The Girl I Used to Be

Olivia walks to Duncan’s house with a bowl of grapes to attend the barbeque. She remembers that they’ve agreed to pretend to be dating. As she’s introduced to Duncan’s parents, she asks them about Terry and Naomi. Audrey tells her that Naomi was pretty and smart; Terry was “a life-of-the-party type guy” (163). Olivia asks about the restraining order and is told that those calls to the police were from her grandmother (Sharon) rather than Naomi. There was a shoving match at Thanksgiving, but there was no real sign of domestic violence. Olivia greets Lauren and gets some food. She overhears Jason and Carly (Terry’s sister) talking about Terry and how much livelier the party would be if he were there. Olivia realizes she is no closer to the truth.

Duncan takes Olivia up to a treehouse where they can observe and eavesdrop on the party guests. They kiss. Beneath them, Carly, Richard, Sam, Jason, and Audrey gather to talk about Terry. Carly says that every time she received a message from an unknown person, she hoped it was Terry. Jason accuses Richard of having killed Terry and Naomi for the child support money Terry was carrying.