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One of the Girls
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Part 4, Chapters 49-57Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Content Warning: This section of the guide features depictions of bullying, anti-gay bias, sexual violence, rape, mental illness, disordered eating, suicidal ideation, sexual content, death, substance use, physical abuse, and emotional abuse.
Part 4: “Saturday”
Part 4, Interlude 8 Summary
The night of the beach fire seemed almost too perfect; yet nobody could have predicted that the following morning, one of the women would be a killer.
Part 4, Chapter 49 Summary: “Eleanor”
Eleanor is in the kitchen again, preparing blood oranges and watermelon for breakfast, slicing into the fruit and watching the blood-red juice run out as if she were attacking a body. Bella appears, and they eye one another suspiciously. When Bella starts taking food, Eleanor slaps her hand away, and Bella walks off in a huff.
Part 4, Chapter 50 Summary: “Bella”
Bella walks away disturbed by Eleanor’s behavior and angry at almost everyone. She decides that instead of confronting Fen about leaving without her last night, she will join Fen for a swim instead. Bella gets changed and looks at herself in the mirror, seeing a darkness in herself that won’t go away. Thinking back to the day she was discovered in the hospital after accidentally causing Sam’s death, she cries.
