Melissa's death was the first tragedy to strike a house that didn't even miss appointments. Two years later, Katherine Maddock still hasn't made sense of it, or of Melissa, the big sister she never really knew.
She's tired of trying to understand. Melissa is gone. What's the point? One more semester and Katherine will be gone too. She can't wait to move beyond her mother's need for order, her father's indifference, and a bathroom with one door nailed shut.
One more family vacation and it's all over.