panic. The man identifies the Final Girls and asks for their autographs. Quincy is shocked when she sees their faces on the front page of the man’s tabloid newspaper.

The news story reports that Quincy and Sam met in the wake of Lisa’s death. Quincy sees Jonah Thompson’s byline and is furious.