Summer of '69

Jessie writes to Tiger. She remembers how at the club she signed her surname and Exalta thus threatened to revoke her privileges. Upset, Jessie goes to the locker room, where she sees one of the Dunscombe twins’ bags and steals five dollars and lip gloss. She then feels horrible when she realizes that she’s stolen from Heather. She doesn’t reveal her theft to Tiger or tell him about her conversation with her new coach, Suze, about her need for female role models. She does relay the news of Blair’s estrangement from Angus. She reminds Tiger that Bill and Pick are living at Little Fair and tells him about her future dinner date with Kate at the Mad Hatter. At the end of the letter, she pleads with Tiger to write soon, just so that they know he’s okay, making it clear that she’s worried because she hasn’t received word from him in a few weeks.

As David leaves the island, he tells Kate that she’s drinking too much—which Kate already knows. She notes that David has “hated living under Exalta’s roof” (155) and wants them to buy their own house on the island. Kate, however, is unsure of the change.