The Lying Game

Kate knows that the police will want statements from all of them. She admits that she did not destroy Ambrose’s pictures until after she discovered that someone had been through Ambrose’s studio and things were missing. Kate received blackmail letters and paid a ransom until going broke. Now, the blackmailer wants money from Kate’s friends. Kate did not tell the others in order to protect them. Isa sees this as a lie, and thinks they had a right to know. Kate wonders if she should give Ambrose’s suicide note to the police. Isa thinks it raises more questions, and wonders if there is something else they should know, but Kate replies there is nothing they “need” to know (282). Isa understands that Kate is hiding something. When Isa wonders why Ambrose would send her away, Kate takes Shadow and runs outside. 

Kate and Shadow return and go straight to Kate’s room. Isa remembers how Luc felt pressed up against her, and how his closeness with Kate turned to anger. She thinks “everything has changed” (285). Turning on a light, Isa blows a fuse and the power goes out. She finds an email from Owen. Isa hopes it is an apology, but instead, Owen sends a copy of Luc’s extensive police record.