Okay so, after homecoming, Mrs. Lisbon, takes all four of her daughters out of school; she thought that they needed time to heal at home. In return, Lux, starts sneaking men in her house of all different ages to sleep with them on the roof. She would tell them thats it's okay, that "it would make us feel close". Which is a common behavior among young women to seek comfort and belonging in men, because they don't know how else to cope with their feelings and they feel wanted and protected. Pretty soon, Lux was the next one sent to the hospital due to stomach pains and later on was discovered to have been faking them just so she could get out of her house and get a pregnancy test. Except this time, Mrs. Lisbon didn't ride in the ambulance with her, nor did her sisters come out and see her off. It was as if they have gotten used to the routine since it was the second time that this was happening. After the doctor sat down with her, it was clear that she was in deep denial of Cecilia's death.

After her return from the hospital and her pregnancy test being declared negative, Mr. Lisbon ends up losing his job which adds to more stress on the Lisbon family. All the boys that are obsessed with the Lisbon sisters are on watch 24/7 to see what their next moves are and brag to the girls that they have a car and can take them where ever they want to go. One night, the girls invited them over, told them to wait in the living room while they all finished packing. After waiting for some time the boys see a light in the basement and decide to go see what it is. When they went down there, they saw, Bonnie, one of the sisters, hanging, dead from a beam. They later learned that Mary then killed herself by putting her head in the oven, Therese, overdosed on sleeping pills, and Lux, from carbon monxide poisoning. Lux had a plan alla long; to stall the boys for long enough while each of the sisters committed suicide. I guess they couldn't deal with the loss of their sister, and how everything had turned wrong.

Well, I think Euginidis made Cecilia die first because each girl has their own personality, which makes them very different from each other. Cecilia was the sister who was quiet, drawn back from the group, and mostly kept to herself, she always wore this vintage style wedding dress and was very in-touch with herself mentally, but she never expressed herself much to anyone else, and that may have caused her to end her life so soon. I think that Euginidis picked such a touchy subject to write about because it shows that in this world, nothing is ever what it sees. In everyone's eyes the Lisbon sisters seemed like normal teenagers, and then one day, Cecilia goes and kills herself. This subject is also reflected on females most of the time because the female species tend to indulge in their emotions alot more than males do. Sometimes, they are lost in a whirlpool of their emotions and they don't know how to cope with it, especially during their teenage years when already they are facing alot of stress with trying to fit in and finding themselves.





Moving on...

So, after the suicide, the Lisbon household was quiet, very solemn. Everyone continued on with their routines almost robotically. School started again and the girls walked side by side ignoring the looks and stares from their peers and blocking out the whispers behind their backs as they passed by. They each were having trouble dealing with the loss of their sister, but Lux, the second to youngest sister dealt with the loss in a way that stuck out to me; she would often hang around a motorcycle gang and, "One biker asked her to go for a ride, and after looking in the direction of her house more than ten miles away, she accepted. She hugged his waist. He kicked the machine into life. Later, Lux was seen walking home alone, carrying her shoes. This type of behavior among young girls is common, especially when they are dealing with tough situations. The fact that she looked in the direction her house and then agreed to going with the guy showed that at that time, home wasn't comforting and welcoming for her, so she sought the comfort and welcome of someone else; a man. Most girls usually seek older men as comfort becase they feel safe and wanted when they are going through hard situations. As time passes, a boy, by the name of Trip Fontaine, who was one of the most adored boys in their school, developed an attraction towards Lux, however, she barely noticed him which drove him crazy because he never had to chase after a girl before. But I have a feeling that all the spotlight on Lux is going to cause her to end up the same way as Cecilia...