Valerie calls her father, and her father is angry when he arrives at the party. Instead of asking her what is wrong, he accuses her of being drunk. Valerie accuses him of not being there for his family. She yells at him, claiming, “Briley’s not your family. I’m your family”(320). He yanks Valerie to her feet and pins her arms to her sides.

On the side of the road, he screams at Valerie: “You either pull your shit together and start acting right or I’ll have your ass out on the street before you can say ‘unappreciative brat,’ do you hear me?” (320). The exchange becomes so heated that a random passerby asks Valerie if she needs help to get away; Valerie wants to say, yes, but says no. She goes back with her father to Briley’s place and explains to Briley what happened. Her father and Briley argue because he doesn’t appreciate Briley’s advice on the matter. Valerie spends the night there, returning home in the morning. Her father extends an invitation to Valerie and Frankie for breakfast. She says she will tell Frankie, but she declines his offer to join them. Valerie’s father says he understands why she won’t have breakfast with him.