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People Watching
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Chapters 9-16Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of illness, child abuse, sexual content, and substance use.
Chapter 9 Summary: “Milo”
Milo finds Prue lying on the floor of the studio, blasting music as she tries to deal with her stress. Milo puts on ABBA and convinces her to dance around and sing. Prue is skeptical, but she tries it and finds that it does help her feel better.
Afterward, she explains the deal she made with her father about living her life in exchange for keeping her mother at home. Milo offers to spend time with Julia for a couple of hours each day to give Prue a break. Prue agrees, but she modifies the deal to one hour of cleaning the studio and one hour hanging out with her. Milo hesitates because he wants to have sex with her but refuses to have sex with friends. Still, he recognizes how much she needs a friend and agrees, thinking, “I cannot be her friend, probably, but maybe I’d be good at it, if I tried” (104).
Chapter 10 Summary: “Prue”
The next morning, Milo texts to ask if Julia is up for company. Prue anxiously joins her parents for breakfast, finding her mother calm but distant. She asks if her mother wants to paint with a friend, and Tom is glad to hear Prue calling Milo a friend.
