- Back at the houses after the meeting with the Townies, Taylor asks Ben if he's made contact with the Cadets yet. Ben tells her that since she has a "history" with Jonah, it might be best if she makes contact instead.
- Ben hits a nerve with this and Taylor explodes on him about how nothing happened during the three days she was away from Jellicoe. She knows that Ben knows she's lying.
- The truth is, she can't seem to tell anyone the truth about it because the whole thing was really bizarre. First she had a dream where the boy in the tree helped her find her mother's soul, and as a result, she woke up knowing that she had to locate her mom for real.
- The next morning, Taylor went to the Jellicoe train station, where she met Jonah Griggs on the platform. Talk about having a history—Jonah actually killed his dad. And he has an air of anger about him that makes her believe it.
- They got on the train together and everything was going fine, at least until the train derailed and they decided to get out and walk and ended up hitchhiking with a postman from a nearby town called Yass. Then Jonah chickened out and called his school, and the Brigadier showed up to get them.
- Understandably, Taylor isn't super thrilled about making contact with the guy who got her in serious trouble with the cops. Still, though, she knows it's the only way.
- Upstairs at her house, Jessa has all the seventh grade girls held spellbound as she describes the tales of the serial killer who's been loose in the area for twenty years. Sensing that she'll have to deal with dozens of nightmare-stricken girls if she doesn't intervene, Taylor tells them to disperse and go to bed.
- As she passes Jessa's bed, Taylor notices that it's covered with clippings about the serial killer, everything from articles about the disappearances of the children he's killed to photos of their grief-stricken parents. Um, somebody needs to go to the guidance office. Like, yesterday.
- As she goes to bed, Taylor realizes that what she's really afraid of is being in charge. Not just of the territory wars, but of the fifty kids in her house who have no one and are depending on her.