Chapter 2

Oh no! More girls at school are trying to get Jay's attention, "following him around en masse."I hope he's not interested because I would feel so bad for Violet if he was. Also, this chapter explains that Violet can feel echos coming from not just the dead, but from the murderer. When her cat comes around her she is overwhelmed by all of the echoes that he carries from the animals that he has killed and, "the smell was coming off him in nearly visible, rippling waves, like heat coming off the desert sand.  She tries getting away from her house for a while and goes to babysit her cousins. After she puts them to bed there is a knock on the door and guess who it is...it's Jay! They sit on the couch together and watch a movie, but they soon start to play around and wrestle. Jay pins her down and Violet's aunt and uncle find them like this! But all they say is to keep it down and not wake up the kids. Vi is really disappointed by their reaction to the situation. She thinks that even they couldn't possibly see them together.