The narrator is stunned. Is this new Ofglen is telling the truth?
She goes back to her house, passing Nick and thinking she'll do anything if she can just keep on living.
She's almost made it inside when Serena Joy interrupts her. She is upset and says the narrator betrayed her. The narrator isn't sure what this could be about.
Serena Joy found the cloak and sequins the narrator wore when she went out with the Commander. She is really angry and says the narrator is a whore.
The narrator has to remain calm, even though she wants to go to Nick for comfort. Instead she goes quietly inside.