Chapter Twenty-Three Summary and Analysis

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Summary

The chapter opens with the narrator, Ms. Hudson, meeting Ashley Brown at JUMP!, a chaotic indoor trampoline park where Ashley now works. The two retreat to a messy party room, and Ashley cleans up while they talk. Ms. Hudson learns that Ashley was also a live-in nanny for a wealthy family, which is how she and Tina met—both had Sundays and Mondays off, giving them time to bond.

Ashley explains that after Tina's death and the news of her affair with Ian Barclay became public, her employer grew suspicious and fired her, citing a sudden concern about how Ashley dressed around the house. Ashley is bitter about this, noting that wealthy families call their nannies