The Girls

The plot flashes forward to Evie as an adult in Dan’s house. She hasn’t slept well because she could hear Sasha and Julian having sex.

Evie feels lonely, that it wouldn’t matter to anybody if she died. In the morning, Julian leaves Sasha behind while he transports drugs. Sasha tells Evie that she’s 18 years old, but she looks much younger to Evie. Sasha and Julian have been driving around together, hopping from one place to another. Sasha asks Evie about the cult after looking it up online. Evie confirms that she hadn’t been a part of the murders and had lived on the commune only briefly. Evie and Sasha go out to a bar for dinner, where Sasha pretends Evie is her mother. Sasha kisses Evie on the mouth to shock and titillate a man who is hitting on them.

The narration returns to 1969. A week after the solstice party, Evie is living with her mom but spending much of her time at the commune. Evie has been stealing money from her parents for Suzanne. When Suzanne shows Evie the collection of credit cards people have either given to them or the group has stolen, Evie volunteers her parents’ money.