Wasn't It Their Fault???

      Reading Chapter 12 & 13 made me feel bad about Chris’s family. “Lies were told and then exposed, begetting more lies to explain away the initial deceptions.”(pg.121) This quote explains why Chris disappeared out of their lives. He was so mad about the family issue, that he expresses his frustration by being quiet and not being socially and emotionally close to them. But the passage, “ ‘Whenever we were out driving and saw a hitchhiker, if he looked anything like Chris, we’d turn around and circle back. It was a terrible time. Night was the worst, especially when it was cold and stormy. You’d wonder, ‘Where is he? Is he warm? Is he hurt? Is he lonely? Is he OK?’”(pg.125) made me realize that they really cared abut Chris. They are so worried about him that they started losing their minds and began changing their lives.

       At the end of Chapter 13, the last paragraph, “‘I just don’t understand why he had to take those kinds of chances,’ Billie protests through her tears. ‘ I just don’t understand it at all.’”(pg.132) made me ask myself, “Wasn’t it their fault?”