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One Crazy Summer Chapter 26 Summary

The Clark Sisters

  • One officer notices Delphine and her sisters nearby.
  • Cecile quickly denies they're her kids, saying she doesn't have kids and these are the Clark girls from down the street.
  • There's something different about denying her children this time, though.
  • Delphine picks up on that and continues the rouse, making sure her sisters also know that they are, for the moment at least, Vonetta and Fern Clark.
  • Delphine can't understand why Cecile is being arrested—she just writes poems after all, and peaceful poems at that. It's not like she's hurting anybody.
  • Once they're past the police, Delphine explains the whole "we're not her kids" charade to her sisters.
  • They take a turn around that block and return to the house.
  • There's not much wrong except in the kitchen, where paper is strewn about, ink is smeared on the floor, and the printing press letters are scattered all over the place.
  • Sure, this might sound like your bedroom, but this pigsty is a lot more political.
  • The girls place a tablecloth on the floor and get to eating dinner.
  • Delphine decides to clean up the kitchen so it looks right for Cecile when she gets home.
  • Though no one knows when—or if—she'll be coming home.