We All Live Here

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of illness and sexual content.

Celie feels restless whenever she’s at Dan’s house. Marja hasn’t been coming out of her room, and she and Dan are always having private conversations. Things at home aren’t much better, as Gene and Bill are both gone. She doesn’t tell her new friends about her family, but Martin seems to understand. Then, one day, Celie lets herself into Dan’s house after school as planned, but he texts her and tells her to go home because he and Marja are at the hospital. Feeling upset, she goes through Marja’s things and dumps some of her perfume bottles down the drain. Afterward, she texts Martin about what she did. Martin shares stories from when his mother first started dating again. She also got pregnant not long later, which was hard for him. That afternoon, Celie walks to school to pick up Violet and is excited to see Gene there talking to Violet’s teacher.

After telling Eleanor about Gabriel and Jessie, Lila takes Eleanor’s advice and makes plans with Jessie to meet up and tell her the truth. Jessie is shocked but grateful that Lila told her.