Good Girl, Bad Blood

This summary section includes “Thursday 6 Days Missing:” Chapters 30-33 and “Friday 7 Days Missing:” Chapters 34-37.

That evening, Pip argues with her parents and goes upstairs to hide in her bedroom. Ravi comes to visit, and she lashes out at him as well. As he leaves, Ravi tells Pip that he loves her.

Later, she slips out of the house for a walk in the rain. She feels demoralized and wonders if her podcasts did any good if nobody believes her. During her walk, she encounters her neighbor Charlie Green taking out the trash. He invites her to sit on his porch to dry out. She confides some of her concerns, but Charlie convinces her to continue with her podcasts no matter what anybody else thinks. Pip says, “Maybe I don’t have to be good, or other people’s versions of good. And maybe I don’t have to be likable” (308). She decides to be herself and pursue the truth in her own way.

Feeling better, Pip gets into her car and goes to Max’s house. She knows the family is away celebrating his court victory. As she sits in her car, she replays the audio confession she got from Max the year before.