We Were Liars Chapter 31 Summary

  • Cadence drags her laundry basket full of possessions from Windemere to Cuddledown.
  • Mirren meets her on the porch, excited that they're together on the island again—she looked for Cadence last summer, but Cadence never came.
  • Cadence asks why Mirren didn't respond to any of her emails or to the Barbie doll she sent.
  • Mirren says she never got the doll.
  • Cadence says someone signed for the package, and asks if Bess forgot to give it to her.
  • Mirren says she might have. Also, Bess is super compulsive and cleans all the time now… when she's not drinking, that is.
  • Cadence says Penny drinks too much, too, then she asks where Johnny and Gat are.
  • Mirren says they all slept at Cuddledown. She wants Cadence to move out of Windemere and live there with them.
  • Cadence has already asked Penny, and Penny said no—she's been watching over everything Cadence does since the accident.
  • Mirren thinks this is totally weak. She feels badly about the Barbie thing, so she gives Cadence a handful of rocks she's collected; she shouts to the world that she loves Cadence.
  • Johnny comes down the steps of Cuddledown wearing old pajamas. He tells Mirren to stop yelling.
  • He asks what Cadence is doing with the basket full of stuff, and Cadence says she's giving away stuff. Doesn't Johnny remember when she sent him the scarf?
  • Johnny says, "Oh, yeah."
  • Mirren digs a drawing of Prince Philip and Fatima out of the basket.