You Killed Me First

March: Eight Months Before Bonfire Night

A disgruntled Margot prepares to leave for a midnight march that she has been coerced into joining. Liv is organizing the event in honor of her late sister. On her way to the event, Margot discovers the Frankie is still awake and is on the phone. Margot is livid to discover that Frankie is talking to someone that Liv introduced them to. (Frankie recently confided in Liv that Margot doesn’t understand or support their nonbinary identity.)

At the event, Margot confronts Liv about talking to Frankie. Liv, recognizing that Margot will not respond well to the truth, refrains from providing the full details of her difficult conversation with Frankie, in which Frankie was in tears over Margot’s behavior. Instead, Liv praises Margot and Nicu for raising a “really perceptive, self-aware kid” (96). Liv also reveals that the person Frankie is talking to is the child of a celebrity whom Liv has befriended. This information pacifies Margot.

Margot is annoyed when she finds her garden has been infiltrated by Liv’s cat yet again. When Margot goes to fetch something from the garage, the cat slips in, and Margot leaves it locked in the garage to teach it a lesson.