Forget Me Not

In the diary, Marcia now lives on the farm and has been bathing in the river, where she tries to maintain her hygiene with hand soap and scraps of toilet paper. At the current moment, she’s on raid, showering in a stranger’s home, as Lily writes “Lily was here” on the mirror before running down the hall. Marcia observes how much she’s physically changed. She’s lost weight in the month since she left home, her fear of what happened to her life after graduation driving her to sneak away with Mitchell.

Marcia finds Lily in the house’s kitchen. Marcia has learned that Lily and Montana break into houses to get what they need rather than shopping at stores like she originally thought. Marcia doesn’t like doing it, although she’s surprised how easily they are able to gain access to people’s homes. Lily always scrawls her name in the houses, which makes Marcia anxious.

In the kitchen, Lily points Marcia to a picture hanging on the fridge with magnets. It’s a healthy, well-kempt Annie. Marcia remembers what Lily said about Annie not being “committed” and realizes that she’d previously thought that Annie didn’t leave by choice. Now she knows she escaped.