Worried and frustrated, Adam asks Juliette what she thinks they should do. Juliette tells him they have no other choice but to run away to this safe place Kenji was talking about. Adam confesses that he has been trying to protect James so much he hasn’t even told him about their dad. Yet he feels like he can never do enough because James still screams in his sleep. Juliette assures Adam that their only option is to wait until James comes back from school and then to run away together.

The three of them start packing and as Adam collects what they need he “keeps looking around the small space like he can’t believe he’s lost it so easily” (248). Kenji, on the other hand, seems to be rather cheerful. He keeps asking Juliette how come Adam can touch her and flirts with her continuously. Adam threatens to shoot him if he keeps talking like that and Juliette wonders why Adam wouldn’t just tell Kenji they are together. She decides not to say anything about them either and just repeats that she is uninterested. They are still getting ready to leave when James comes back from school.