Lisa takes a brief break from Solomon to try and get back to a rational state of mind about him and Clark. Lisa is still determined to make the situation work and thinks that “whether they were in love or not, she couldn’t let Solomon find out about that essay or he may never recover” (195). Lisa checks her e-mail, but Clark has left his e-mail logged in and open on her computer. She finds an e-mail to Solomon apologizing for not swimming with trunks. Believing that this is the proof about Clark’s sexuality, she goes to Clark’s house to confront him.

Clark is angry at Lisa’s suggestion and tells her, “[W]e like the same stuff […] And if you think that makes me gay, then maybe you’re the last person who should be helping someone else” (198). Lisa tells Clark that she’ll love him no matter what, that she wants Clark to be honest with himself and with her. Clark gets extremely angry and asks her to leave, something out of character in her experiences with him. Lisa realizes that “If he was telling the truth, then that meant he’d fallen out of love with her for another reason, and she just wasn’t ready to accept that” (199).