The Last of the Moon Girls

Lizzy orders the ingredients for the soap and cleans up the shop. She thinks about Rhanna’s drug use, sex life, and legal troubles, as well as how Rhanna left her abruptly. Althea took Rhanna’s place as a mother figure to Lizzy. In the present moment, Evvie is impressed with the progress that Lizzy has made. Evvie says that Lizzy is meant to be here, healing people, and to “trust the magick” (172). Also, Evvie advises Lizzy to continue reading the Book of Remembrances.

The next entry in the book starts with a pressed lily. Althea talks about how the flower represents rebirth and the “[c]ircle into which we’re all born” (174). Like Evvie, Althea says to trust the magick.

Lizzy is woken up by a feeling of danger, and she then smells smoke. Out the window, she sees that the apple orchard is on fire. She tells Evvie to call the fire department and then runs outside. Lizzy cries near the fire until the firefighters arrive and Evvie pulls her inside, saying that the fire was arson.

The next day, a firefighter named Guy visits. Two of his men inspect the orchard and its shed, collecting evidence.