Unspeakable Things

Cass arrives at the roller rink. Lynn’s mom shows her where the girls are. Cass goes to pick up her skates and is asked to pay two dollars. She quickly says that she does not want to skate, and Lynn’s mom pays for the skates herself. That night in Lynn’s basement, the girls convene for a sleepover. They discuss Evie, finding it embarrassing that she plans playdates. Barb tells Lynn that she heard that she saw the Peeping Tom. Lynn says that she and Tanya were watching TV when she thought she saw someone holding a water balloon outside her window. The girls interrogate Cass about her parents’ parties and wonder about the identities of the Peeping Tom and Chester the Molester. Lynn thinks that she will soon kiss Colby, a high school boy. They wonder if Mr. Connelly is the peeper.

The girls sneak out of Lynn’s house. Cass volunteers to touch the door of Mr. Connelly’s house. Lynn instructs her to grab one of the flowers near the front door. Cass peers in the windows of Mr. Connelly’s home and sees him with his hands on Clam’s shoulders. Cass grabs the rose and runs back to her friends.