We Were Liars Chapter 44 Summary

  • The next day, Cadence and Mirren go back to Edgartown.
  • Mirren talks about her love life with Drake Loggerhead—Cadence is jealous that Mirren's going off to college in California.
  • Cadence has another memory of summer fifteen, when she was in Edgartown with the fam.
  • Gat bought her a copy of Being and Nothingness at an Edgartown bookstore and wrote, "For Cady, with everything, everything," on the title page.
  • She tells Mirren what she remembers: The aunts fought about the estate; Granddad blew up about the statue.
  • What she doesn't remember is why Gat disappeared after the accident. Mirren says she doesn't know, but that Gat has good reasons to be mad.
  • Cadence asks what she did, and Mirren starts coughing and gagging; they go back to Beechwood.
  • Penny gets mad at Cadence for taking the boat out without permission and adult supervision.
  • Cadence apologizes and goes back to her bedroom to write down everything she remembers.