The Vanishing Half, Chapter 4

She just gets on a bus to California with no clear plan.

She stays in Mallard but changes her attitude.

She earns a track scholarship at UCLA

She moves to LA and gets a job at Universal Film Studios

6 months

5 years

10 years

15 years

As an ugly person

As a beautiful boy

As an evil devil

As a kind friend

That Desiree has been lying about leaving Mallard

That Desiree doesn't love Early

That Desiree loves Mallard

That Desiree has been saving money for her college all along.

Angry

Content because she knows she has a great future ahead

Lonely

Like a failure

That she hates to talk about the past

That she is still angry with Desiree for being rebellious

That she refers to her as "them."

That she calls her "Stella" a lot.

Stay in the house when he is in town

Stop being upset about how Adele treats him

Stop ignoring Jude

Stay in a hotel in Opelousas when he is in town

Because Early doesn't want to get married

Because Desiree tells Early she doesn't want to get married

Because Jude does not want her mother to get remarried

Because Desiree and Sam are still legally married

That it's a community based on colorism

That she was happy to have left

That it is not on a map

That it was a terrible place to grow up

As a beautiful boy

As very big and athletic-looking

As tall and white

As golden brown and handsome