Chapters 44-62Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Chapter 44 Summary: “Age Nineteen: Evie”
Content Warning: This section of the guide contains discussion of emotional abuse, suicidal ideation, and death.
Evie is miserable at the Trevi Fountain in Rome with Oliver. She agreed to spend her gap year with Oliver, but she misses Bree, who is having fun with other friends. Sex with Oliver is painful, and Evie worries he’ll get sick of her. She tells herself it’s normal to have doubts and moments where couples don’t get along. Oliver tells Evie to make a wish. She closes her eyes and thinks about how much she worries about making mistakes. Oliver is supposed to be everything she ever imagined. Evie opens her eyes, and Bree is standing before her. Evie is overjoyed, and Oliver says he will do anything to make Evie happy.
Chapter 45 Summary: “Drew”
Drew never felt he could explain to Evie why he stood her up the night of the formal. He knew she would not return his feelings, and so let her draw away, feeling that it was for the best. His mother, after her panic attack over the picture, told Drew that his father was “the whirlwind romance of [her] life” (218). He was obsessed with her, showered her with gifts and attention.
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